This was our second sailing on Costa Firenze in 2022 and this time there are a lot more pictures and menus. The experience was much the same as January except for the more relaxed Covid rules which have impacted passenger numbers. We ate in the main dining room every evening and for Nicole the options were excellent, the selection was good as was the food itself. Below are the menus and a few photos to go along with them. There was a different menu for each of the 7 days we were on board.
There were two stand-out moments that we never saw coming, the first came about on the first evening when Nicole was offered a vegan breakfast menu, yes that’s right, a vegan breakfast menu. You could have knocked us over with a feather with that one. The selection was plentiful and over the cruise, Nicole got to try most things from it. The hot crêpes are a standout inclusion, along with vegan doughnuts. There was also a selection of different breads and although they were all nice, the favourite was easily the one with banana and toasted walnuts. I have included the menu below which was the same every day with various photos down both sides to give you a good idea of how much thought and preparation has gone into this, it really is something special.
The second moment was on my birthday, and I had made no mention of it to our waiters so after hearing happy birthday being sung a couple of times around the dining room, I thought that I’d managed to escape the spectacle. How wrong was I, just as we were waiting for our desserts to arrive, several waiters headed by one of the managers descended upon our table with a cake singing the chorus of happy birthday. The real hammer blow was the cake they had brought out because was vegan. They had made one, especially so that Nicole could enjoy my birthday cake too. How brilliant was that? Nicole knew nothing of it until I did and it was all planned by the Costa waiters and galley staff.
Well done Costa Cruises, this is absolutely the sort of thing we have been waiting for and is a real game changer for us now knowing Nicole can get a decent breakfast as well as an evening meal.