What's the Drinking Age?

[GoinCruisin]

What I find amazing is an 18 yr. old can go to the casino.

 

Whats amazing in our society is an 18yr. old can gamble and has to register for selective service and can vote, but has to be 21 to drink. Something wrong with this. Just my opinion but it should be 1 set age.

 

If they comped drinks in the casino, it might be different. As far as registering for selective service and voting, it is a foreign flagged ship so they can pretty much set up what they want. I would imagine they changed it BACK to 21 after all the Spring Break cruisers wreaked havoc year after year.... Most of the time, those wild and crazy gamblers aren't puking up and down the hallways :p LOL

[roswellmom]

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What I find amazing is an 18 yr. old can go to the casino.

 

Whats amazing in our society is an 18yr. old can gamble and has to register for selective service and can vote, but has to be 21 to drink. Something wrong with this. Just my opinion but it should be 1 set age.

 

 

You're so right. He can fight for our country but can't celebrate with a beer. Go figure!

[GoinCruisin]

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You're so right. He can fight for our country but can't celebrate with a beer. Go figure!

 

Is your son in the service?? If so, I'll buy him a beer :D If not, he really can't use that excuse... I'm old enough to run for President... but until I actually DO it, I can't send us to war ;) If your son is actually fighting for our country, I think you will find that he will have NO shortage of people buying him drinks on the ship.

[big_duck]

Is your son in the service?? If so, I'll buy him a beer :D If not, he really can't use that excuse... I'm old enough to run for President... but until I actually DO it, I can't send us to war ;) If your son is actually fighting for our country, I think you will find that he will have NO shortage of people buying him drinks on the ship.

 

Couldn't agree more.

[crimmper]

If they comped drinks in the casino, it might be different. As far as registering for selective service and voting, it is a foreign flagged ship so they can pretty much set up what they want. I would imagine they changed it BACK to 21 after all the Spring Break cruisers wreaked havoc year after year.... Most of the time, those wild and crazy gamblers aren't puking up and down the hallways :p LOL

 

But its ok to suck the life out of their savings or put them into credit card debt.

 

Is your son in the service?? If so, I'll buy him a beer :D If not, he really can't use that excuse... I'm old enough to run for President... but until I actually DO it, I can't send us to war ;) If your son is actually fighting for our country, I think you will find that he will have NO shortage of people buying him drinks on the ship.

If you did that and the person was under 21 would would be violating cruise ship rules

I know on NCL if the parents give approval, 18yr olds may purchase wine or beer. At least thats how it was last year.

 

As far as my last post goes, I was referring to society (meaning US government) and not cruise line rules. We can send an 18yr old to Iraq, carry a rifle, and have his or her limbs blown off, but they can't have a BUD.

Just my opinion

Sorry, kind of went off topic.

[Matt2000]

Is your son in the service?? If so, I'll buy him a beer

 

But wouldn't that be wrong and against CCL rules if he was under 21? I also find the rules dumb. It's ok to gamble at 18, but you can't drink? I get that their worried about 18 yr olds acting like fools b/c their drunk, but I've seen plenty 21 yr olds, 30 yr olds, and 50 yr olds and every other age group acting like fools on cruise ships b/c their drunk. At least on a cruise ship you know their not going to leave and drive home. I think if the drinking age is 21 then the gambling age should also be 21.

[KruznKel]

Is your son in the service?? If so, I'll buy him a beer

 

But wouldn't that be wrong and against CCL rules if he was under 21? I also find the rules dumb. It's ok to gamble at 18, but you can't drink? I get that their worried about 18 yr olds acting like fools b/c their drunk, but I've seen plenty 21 yr olds, 30 yr olds, and 50 yr olds and every other age group acting like fools on cruise ships b/c their drunk. At least on a cruise ship you know their not going to leave and drive home. I think if the drinking age is 21 then the gambling age should also be 21.

 

Yes and 16 yr olds can drive a car.. its all a matter of what the rules are.. I could say that if the drinking age is 21 than the driving age should be too.. different rules everywhere right;)

[Matt2000]

Is your son in the service?? If so, I'll buy him a beer

 

Yes and 16 yr olds can drive a car.. its all a matter of what the rules are.. I could say that if the drinking age is 21 than the driving age should be too.. different rules everywhere right;)

 

Wouldn't bother me any if the driving age was 21, but that is besides the point anyway. A 16 year old can't be drafted or sent to Iraq to fight for America, an 18 year old can. I think we Americans should take the same view on alcohol as the Europeans. Kids drink there, it's no big deal, and the kids there don't seem to be nearly as obnoxious when it comes to drinking. Probably b/c they aren't trying to be "cool" or rebel against their parents, b/c it's already ok. We Americans are just way too uptight about things...I guess a leftover of our Puritan ancestors

[nckvilledudes]

Drafted???? There is no military draft.!!!!!

 

Dan

[GoinCruisin]

But its ok to suck the life out of their savings or put them into credit card debt.

