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Originally Posted by jbo57
Thank you, my friend. That is the best and most concise explanation of what's going on. I appreciate it. It was a much better explanation than what I got from the NCL rep that I called. He told me to call their travel agent who would be much more up to speed than him. I'm not one to "rock the boat"...so to speak...and I am a believer in following the rules. If the rule is no cigars on balconies...I'll swallow hard and give up what I've been looking forward to for nine months. I'm sure I'll still have fun but I'm sure I'll spend more time in the Corona than I had planned.
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Just check with the cruiseline and get an up to date policy of their cigar smoking and where you can smoke. This policy seems to change with the wind so you have to ask the right questions as to what floors, balconies, if they have a designated cigar room, etc etc.
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Originally Posted by DPD6030
This will never happen at least on Carnival. They tried it and lost their butts on revenue. They do have smoke free spa rooms though. So what happened when you were "reported" on the cruise lines for smoking?
Oh and I'm on the very aft of the ship, the only one that can smell me is most likely well me.  |
I'ts already happend with Carnival and as you said it is an ever changing policy. Their newest ship to come aboard is a completely NON SMOKING ship so don't get too comfortable with the idea that NON SMOKING ships are a thing of the past. My reps are telling me that there is constant complaining from non smokers on just about every cruise and as we all know the squeeky wheel gets the grease. The smart cruisers pick the aft balcony cabins to smoke their cigars,,,just like me.
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Originally Posted by Blueface
BTW,
You cannot take alcohol onboard with you. 
But you can take Pedialite in case you get sick. Hmmm.....  |
LOL,,,you can pack as many 3 ounce bottles that will fit into a quart bag like I did and that is approximately 7 bottles.
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Originally Posted by DoctorBJ
If the issue is about the smoke travilng back, what happens if you were to light up at the back end of the ship?
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The issue is where you can smoke and if there isn't a policy in place that says you can't smoke on your balcony then you are free to smoke on any balcony you want to. I have had balconies in the front, middle and aft and still got complaints from the neighbors by them slamming their doors, coughing, whining and everything else. I even had the stewards knock on my door to see if there was a compromise to the issue and I told him there were two things I would accept: 1) That the neighbor could move to another cabin 2) That the neighbor could get off the boat at the next port.
He just laughed and knew there wasn't anything the cruiseline could do because there wasn't a NO SMOKING policy on balconies.
FYI,,,,you have to understand that the cabin stewards will report to their station Rep's any indication of any smoking materials if you are in a NO SMOKING room even if you don't light up. Carnival kicks off at least 1 to 2 cabins a week on their cruises for people who have smoking materials in their room. They just don't broadcast it to any as much as they come in with a sealed tape over the door and kick you off. Forewarned is forearmed!