Cruise buffet

Here are the foods you should skip on your next cruise vacation to avoid getting sick.

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A cruise ship buffet may be a casual dining venue, but that doesn't mean proper etiquette should be ignored. You're on vacation, you're serving yourself at the buffet, it's easy to not think twice about what you shouldn't do at the Windjammer.

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Skip these eight things at the cruise buffet in favor of more fresh, sanitary or healthy options on your next sailing. There are many tempting options, but not everything is worth adding to your plate. Here's a list of foods to avoid.

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Cruise Critic reached out to Mirza Grotts, author of "A Traveler's Passport to Etiquette" and a former director of protocol for the city of San Francisco, to get an expert's take on the etiquette do's and don't's of cruise ship buffets.