non-smoking room request

[Dr.MomW]

I have read in several posts that there are no "non-smoking" rooms on board. On the Star last year, we had no problems with our 4 rooms. We are on the Crown next month and I noted in the special request section (under medical conditions) of the cruise personalizer that you can check "non-smoking hotel room." I wonder what this does (if anything). Does it just apply to a hotel booked through Princess? Does anyone know?

 

Laurie

[flamomo]

I presume that only applies to hotel rooms booked through Princess, since there are no "non-smoking" cabins on the ships.

But when you book a hotel on your own, you can request a non-smoking room. When we've done that, except for one time, we have gotten non-smoking rooms. Hotels sometimes say they cannot guarantee that is what you'll get, but they will make every effort to provide you with one, depending on availability at check-in. Of course, many hotel chains have gone completely non-smoking indoors, and have designated areas outdoors for smoking.

[F355c5]

And I cannot get a no perfume room. Dam cruising is getting tough.

[Host CJSKIDS]

That is for if you book hotels pre or post-cruise with Princess. Princess doesn't offer non-smoking rooms and evidently they will use a machine to clean it out if it does smell like smoke.

[blindrid]

Logic would suggest that if Princess does not have non-smoking rooms and they list "non-smoking hotel rooms", the ship does not have non-smoking rooms and the hotels they book for your on post and pre-cruise do.

[captainron]

...do not exist on Princess or any cruise lines as far as I know.

 

If you specifically request a "non-smoking" stateroom, there is a way by which the air and the stateroom itself are treated with an ozonator spray which rids the stateroom of such post-smoking odours.

 

I have never encountered a stateroom on a vessel yet that has "reeked" (Scottish term) of smoke, although you may encounter whiffs of cigarette smoke thrpough balcony doors if left open...which is a reason to book a stateroom farther forward on the vessel.

 

Ciao for now!!!

[Pam in CA]

I'm not aware of any cruiseline that has non-smoking cabins. There used to be a ship that was non-smoking (I believe it was a Carnival ship) but it didn't do well and they wound up changing it to a smoking allowed ship.

 

To be designated non-smoking, there has to have never been smoking in the cabin and that's just not possible to police. The air circulation on ships is much better than you'll find in hotels and as I remember, the air is completely re-circulated every 5 minutes or so in your cabin so that smoke and odors rarely linger. Yes, it's possible to have two heavy smokers in a cabin and the next passengers will undoubtedly smell smoke because it gets into the "soft goods," i.e., the bed coverings, carpet and drapes. Usually, a request for new bed covers will help alleviate this.

[OHCruisin]

RCI is now non-smoking in all their cabins. Can smoke on the balcony if you have one, but not in the cabins.

[Pam in CA]

RCI is now non-smoking in all their cabins. Can smoke on the balcony if you have one, but not in the cabins.

That's interesting. How do they police that and what are the repercussions if someone lights up?

[drummondcreek]

We were just at a presentation for Azamara a couple of weeks ago. (part of RCI). One of their big pushes was no smoking in rooms, balconies and most public areas. They apparently have a couple of outside smoking areas.

 

It was a big plus for us when we heard that.

 

I still remember when you could smoke on planes, at work and in resturants. All those have gone in most of north america. I am sure the trend will extend to cruise ships. The last hold out may be the casino. They don't want you to get up from the slot machine for a smoke in case you don't return and keep feeding the beast!:rolleyes:

 

The following is off their web site.

 

Will smoking be allowed on these ships?

Subject: Smoking Policy

 

Azamara Journey has two designated smoking areas. These areas are located in the aft section of the Looking Glass Lounge on the port side, and on the starboard forward section of the Pool Deck. Smoking areas have signs indicating that smoking is permitted there. All other areas of the ship are non-smoking. This includes Public Rooms, Restaurants, Pool Deck, Staterooms and Suites, Verandas and Halls. For the comfort of all of our guests, we request strict adherence to this policy, and thank all of our guests for their cooperation

[Colo Cruiser]

RCI is now non-smoking in all their cabins. Can smoke on the balcony if you have one, but not in the cabins.

 

And I am sure everyone aheres to that rule. :rolleyes:

[alphakitty]

That's interesting. How do they police that and what are the repercussions if someone lights up?

