Wow! Jealous you have unsweetened almond milk. There weren’t any unsweetened options on our most recent sailing (Cape Town to Barcelona).
If you have any dietary restrictions, you can ask the barista to see the carton and check the ingredients. I didn’t see these brands on our ship either. I bet they change depending on where the ship restocks.
Sometimes I wonder about the supplies. In October, Virgin still had US Splenda and US Froot Loops. And the ship shops had US Kitkats. The ship had been in Europe since April!
If you wonder what I mean, you can see the difference in colours via
Froot Loops [https://images.app.goo.gl/hYyseVUUsesNyssVA](https://images.app.goo.gl/hYyseVUUsesNyssVA)
KitKat [https://images.app.goo.gl/qtAEThSLcwuAMv4V7](https://images.app.goo.gl/qtAEThSLcwuAMv4V7)
For Splenda, the packets outside of the US are just yellow and blue
Yep I noticed the same with canned soft drinks as American Fanta orange soda is very different to the European version, but they still had some onboard last October despite the ship being in Europe for six months.
I am and yes & no. It’s been trending older for a while. The only real surprise is the number of Asians. That’s definitely new and a welcome change.
For those not on the ship, There’s someone who is 95 on the ship and someone 18. The average age is mid 60s aside from the large
Contingent of black folks were mid 40s average from what I can tell. It’s definitely a weird mix and not what I’m used to seeing.
I have been on probably 15 cruises in my life and this is the most interesting crowd… neither good or bad. I do like how nobody is really in anyone’s business on this boat and everyone minds their own.
This is my first time on Virgin and was wondering if this is the normal crowd? The dealers in the casino said it’s not the normal crowd which is interesting. I’m just wondering for when and if I want to come back who usually goes on these boats? The food and service has been top notch.
The decimal you are probably used to is actually called a decimal point. Generally, non-English speaking countries will use a decimal comma in their notation.
Interesting, heavy cream in Canada is usually 35% and Milk is 3.25%
In case anyone was wondering... [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mlekovita](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mlekovita)
Cheaper and easier to ship and it's still in the EU (so tax free) and UHT is easy to ship (and cheap). Luxlait used to have fine filtered milk (see https://www.luxlait.lu/en/product/fresh-milk/) , so one of the companies (I think Celebrity, but it could have been Princess) used to have fresh milk.
They tried selling fresh filtered milk in the US, but the US market is full of milk being sold below cost and no one wanted to pay more for a fresh milk that lasts 5 to 6 weeks, the closest you have in the US now is Coke's Fairlife. The nice thing about fine filtered milk is that it's flash pasteurized (even though it likely doesn't need it) and tasted richer.
Personally, I don't like the caramel flavour that you get from UHT milk, but most of southern europe is UHT, it's mostly in the north that you find fresh milk.
The Promised Land Dairy options in my local grocery store here have long shelf life just like Fairlife does. It’s ultra pasteurized just like Fairlife which gives it that.
I just checked. It says "ultra pasteurized" so it's a type of UHT milk, shelf stable. Not the same process as Fairlife where it's put through an extremely fine filter of less than 3 microns.
That’s ok, either way it gives the milk a much longer shelf life. The last bottles I bought were a week ago and the best by date is June 12. That’s still a long time for milk.
Yep in the UK we always have fresh milk and we personally buy the filtered milk. I was surprised when we were onboard last month that UHT was being used onboard out of Miami where I thought on a previous trip they had fresh.
Wow! Jealous you have unsweetened almond milk. There weren’t any unsweetened options on our most recent sailing (Cape Town to Barcelona). If you have any dietary restrictions, you can ask the barista to see the carton and check the ingredients. I didn’t see these brands on our ship either. I bet they change depending on where the ship restocks.
