I’ve gone on almost two dozen cruises stretching back a decade and a half. Getting drunk and falling overboard aren’t things that normal people have to worry ab

I’ve gone on almost two dozen cruises stretching back a decade and a half. Getting drunk and falling overboard aren’t things that normal people have to worry about. Truth be told, cruise ships are remarkably safe, are run by professional ship masters with multiple decades of experience, and staffed by bridge officers whose careers exist entirely outside of the cost-cutting corporate world of cruise ship operators. You have to remember that the ship master’s career track and profession are thousands of years old. Their training carries the weight of countless generations of professionals who came before the current one. With that out of the way, my opinion - which is considered politically incorrect in the US - is that someone who is unable to moderate their drinking and stay aware of their surroundings doesn’t deserve the place they’re occupying in the world. To me this is a sign that the person doesn’t value their life, so they’re welcome to leave at the earliest opportunity. Lastly, I know from experience that getting grievously drunk on a cruise ship isn’t a trivial matter. Bars pour drinks in small increments even for passengers who have some variant of the “unlimited drinking package”. It takes real effort to get into a stupor bad enough to ignore the dangers of railings and falls into the ocean from 12 deck.