HAL Smoking Announcement

[lovetocruiseinvirginia]

I for one am so excited to hear that HAL is no longer allowing smoking on balconies. Holland American has some extra nice itineraries in my opinion, Hawaii and longer Alaska. So we have have another good option when we are looking for something a little different.

[mom says]

1. There was already a thread on this subject yesterday. http://boards.cruisecritic.com/showthread.php?t=2408837

2. This is the Celebrity forum, not the HAL forum.

Edited October 4, 2016 by mom says

[lovetocruiseinvirginia]

Sorry I missed the thread yesterday and I am a Celebrity cruiser, I was not aware that you could not bring up other cruise lines

[wwcruisers]

Actually, I do believe that the topic is relevant to this board, because:

a) X has the "gold standard", when it comes to limiting on-board smoking; and b) the proposed changes in HAL's smoking policy -- as well as how they are implemented -- would be of some interest to X cruisers who were considering HAL (me, for one).

 

That being said, the previous poster makes a good point: maybe one thread on this topic is sufficient. :)

[lovetocruiseinvirginia]

Certainly one is enough, how do I get my thread deleted, I don't want to tax the board with two of the same topics

[terigo]

What's the big deal? So somebody else posted this earlier. I missed the earlier post, as perhaps others did, as well.

And I think the idea that HAL has eliminated smoking from its balconies is VERY relevant to this board, because some of us choose Celebrity to avoid smoking on balconies, even though they would just as soon be on a HAL ship.

Why do people have to be so whiny?

[awhcruiser]

Bingo

1. There was already a thread on this subject yesterday. http://boards.cruisecritic.com/showthread.php?t=2408837

2. This is the Celebrity forum, not the HAL forum.

[jayoldschool]

I think its relevant to X, and here's why: now that other lines are tightening their smoking policies, it is time once again for Celebrity to take a leadership position and eliminate all on board smoking. Yes, the very vocal minority will scream and cry, while the vast majority will embrace the progressive business decision and vote with their wallets.