Carnival continues to increase the number of “Journeys” sailings (sailings of 9 nights or longer) offered each year, pleasing those who enjoy longer cruises (picture me enthusiastically raising my hand). And, as such, I have received an increase in messages asking about the dinner menus for these longer itineraries. I have received the following specific questions:
While I can’t answer two out of the three of those questions with 100% certainty (because menus do sometimes vary slightly depending on ship and itinerary), I can give you an example of a fairly typical 14-night journeys cruise dinner menu lineup which will give you a pretty good idea of what to expect. And I can say with certainty that the menus will not just repeat after the first 8 nights. You’ll notice:
Here are the menus:
And with that…
Class Dismissed!
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