Hello Portia - welcome! Sorry to hear about your early morning urges.
While I don't know what to tell you about the early morning urges, but hopefully I can help you out with your cruise dilema since I was just on one last August!
It is quite possible that the stress from worrying about the cruise is playing a role in your tummy woes. I know it does for mine when I worry about things. Just know that when you walk off that cruise, you will probably be the only person there who hasn't gained anything!
The good thing about a cruise is there are a TON of different food venues that you can chose from. Which cruise line are you going with? I went on Carnival and they had meals every hour practically. The best food place I found was a sandwich shop that made turkey sandwiches. The buffets were also great too because I got to pick and chose!
One thing you do need to be careful of is the sit down meals. While the menus are usually very descriptive in what is in each meal, I found that I could not eat the majority of the food presented. However, there was always at least one or two items that I could eat or have modified for me - and they usually have at least one vegetarian choice. I explained to my waiter beforehand that I had a lot of food intolerances so he was a huge help too once he started to figure out what I could have and couldn't have. Just be careful of all the rich sauces they put on them and be sure to pack immodium and peppermint tea!
And if you don't feel like leaving the cabin because you're not feeling that great, but are still hungry.. there's always room service! Usually 24 hrs a day for free! I definitely took advantage of that. LOL
Hope this helps and let me know if you have anymore questions!
EDIT: Oops.. almost forgot to add. Best part about cruises? Bathrooms everywhere!! That was one of my deciding factors in going on the cruise. The daytrips you might need to use extra caution. I usually only ate crackers and bread until I got back on the ship.
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Re: Early morning urges
Sorry to hear about your early morning urges.
