How much would you eat on a cruise if you had the metabolism of a 17-year-old teenager?
A sister of a 17-year-old on a family’s Royal Caribbean cruise has provided the answers with a light-hearted expose her brother’s healthy appetite.
Kyleigh Ryan’s TikTok video has been viewed more than 4.7 million times - garnering around 9,000 comments and nearly 500k likes from viewers. Most comments praised Ryan for getting his money’s worth on the cruise and helping to avoid food waste.
In the video, Ryan chronicles her brother’s meals and snacks throughout his cruise day, meticulously keeping track of everything he ate.
The beginning of Ryan’s viral TikTok shows her and her brother enjoying breakfast at the Windjammer, Royal Caribbean’s standard buffet that serves meals for breakfast, lunch and dinner.
During the TikTok, Ryan’s brother makes three separate trips to the buffet for his breakfast, during which he consumed
- 3 slices of French toast
- 2 donuts
- A plate of bacon
- Hashbrowns
- 3 more slices of French toast
- 2 sausage links
- A chocolate croissant
- 1 more donut
- 2 glasses of apple juice
Before lunch, Ryan shows a clip of her brother having his first ice cream cone on the pool deck.
For lunch, the 17-year-old takes a trip to Sorrento for Royal Caribbean’s complimentary pizza. Ryan shows her brother taking three separate trips up to the counter for lunch, in which the teen eats the following:
- 2 slices of pepperoni pizza
- 2 more slices of pepperoni pizza
- 2 final slices of pepperoni pizza
After indulging at Sorrento’s for lunch, the teen heads back to the pool deck for two more ice cream cones from the soft-serve machine.
The TikTok continues by showing the teenager enjoying dinner in the main dining room , indulging in the following meal for dinner:
- 2 cheddar bread rolls with butter
- 2 glasses of lemonade
- 1 more cheddar roll with butter
- Arancini appetizer
- 2 steaks with baked potato and broccoli
- Chocolate dessert with ice cream
- Lemon tart
After dinner, Ryan shows her brother making another trip back to Sorrento’s for a late-night bite, indulging in four final slices of pizza before calling it a night.
Ryan’s viral TikTok has become overwhelmingly popular with viewers on the social media app. The video has surpassed 9,000 comments, mostly with commenters appreciating the teenager’s eating tenacity.