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Topics: Cruise ship, Food and Drink, Reddit, Travel
Poppy Bilderbeck
Topics: Cruise ship, Food and Drink, Reddit, Travel
Cruise fans have weighed in on 'buffet hacks' to 'make the buffet better' and also some foods to avoid.
With some arguing cruise life is cheaper than life on land amid a cost of living crisis, many having chosen to up sticks and set sail into the sunset.
However, while life in the sun seeing the sights and being cooked for all the time may sound great to some, others have shared a few words of warning when it comes to the buffet section of cruises.
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A Reddit user took to r/Cruise thread to ask other cruisers for 'buffet hacks' alongside any 'general' 'dining and drinking tips'.
And it didn't take long for people to weigh in, one user targeting the bacon in particular.
"Leave the barely cooked nasty bacon on the line, ask for the crispy cooked bacon and they usually have a bucket of it behind the counter," they added.
Another thread dedicated to bacon discussion saw another cruiser add: "I have just accepted that it’s not great and neither is the peanut butter."
"There’s these bacon snobs that hold up the buffet line, digging out the crispiest pieces and leaving the sad ones for the waiting line behind them," a third wrote.
However, that wasn't the only pearl of wisdom the original user had to offer either, declaring another food item as another at risk of being 'disgusting'.
They continued: "If the scrambled eggs look disgusting on the line because they're too wet/you don't like powdered eggs, ask the omelet station to make 'Dry' Scrambled Eggs."
This was echoed by another Redditor, who chimed: "Ask for your scrambled eggs at omelet station, they can add in cheese/tomato/ham etc into your scramble, plus the eggs are fresh not powdered."
The other replier continued: "If you have the drink package on Princess, try an iced chocolate milk with cookie dough syrup, it is delicious and I've never been charged for it. (This is similar to the Chocolate Cookie Iced Chocolate at the international cafe but every time I order this it comes with coffee and I don't want the coffee so I specify the drink this way).
"Don't be afraid to ask for your hotdog well-done or burnt even if that's how you like your dogs, it is not that uncommon of a request.
"Don't get fries in the buffet if there is a grill open you can get freshly fried ones instead of heatlamp ones."
However, another cruise goer simply resolved: "My favorite trick is not going to the buffet at all - no crowds, no gross people coughing/sneezing/not washing their hands."
Touché.