[quote name='Drizzt Do'urden']Most guys, especially ones around your age, think Mardi Gras is about that sort've thing....and well it's turned into it.
They make these drinks called hand grenades, couldn't tell you what went in it but they made the best I had that night.[/QUOTE]
Like Chaos said, it's Tropical Isle and the drinks are great. I'm pretty sure that because they're so sweet, they have to be masking some hard liquor like Bacardi 151 or Everclear. They're pretty potent.
As far as the debauchery and beads thing, I realized about three hours into the festivities that it's not really all about that. Sure, on the surface that's what you may see alot, but if you take a deep hard look, you'll see that Mardi Gras is truly a celebration of not only life, but culture and spirit and it's unlike any other experience.