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Cruising - Food Facts
Ever wondered just how much food and drink is consumed on an average cruise, below are a few facts you may be interested in.
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On Holland America's Eurodam, 2,100 guests and 900 crew get through 2,500 eggs each day.
A whole county in Iowa raises it's cattle for sale to Carnival Cruise Lines.
On board Carnival Dream, passengers eat up to 28,730 shrimps every week.
6,200 cocktails and 15,000 coffees are drunk on Costa ships every week.
On board MSC Fantasia-class ships, 2,000 different recipies are used on a seven day cruise.
On Seabourn ships (Legend/Pride/Spirit), 280 bottles of free champagne, 10lbs of caviar and 120lbs of lobster are devoured over seven nights.
On the average P&O Ventura 14 day cruise, 3,096 passengers and 1,200 crew will eat some 171,840 main meals.
During a eight night cruise on board Fred Olson's Boudicca, 630 litres of ice cream will be eaten.
On a typical 10 day cruise, the shopping list for Chrystal Symphony includes over 60 tons of food stuffs to be purchesed and delivered to dock within the few hours on turnaround day.
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