This post will share our review and photos from our experience trying the Desserted Milkshake Bar on Icon of the Seas.
We absolutely love the free ice cream onboard all the Royal Caribbean ships. Between the kids and I, we go through multiple cones a day.
“Can I get ice cream?” (My son an hour after breakfast, an hour before lunch, and hour after lunch, an hour before dinner)
I do miss the days when I could make my own cone. The ice cream is my favorite part and sometimes I don’t even eat the cone. So when I make my own, I pile the ice cream as high as I can. However, I understand that not everyone is as neat and efficient, so having a crew member serve everyone is probably in everyone’s best interest.
I was thrilled to see that Utopia of the Seas offers sprinkles alongside their free ice cream cone stations. The Ice Cream location is called Sprinkles, after all! I kinda don’t think it will last long, though, as I’m sure a lot gets wasted, but I’ll keep my fingers crossed for when we are on Utopia in October and January.
Since we are pretty satisfied with our free ice cream, I wasn’t sure we’d be getting anything at the new Desserted Milkshake Bar onboard Icon of the Seas. But Trent was intent on getting something at some point during our trip, and on the second to last day we brought him to pick out whatever he wanted.
Desserted Milkshake Bar Location
The Desserted Milkshake Bar is located on Deck 16 on Icon of Seas, towards the aft by the Basecamp. If you come out of the elevators and go towards the aft, it is immediately on the right. The spot is conveniently located next to other food and drinks at the basecamp, as well as all the water slides.
Desserted Milkshake Bar Menu
They offer paper menus for you to grab and peruse while inside.
There are 5 specialty milkshakes, each with an option to “make it adult” as well as some classic milkshake and float options. Royal Caribbean has “Desserted Soda Floats” included in the Refreshment Package and the Deluxe Beverage Package.
My son chose the Chocolate Castaway, but we wanted the piñata that sits atop of the Stranded Burro too….look at how cute this mini piñata is!
We asked if we could add the piñata to the top of the Chocolate Castaway and were granted our request.
They also have these cool edible straws available. I found them on Amazon in several flavors!
All of the ice cream is in a display case, along with the toppings.
There were some unique and fun toppings, as well as some I didn’t see as part of the menu, so perhaps you can get a little crazy and make your own unique milkshake.
The price is pretty standard for a specialty milkshake in a regular restaurant. But it can be little difficult to justify the “standard” price when you’re on a cruise ship where everything else is included in your fare already.
It was a decent size and, get this, he couldn’t even finish it!
The thing I like most about it is that it’s different and something fun for the kids. Icon of the Seas had a lot of new features geared towards kids and it was fun experiencing it with them. The $14 milkshake with a mini piñata on top may not be something we do often, but he looked forward to it and enjoyed the experience.
If you go, be sure to visit Marty, the very lifelike animatronic parrot at the Basecamp!
Want more Icon of the Seas food posts? Check out this one!