Just for fun, what is the single worst thing you have seen a carnival cruiser doing?

[CruiseGal999]

I shop at walmart.

Do you mean people that buy clothes at walmart. Or people who work at walmart and what they wear?

I can afford to shop anywhere but i find some good buys at Walmart. I think as long as your clothes are clean that's what counts. If you mean dressing up in a social cocktail dress i have seen many styles that i hate and would never wear bought at many retail stores and were not purchased at Walmart.

Somehow Walmart gets a bad rap.

I am very style conscious and i can tell you that White Stag use to be a very prominent high end style clothing line which walmart now sells.

Also in Target the line they sell Merona Wear use to be a cruise wear exclusive where you can buy several matching pieces with the same dye lot and match many outfits. This use to be very high end and expensive.

I sold this at loehmann's back in the 80's.This is now a exclusive Target Brand. Those who are in the merchandise business will concur.

I don't think that people who shop at Saks will shop for clothes at walmart. And i usually don't but bargains like hanes underwear and fruit of the Loom is a no brainer at Walmart 12.00 verses 36.00. SAME underwear. I am not to proud to pick up bargains. My Husband insists on buying sneakers at Walmart. But sometimes i get to his wardrobe first and buy him brand names like NIKE and New Balance and Boat shoes that are brand name but he loves his Walmart sneakers .LOL

However you cannot find a nice cocktail dress at Walmart . LOL ,TJ MAXX AND ROSS are my favorite BELK and BURLINGTON and Macy's and Dillards . These are my go to for bargains.But I have enough confidence in my economic social status that prevents me from being pretentious.

 

Wow ..... phew! I am pretty sure he was referencing the MANY websites showing people shopping at walmart and wearing (if you can call it that) very bizarre clothing/outfits.

 

http://www.complex.com/pop-culture/2013/02/the-30-funniest-people-of-walmart-photos/6

[Ocean Dancer]

As for Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds, John's 6 year old son brought home a picture that he drew in school. John asked Julian what it was, and the boy replied, "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" thus becoming a title of a new song. The LSD is pure coincidental.

[CruiseGal999]

As for Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds, John's 6 year old son brought home a picture that he drew in school. John asked Julian what it was, and the boy replied, "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" thus becoming a title of a new song. The LSD is pure coincidental.

 

About John's claims on the song's origins, Lennon biographer Philip Norman sarcastically notes: "It is a plausible enough explanation if one accepts that John never took acid or encouraged its use, that he was completely word blind, and that he took an ongoing and responsive interest in Julian's schoolwork." All of these points could not be farther from the truth: Lennon dropped acid many times and talked his friends into it, read voraciously and was always obsessed with wordplay and puns ("incredibly high," "head in the clouds," etc.) and was often barely present as a father to Julian while the youngster was growing up. So Norman's point is precisely that Lennon's explanation is not entirely persuasive, and that the song was indeed probably drug-inspired, at least in part. Lennon also claimed that he had no intention of spelling out "LSD" with the title, but that is a little hard to believe considering how smart and witty he was.

[surfjock27]

Full on having sex in a clam shell chair, on the Serenity Deck. Breeze, December 2015.

 

I was out laying on the serenity deck, around midnight. Super quiet, only one out there.

A couple walks up and gets in the clam shell beside me, oblivious that I'm there. I hear them flirting pretty heavy, talking about how they were with a large group on the cruise and how they both had significant others back in their cabins, that would never think to look on the Serenity deck. I was throughly enjoying the drama talk, but within minutes they are full on going at it! It was one of the most uncomfortable situations I've been in. I quietly got up and walked away, leaving them to their indescretions.

[Razor_Poke]

Currently on the Fantasy and while I've enjoyed myself, this cruise may have had more bad behavior than I've seen yet on any cruise. I'll provide more information in a full review later but Sunday evening between comedy sets a young man, somewhere between 18 and 21 and quite inexperienced at drinking managed to down 3 shots. He starts heckling the "Cowboy Comedian " toward the end of his set and next thing you know he wonders up on stage. The comedian doesn't miss a beat and calmly asks the host to escort him out.

 

A few minutes later, we see the kid up in the buffet stumbling around and he eventually falls. Security pays him and his buddies a visit but they presumably help him back to his room.

