As cruise lines continue to expand their all-you-can-drink beverage programs to include alcohol, one must wonder what affects these programs might have on alcohol related incidents.
Royal Caribbean just expanded it’s offerings. Read the full story here at CruiseCritic.com.
While most cruise passengers are responsible in their consumption of wine, liquor and beer, increasing and unchecked consumption could lead to greater occurrences of:
- slips, trips and falls
- sexual harassment
- alcohol poisoning
- fights
- underage drinking
The more alcohol available – and in greater quantity and ease of access – it sets the stage for potential harm.
As the cruise lines continue their search for more revenue streams, are they also potentially putting their passengers into negative situations? It’s a question with an answer that we may not learn for some time.
