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Food is brought aboard the ship before leaving port and supplies are replenished as necessary at the individual ports that the ship stops at. Here is a look at the partial grocery list for Royal Caribbean's Mariner of the Seas for a one week cruise: Beef 20,000 lbs Chicken 12,000 lbs Pork 5,000 lbs Lobster 1,400 lbs Seafood 4,000 lbs Salmon 2,500 lbs Fresh Eggs 28,000 Flour 15,000 lbs Sugar 4,300 lbs Coffee 1,500 lbs Fresh Fruits 35,000 lbs Fresh Vegetables 65,000 lbs Potatoes 18,000 lbs Fresh Berries 600 lbs Ice Cream 8,000 gallons Milk 1,500 gallons Individual Yogurts 4,200 Cheese 5,800 lbs Slices of Pizza 18,000 Total Meals (incuding crew) 105,000 Deserts Prepared 300,680 Steaks Prepared 69,000 Appetizers Prepared 234,000 No wonder I gained a few pounds on our cruise!
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While the cruise lines will try to keep their sources of foods to a minimum to make sure that freshness and quality are the highest, much of the Fresh Food on ships are usually done through Port Agents in different ports of call. Contracts are done through the agents who source the best possible food etc for the various lines they serve.
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I agree with both, and that is one impressive grocery list. BUT sunniebgi has it correct for the fresh. "supplies are replenished as necessary at the individual ports that the ship stops at." NOT. There is no way possible in a town of 10,000 ppl that we could EVER hope to supply up to 6 ships a day of the things they may have run out of. When you consider the pop of one of these ships is 1100 to 2500 [x6--NOT Including crew], we can only offer [and I see them do it- each ship, each day] the local specialty. WE have seafood, several processors, canneries, cold storages. etc. THAT is what they get from here. That night's special dish. TP? Oranges? Nope. No way to do it.
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THEY DON'T. This is why massive outbreaks of 700+ cases of Norwalk Virus have been reported on cruise ships. Peoples, cruise at your own risk.
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