Carnival Cruise Line Rolling Out New Dinner Menus Across Fleet

Carnival Cruise Line announced it would roll out new dinner menus for dining rooms in a phased approach across the fleet following a successful pilot on Carnival Dream.

The expanded menu options will first be available on Carnival Conquest before being added to Carnival’s other vessels in the coming over the next year. Carnival Horizon will make the changes next month, followed by Carnival Sunrise, Carnival Vista, Carnival Radiance and Mardi Gras.

Each month, the new menu items will be introduced aboard several ships based in Carnival’s U.S. homeports into early 2024. Carnival’s Australia-based ships will implement the new menu items later next year.

The new menus bring more variety to its dining room offerings, with dozens of dishes curated by Chief Culinary Officer Emeril Lagasse and Carnival chefs, with many new menu items being listed as personally recommended Emeril Selects.

“Food is an ever-evolving art, so our approach to the dining room offerings is to infuse a selection of new dishes, feature more international flavors and complement the Carnival classics our guests love,” Lagasse said.

“Working with our skilled team of Carnival chefs, we recently tested and selected more than 60 new dishes to mix into the dining room rotation,” Lagasse continued. “I’m pleased that these dishes were very well received by our guests on Carnival Dream, so we are very excited to roll them out to the Carnival fleet.”

Carnival provided a sampling of items guests will find on the newly enhanced menus:

—Hawaiian Shrimp Poke: a flavorful starter that combines avocado, edamame, rice, creamy spicy sauce, togarashi chili and wakame.

—Roasted Duck Rolls: a delicious appetizer made with rice paper and scallions and served with sweet garlic sauce.

—Pappardelle with Braised Lamb: an Italian-inspired first course featuring tomato cream sauce, garlic and parsley.

—Grilled Swordfish: a tasty seafood entrée that’s served with smashed fingerling potatoes, fava beans and cherry tomato salad in a citrus saffron sauce.

—Cornish Game Hen: an elegant entrée served with roasted root vegetable and pan gravy.

—Salad Entrees: the Ultimate Cobb Salad, the Asian Chopped Salad with Chicken, and the Beefsteak Salad.

—Desserts: the Dutch Double Chocolate Pave, a rich chocolate cake, along with a refreshing Banana Cream Pie.