Son of a son of a ... Posted September 18, 2019 #1 Share Posted September 18, 2019 If NCL set up convenient indoor and outdoor sections dedicated only to smokers and charged a fee to access those sections (like the Vibe), would you pay the extra cost? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare graphicguy Posted September 18, 2019 #2 Share Posted September 18, 2019 (edited) Not gonna happen. All cruise lines are cutting back on smoking areas. If anything, NCL (and other cruise lines) are workout to limit smoking, not find ways to expand smoking on board! You could consider their hefty fines for smoking in non smoking areas (up to getting kicked off the ship) proof of that. Edited September 18, 2019 by graphicguy 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare ziggyuk Posted September 18, 2019 #3 Share Posted September 18, 2019 This is what you need. 7 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zebrazeb Posted September 19, 2019 #4 Share Posted September 19, 2019 I would pay to NOT have people smoke, simply for their own health. 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Stealthdog Posted September 19, 2019 #5 Share Posted September 19, 2019 I would pay more for a smoke free casino. Casinos on NCL are my least favorite feature. I can’t spend more than 20-30 minutes in the casino because of the concentration of smoke. 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oceangal711 Posted September 19, 2019 #6 Share Posted September 19, 2019 To answer your question yes I would pay extra for a place like the Vibe that you could smoke in. We loved the waterfront on the Breakaway when you could smoke out there. It was a great place to hang out and have a drink and my husband could smoke his cigar and relax. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sand and Seas Posted September 19, 2019 #7 Share Posted September 19, 2019 49 minutes ago, Stealthdog said: I would pay more for a smoke free casino. Casinos on NCL are my least favorite feature. I can’t spend more than 20-30 minutes in the casino because of the concentration of smoke. The Bliss has a large area of smoke free casino. About 30% of the casino was a glassed area for smokers. Majority of the casino was smoke free. It looks like Joy and Encore will be the same. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
valleyvillage Posted September 19, 2019 #8 Share Posted September 19, 2019 8 minutes ago, Sand and Seas said: It looks like Joy and Encore will be the same. Just off the Joy and it is. So, that is (technically) an area where you could pay to smoke, since you must be gambling to be in there. 🙂 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare BirdTravels Posted September 19, 2019 #9 Share Posted September 19, 2019 1 hour ago, Sand and Seas said: The Bliss has a large area of smoke free casino. About 30% of the casino was a glassed area for smokers. Majority of the casino was smoke free. It looks like Joy and Encore will be the same. The smoking casino on the Joy is a lot smaller than the Bliss. That was a dry dock change. That was a big change since it used to be a 2 story open casino, mostly tables, thick with smoke. The Deck 6 (where The Social is) use to be the high limit tables with $5K minimum bets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Birdie And Sue Posted September 19, 2019 #10 Share Posted September 19, 2019 You al do realize that at some point sooner or later all cruise on all cruise lines will be 100% smoke free, right? I'm not saying it is gong to eb any time soon, but it absolutely will happen at some point. What was tried in the past is of no concern or relevance at all. The fact is society in general is slowly but surely moving towards being smoke free. Cruiss ships will be at that point sometime down the road. 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CookieShip Posted September 19, 2019 #11 Share Posted September 19, 2019 What about vaping, does that follow the same rules as smoking? I don't partake in either and can't stand the smell of cigarette smoke. I generally can't smell vape stuff, but also try to steer clear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ROwens Posted September 19, 2019 #12 Share Posted September 19, 2019 17 minutes ago, Birdie And Sue said: You all do realize that at some point sooner or later all cruise on all cruise lines will be 100% smoke free, right? I'm not saying it is gong to be any time soon, but it absolutely will happen at some point. What was tried in the past is of no concern or relevance at all. The fact is society in general is slowly but surely moving towards being smoke free. Cruise ships will be at that point sometime down the road. Birdie and Sue, I do hope that you are correct that at some point all cruise lines will be 100% smoke free. We were on the JOY a couple of weeks ago and the smoking area was glassed in, and it was so nice not to have smokers in the main part of the casino. However, we did notice that the smoking area had a larger portion of the more popular machines. For example, there were five "Buffalo" machines in the smoking area and only one Buffalo machine in the non-smoking area. And, I never saw all five of those machines in the smoking area being used at the same time, while it was very difficult to ever find the Buffalo machine available in the non-smoking section. Rowens Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4774Papa Posted September 19, 2019 #13 Share Posted September 19, 2019 Sorry, smokers, but if a cruise line offered this, attracting more smokers, we would probably not book with that line. