Irritable Bowel Syndrome Message Boards | Cruise food-what can you eat?

My husband and I are going on a cruise to the Western Caribbean on 8/14/05 for our one year anniversary for eight days. They give you a list of dishes to choose from in the main dining room that is mostly already prepared for so many poeple. The following is from Carnival Cruise Lines regarding special diets:
Guests with diet requirements can be accommodated on board. We do not have Dieticians onboard; therefore, we can only offer assistance with simple requests such as the method of preparation of menu items. The special diet requirements need to be arranged with the guest's Headwaiter on the first night of the cruise. Every menu (in the dining room) has Spa Carnival Cuisine Fare. These items are lower in calories, sodium, cholesterol and fat. Salads are prepared with diet dressing. Desserts are prepared with Sweet'N Low or NutraSweet instead of sugar. In addition, each menu has one vegetarian entree. Low-cholesterol egg substitute is available upon request as well as diet jellies at breakfast.

The following simple diets can be prepared onboard:

vegetarian
salt-free
bland
low sugar

What else should I ask the Headwaiter for regarding my IBS diet so that I will be taken care of? As for breakfast and lunch there is a buffet which I will not have control over what is in the food. How will I deal with that?

Sincerely
beautymajic

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