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An observation: You can't get rip-roaring drunk at an all-inclusive resort because they water down the booze. I'm not saying that's a bad thing.
We ordered a lot of drinks. I myself sampled Mohitos (nice), Pîna Coladas (nicer), Bahama Mamas (very good), Vodka Lemonade (yum), Blue Hawaiis (my second favorite), Cuba Libres (basically rum and cola - my current favorite) and several different types of Cuban beer. The most I ever got on any of it was a little buzzed - and I'm well known to be a light-weight when it comes to drinking.
This is doubly amazing if you watched them make the drinks - they poured a lot from the bottles. Every drink had a couple ounces of so-called alcohol. As one of the hens observed, if those drinks weren't watered down, there'd be a lot of bodies on the ground. This works out well for the resort in two ways. First, it's obviously cost effective - water down your booze and you buy less of it. Second, the staff doesn't have to deal with too many drunks.
My trip to the Tropicana confirmed this. I had several Cuba Libre and I was swaying a little on the back of the bus (and I didn't even have that much really).
The way I see it, getting drunk (if that's your thing) is an extra at an all-inclusive resort. You pay your 5 CUC, you take a big bottle of the real thing back to your room with you.
Incidentally, it is cheaper to buy 700ml of high quality rum in Cuba then it is to buy a single high quality Cuban cigar (at least in Cuba, it's reversed in Canada). When I get around to trying one of the cigars this weekend (I don't want to wait too long because Cowtown's climate will probably clobber them in short order) it better be fucking fantastic. i.e. I hope to notice something positive about the experience and not simply conclude that Cuban cigars are just status symbols.
We ordered a lot of drinks. I myself sampled Mohitos (nice), Pîna Coladas (nicer), Bahama Mamas (very good), Vodka Lemonade (yum), Blue Hawaiis (my second favorite), Cuba Libres (basically rum and cola - my current favorite) and several different types of Cuban beer. The most I ever got on any of it was a little buzzed - and I'm well known to be a light-weight when it comes to drinking.
This is doubly amazing if you watched them make the drinks - they poured a lot from the bottles. Every drink had a couple ounces of so-called alcohol. As one of the hens observed, if those drinks weren't watered down, there'd be a lot of bodies on the ground. This works out well for the resort in two ways. First, it's obviously cost effective - water down your booze and you buy less of it. Second, the staff doesn't have to deal with too many drunks.
My trip to the Tropicana confirmed this. I had several Cuba Libre and I was swaying a little on the back of the bus (and I didn't even have that much really).
The way I see it, getting drunk (if that's your thing) is an extra at an all-inclusive resort. You pay your 5 CUC, you take a big bottle of the real thing back to your room with you.
Incidentally, it is cheaper to buy 700ml of high quality rum in Cuba then it is to buy a single high quality Cuban cigar (at least in Cuba, it's reversed in Canada). When I get around to trying one of the cigars this weekend (I don't want to wait too long because Cowtown's climate will probably clobber them in short order) it better be fucking fantastic. i.e. I hope to notice something positive about the experience and not simply conclude that Cuban cigars are just status symbols.
