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Why people continue to be surprised when a drunk person does something impetuous, to expect a drunk person to behave in a rational manner, or keep trying to reason with one is beyond me. They're DRUNK!
in all fairness MOST people don't do something like this when drunk.
Why people continue to be surprised when a drunk person does something impetuous, to expect a drunk person to behave in a rational manner, or keep trying to reason with one is beyond me. They're DRUNK!
Because not everyone who gets drunk does stupid stuff?
Remember, like with an airplane regarding airspace, if a cruise is on the territorial waters of another country (as is often the case in the Caribbean, a popular place for cruises), then the laws governing the ship are those from the country the waters belong to. In many countries, 18 is the minimum age to legally buy alcohol.
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Originally Posted by bus man
Royal Caribbean bases its alcohol policy on the port of embarkation, not the particular water in which the ship might be sailing at any particular moment.
This is pretty much policy for all cruise lines that depart from the US. They make the drinking age 21, just to avoid any problems. Age for the casino is usually 18, tho.
Where problems can happen.. Let's say that the ship stops at Cozumel.. Well, drinking age in Mexico is 18(As I recall), so.. once they're not on the ship, they can drink all they want.. and, the fact that they usually have no tolerance. It can be a very bad situation. Drunk, in a foreign country. Yikes. The good news is.. oftentimes the authorities in those tourist towns have at least a bit of understanding and you might get a bit of a longer leash. Usually. Not always.
A few years back, when cruise ships were going to Cuba, I was looking at going on one of them.. My nephew, who I would take with me, would be 17 at the time and we found the drinking age in Cuba is 16. Didn't get to go on that cruise before they shut them all back down.
Because not everyone who gets drunk does stupid stuff?
The thought of jumping overboard a ship has never crossed my mind while drunk. Not during my foolish years while high off God-knows-what either.
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