Smoke free casinos - how do you find out in advance?

[Ergates The Ant]

Not long back from a cruise on Navigator of the Seas to and from Southampton.

Having resigned ourselves to avoiding the casino and anywhere near it, we were delightfully surprised to discover on boarding that the casino was smoke free for our voyage, and that the only indoor smoking venue was the connoisseur club.

 

There had been no notification beforehand, and the useful information sheet given on boarding didn't even agree with what appeared in the Compass.

We have come back with a very favourable impression of RCCL but before booking another cruise with them, I need to be assured that there will be a similarly pleasant experience on board their other ships.

 

Having contacted the cruise line beforehand to confirm which side smoking was allowed on the promenade deck, and being told the opposite of what we found on board, I am not confident that I will be given correct information.

Any suggestions from anyone on here as to how to find out what is going on?

[Clarea]

Until and unless RC changes their fleetwide smoking policy, this is the kind of thing that can vary ship to ship.

 

All we know now is that cruises that originate out of the UK or Australia have been reported to prohibit smoking in the casino.

[Merion_Mom]

Until and unless RC changes their fleetwide smoking policy, this is the kind of thing that can vary ship to ship.

 

All we know now is that cruises that originate out of the UK or Australia have been reported to prohibit smoking in the casino.

I knew about Australia but I had no idea about the U.K.

 

I believe that the casino on the Empress is smoke-free.

[cruisegirl1]

Yes - Empress is a non smoking venue.

 

M

[spookwife]

all of Celebrity's casinos are smoke free.

 

but as for Royal, on cruises originating in the US, only formal night MIGHT be smoke free. for now.

[Ourusualbeach]

all of Celebrity's casinos are smoke free.

 

but as for Royal, on cruises originating in the US, only formal night MIGHT be smoke free. for now.

I haven’t seen smoke free casinos on formal nights since they stopped allowing smoking on balconies.

[lenquixote66]

On my last RCI cruise the smoke in the casino was nearly unbearable.

[rauber]

On the Independence of the seas the casino is completely smoke free thank goodness !

[Clarea]

On the Independence of the seas the casino is completely smoke free thank goodness !

Unfortunately, only when based out of the UK, for now.

[Sky616]

It's way past time for Royal to go smoke free on all their ships. It is 2018. It was almost unbearable to go through the casino on the Liberty a couple months ago.

[Rewind]

On Rhapsody last month, they had a bunch of air purifiers all around the casino (almost tripped over a couple of them). I really don't think they did much.

[cruisegirl1]

Smoke in the casinos is generally horrible. The issue is not those playing who might smoke but rather that the casino is specified as a smoking venue. In fact, on many if not all ships, it is the only indoor smoking venue.

 

I don't fault the smokers as they are abiding by the rules and using the casino as the indoor smoking venue. I fault the casino. I feel badly for the casino workers. The smoke is often unbearable.

 

M

[Ergates The Ant]

I knew about Australia but I had no idea about the U.K.

 

I believe that the casino on the Empress is smoke-free.

 

Thanks for all the info, everyone.

I didn't know the Navigator was smoke free until we boarded. Pretty silly of RCCL not to advertise this in advance, or post it clearly on their website.

I might have considered them before if I had known, and I'll bet there were some aggrieved smokers who were hoping to use the casino as an indoor smoking venue.

So it looks as if it will be Celebrity out of the US, and the possibility of RCCL out of the UK if we can get sufficient assurances that this is now an accepted practice, and not just a temporary experiment.

[emerald444]

Not long back from a cruise on Navigator of the Seas to and from Southampton.

Having resigned ourselves to avoiding the casino and anywhere near it, we were delightfully surprised to discover on boarding that the casino was smoke free for our voyage, and that the only indoor smoking venue was the connoisseur club.

 

There had been no notification beforehand, and the useful information sheet given on boarding didn't even agree with what appeared in the Compass.

We have come back with a very favourable impression of RCCL but before booking another cruise with them, I need to be assured that there will be a similarly pleasant experience on board their other ships.

 

Having contacted the cruise line beforehand to confirm which side smoking was allowed on the promenade deck, and being told the opposite of what we found on board, I am not confident that I will be given correct information.

Any suggestions from anyone on here as to how to find out what is going on?[/quote

 

 

We are on the Symphony right now

Can confirm the casino is most definitely the Indoor Smoking Section

Yuk it really reeks badly

[spyke5]

We are on the Symphony right now

Can confirm the casino is most definitely the Indoor Smoking Section

Yuk it really reeks badly

 

Darn thats sad to hear. We will be on the TA and this Thread had got my hopes up. In Colorado you pretty much can't smoke indoors anyplace and we forget what it is really like till we travel.