On our last day on the island (9/15) and on the way to the airport my wife and I made a stop at the Buccaneer where my wife and I ordered frozen drinks. She a Strawberry Daiquiri and I a BBC. They came with the paper straws. The problem with that type of straw, IMHO, is that they don't hold up well with thick drinks/liquids. We asked the bartender for straws 3 times while consuming those drinks. It wasn't really a big deal, just a small inconvenience to us but a life saving action for the sea life. I wish I could figure an alternative to the plastic straw that was not the high cost of plastic and cheap enough to be comparable to paper that could be edible too.