Guests behaving badly

[lorimay]

Does anyone know the protocol for guests that may drink more than then they should an act unacceptably?
Can they be made to stay in their room or removed from the ship?

 

[DynamicDisneyDuo]

If their behavior is bad enough, those are options available to the ship's master to deal with it. Given Disney's tendency to want to keep guests happy and shelling out money, I would imagine the behavior would have to be pretty bad for either of those options to be put into play. Damaging property, assaulting guests/crew, that kind of thing.

 

[lorimay]

We had a pair on our recent cruise, I'm assuming husband and wife, they were obnoxious the first two nights in the piano bar and dining room. Then Bam we didn't see them for 2 days at dinner, we wondered that they may have missed the boat at our second stop, but we didn't have another stop for 6 days, they reappeared after the 2 days, at dinner.
Of course when people behave this way, they draw attention to themselves, so this is why we noticed.
My husband was a part of the mans antics the first night in the piano bar, he is lucky that my husband is an easy going guy and laughed at his behavior, another person may have knocked him on his bottom.
She went after a character in the dining room and was asked to stop 3 times before the character got very annoyed and left the table. I felt bad for the people sitting with them, because they lost their interaction with the character because she wouldn't stop pulling on him.

 

[T & R]

I would hope they would be removed from the ship if they are a danger to themselves or others.

 

[Karin1984]

Maybe interesting topic: https://www.disboards.com/threads/silly-question-is-there-a-disney-jail-on-the-cruise-ships.3732305/
Locking up someone who is intoxicated in their regular room could be dangerous if it's a room with a veranda. But also without a veranda, a regular room could be dangerous with all the heavy furniture etc. Someone could seriously injure themselves.

 

[lorimay]

I would hope they would be removed from the ship if they are a danger to themselves or others.

Nope, not removed, but I would say sternly warned.
They never came back to the piano bar the rest of the cruise, so I wondered if they were not allowed in bars for the duration.

 

[T & R]

Nope, not removed, but I would say sternly warned.

Well that makes sense, I'm sure you can't just kick people off for being jerks. Some cruise lines would run out of guests. I would assume the threshold for removal would be a "danger to yourself or others" or criminal activity such as drugs, theft, etc.

 

[DisneYE]

Well that makes sense, I'm sure you can't just kick people off for being jerks. Some cruise lines would run out of guests. I would assume the threshold for removal would be a "danger to yourself or others" or criminal activity such as drugs, theft, etc.

I think criminal activity & danger to yourself or others is way beyond being unruly
Not sure if OP is referring to those types.
I've seen some completely smashed drunk cruisers (esp during/after tastings) but nothing that would qualify them as unruly. thankfully they're few, or I've been lucky in not seeing as many. Can't imagine what its like in other lesser cruises. I've no patience for unruly drunks. I'm the type that would confront them and tell them to knock it off.

 

[longboard55]

we were wondering what the cruises lines with the all you can drink packages are like. Really did not see anyone out of control on our last cruise.

But you want to see bad parents, take a Mediterranean cruise. Kids running wild at dinner and the shows and parents do nothing.

 

[ludari]

In my 10+ cruises (8 with DCL) I've never seen unruly or guests behaving badly to create any kind of attention. I've seen teens acting up a bit on DCL but they are just being teens and they are not doing anything that I would consider contacting a crew member/cast member about.

 

[MomOTwins]

We had a pair on our recent cruise, I'm assuming husband and wife, they were obnoxious the first two nights in the piano bar and dining room. Then Bam we didn't see them for 2 days at dinner, we wondered that they may have missed the boat at our second stop, but we didn't have another stop for 6 days, they reappeared after the 2 days, at dinner.
Of course when people behave this way, they draw attention to themselves, so this is why we noticed.
My husband was a part of the mans antics the first night in the piano bar, he is lucky that my husband is an easy going guy and laughed at his behavior, another person may have knocked him on his bottom.
She went after a character in the dining room and was asked to stop 3 times before the character got very annoyed and left the table. I felt bad for the people sitting with them, because they lost their interaction with the character because she wouldn't stop pulling on him.

