Heads up for non smokers thinking about Dawn

Thanks for sharing. I hate smoke.

The OP wMay wish to try Celebrity. No smoking allowed indoors (including the casino)or on verandas. On the S class ships cigar smoking only allowed on the port side of the Sunset bar which is on the aft of top deck.

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Do you really think the Dawn is no different from the Bliss? To avoid smoke on the Dawn means avoiding anywhere near the casino, the whole port (or was it starboard) side of the outside decks, just to name a couple large areas.

 

Dawn is typical of many ships, but Bliss is much different and for those that want to avoid smoke, a very good alternative and on Bliss it is very easy to avoid the smoking areas.

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The OP wMay wish to try Celebrity. No smoking allowed indoors (including the casino)or on verandas. On the S class ships cigar smoking only allowed on the port side of the Sunset bar which is on the aft of top deck.

 

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Is the Sunset bar enclosed, open to the outside or ? Where does the smoke go? Thanks.

To the OP: You might want to read up on NCL's Bliss. Smoking sections are isolated and/or remote. Enclosed area of casino, enclosed cigar bar, and one back corner of Spice H2O. We also hate 2nd hand smoke and found Bliss to be the most smoke free cruise we've ever been on. We hope NCL will model more ships after Bliss in this regards.

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Is the Sunset bar enclosed, open to the outside or ? Where does the smoke go? Thanks.

It is an open air bar on the aft of the ship.

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So your point is that different people have different sensitivities to smoke or perhaps perfume. Perhaps different reactions to allergens. They will have to decide if it's worth the risk.

yes, pretty much. As I said and asked my hubby about this as well, and he agreed, we didn't find the tobacco smell at all annoying on the Dawn. On the Epic and Breakaway is was a little annoying.

We found that half the ship was unusable for us because of cigarette and cigar smoke last week. If you are not very sensitive to it, you will be fine. However, with all open deck areas on one side of the ship and a cigar lounge beside Gatsby's and a constantly smoke-filled casino making that lower deck unusable, as well as the Asian restaurant directly upstairs, we decided we would not ever use the Dawn again. In fact, we are looking at other cruise lines with less of a pong in the air for future bookings.

 

Just telling you what I wish someone had told us.

THANK YOU!!!!! Valuable info.

We found that half the ship was unusable for us because of cigarette and cigar smoke last week. If you are not very sensitive to it, you will be fine. However, with all open deck areas on one side of the ship and a cigar lounge beside Gatsby's and a constantly smoke-filled casino making that lower deck unusable, as well as the Asian restaurant directly upstairs, we decided we would not ever use the Dawn again. In fact, we are looking at other cruise lines with less of a pong in the air for future bookings.

 

Just telling you what I wish someone had told us.

Yup,

Take a look at Celebrity. No smoking anywhere inside on Celebrity ships and only a few outdoor areas to smoke. Even at the Sunset bar the smoking and non-smoking sides are pretty far apart and most of the time the smoke doesnt waft over to the non-smoking side.

I'm a former smoker but I think there should be ships for smokers only!

I'm a former smoker but I think there should be ships for smokers only!

You are correct, there most likely should be. You should at least be offered the option.

About time smoking was stopped.

About time smoking was stopped.

Smokers are just going to vaping, which is also obnoxious because it's not just CO2 in that exhaust.

I had the exact same experience when on the Pearl this Spring. It seemed you could not get away from smokers. The pool area was half smokers and made sitting there quite unpleasant.

On the Pearl, the fact you had to walk through the casino to get to the theater made it very bad.