Family sues Royal Caribbean after man allegedly served 33 drinks dies aboard cruise ship

foxnews.com ^ | December 8, 2025 | Greg Wehner , Michael Ruiz

[Deaf and Discerning]

The Thirty-Three Drink Ballad Suite

Thirty-three cocktails lined up at sea,
Thirty-three cocktails for me,
I downed them all, the ship swayed tall,
Now lawyers sail for free.

Thirty-three mai tais on the deck,
Thirty-three mai tais to check,
The bartender pours, the lawsuit soars,
And Royal’s in a wreck.

Thirty-three drinks on the cruise that night,
Thirty-three drinks — not a sober sight,
One man fell, now lawyers yell,
And Royal’s set to fight.

Thirty-three shots on a rocking ship,
Thirty-three shots — that’s quite a trip,
One too many, the case is plenty,
Now lawsuits take their sip.

[MayflowerMadam]

Trust me; it ain’t free. Far from it.

We might have a couple glasses of wine on a 10-day cruise, but some people are there just to drink, I think.

[CraigEsq]

“I‘ve never been on a cruise. How much are drinks ? Certainly it’s not “all you can drink”, eh ?”

Comparably priced to land-based bars from my experience. Price lists say high single digits for beer or wine, $10-$15 for most cocktails.

But most people do have the all you can drink package, so generally anything under a certain $x price is free (and over that you just pay the difference).

[lula]

Have you seen the staff on RC. These guys are short, tiny and thin, many from Philippines or other 3rd world countries. The drunk guy is tall and weighs how much? We really don’t know the whole story yet, but I can see where they would do their best to detain him and had to medicate. They were in international waters too, so laws are different. Not trying to be argumentative just another perspective.

[Sawdring]

Captain Stubing set the limit at 34.

[Zack Attack]

This man was acting within perfectly normal standards for the average drunk, intoxicated, obese, violent man with anger issues.

[b4me]

everyone gets tom make their choices, and some don’t turn out as one might think.