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pinkie60 Posted September 19, 2019 #14 Share Posted September 19, 2019 I am assuming that most people that are replying to this subject are from North America (USA, Canada and Mexico). However, I’ve got a question. The cruises that are in Europe and Asia do they restrict smoking on their ships in Europe and Asia. The Europeans and Asian people are notorious smokers. As for me, never smoked a day in my life but the cruise ships keep enough smoke away from me that I have no problem at all on ships. I did notice that the Carnival ships smell more Smokey than the Norwegian ships. Can anyone answer my question. TYIA 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meglet Posted September 19, 2019 #15 Share Posted September 19, 2019 To answer your question, yes I would pay more for such an area as would I for a balcony/veranda I could smoke on. (Just not Garden Villa type bucks.) 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FranknBeans Posted September 19, 2019 #16 Share Posted September 19, 2019 No and its not gonna happen. Soon they will have to deal with vapors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare graphicguy Posted September 19, 2019 #17 Share Posted September 19, 2019 10 hours ago, CookieShip said: What about vaping, does that follow the same rules as smoking? I don't partake in either and can't stand the smell of cigarette smoke. I generally can't smell vape stuff, but also try to steer clear. NCL considers “vaping” the same as smoking cigarettes. They don’t make a distinction between the two. The same restrictions apply. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare graphicguy Posted September 19, 2019 #18 Share Posted September 19, 2019 NCL is getting pretty restrictive on their newer ships with regards to smoking areas (or lack thereof). I suspect as their other ships come in for a refurb/dry dock, that trend will continue with what they’ve done on the Bliss, Joy, Encore, etc. I’m a non-smoker, and have no dog in this hunt. I’m not a non-smoking zealot, either. Just someone observing what’s happening, and smoking is being phased out on NCL’s ships, sooner rather than later. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare PTC DAWG Posted September 19, 2019 #19 Share Posted September 19, 2019 What are we smoking? 😎 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MotownVoice Posted September 19, 2019 #20 Share Posted September 19, 2019 20 hours ago, Son of a son of a ... said: If NCL set up convenient indoor and outdoor sections dedicated only to smokers and charged a fee to access those sections (like the Vibe), would you pay the extra cost? How 'bout I pay for your Welbutrin so you can start your cessation program like the rest of us had to do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Birdie And Sue Posted September 19, 2019 #21 Share Posted September 19, 2019 2 hours ago, FranknBeans said: No and its not gonna happen. Soon they will have to deal with vapors. Vaping IS smoking Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Birdie And Sue Posted September 19, 2019 #22 Share Posted September 19, 2019 12 hours ago, CookieShip said: What about vaping, does that follow the same rules as smoking? I don't partake in either and can't stand the smell of cigarette smoke. I generally can't smell vape stuff, but also try to steer clear. Vaping IS smoking Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deliver42 Posted September 19, 2019 #23 Share Posted September 19, 2019 All the cruise lines have cut back on their smoking sections, but I doubt if any of them will ban them completely. On most lines, not counting smoking lounges, the areas are less than 1% of the ship. Of course the non smoking zealots say that's too much. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david_sobe Posted September 19, 2019 #24 Share Posted September 19, 2019 Don't give NCL any ideas how to get more revenue on board 🤫 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oceangal711 Posted September 19, 2019 #25 Share Posted September 19, 2019 14 hours ago, Birdie And Sue said: You al do realize that at some point sooner or later all cruise on all cruise lines will be 100% smoke free, right? I'm not saying it is gong to eb any time soon, but it absolutely will happen at some point. What was tried in the past is of no concern or relevance at all. The fact is society in general is slowly but surely moving towards being smoke free. Cruiss ships will be at that point sometime down the road. The American lines probably but not the European or Asian lines Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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