I recently had the opportunity to go on a business trip with my husband and that business trip was a cruise! I had heard all about cruises from my family and friends, tales of the 24 hour food selections, drink packages, excursions and beautiful scenery. I must admit I was a little worried about finding food that would fit within our healthy lifestyle and I was worried about being seasick, this being our first cruise. For the seasickness I packed acupressure bands, regular Dramamine and non drowsy Dramamine, I was prepared. We set off for Seattle and our ship, Celebrity Solstice.
First, the acupressure bands worked like a dream, (no Dramamine necessary) and I kept those Velcro bands strapped to my wrists for the entire trip.
Second, the food! All that food! So many different venues, the dining hall, (we only made it to our assigned dining time one evening), the 5 specialty restaurants, the buffet (I usually steer clear of those but this was awesome), and my favorite the spa cafe!
Each of the specialty restaurants we dined in went totally out of their way to make sure that our meals were dairy and meat free, they had no qualms with me picking and choosing from all over the menu to put something together. This is a photo of breakfast in Luminae, tortillas, sautéed mushrooms and roasted tomatoes.
The Oceanview cafe offered a vegan buffet at dinner time, which even though they had lots of options all day long it was nice to know you didn’t have to ask about dairy or meat. You could just walk up and know that everything in front of you was perfect! These are some photos from the vegan buffet.
The spa cafe was my all time favorite. I can not even remember how many detox and antioxidant smoothies I ordered. (They are an extra cost if you don’t have the premium drink package) The homemade energy bars were sitting out daily during breakfast. I might have lost count of those too! The best part about the spa cafe is….it’s quiet! It was like my secret oasis that no one else had discovered. 
Some side notes, first I learned that there are no irons on board, so iron up before you go. I’m an iron every morning kinda gal so this bothered me at first and then I realized I could get some of my wrinkles under control with my curling iron. On that note, there were three times during the trip when my curling iron would light up but not heat up. Thankfully I didn’t pitch it in the trash the first day because it worked the next day. I talked to a couple other people who experienced the same thing, I won’t even begin to try and understand the mechanics of why, just happy I was able to eventually get it to work. Second, our ship had a fabulous work out facility and an outdoor track.
In conclusion, you CAN cruise healthy on Celebrity Solstice. This was my first cruise so I can’t give any comparisons on size of ship or number of people, but it surpassed all my expectations.
The Heartie Kitchen 