 

 

If you did that and the person was under 21 would would be violating cruise ship rules

I know on NCL if the parents give approval, 18yr olds may purchase wine or beer. At least thats how it was last year.

 

As far as my last post goes, I was referring to society (meaning US government) and not cruise line rules. We can send an 18yr old to Iraq, carry a rifle, and have his or her limbs blown off, but they can't have a BUD.

Just my opinion

Sorry, kind of went off topic.

 

 

No, what I find VERY funny are the people that CLAIM that their kids CAN join the service and fight for their country yet can't drink a beer, but would never even THINK of their kid actually joining the service!!! Don't EVER claim that "oh, my kid can join the service but not drink a beer" unless your kid had actually done that... otherwise, it's just WORDS. My 21 year old cousin has served 2 tours in Iraq... he has defended YOUR honor... he has risked HIS life.. and if he wants to drink a beer, I have no problem with that.... I DO have a problem with someone who thinks just because they are of age, yet never would have the balls to join the service, who thinks they have "earned" the right to drink :rolleyes: You have NO RIGHT to use the excuse that "my kid can join the service but can't drink" unless your kid has actually put his life on the line by joining the service. You don't get the right just because you are "old enough"

[GoinCruisin]

 

Wouldn't bother me any if the driving age was 21, but that is besides the point anyway. A 16 year old can't be drafted or sent to Iraq to fight for America, an 18 year old can. I think we Americans should take the same view on alcohol as the Europeans. Kids drink there, it's no big deal, and the kids there don't seem to be nearly as obnoxious when it comes to drinking. Probably b/c they aren't trying to be "cool" or rebel against their parents, b/c it's already ok. We Americans are just way too uptight about things...I guess a leftover of our Puritan ancestors

 

Well, it used to be standard that the drinking age was 18 until not too long ago... I guess that people under the age of 18 proved not trustworthy of the rule...

[hockeyluver]

A friend of our's son will be cruising with us in March, he just turned 19 and can legally drink here in Canada but wont be able to on the ship lol. Our dd is 18 and is looking forward to playing the slots. Cant do that here till your 19,you wouldnt believe the number of 19 and 20 yr olds come over from Detroit (and area) on the weekends to party:eek: . In Nassau our dd's were served drinks at Senor Frogs and the waitress never asked to see ID, youngest was 15

[GoinCruisin]

A friend of our's son will be cruising with us in March, he just turned 19 and can legally drink here in Canada but wont be able to on the ship lol. Our dd is 18 and is looking forward to playing the slots. Cant do that here till your 19,you wouldnt believe the number of 19 and 20 yr olds come over from Detroit (and area) on the weekends to party:eek: . In Nassau our dd's were served drinks at Senor Frogs and the waitress never asked to see ID, youngest was 15

 

Yes, many ports the drinking age is "as long as you can reach the counter" :p

[chuibaca]

On Carnival, they don't have to card you... your age is embedded into your S&S card. As soon as you go to pay for the drink, your account is flagged as underage.

 

Your age is not embedded into your S&S card. I check with carnival after arguing with my cousins who argued with me that they purchased beer and were never stopped. They are both 18 and they both said they were never carded and even paid cash for some of their beer on carnival instead of their S&S card. This was their first cruise and they didn't understand why the bartender was asking for cash instead of their S&S card. My cousins both said they were buying beer all night and went into the disco and both were never bothered once.

[big_duck]

Your age is not embedded into your S&S card. I check with carnival after arguing with my cousins who argued with me that they purchased beer and were never stopped. They are both 18 and they both said they were never carded and even paid cash for some of their beer on carnival instead of their S&S card. This was their first cruise and they didn't understand why the bartender was asking for cash instead of their S&S card. My cousins both said they were buying beer all night and went into the disco and both were never bothered once.

 

If they were paying cash then the bartender knew they were underage and was pocketing the sales.

 

Systems are only as good as the honesty of the people involved.

 

I was sitting at the back Lido bar on the Triumph and I saw the bartender card a bunch of girls. Some care, some don't whatchagonnado?

[Kurbanfan]

Your age is not embedded into your S&S card. I check with carnival after arguing with my cousins who argued with me that they purchased beer and were never stopped. They are both 18 and they both said they were never carded and even paid cash for some of their beer on carnival instead of their S&S card. This was their first cruise and they didn't understand why the bartender was asking for cash instead of their S&S card. My cousins both said they were buying beer all night and went into the disco and both were never bothered once.

 

 

Yep what Duck said:p You cannot purchase anything on the ship in cash except gambling in the casino.......

[GoinCruisin]

Your age is not embedded into your S&S card. I check with carnival after arguing with my cousins who argued with me that they purchased beer and were never stopped. They are both 18 and they both said they were never carded and even paid cash for some of their beer on carnival instead of their S&S card. This was their first cruise and they didn't understand why the bartender was asking for cash instead of their S&S card. My cousins both said they were buying beer all night and went into the disco and both were never bothered once.

