Passenger kicked off rhapsody for drunken incident

[need_a_holiday]

Once we saw those families leaving, we realized we needed to stop checking people out of our way in the hallways (hockey family here). We didn't want to suffer the same fate. ;)

 

You are only allowed to body check other families when going for the last Winjammer Booth. Anything goes in that place.

[cathep]

You are only allowed to body check other families when going for the last Winjammer Booth. Anything goes in that place.

 

My husband checked a German couple for a seat at the ice show. We'll try it in the Windjammer next time.

[evelyn51]

I took care of my mom with dementia for seven years. She passed last May at 91. I have a bit of money left by her. We lived in Greece for a year in the 70s and she always wanted to go back.....I wish I could tell her we are going. Thank you Mom.

 

I truly believe she knows, in fact you will feel her their with you when you go.

 

I did the same thing in caring for my Mom. When she passed she also left money for my two brothers and myself.

 

She had always wanted to go on a cruise. So one DB, SIL, DH, & I

Went with her in our thoughts.

 

It was our first cruise. We had a balcony. In the early hours of the morning, I had an overwhelming feeling, I was to get up open the drapes and look out.

 

There before me, centered in the balcony door, was my first view of a Caribbean Island!

 

Enjoy your cruise! God bless. . .

[PattyG12]

Im considering the package for an upcoming cruise. I will probabley be drinking bottles of Heineken which at $4.75 + tip equates to 10 bottles per day. For me that would be easily achievable when on holiday, and I wouldnt see it as excessive drinking at all spread over a 12 hour period.

 

Absolutely ... and it's convenient. Just take into account the days that you'll be off the ship all day in the ports. That's where the cost didn't make sense to me.

[PattyG12]

DH and I ran into people drunk in the elevator by 11:00am on our Honeymoon cruise and this was before Royal Caribbean had the drink package. People are going to get drunk with or without the package, it doesn't matter.

 

You are absolutely correct. I just noticed more younger people drinking heavily on the Freedom. Yes, it was spring break, but we always cruise around the same time and it was more than usual.

[Melozone]

I truly believe she knows, in fact you will feel her their with you when you go.

 

I did the same thing in caring for my Mom. When she passed she also left money for my two brothers and myself.

 

She had always wanted to go on a cruise. So one DB, SIL, DH, & I

Went with her in our thoughts.

 

It was our first cruise. We had a balcony. In the early hours of the morning, I had an overwhelming feeling, I was to get up open the drapes and look out.

 

There before me, centered in the balcony door, was my first view of a Caribbean Island!

 

Enjoy your cruise! God bless. . .

Thank you! A little bitter sweet.

[Redrobo]

Absolutely ... and it's convenient. Just take into account the days that you'll be off the ship all day in the ports. That's where the cost didn't make sense to me.

 

Might go for the package but only if they still do Speckled Hen, lo.

More sea days than port days on our next Adventure.

[PattyG12]

Might go for the package but only if they still do Speckled Hen, lo.

More sea days than port days on our next Adventure.

 

with lots of sea days it would be worth it. but both people in the room need to get it. You should email the dining people to make sure they have some of that vile Speckled Hen!

[Grumpy100]

Whoaaaaaaaaaaaaa there, Grump !! DON'T tell Mayor nose-in your-business Bloomberg !! He WILL bring you up on charges !! Sooo, I hope your cruise NEVER goes out of NYC !! YOU, mister ! Could be in BIG (Apple) trouble !! Just kidding !!

 

Yes but they are diet soda not with all the sugar which I think is his problem....

[teajak]

Yes, really. Two of us and two granddaughters. Airfare, hotels, excursions, and on and on. More like $20,000 when all is said and done. Eastern Mediterranean.

Sorry,since we were discussing cruises I assumed you meant the price of the cruise.

[Melozone]

Sorry,since we were discussing cruises I assumed you meant the price of the cruise.

