Cruise lines often offer a huge variety of different foods from across the world, but many are left wondering if cruise ships offer halal food. While halal food is a common request among many cruisers, it can be sometimes be difficult to find halal food on a cruise. Some cruise ships have halal food readily available while others require that halal food be requested in advance. Keep reading to find out which cruise ships have halal food, which cruise ships have readily available halal food, and which cruise ships require advanced notice for halal food!
Royal Caribbean Cruise Halal Food
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Halal food is only readily available on Royal Caribbean cruises under certain circumstances. If you are sailing from Dubai or Singapore, you can find halal meat readily available on your Royal Caribbean cruise. The halal meats available on Royal Caribbean cruises sailing from Singapore or Dubai are often beef or chicken.
If you are sailing on Royal Caribbean from a port that is not Dubai or Singapore, you must request halal meats with a Special Needs form. This form should be filled out and submitted to Royal Caribbean at least 90 days before your cruise sets sail. The Special Needs form is the only way to request halal meals on Royal Caribbean if you are not sailing out of Singapore or Dubai!
Norwegian Cruise Halal Food
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Unfortunately, you can not find halal food readily available on Norwegian Cruises. However, Norwegian Cruises does have a dietary needs policy where you may be able to request halal food. Although it is worth noting that the dietary needs policy on Norwegian Cruise Lines does not specifically mention halal foods. However, previous passengers have claimed that they have been accommodated with halal meats like veal and chicken. Norwegian Cruise Lines requires that Dietary Needs Forms be submitted at least 30 days before your cruise sets sail.
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Carnival Cruise Halal Food
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You can only find halal food on certain Carnival Cruises and only by request. While Carnival claims to accommodate a variety of different diets, halal food is not explicitly stated as being available on most Carnival Cruise ships. However, Carnival claims to offer assistance with dietary restrictions as long as you make arrangements with before your cruise sets sail.
While halal food is not explicitly stated as being available on Carnival Cruises ships, Carnival does offer a handy program to help you determine what food to eat. Carnival offers a program called Menu Mates that allows for guests to input your dietary needs and receive a curated list of foods that fit your criteria! You can just input your dietary needs, like say halal food or maybe an allergy, and you will see all of the foods available on board that satisfy your requirements!
Halal Food on Celebrity Cruise
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Not only can you find halal food on your Celebrity Cruise, but Celebrity Cruises also hosts one of the largest selections of halal food on a cruise ship! You can enjoy halal food on every single Celebrity Cruise ship! However, halal meat must be pre-ordered the night before or before your cruise sets sail. Although Celebrity requires that you pre-order halal food, there is also often a large variety of traditionally Middle Eastern foods available, many of which are halal.
Disney Cruise Halal Food
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Like with Norwegian Cruises, Disney Cruises do not have halal food readily available but you can request halal food. Halal food can be easily requested through the Disney Cruise website on the ‘My Reservations’ page under the ‘Already Booked’ tab by completing the ‘Special Requests’ application. Alternatively, you could also submit your request by phone. No matter how you make your request for halal food, you must make your request at least 5 weeks before your Disney Cruise starts.
Additionally, halal versions of meals available in the Main Dining Room must be requested the night before. Disney Cruises often assign 1 or 2 servers that will stick with you throughout your cruise, so they may be able to help you out in selecting halal offerings along the way.
Halal Food on MSC Cruise
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Fitting with the trend of most other cruise lines in this article, you can order halal food on your next MSC Cruise only by request. To enjoy halal food on your next MSC Cruise, you must make a request with MSC at least 2 months before your cruise sets sail. MSC claims that any request made less than 30 days before your cruise starts may not be fulfilled, so make sure to get your request in early!
Halal meats offered on MSC Cruises are sourced from certified suppliers and kept separate from other meats on-board. However, all of the meals served on your cruise are prepared within the same kitchen. Halal food offerings on MSC Cruises often include dishes consisting of beef, lamb, or poultry.
Conclusion
While many of the major cruise lines do offer some form of halal food, it can take some planning to ensure that you are receiving the food you need. If halal food is a must for your next cruise, make sure to make arrangements before your cruise sets sail! While specific cruise lines like Royal Caribbean have halal food readily available when sailing out of ports like Singapore, the majority of cruise lines require that you make a special dietary request long before your cruise. Some cruise lines like Disney Cruises require your dietary request form 5 weeks before your cruise and Royal Caribbean requires your request for halal food 90 days before your cruise! If you know that you will require halal food for your next cruise, make sure to plan ahead!
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