Cigars On Cruise

Originally Posted by Ashcan Bill

We're leaving on an NCL cruise on Halloween. Trust me, I'll be smoking cigars on my balcony.

Did an NCL cruise a few years back - If they do the Cigars Under the Stars any more....you'll have a BLAST!

Did the Disney Cruise (7 day) earlier this year - didn't have a balcony, had the 6ft porthole window - and spent most of my time on the 9th or 10th deck. No complaints here!!

Originally Posted by tobii3

Did an NCL cruise a few years back - If they do the Cigars Under the Stars any more....you'll have a BLAST!

Did the Disney Cruise (7 day) earlier this year - didn't have a balcony, had the 6ft porthole window - and spent most of my time on the 9th or 10th deck. No complaints here!!

They don't have anything about "cigars under the stars" in any of their promotions, but I'll keep an eye out for it in their newsletter when I get on board. thanks

[jwfish81]

I guess the less cigars you get to smoke on the cruise, the more you will have down the road, say December! Hope you and the mrs still enjoy a much needed vacation, I'm sure.

Originally Posted by jwfish81

I guess the less cigars you get to smoke on the cruise, the more you will have down the road, say December! Hope you and the mrs still enjoy a much needed vacation, I'm sure.

Thanks...but I'm not sure it works that way.

[Blueface]

Well, I have a cruise on RC in December and have plans as always to smoke cigars on my balcony.
I always make sure the door stays closed so the smoke or odor does not go into the room.

If someone next to me or around me happens to complain, which will be a first if it does happen, by the time RC personnel knock on my door, that I snip the lit end off my cigar and put it in a zip lock bag and hide it, that I quickly spray Fabreeze, that my wife makes it to the door to open it but first, that I go in the bathroom and act as if taking a dump, that they mention something about someone smoking cigars in our balcony, my wife will simply say she has no freaking idea what they are talking about and why is it that they are bothering her as she naps and bothering me as I take a dump.

Take note of above possible scenario if you are really concerned about their policy.

[Blueface]

BTW,
You cannot take alcohol onboard with you.

But you can take Pedialite in case you get sick. Hmmm.....

Originally Posted by Blueface

BTW,
You cannot take alcohol onboard with you.

But you can take Pedialite in case you get sick. Hmmm.....

Genius!

[CigarNut]

Originally Posted by Blueface

BTW,
You cannot take alcohol onboard with you.

But you can take Pedialite in case you get sick. Hmmm.....

Actually, you can take alcohol on board -- in your checked baggage. Which is how you have to travel with alcohol these days anyway, since you cannot carry more than 3oz of anything on to an airplane.

Several people on my last cruise did this and it worked out fine for them.

Just need to make sure you finish it before the end of the cruise () as you may run into open container issues later on...

[Ashcan Bill]

Originally Posted by tobii3

Did an NCL cruise a few years back - If they do the Cigars Under the Stars any more....you'll have a BLAST!

I've done that years back and it was great, though I don't know if they still do it. I don't recall it on the last couple of cruises I was on.

The ship we're on has a beautiful cigar lounge, so I'll most likely be spending a fair amount of time there.

As far as smoking on balconies, it's a judgment call. If I know people are out and to the stern of me where they'll get the smoke, I don't light up. On this trip, we have an aft cabin with only a couple of cabins further back than us, so I'm not anticipating much problem. I try to be considerate, and haven't had a problem on a cruise yet.

[Blueface]

Let's go ahead and add the "you can't take an iron" to this one as all related.
Sure, you can't.
I use to ignore that one too but then decided to conform out of sheer kindness.
So what did I do? Bought a great travel steamer for around $30. Don't recall the rules saying anything about that. My stuff is always wrinkle free as result

Let's see, what else is it we can't do...................hmmmm...........thinking.

Oh yeah, wine.
Wonder how those two bottles of 20 yr tawny port always follow me on board.
Hmmm......
Wonder how they make it to the table and opened by the waiter and no corkage fee.
Hmmm......
I can share that too but can't give away ALL my secrets.

Will have to admit that while they are all tough on checked in luggage (hint if not checked it, what is it?), NCL is the toughest on that.
Took quite a few bottles on my son but they just hang on to it until the end of the trip then give them to you.

Bring your cigars, sit back, enjoy and don't worry about it up front before you get there.
There is always a way to skin a cat.

Tell them to pound sand!

What are they going to say? "Don't make me turn this boat around, Mister!"