The total, but if you are kicked off a cruise you have to take all that into it, at least I do. I would be thinking I just blew all this money and now I am off the cruise. I have to consider the total amount I just spent. Sorry if I was not clear :o

[Redrobo]

with lots of sea days it would be worth it. but both people in the room need to get it. You should email the dining people to make sure they have some of that vile Speckled Hen!

 

First thing Ed said when we decided on this one. Wonder if they will still have the Speckled Hen, not my cup of tea, Ock water lo.

I didnt know both had to get the package, that makes it a tad expensive, I suppose that is so you don't get drinks for others. Have to get the old calculator out to see if it will be worth it.

[fishtaco]

I don't believe you can cancel any of the drinks packages part way through.

 

So you doubt my word or just didnt read my post:confused:

 

I cancelled a PI drinks package x2 on day 5 of a 14 night cruise on VOS,It was cancelled before midday on the 5th day and I was reimbursed 10 days PI package.

 

It took a simple cabin to service desk call then a transfer to beverage manager who agreed to the cancellation and actually laughed saying you are the first out of 820 drinks packages sold this cruise to cancel!

 

 

Den

[fishtaco]

He didn't just break one of the rules, if he threw something overboard he broke maritime law.

 

 

 

Wow. Just...wow. You cannot blame the drinker? Does the bartender stuff the drink down their throat? If not, I can blame the drinker.

 

I drink when on a cruise and any cruise that offers an unlimited package, I choose it for the peace of mind it offers me. And I have always at least broken even. But I pace myself and I have never made a scene or been out of control.[/QUOT

 

You seem to read only what you want to:confused:

 

My reply was to why cant you bring on your own booze if RCI has unlimited drinks package which the answer to is to stop people getting over drunk! lol

 

I have experience with the new PI package and can tell you they just keep serving! So there is no "responsible serving" as well as "responsible drinking"!

so throws the BYO booze argument out of the window.

 

But just go ahead and cheer away!:p:p:p

[Aussieflyer]

My reply was to why cant you bring on your own booze if RCI has unlimited drinks package which the answer to is to stop people getting over drunk! lol

 

I have experience with the new PI package and can tell you they just keep serving! So there is no "responsible serving" as well as "responsible drinking"!

so throws the BYO booze argument out of the window.

 

Do you seriously think that if RCI allowed passengers to bring on alcohol it would stop the drunken behaviour? LOL

I saw the people boarding for a 2 night Radiance cruise- if they had been allowed to bring on booze I know it would have been just as bad. I have read posts about how to smuggle booze (lots) on board. There would be likely more drinking not less IMO.

[fishtaco]

You are joking, right? :confused:

 

 

On another note, congrats on quitting smoking :) Im a quitter for almost 4 years now. I like your tracker.

 

Obviously you have never drank RCIs "Italian Long Island Iced Teas" Well neither had we until they were suggested by RCI bartender just prior to dinner!

 

One before dinner and one during dinner put my wife in almost a Coma! I had to help her back to the cabin after dinner one step forward two steps back the whole way!

 

Dinner drinks waiter had brought her another of what she had got outside the dinning room because he knew we had the package!

 

Perhaps she should have been kicked off for being a drunk:confused:

 

The package allows users to get drinks they otherwise wouldnt drink because of cost and some of those drinks contain a lot more alcohol than the average drinker is used to.

 

Its not the bar tenders fault but it also is not always the drinkers fault.

 

The package should be limited to Beer Wine Well and fluffy drinks in my opinion. We wouldnt have cancelled the package if she had had her usual 2 vodka lime sodas.

 

Den

[Retired LEO]

I had a role in getting a father and son kicked off the Oasis in Jamaica. I didn't feel bad at all. The kid deserved it.

[broberts]

Just got off rhapsody on a South Pacific cruise. We heard third hand that on the third night a passenger had too many drinks, tossed a piece of equipment overboard (a bollard?), and went to bed. The next morning security knocked on his door, confiscated his sea pass and he was sent to a hotel in noumea for a flight home the following day. Day 3 of a 10 day cruise.