 

 

Yeah, what Duck said too :p And Kurbanfan...

 

So, we know they werent using their S&S cards... but believe me, Carnival has a system in place to try to avoid liability, I promise you that. There is a reason your cousins didn't use their cards :p I don't see a bartender willing to risk their job for this...

 

Why wouldn't they be allowed in the disco???

[yst347]

I'm just wondering what the drinking age is on Carnival? Is it 21 like all of the U.S. or can the rules change once in International waters? Do they enforce the age? My cousin, who is 20, is going on a cruise soon and asked me. I honestly didn't know the answer. I know that on my senior class cruise(NCL from San Juan) we were allowed to drink like fishes. Most of us were 18, but there were some 17 year olds also(I was one of them). The bartenders and waitresses all knew we were high school seniors, but it didn't seem to matter. A lot of us even had a contest to see who would have the highest bar tab at the end of the cruise. The winner had racked up a $1200 tab. Our chaperones(teachers & principal) had passed the rule that we could drink anything we wanted, but NO SHOTS. They figured that we were safe in a contained enviroment and it's not like any of us were gonna drive home.

Anyway, my cousin does drink beer(he's a college student), so he was wondering if he'd be allowed to. His parents will be with him and they condone it, but I don't know if having a legal guardian will help any.

 

As others have stated, your cousin will be too young to purchase alcoholic beverages on the ship. He will be able to purchase all the drinks he likes in every port in the Caribbean and Mexico. Some islands such as Antigua have a 16 year old drinking age. The only nation with a 21 drinking age is the USA. Some Muslim nations prohibit alcohol but most nations have an 18 drinking age. South Korea is 19, Japan and Iceland are 20.

 

You can tell your cousin he can smuggle all the booze he wants in his checked luggage. Doing so is also a violation of Carnival's rules, but it isn't breaking any laws. If he gets tanked up and acts the fool, he risks being tossed off the ship so be warned. For information on booze/beer smuggling just use the search feature. It is discussed here ad-nauseum.

[Thirsty Cruiser]

You can tell your cousin he can smuggle all the booze he wants in his checked luggage. Doing so is also a violation of Carnival's rules, but it isn't breaking any laws.

 

What if they found liquor in his carryon/checked luggage? Do you think they would be obligated to contact authorities? (He will be in US jurisdiction).

Just a thought.

[yst347]

What if they found liquor in his carryon/checked luggage? Do you think they would be obligated to contact authorities? (He will be in US jurisdiction).

Just a thought.

 

If someone is breaking laws, they should accept the punishment they have coming for doing so. As to whether Carnival has an obligation to turn in the miscreant, I doubt it.

[Kurbanfan]

You can tell your cousin he can smuggle all the booze he wants in his checked luggage. Doing so is also a violation of Carnival's rules, but it isn't breaking any laws. If he gets tanked up and acts the fool, he risks being tossed off the ship so be warned. For information on booze/beer smuggling just use the search feature. It is discussed here ad-nauseum.

 

I do believe anyone under age in possession of alcohol is breaking the law......It is here in Calif. anyways......

[yst347]

I do believe anyone under age in possession of alcohol is breaking the law......It is here in Calif. anyways......

 

So you agree with me then?

 

Do I have an obligation to report speeders I encounter on the highway?

[mosel]

My son is 18 and in the Navy. If you offered him a drink he would thank you very much and order a sprite or non alcoholic frozen lemonade. He would be very appreciative of the drink but he doesn't like any alcoholic drinks. We were thinking maybe he could accept the drink and give it to us. ;) Cindy

[Kurbanfan]

So you agree with me then?

 

Do I have an obligation to report speeders I encounter on the highway?

 

Ok what am I missing:confused: I was referring to your post saying the cousin could smuggle because although it is in violation of Carnival's rule.....it is not against the law.

 

I was pointing out that it is against the law for the youngters to have it in their possession (luggage)

 

Don't think I said it was your obligation for anything..

 

Ok maybe it is beer thirty:eek:

[yst347]

Ok what am I missing:confused: I was referring to your post saying the cousin could smuggle because although it is in violation of Carnival's rule.....it is not against the law.

 

Of course it is against the law, so what? Carnival isn't the police. The OP made no mention of his cousin wanting to know if he could have his first drink onboard. His cousin already drinks. He isn't concerned with the law by all appearences.

 

I was pointing out that it is against the law for the youngters to have it in their possession (luggage)

 

Don't think I said it was your obligation for anything..

 

That is my point. It isn't Carnival's obligation to report hooch in a 20 year-old's luggage.

 

Ok maybe it is beer thirty:eek:

 

I'm not advocating minors drink. I wouldn't advocate drinking to 40 year-olds. I am simply pointing out what happens on Carnival cruises, isn't that the raison d'etre of this forum?

 

Ok, re-reading my original post I see the confusion. Generally a minor in possesion of alcoholic beverages is in violation of the law. What i meant was being in possesion of the hooch onboard the ship is not in violation of any laws.