Welcome change

[vandy]

Currently on the Harmony and had good news announced for a change-  no more smoking in the casino, effective immediately.  🙌

[soremekun]

Excellent!!!!!!!  Hopefully this is across the entire fleet.

[firefly333]

3 minutes ago, vandy said:

Currently on the Harmony and had good news announced for a change-  no more smoking in the casino, effective immediately.  🙌

Carnival announced this too. They can smoke up by the pool, plenty of places to smoke. Inside smoking not good. 

[davekathy]

Hopefully this is a permanent and fleetwide change. Works for Celebrity. 

[RoyalC]

2 minutes ago, davekathy said:

Hopefully this is a permanent and fleetwide change. Works for Celebrity. 

Hopefully, and then less people will be coughing starting halfway through the cruise too.

[AtSeaWithChris]

 

Since you are currently on Harmony, maybe you can answer my question.
 

In the app there are several dining rooms. 2 start at 6PM and one starts at 8:30 PM and My Time Dining room starts at 7:15. 
 

We have My Time Dining. What time can we expect to eat? Do we have to wait until 7:15?

Thanks

 

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[Mapleleafforever]

Here's to hoping it stays that way. 

[lenquixote66]

Hopefully every country on earth will ban smoking on every existing vessel.

[jean87510]

1 hour ago, vandy said:

Currently on the Harmony and had good news announced for a change-  no more smoking in the casino, effective immediately.  🙌

I wonder if the positive people from the Odyssey were smokers in the casino.  Or if any were.  Just speculation.

[lovesthebeach2]

I hope this becomes permanent…then maybe I’ll visit the casino. I can’t believe they’ve allowed smoking inside a ship all this time. It’s my only complaint when I fill out the surveys. Last cruise the survey had a question about smoking, I don’t remember what it was,  but I was surprised and thought that maybe they may be considering a change.

[HicksRA]

That’ll free up a lot of machines that are just being occupied as a smoking booth. 

[ILCTCRUISER]

55 minutes ago, AtSeaWithChris said:

 

 

Since you are currently on Harmony, maybe you can answer my question.
 

In the app there are several dining rooms. 2 start at 6PM and one starts at 8:30 PM and My Time Dining room starts at 7:15. 
 

We have My Time Dining. What time can we expect to eat? Do we have to wait until 7:15?

Thanks

 

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On Oasis 5Dec, we found out MyTime starts at 7:15 now. Seems to be a recent change.

[vandy]

1 hour ago, AtSeaWithChris said:

 

 

Since you are currently on Harmony, maybe you can answer my question.
 

In the app there are several dining rooms. 2 start at 6PM and one starts at 8:30 PM and My Time Dining room starts at 7:15. 
 

We have My Time Dining. What time can we expect to eat? Do we have to wait until 7:15?

Thanks

 

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Hi- I’m not sure Bc we aren’t doing my time but I think you can ask immediately upon boarding & hopefully get what you want. 

[HappyTexan44]

So glad to hear this. It hadn't even occurred to me that smoking was allowed in casinos.   It should have though, gambling and smoking seems to go together.  I had thought I'd spend some time playing poker and I get sinus infections from being around smoke.  

ETA:
Well, shoot, this is still in their FAQ.   We are going on Voyager.   Harmony was the other option and I was a bit on the fence.  

 

Where can I smoke on a Royal Caribbean cruise ship?

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Indoor smoking is permitted in the Casino, the cigar clubs on Freedom and Voyager Class ships, and one designated smoking venue on ships sailing from Chinese homeports.

Cigarette, cigar, e-cigarette and pipe smoking is permitted in designated outdoor areas.

Edited September 30, 2022 by HappyTexan44

[RobInMN]

Not sure how you found this short thread among all the other much longer ones, but this was a short lived COVID policy in response to one of the variants and a surge in cases. Unfortunately, they rescinded it after the cases subsided. This was "discussed" to death in the other threads. 

 

[livingonthebeach]

I think this is an old outdated thread.  At the beginning of the restart they did ban smoking in casinos on some ships, however all the cruises I have taken lately have allowed smoking in the casino. I'm all for the ban and would spend more time in the casino if it were smoke free. 

[Tulsacoker]

This should be the smoking area on all cruise ships 

[Donsyb]

On 12/20/2021 at 8:59 PM, ILCTCRUISER said:

On Oasis 5Dec, we found out MyTime starts at 7:15 now. Seems to be a recent change.

You can book it from 7pm on the app though.....

[HappyTexan44]

I apologize for bringing up the old thread.   In my defense it had been fairly high in this area.  I guess I just got so excited.  I can only gamble in home games because of smoking.   I just joined and I will be avoiding any Covid threads.   Trip is early 2024.   

 

I love the trailing boat idea.   

[rebeccac]

The casinos on both Celebrity and Virgin Voyages are non-smoking.