Drinking Age on a Cruise Ship in North America If you want a mojito on a cruise from North America, then the drinking age is 21 years old. If you are under the legal drinking age on shore, there is some good news in that yes, you can drink on your cruise… but not necessarily on the ship. Doesn’t that mean if you are under the legal drinking age, but not in the U.S., that you can live it up?
If you want to buy booze, you have to be of legal age or face some serious consequences.īut what about on the drinking age on a cruise? Do you still have to be 21? After all, we’ve all heard of “international waters” - a magical place just a few miles offshore where the normal rules don’t apply. The legal drinking age in the United States is 21 years old.
