Cigar lounge on Royal Princess?

[MamaTene]

Sailing 2 weeks from today and the subject came up last night during our precruise meeting. Is smoking permitted on the balcony of your cabin or suite? Is there an actual lounge area onboard as use to be on many ships? Many folks havent sailed in many years and are inquiring. Thanks much to all the experts.

[chrysalis]

No smoking on balconies...

 

Cigar lounge is just forward (port side) of the casino.

Edited January 24, 2015 by chrysalis

[RLK33853]

No to smoking on the balcony. As to the Cigar Lounge - it is a joke on the Royal. In October most of the cigar smokers congregated in the smoking area at the rear of Deck 17 (Sun Deck) due to the awful lounge. No one ever said anything and it appeared to be accepted as this is a designated smoking area and it is away from the public areas.

[skynight]

No smoking in staterooms or on balconies. Here is the full policy:

http://www.princess.com/learn/faq_answer/onboard/experience.jsp

 

These are the designated smoking areas I observed while on the Royal Princess:

Outside:

Deck 7, Promenade sitting area all the way aft on the starboard side

Deck 17, Outside deck all the way aft at the stern

Indoor:

Casino, deck 6, smoke free on some days

Churchill's, cigar lounge, deck 6, just forward of the casino on the port side.