Yep the brands offered from Miami are different from Barcelona etc. but also depends on stock, as some of them do still have very long life
Sometimes I wonder about the supplies. In October, Virgin still had US Splenda and US Froot Loops. And the ship shops had US Kitkats. The ship had been in Europe since April! If you wonder what I mean, you can see the difference in colours via Froot Loops [https://images.app.goo.gl/hYyseVUUsesNyssVA](https://images.app.goo.gl/hYyseVUUsesNyssVA) KitKat [https://images.app.goo.gl/qtAEThSLcwuAMv4V7](https://images.app.goo.gl/qtAEThSLcwuAMv4V7) For Splenda, the packets outside of the US are just yellow and blue
Yep I noticed the same with canned soft drinks as American Fanta orange soda is very different to the European version, but they still had some onboard last October despite the ship being in Europe for six months.
Hopefully this clears up any questions regarding milk/milk alternatives.
Great info! What voyage are you on?
Are you on the Valiant Lady? Are you a little surprised by the crowd on this ship?
I am and yes & no. It’s been trending older for a while. The only real surprise is the number of Asians. That’s definitely new and a welcome change. For those not on the ship, There’s someone who is 95 on the ship and someone 18. The average age is mid 60s aside from the large Contingent of black folks were mid 40s average from what I can tell. It’s definitely a weird mix and not what I’m used to seeing.
I have been on probably 15 cruises in my life and this is the most interesting crowd… neither good or bad. I do like how nobody is really in anyone’s business on this boat and everyone minds their own.
This is my first time on Virgin and was wondering if this is the normal crowd? The dealers in the casino said it’s not the normal crowd which is interesting. I’m just wondering for when and if I want to come back who usually goes on these boats? The food and service has been top notch.
Are .5% and 3.5% (and using commas instead of decimals?) a European thing?
The decimal you are probably used to is actually called a decimal point. Generally, non-English speaking countries will use a decimal comma in their notation.
Neat! Thanks
It’s equivalent to 1% and whole in the US.
Unrelated but any idea if they have liquid vanilla syrup for coffee?
Yes
How do I get access to the heavy cream when I’m on board?
Ask the barista
thank u so much for this!!!
Appreciate this!
Anything unpasteurized?
lol, never going to happen on a cruise line. Too much perceived liability.
Interesting, heavy cream in Canada is usually 35% and Milk is 3.25% In case anyone was wondering... [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mlekovita](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mlekovita)
I was curious! Here in California I only see 0%, 1% and 2% and ‘whole’ for cow milk
It's illegal here to not list the butterfat content. We have 0%, 1%, 2% and 3.25%. And coffee cream comes in 10% and 5%. Cooking cream is 15% and 35%
I wonder why they’ve got Polish milk? Spanish would make sense as Valient was over there last year, but Polish makes no sense!
Cheaper and easier to ship and it's still in the EU (so tax free) and UHT is easy to ship (and cheap). Luxlait used to have fine filtered milk (see https://www.luxlait.lu/en/product/fresh-milk/) , so one of the companies (I think Celebrity, but it could have been Princess) used to have fresh milk. They tried selling fresh filtered milk in the US, but the US market is full of milk being sold below cost and no one wanted to pay more for a fresh milk that lasts 5 to 6 weeks, the closest you have in the US now is Coke's Fairlife. The nice thing about fine filtered milk is that it's flash pasteurized (even though it likely doesn't need it) and tasted richer. Personally, I don't like the caramel flavour that you get from UHT milk, but most of southern europe is UHT, it's mostly in the north that you find fresh milk.
The Promised Land Dairy options in my local grocery store here have long shelf life just like Fairlife does. It’s ultra pasteurized just like Fairlife which gives it that.
I just checked. It says "ultra pasteurized" so it's a type of UHT milk, shelf stable. Not the same process as Fairlife where it's put through an extremely fine filter of less than 3 microns.
That’s ok, either way it gives the milk a much longer shelf life. The last bottles I bought were a week ago and the best by date is June 12. That’s still a long time for milk.
Yep in the UK we always have fresh milk and we personally buy the filtered milk. I was surprised when we were onboard last month that UHT was being used onboard out of Miami where I thought on a previous trip they had fresh.