earlmarie

I agree - I'm trying very hard to "fall" for the sales Carnival is promoting. I've been phathom booking but the prices never change from sale to sale. The current promotion "New Year's Sale" advertises up to $400 off. When I chose a cruise the summary never shows "minus the $400 we're promoting" - am I to believe the "subtotal" includes this $400 off? Actually, the prices for the past few months have been consistently the same, no matter the departure port, ship, or current "sale". :mad:

If you purchased a balcony cabin on a ship that permits smoking on the the balcony, you will be in a smoking permitted area and considered to perfectly "legal". If your non-smoking neighbors object, they should have considered booking a ship that has a 100% no smoking policy. :)

Hi,

My husband and I are planning our first cruise. We're both smokers and while we'd like to be able to smoke on our balcony, we'd also like to minimise the chances of bothering non-smokers that may be nearby.

 

I read on one website that aft-end balconies are best for smokers as the wind tends to take the smoke straight off the balcony toward the wake, without floating into the balconies either side. By aft-end I mean the cabins that are on the very back end of the ship so you can see the wake, not the ones on the side but in the back third (I'm not quite 100% on my cruise terms yet so I'm not sure if it was clear otherwise!)

 

So, as a general rule, have people here found it to be true that smoke is less noticeable at the aft-end?

 

Moreover, does getting a cabin in the middle of the aft-end or toward the side, or the choice of floor have any affect?

 

Thanks!