 

I can't speak to enforcement, but here is the policy.

 

 

Quoted from the Guest Vacation Documents:

 

Effective January 1, 2008: For the comfort and enjoyment of our guests, our ships are primarily designated as non-smoking. However, we recognize that some of our guests smoke, therefore, to provide an onboard environment that also satisfies smokers, we have designated smoking areas in many or our lounges and on open air decks, starboard side. Smoking is not permitted inside any guest stateroom, however guests with balconies may smoke on their balcony. To protect the smoke-free nature of all statements, the cruise line will post a $250 cleaning fee to the

accounts of any guests who smoke or allow smoking in their non-smoking

staterooms. This charge shall not apply to sailings in Asia, Brazil or those that originate out of the Dominican Republic although violators of our smoking policy on those cruises may be subject to other actions by the cruise line as outlined in our Guest Conduct Policy.

[Dr.MomW]

thanks to all. I am not worried too much about the smoke. I just got worried after a lot of bad posts re smoke on the Crown. I was sorry to read the post about "logic." I hope this board doesn't turn into a forum for useless come back lines....It appears to me that not everything Princess (or any other company) does always follows logic. If you don't ask questions, you can't learn.

[serene56]

That's interesting. How do they police that and what are the repercussions if someone lights up?

 

I'd like to know how do they know someone smoked in the cabin compared to smoking on the balcony with the door opened??

 

I know the cabin main card holder will be charged $250.00 for cleaning.

I dont know how well it can be enforced though

[blindrid]

FWIW:

 

My wife is pretty picky when it comes to smoke smell. I smoke and do not smoke in the cabin. We only had one cabin that smelled of stale smoke and they came in and recleaned and took care of the issue to our satisfaction. It was actually funny as after the room steward cleaned the room, he saw my cigarettes and offered me an ashtray. Other than that one time, we have yet to have any issues with her smelling stale smoke or even the odor of some of the bad deodorizers that some hotels use.

 

My take is you should not have too worry as all of the lines do an excellent job on this issue, including Princess.

[mikeythemars]

...do not exist on Princess or any cruise lines as far as I know.

 

As others have already mentioned, both Princess and RCI -- major mass market lines -- have just prohibited smoking in their cabins. They join a club which already included Disney (as well as niche players Regent, Majestic and Oceania). Now that three major industry players have determined that moving smoking out of indoor accomodations makes business sense, that draws increasing attention to the "peer holdouts" (which I would list as Carnival, Celebrity, Cunard, HAL and NCL).

 

It will be interesting to see which one of those lines will be the next to make the same (IMHO inevitable) move.

[mikeythemars]

Above shouldn't include Princess in the non-smoking list (system wouldn't let me edit it out).:mad:

[pj-atsea]

RSSC has switched to having all non smoking cabins and balconies as of either Dec 07 or Jan 08, not sure exactly of the date. All Disney ships have all non smoking cabins.. Probably more cruiseline will follow suit eventually. That being siad, I have never had a cabin yet, that smelled of smoke. But I have had hotel rooms that I have had to change because of a very strong stale smoke smell. Not often though. pj

[dlp252]

I'm pretty sensitive to cigarette smoke, but I can honestly say that on none of my four cruises did I notice a smokey smell in the cabin.

 

In fact the only time I've ever noticed smoke was on our last cruise to the Mexican Riviera. The people in the cabin forward of us smoked on their balcony, and when the ship was moving the smoke seemed to pool on our balcony, lol. That is the very first time I've ever noticed that happening though.

[mikeythemars]

the only time I've ever noticed smoke was on our last cruise to the Mexican Riviera. The people in the cabin forward of us smoked on their balcony, and when the ship was moving the smoke seemed to pool on our balcony.

 

We had a similar experience while on Disney. Woman two cabins forward of ours seemed to chain smoke on her balcony, which diluted the whole supppsed benefit of the cabins being "non smoking." I know, to avoid that problem people advise booking a cabin as far foward as possible, but the tradeoff wit that is putting up with more motion. So we still roll the dice and stay mid ship and to date have been lucky (no subsequent problems with balcony pollution).