Disney Cruise Line in a Jiffy: What is Cabanas?

Every Disney Cruise Line ship has buffet restaurant located on the same deck as the pools. On the Magic, Wonder, Dream, and Fantasy this buffet restaurant is called Cabanas. Note: Cabanas the restaurant has nothing to do with the private rental cabanas on Castaway Cay and Lookout Cay. The buffet restaurant on the Wish and Treasure is called Marceline Market; it’s substantially similar with a slightly different layout.

Cabanas is open for breakfast and lunch every day of your sailing, though the breakfast offerings will be abbreviated on your departure morning. The exact hours will be listed in your Personal Navigator app, but breakfast will typically be served from about 7:00 a.m. until about 10:45 a.m. and lunch will be served from about 11:30 a.m. until about 2:00 p.m., with slight variations on this depending on things like port arrival times. You can pop into Cabanas at any time during their service hours and fill up as many plates as you like.

All meals at Cabanas are served buffet-style. Pre-pandemic there had been a menu-based dinner service on some sailings, but this is no longer available and there are no signs of it returning.

Breakfast offerings tend to be quite consistent with most items familiar to Americans, plus a few items common to other nationalities. Variations will come from different styles of eggs or different pastries offered on the buffet line.

Lunch always has American favorites like chicken nuggets, mac & cheese, and salads, but you’ll also find carved meats, veggies, soups, fish, and more. The menu varies daily. You’ll also find that Cabanas may have special offerings themed to a port or a holiday that’s part of the cruise.

All Cabanas restaurants have both indoor and outdoor seating.

Disney Cruise Line in a Jiffy is an offshoot of our “Disney in a Minute” posts. Both are bite-sized nuggets of information that can better help you understand a Disney term or planning topic, but here we’ll be focused on all things Disney Cruise Line (DCL). Have a question about a DCL term that is unfamiliar to you? Suggest it here for an upcoming segment.