{"id":24754,"date":"2026-05-27T07:43:41","date_gmt":"2026-05-27T07:43:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationalgunowner.org\/index.php\/2026\/05\/27\/new-cruise-ship-buffet-policy-dubbed-a-vacation-buzzkill\/"},"modified":"2026-05-27T07:43:41","modified_gmt":"2026-05-27T07:43:41","slug":"new-cruise-ship-buffet-policy-dubbed-a-vacation-buzzkill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationalgunowner.org\/index.php\/2026\/05\/27\/new-cruise-ship-buffet-policy-dubbed-a-vacation-buzzkill\/","title":{"rendered":"New Cruise Ship Buffet Policy Dubbed A Vacation Buzzkill"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Vacationers who choose Costa Cruises for their next adventure could face fines of up to $70 for bringing buffet food back to their cabins under a new onboard policy. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Going forward, guests on some of these cruises will not be permitted to bring buffet food back to their rooms and will instead be asked to consume all meals in designated areas, per the cruise-focused blog Crew Center. This does not include meals that are delivered by Costa Cruise employees.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">A statement regarding the update said, \u201cguest safety and well-being are our top priority.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cOn a limited number of specific sailings, onboard communication was shared as a preventive and deterrent measure, in line with our existing policies, to encourage guests to [have] responsible behavior,\u201d the Costa Cruises spokesperson <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/travel\/cruise-buffet-guests-face-surprise-charges-taking-food-back-cabins\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">told<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Fox News Digital.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cCosta Cruises remains committed to ensuring a high-quality, safe and enjoyable experience for all guests on board.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Genoa, Italy-based cruise line, which is a subsidiary of Carnival Corporation, operates routes throughout the Mediterranean, Caribbean, and South America.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The policy change sparked an online debate after being highlighted by the Instagram account unrealcruises.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">One Instagram user <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DYpOf33DZ6y\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">mentioned<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> that another cruise line tried something similar and said, \u201cit did not end well for them,\u201d and that they \u201chad to end it.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cLet people eat where they want. Collect the dishes. It\u2019s a cost. Bear it and pass it on to the cruiser. But these kinds of policies with policing never end well for the company,\u201d the commenter wrote.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Others complained that eating breakfast or drinking coffee on private balconies is part of the cruise experience.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cWe love to take our food and coffee to enjoy on our quiet balcony,\u201d another person complained.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cZero chance I\u2019d pay that fine. Make breakfast in bed for my wife every morning by [bringing] food back. Who cares where you eat the included food,\u201d echoed a third.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Others supported the measure, saying passengers often leave dirty dishes and half-eaten food scattered throughout hallways and decks.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cUmm, I say good, nothing worse than plates and cups lining the hallways, its not a good look. Never ever in 47 cruises needed to take food to my cabin\u2026,\u201d one supporter chimed in.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cOnly the ones that do deck clearance know the struggle. Yall take everything from the buffet and toss the plates full on the hallways. Is it that hard to eat close to other people?\u201d another agreed.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/new-cruise-ship-buffet-policy-dubbed-a-vacation-buzzkill\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vacationers who choose Costa Cruises for their next adventure could face fines of up to $70 for bringing buffet food back to their cabins under a new onboard policy. Going forward, guests on some of these cruises will not be permitted to bring buffet food back to their rooms and will instead be asked to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":24755,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24754","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-current-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nationalgunowner.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24754","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nationalgunowner.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nationalgunowner.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nationalgunowner.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nationalgunowner.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24754"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nationalgunowner.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24754\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nationalgunowner.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24755"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nationalgunowner.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24754"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nationalgunowner.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24754"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nationalgunowner.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24754"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}