 

Sometimes the all you can drink package is not such good value.

 

Unlikely it was a bollard. Bollards are generally vertical posts on wharfs or ships used mostly to secure mooring lines.

 

Wouldn't be surprised if it was a life ring. I've often wondered how many people succumb to temptation and throw one overboard.

[fishtaco]

Do you seriously think that if RCI allowed passengers to bring on alcohol it would stop the drunken behaviour? LOL

I saw the people boarding for a 2 night Radiance cruise- if they had been allowed to bring on booze I know it would have been just as bad. I have read posts about how to smuggle booze (lots) on board. There would be likely more drinking not less IMO.

 

So whats with the RCI PI drinks package then?

 

I have had it and experienced it and the amount that get drunk on it!

 

I didnt see one drunk and disorderly person in 14 nights, is this because the drinks package has some kind of "Magic" over BYO booze?

 

This was the "only" cruise that we have "not" smuggled at least 2 litres of Vodka onboard and the "only" cruise we have both got seriously drunk on!

 

Are you seriously suggesting that the all you can drink drinks package would stop drunken behaviour that the cruise line is claiming to dissuade by banning BYO booze LOL

 

What a joke LOL

 

Den

[Big_G]

 

Dinner drinks waiter had brought her another of what she had got outside the dinning room because he knew we had the package!

 

Perhaps she should have been kicked off for being a drunk:confused:

 

The package allows users to get drinks they otherwise wouldnt drink because of cost and some of those drinks contain a lot more alcohol than the average drinker is used to.

 

Its not the bar tenders fault but it also is not always the drinkers fault.

 

Den

 

Wow! The waiters don't bring you a drink unless you ask for it...package or not. Additionally, it's called consumption for a reason. Meaning it's always the drinkers fault unless of course the server is holding you down and pouring it down your throat otherwise you and only you are consuming the alcohol. Sorry but I had almost a whole career of drunks telling me it wasn't their fault usually it was after they killed or almost killed someone else.

[Aussieflyer]

So whats with the RCI PI drinks package then?

 

I have had it and experienced it and the amount that get drunk on it!

 

I didnt see one drunk and disorderly person in 14 nights, is this because the drinks package has some kind of "Magic" over BYO booze?

 

This was the "only" cruise that we have "not" smuggled at least 2 litres of Vodka onboard and the "only" cruise we have both got seriously drunk on!

 

Are you seriously suggesting that the all you can drink drinks package would stop drunken behaviour that the cruise line is claiming to dissuade by banning BYO booze LOL

 

What a joke LOL

 

Den

No - you choose to misunderstand me. You were complaining that the RCI policy of not allowing booze to be taken on the ship (with the resulting increase? in drinks packages) is a factor in people drinking more than they should as they try to get their money's worth.

My comment is that taking spirits (in particular) on board would not IMO lead to a reduction in drunken loutish behaviour. Just because you only got drunk on the cruise where you had a package does not make it a general truth necessarily.

Bully for you that you "smuggle" your booze on board and think you beat the system. Wine has been allowed on many lines but never spirits. Saving a few bucks or going for brag rights??

[pwhitty]

Thence the theme to "Drink Responsibly". There are too many unknows to this story. I can relate to this from both sides (personal experiences). Nevertheless, when somone drinks, that someone is responsible for their actions - even on holiday/vacation.

[billie5]

But just go ahead and cheer away!

 

If I understand your post, someone who disagrees with you is a cheerleader for the cruise line.

 

How sad that is the only way you can see it.

[fairymum]

I will buy the drinks package on my next cruise(I did check you can get sodas and non alcoholic cocktails as well) but its not cos I'm a drunk or want to get drunk but because I don't want to think about every drink I have adding up and getting a huge bill at the end.

[pspercy]

RCCL should really offer non-alcoholic options with the drink package like Celebrity Cruises. Maybe if someone could get bottles of water, cappuccinos, special teas, etc. it may cut down on passengers just drinking alcohol.

 

Big thumbs up:D