I have seen plenty of sober people behaving badly too--cutting the line at character meets, yelling at CMs because they aren't happy that something they wanted was fully booked, talking loudly during the evening shows. And don't even get me started on the poolside deck chair drama (both those who save too many seats and those who dump people's stuff off loungers). Obnoxious people are just obnoxious. I expect Disney would hold off on taking any more severe action than a talking-to unless people were actually assaulting guests or crew; then you might see confinement to stateroom or forced disembarkation, depending on the severity of the offense (just like how people are banned from Disney World for assault). I also expect they may deny to serve alcohol to people who appear too drunk (similar to any land bar), but that would have to rise above the level of people just being loud and rude; it would be more in the category of slurred speech and stumbling around.

 

[ladyofthetramp]

Until recently, never seen anything... And then I did. It wasn't pretty and I think those around were just as surprised and mortified as I was. No one got hurt or assaulted. Just too much drinking and bad judgment. I think if it was any more than the few moments that it lasted, something might have been done.

 

[hubbard53]

I have seen plenty of sober people behaving badly too

yep. on all my cruises, no "drunk" has been worse the the entitled "disney moms" saving seats in the theater, yelling at each other, ramming strollers, crowding lines, stealing deck chairs, etc. etc.

 

[lklgoodman]

I haven't seen anyone drunk on any of our cruises. Worst behavior was several years ago in the movie theater. A large group in a few rows in front of us had a person in every other seat with an empty seats between them. Just as the movie started the rest of their group came in with plates piled high with food from Cabanas. They then loudly were telling others in the group to pass the different plates back and forth. They kept getting up to get plates/drinks from each other. Knocking into those in front of them. A cm was standing nearby and did nothing. Another passenger said something to them and they did get quiet.

 

[mousefan73]

Guests behaving badly due to drinking can be at times subjective. For those who tend to look at drinking anyways in a negative way, a loud obnoxious person may suddendly seem more "bad" if they spot a beer in their hand. To others where drinking is part of their social scene. they might not even bat an eye.. Case is a person I know who is against any drinking. this person thinks laughing and talking loud is a sign of being drunk, which is often not the case.. even if that person has had one drink.

 

[PrincessShmoo]

I'm sure you can't just kick people off for being jerks.

The captain can remove anyone from his ship, at his discretion.

 

[bumbershoot]

we were wondering what the cruises lines with the all you can drink packages are like.

On my Royal cruises I’ve seen literally one person who was drunk.

And Royal, last I checked, has one of the more relaxed policies as to drinks per day. Other cruise lines with drinks packages limit consumption more. When last I checked.

 

[MomOTwins]

One thing that just occurred to me in the conversation about other cruise lines and lack of drunks is that my experience with all inclusive drinks packages is they water them down so much you can’t get drunk even if you tried. I remember one day I probably ordered 4 or 5 poolside drinks at an all inclusive and didn’t even feel a buzz. On Disney, I remember I couldn’t even finish one cocktail because it was so strong. I wonder if that contributes to some of the drunk folks on DCL—they are used to drinking all day on Royal or Carnival and not used to Disney giving you “real” drinks.

 

[rachelsmom97]

We had a pair on our recent cruise, I'm assuming husband and wife, they were obnoxious the first two nights in the piano bar and dining room. Then Bam we didn't see them for 2 days at dinner, we wondered that they may have missed the boat at our second stop, but we didn't have another stop for 6 days, they reappeared after the 2 days, at dinner.
Of course when people behave this way, they draw attention to themselves, so this is why we noticed.
My husband was a part of the mans antics the first night in the piano bar, he is lucky that my husband is an easy going guy and laughed at his behavior, another person may have knocked him on his bottom.
She went after a character in the dining room and was asked to stop 3 times before the character got very annoyed and left the table. I felt bad for the people sitting with them, because they lost their interaction with the character because she wouldn't stop pulling on him.

We were on the sailing as well. Sitting in Keys towards the back we noticed how obnoxious they were. We met a couple who were their table mates and I guess the first couple of nights were grim.

They must had been talked to as we noticed that later in the cruise they were much more subdued.

 

[wombat_5606]

One thing that just occurred to me in the conversation about other cruise lines and lack of drunks is that my experience with all inclusive drinks packages is they water them down so much you can’t get drunk even if you tried. I remember one day I probably ordered 4 or 5 poolside drinks at an all inclusive and didn’t even feel a buzz. On Disney, I remember I couldn’t even finish one cocktail because it was so strong. I wonder if that contributes to some of the drunk folks on DCL—they are used to drinking all day on Royal or Carnival and not used to Disney giving you “real” drinks.

In my recent experience, I can't agree that Disney has strong drinks. I actually switched to wine because after trying several different drinks, I didn't feel like I was getting a decent pour.