 

This has definitely been one of the rowdier cruises.

[SNJCruisers]

Currently on the Fantasy...Sunday evening between comedy sets a young man, somewhere between 18 and 21 and quite inexperienced at drinking managed to down 3 shots.

The young man had to be 21 since the drinking age in the Carnival fleet is 21.

[NJporkroll]

Full on having sex in a clam shell chair, on the Serenity Deck. Breeze, December 2015.

 

 

 

I was out laying on the serenity deck, around midnight. Super quiet, only one out there.

 

A couple walks up and gets in the clam shell beside me, oblivious that I'm there. I hear them flirting pretty heavy, talking about how they were with a large group on the cruise and how they both had significant others back in their cabins, that would never think to look on the Serenity deck. I was throughly enjoying the drama talk, but within minutes they are full on going at it! It was one of the most uncomfortable situations I've been in. I quietly got up and walked away, leaving them to their indescretions.

 

 

 

Sorry, she was all over me... what could I do!!!

 

 

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[Razor_Poke]

The young man had to be 21 since the drinking age in the Carnival fleet is 21.

That's the rule but unfortunately not always the reality. The comedian made a reference to the incident a couple nights later and called him 18 but it was in the context of a joke

 

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[Bllybb758]

Smacking your wife because she didn’t pack soap or shampoo on the walk up the railing for embarkation day with everyone present. Oh they sent the man to a different stateroom after the complaints.

[SNJCruisers]

That's the rule but unfortunately not always the reality. The comedian made a reference to the incident a couple nights later and called him 18 but it was in the context of a joke

 

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The only way it is not reality is if the kid was consuming smuggled on alcohol. You need to be 21 to legally purchase it at a bar in the fleet.

 

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[K.T.B.]

Some hilarious stories in this thread. I have many to share, but this happened on my very first cruise.

 

It was a 5 day cruise out of Galveston on Celebration. One of the stops was Cozumel. And what was awesome about that stop was that we were there until midnight. We heard the stories about people running back to the ship 3 sheets to the wind, but we were skeptical. Now on this cruise we had gotten to know out room steward very well and he suggested that we go to the top of the ship at the bow at about 11:00. We did and we were not alone, there were probably 10 of us up there.

 

Anyway, for the next 45 minutes or so, we saw numerous people attempting to run while being extremely drunk. They could barely walk, so forget about trying to run! Now the people on the bridge had a clear view of the people on the pier trying to get back to the ship. So what does the bridge crew do? They blow the horn. NOW the drunks really start running! Well, sort of.... Quite a number of them fell a few times and stumbled towards the ship. The bridge crew was merciless too. Every time they saw a large group, they blow the horn. Drunks run, they fall, repeat.

 

Everyone who was there was laughing so hard I think we were all teared up. It's still the best show I've ever had on a ship!

[frayedend]

The only way it is not reality is if the kid was consuming smuggled on alcohol. You need to be 21 to legally purchase it at a bar in the fleet.

 

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Probably you should let Razor know the reason you are so sure. That is, of course, that your Carnival card immediately shows the bartender if you aren't old enough. The bartenders would be in trouble if they sold to minors. However, maybe if he was with friends that served him it could happen.

[Razor_Poke]

Yes I know the rule. But you're naive if you think underage drinking from the ship bars doesn't happen. Adults do buy booze for underage folks unfortunately.

 

Nevertheless, my post was about a drunk idiot and idiocy knows no age boundaries😁

 

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[Blackjack22]

when did Carnival change the rules? I remember being able to drink while I was 20 on a CCL ship and 18 on an RCL ship around 10 years ago.

[Whimsy88]

DH went for an EARLY morning walk on deck and saw someone lying in a deck chair wearing what he thought was the world's ugliest suit. Turns out the guy was passed out drunk, and someone had turned his beer bottle upside down between his legs, and "painted" lovely swirled designs on his elegant night suit with the squeeze mustard bottle!:eek: Security was coming from the other direction at the same time, woke him up and "assisted" the gentleman back to his cabin!:')

[CruiseGal999]

when did Carnival change the rules? I remember being able to drink while I was 20 on a CCL ship and 18 on an RCL ship around 10 years ago.

