skynight Posted September 6, 2022 #1301 Share Posted September 6, 2022 13 hours ago, GoHuskies! said: But I would enjoy a pipe while on a cruise vacation if I could find a legitimate place outdoors. Somewhere in port. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steelers36 Posted September 7, 2022 #1302 Share Posted September 7, 2022 I have read a direct report (Discovery) and seems to me a I read something else hinted at this. When Princess allowed smoking again in casinos (after stopping it supposedly due to Covid-19 and mask requirements), did they change to allowing it all cruise days? No more ban on smoking for at least a couple of the nights ("formal" nights)??? It's bad enough, but at least before there were 2 or 3 nights off. (I remember some years back - not too long ago - one of the ships at least was alternating nights, so there was an extra night smoke-free. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
memoak Posted September 7, 2022 #1303 Share Posted September 7, 2022 16 hours ago, Steelers36 said: I have read a direct report (Discovery) and seems to me a I read something else hinted at this. When Princess allowed smoking again in casinos (after stopping it supposedly due to Covid-19 and mask requirements), did they change to allowing it all cruise days? No more ban on smoking for at least a couple of the nights ("formal" nights)??? It's bad enough, but at least before there were 2 or 3 nights off. (I remember some years back - not too long ago - one of the ships at least was alternating nights, so there was an extra night smoke-free. On our last 3 cruises. Smoking allowed every night Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steelers36 Posted September 7, 2022 #1304 Share Posted September 7, 2022 1 hour ago, memoak said: On our last 3 cruises. Smoking allowed every night And they say out of other side of their mouths that they care about our health. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DONNAKG Posted September 8, 2022 #1305 Share Posted September 8, 2022 hello,, The last cruise we were on was Enchanted, NOV. 2021... there is still the Churchill lounge , but they took all the cigars out of the humidor and no one was allowed to smoke cigars in there. Just cigarettes... really ridiculous!!! We were told some BS reasons!!! One reason we are loyal to Princess, IS their smoking lounge. They have an outside area with nice seating on one of the upper decks , don't remember which. Still it was disappointing!!! DONNAKG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marco_polo11 Posted September 8, 2022 #1306 Share Posted September 8, 2022 (edited) On 5/11/2022 at 2:41 PM, nini said: We are currently on the Emerald in a corner aft balcony on the Baja deck. Guess what we smell and get wiffs of? You got it. Princess has been very disappointing. My wife and I will be sailing on the Majestic soon, staying in a corner aft balcony, deck 10. We're afraid we'll get the smoke from the balconies in front of us all along the ship! We're both allergic to smoke. It would drive us inside! Is smoking on the balconies allowed? (Sorry if this question has been answered) Edited September 8, 2022 by marco_polo11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare jwattle Posted September 8, 2022 #1307 Share Posted September 8, 2022 12 minutes ago, marco_polo11 said: My wife and I will be sailing on the Majestic soon, staying in a corner aft balcony, deck 10. We're afraid we'll get the smoke from the balconies in front of us all along the ship! Is smoking on the balconies allowed? (Sorry is this question has been answered) It isn't; it is only allowed in a few select areas. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marco_polo11 Posted September 8, 2022 #1308 Share Posted September 8, 2022 1 minute ago, jwattle said: It isn't; it is only allowed in a few select areas. Great to know. So I wonder where the 'wiffs' were coming from that Nini mentioned? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare jwattle Posted September 8, 2022 #1309 Share Posted September 8, 2022 Staff smoking below. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare jwattle Posted September 8, 2022 #1310 Share Posted September 8, 2022 Or in quarantine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marco_polo11 Posted September 9, 2022 #1311 Share Posted September 9, 2022 Ah, not much we can do about that. Hopefully it's a rare occasion. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare cruzin4us Posted September 9, 2022 #1312 Share Posted September 9, 2022 Can someone tell me where the exact outdoor smoking locations are located on the Discovery? I'm trying to pick a cabin and I want to avoid these areas if possible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skynight Posted September 9, 2022 #1313 Share Posted September 9, 2022 2 hours ago, cruzin4us said: Can someone tell me where the exact outdoor smoking locations are located on the Discovery? I'm trying to pick a cabin and I want to avoid these areas if possible. See posting 1287 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caribensun Posted September 11, 2022 #1314 Share Posted September 11, 2022 On Crown recently, smoking every night in Casino, majority of us in Casino were non smokers. Agree if they are concerned about COVID, smoking everywhere including casino should be banned. The best slots and most of the slots are on the smoking side, they need to make it the non smoking side. The smoke was so bad our normally clean lungs were burning and we were on the non smoking side. Honestly, when on the non smoking side, it does not matter. Also, several people smoking and flicking ashes and cigarettes over Promenade deck. On last day at least Crew saw some people and stopped them, but when they went inside the people started up again. Fortunately no fire, but scary. Wish people understood that fires do start this way, I really don’t want to need my life jacket or go to my muster to evacuate the ship. This is just my observation and don’t plan on being in Casino again, the offers aren’t worth my good health. Appreciate others who also don’t appreciate smoking. We have been complaining for sooo many years and the only change was when they made formal nights non smoking, however, because smokers smoked during the day prior to the start of formal night, Casino still smelled as well as formal attire, was still better to not have smoking though for a few hours. We learned to change after dinner. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare PacnGoNow Posted September 16, 2022 #1315 Share Posted September 16, 2022 On 9/11/2022 at 1:08 AM, Sandipalms said: On Crown recently, smoking every night in Casino, majority of us in Casino were non smokers. Agree if they are concerned about COVID, smoking everywhere including casino should be banned. The best slots and most of the slots are on the smoking side, they need to make it the non smoking side. The smoke was so bad our normally clean lungs were burning and we were on the non smoking side. Honestly, when on the non smoking side, it does not matter. Also, several people smoking and flicking ashes and cigarettes over Promenade deck. On last day at least Crew saw some people and stopped them, but when they went inside the people started up again. Fortunately no fire, but scary. Wish people understood that fires do start this way, I really don’t want to need my life jacket or go to my muster to evacuate the ship. This is just my observation and don’t plan on being in Casino again, the offers aren’t worth my good health. Appreciate others who also don’t appreciate smoking. We have been complaining for sooo many years and the only change was when they made formal nights non smoking, however, because smokers smoked during the day prior to the start of formal night, Casino still smelled as well as formal attire, was still better to not have smoking though for a few hours. We learned to change after dinner. Did they have NS on the Crown on formal night? Our last cruises, not on the Crown, said they don’t have any more NS nights. Disappointing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare PacnGoNow Posted September 27, 2022 #1316 Share Posted September 27, 2022 On 9/16/2022 at 5:34 PM, PacnGoNow said: Did they have NS on the Crown on formal night? Our last cruises, not on the Crown, said they don’t have any more NS nights. Disappointing. That’s what we were told also. Very disappointed. One side of the casino was NS every night. Just across the aisle. 😂 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucky TGO Posted September 28, 2022 #1317 Share Posted September 28, 2022 17 hours ago, PacnGoNow said: That’s what we were told also. Very disappointed. One side of the casino was NS every night. Just across the aisle. 😂 I always wondered Who tells the smoke not to go to the non-smoking area. 😳 🤔 🚬 Tony 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nini Posted September 28, 2022 #1318 Share Posted September 28, 2022 We got off of the Grand on September 26th - a 12 night Alaska cruise, roundtrip from Vancouver, BC. The smoke from the casino was very strong; stronger than we have ever experienced. It even permeated the Princess Theater. Also, sitting aft on the Lido deck- deck 14 (gorgeous views), we could smell the smoke from the Promenade Deck -Deck 7, where the crew are still smoking. It is blocked off- still not allowing passengers through. Also, when trying to enjoy our balcony, forward on Deck 10 (Caribe), we often smelled cigarette smoke. The guy above us and one over was smoking in the dark. He have me a dirty look. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare PacnGoNow Posted September 28, 2022 #1319 Share Posted September 28, 2022 5 hours ago, nini said: We got off of the Grand on September 26th - a 12 night Alaska cruise, roundtrip from Vancouver, BC. The smoke from the casino was very strong; stronger than we have ever experienced. It even permeated the Princess Theater. Also, sitting aft on the Lido deck- deck 14 (gorgeous views), we could smell the smoke from the Promenade Deck -Deck 7, where the crew are still smoking. It is blocked off- still not allowing passengers through. Also, when trying to enjoy our balcony, forward on Deck 10 (Caribe), we often smelled cigarette smoke. The guy above us and one over was smoking in the dark. He have me a dirty look. You should have been the one to give a dirty look!👀 That’s dangerous to smoke on the balconies. We reported one before, because he was there every aftn and evening smoking and flicking the ashes over the balcony. We couldn’t use the balcony. There were several cabins that complained also to GS. So GS checked it out and no more smoking. Voilà.. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nini Posted September 28, 2022 #1320 Share Posted September 28, 2022 4 hours ago, PacnGoNow said: You should have been the one to give a dirty look!👀 That’s dangerous to smoke on the balconies. We reported one before, because he was there every aftn and evening smoking and flicking the ashes over the balcony. We couldn’t use the balcony. There were several cabins that complained also to GS. So GS checked it out and no more smoking. Voilà.. I am glad yo had good luck with the reporting. We had a bad experience on the Coral when reporting smoking on the aft deck. There were other witnesses who also reported. We had the name and cabin number of the smoker. GS did not care. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare PacnGoNow Posted September 28, 2022 #1321 Share Posted September 28, 2022 22 minutes ago, nini said: I am glad yo had good luck with the reporting. We had a bad experience on the Coral when reporting smoking on the aft deck. There were other witnesses who also reported. We had the name and cabin number of the smoker. GS did not care. That’s too bad. They would care if hot ashes came back into a cabin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thrak Posted September 29, 2022 #1322 Share Posted September 29, 2022 8 hours ago, nini said: I am glad yo had good luck with the reporting. We had a bad experience on the Coral when reporting smoking on the aft deck. There were other witnesses who also reported. We had the name and cabin number of the smoker. GS did not care. That is where I would take a picture of the person at Guest Services as well as a picture of that person's name tag and inform them that, if nothing was done about the smoker, I would be sending their information to Princess with a complaint. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsn55 Posted September 29, 2022 #1323 Share Posted September 29, 2022 Someone who smokes on a ship balcony and 'flicks ashes' should be disembarked at the next port. That's just disgusting. NCL Pearl has a nice smoking lounge up on 13, way forward, sheltered from the wind with tables and chairs. It's hard to be a courteous smoker and see jerks like the above guy get away with being stupid and maybe dangerous. As I've said a hundred times, the jerks make us all look bad, I don't understand being so rude. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
memoak Posted September 29, 2022 #1324 Share Posted September 29, 2022 16 hours ago, Thrak said: That is where I would take a picture of the person at Guest Services as well as a picture of that person's name tag and inform them that, if nothing was done about the smoker, I would be sending their information to Princess with a complaint. Good luck on writing to Princess I have been waiting over 2 weeks for a promised “prompt” response from customer relations on a letter forwarded from our CVP regarding how covid was handled on the Royal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thrak Posted September 29, 2022 #1325 Share Posted September 29, 2022 Just now, memoak said: Good luck on writing to Princess I have been waiting over 2 weeks for a promised “prompt” response from customer relations on a letter forwarded from our CVP regarding how covid was handled on the Royal The three times I have sent email to Princess I have received a phone call in return. The most recent email I sent was in August of this year. The previous one was in April of this year. The first time was quite a while back and was sent in December of 2017. Each time I received a phone call as a follow up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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