 

Wasn't there a no drinking age in international waters at one point? I KNOW I drank like a fish when I was 19 and on Carnival .... back in 1982.

[Blackjack22]

Wasn't there a no drinking age in international waters at one point? I KNOW I drank like a fish when I was 19 and on Carnival .... back in 1982.

 

I thought it was cruise line policy and they still did allow drinking at any age in international waters, I could be way off on this. I just tried to search it but couldn't find anything that seemed on point on here. Granted, didn't try very hard!:D

[CruiseGal999]

Wasn't there a no drinking age in international waters at one point? I KNOW I drank like a fish when I was 19 and on Carnival .... back in 1982.

 

Well ... drinking age was 18 back then. It was a LONG time ago. Couldn't remember when the drinking age increase was put into law.

[Silent Penguin]

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Anyway, for the next 45 minutes or so, we saw numerous people attempting to run while being extremely drunk. They could barely walk, so forget about trying to run! Now the people on the bridge had a clear view of the people on the pier trying to get back to the ship. So what does the bridge crew do? They blow the horn. NOW the drunks really start running! Well, sort of.... Quite a number of them fell a few times and stumbled towards the ship. The bridge crew was merciless too. Every time they saw a large group, they blow the horn. Drunks run, they fall, repeat.

 

Everyone who was there was laughing so hard I think we were all teared up. It's still the best show I've ever had on a ship!

 

I needed this! :')

[frayedend]

Drinking age has been 21 on Carnival for a while..

 

AGE RESTRICTIONS ON BOARD

 

 

Drinking Alcoholic Beverages / Cigarette Smoking

• Guests must be 21 years of age or older to be served alcohol onboard. Proper I.D with birth date is required.
  
• Guests must be 18 years of age or older to smoke and purchase cigarettes.
  

Casino and Bingo

• Guests must be 18 years of age or older to play the tables and the slot machines.
  
• Guests under 18 years of age are not permitted in the casino.
  
• Guests must be 18 years of age to purchase a bingo card and play.
  

 

• 
  

[Saint Greg]

Well ... drinking age was 18 back then. It was a LONG time ago. Couldn't remember when the drinking age increase was put into law.

 

That's what I was thinking. I know they didn't change the drinking age to 21 in my town until the mid-90's. I was drinking screwdrivers at nightclubs with a fake ID at 16.

[watermelonqueen99]

Also, not so much embarrassing, but lots of respect for. Each time, on my carnival cruises, there is ALWAYs, the 50-70 year old guy who shuts down the club. It could be empty or packed, and there is always one solo gentleman who always dances on the floor by himself from beginning to the end of the night, never stopping. By the end of the night, you will see 5 young girls dancing with him.

 

I am 36 and hesitate to dance solo in a few songs, but everynight? Heck, twice we were on the beach, and the guy was still dancing

 

I'm not "young" (38), but one of my favorite cruise memories is when me and a group of other women danced with an elderly gentleman in the nightclub. He had to be in his 90's, but he was gettin' it, cane and all! :D We ended up forming a circle around him and just having a blast the entire song. He had the biggest grin on his face! I've also been pulled onto the dance floor in the Ocean Plaza by an elderly gentlemen. Luckily I have a good-natured hubby. Lol :D

[CruiseGal999]

That's what I was thinking. I know they didn't change the drinking age to 21 in my town until the mid-90's. I was drinking screwdrivers at nightclubs with a fake ID at 16.

 

 

The National Minimum Drinking Age Act of 1984 (23 U.S.C. § 158) was passed by the United States Congress on July 17, 1984.

[the mistral wind]

when did Carnival change the rules? I remember being able to drink while I was 20 on a CCL ship and 18 on an RCL ship around 10 years ago.

I remember drinking 3.2 beer in Cincinnati Ohio at Pizza hut when i was 15. But that was 45 years ago.

Carnival has changed their policy . They are sick of kids getting sick and throwing up all over the place.They do check now.

[CruiseGal999]

Ok, this wasn't Carnival ... but on an RCI cruise there was this older guy, (70-ish) Vladimir who in the lounge would get up and sing, BADLY. Everyone was laughing SO hard. I video taped him. He was down on his knees, had the microphone, eyes closed, belted out this song and it was awful ... but SO funny. He showed up nightly and everyone cheered/egged him on!