Discuss Implementation of Smoking Policy

[jwattle]

10 hours ago, Kabuki12 said:

If only that was the policy on all the ships.  Hopefully Princess execs are paying attention.  

It's Australia laws,  not the ship

[Kabuki12]

13 hours ago, jwattle said:

It's Australia laws,  not the ship

Oh, I see.  Well, I always wanted to visit Australia. 

[2Crewsers]

Where are the outside smoking areas currently located on Majestic? Looking to book a balcony in the aft area and want to be opposite the smoking side.

[acbaldwi]

On 12/19/2023 at 10:18 AM, 1498sg said:

As of December 29, no more Churchill’s smoking lounge on enchanted princess

Any Idea where they allow smoking now?

[doghog]

5 minutes ago, acbaldwi said:

Any Idea where they allow smoking now?

Refer to the Princess Patter. Locations could very from ship to ship. One thing it will be outside with a great view and bar service. 

[1498sg]

On 12/29/2023 at 10:41 AM, acbaldwi said:

Any Idea where they allow smoking now?

Deck, 17 aft
 

[acbaldwi]

37 minutes ago, 1498sg said:

Deck, 17 aft
 

thanks!

[Wander58]

We just got off the Enchanted Princess 2 days ago.  Smoking WAS allowed in the Casino...and of course it spilled out into the Piazza and was horrible!  I thought smoking indoors was banned...I was wrong.  Also, we could smell someone smoking pot on the balcony.  UGH!

[memoak]

33 minutes ago, Wander58 said:

We just got off the Enchanted Princess 2 days ago.  Smoking WAS allowed in the Casino...and of course it spilled out into the Piazza and was horrible!  I thought smoking indoors was banned...I was wrong.  Also, we could smell someone smoking pot on the balcony.  UGH!

Where did you ever get the idea that smoking was banned in the casino ?

[Torfamm]

3 hours ago, memoak said:

Where did you ever get the idea that smoking was banned in the casino ?

It was right after the restart. We had a couple of cruises where there was no smoking allowed. 

[doghog]

8 hours ago, Torfamm said:

It was right after the restart. We had a couple of cruises where there was no smoking allowed. 

RC also did that when they first started up. Too bad RC and Princess didn't follow thru with the no smoking. I blame the cruise lines and not the smokers. 

[Wander58]

8 hours ago, Torfamm said:

It was right after the restart. We had a couple of cruises where there was no smoking allowed. 

On the Island in October, only place people were smoking was in Churchill's.  It looked like a blue fog through the windows.

 

[Torfamm]

3 minutes ago, Wander58 said:

On the Island in October, only place people were smoking was in Churchill's.  It looked like a blue fog through the windows.

 

Really? That’s amazing news. I get a lot of Waves surveys and they often address the issue of smoking in the Casino. Maybe Princess will take a step forward and eliminate all indoor smoking sometime soon. I hear they’ve gotten rid of Churchills on a number of ships.

[Wander58]

2 minutes ago, Torfamm said:

Really? That’s amazing news. I get a lot of Waves surveys and they often address the issue of smoking in the Casino. Maybe Princess will take a step forward and eliminate all indoor smoking sometime soon. I hear they’ve gotten rid of Churchills on a number of ships.

Maybe it was because Churchill's was still open.  On the Enchanted last week, Churchill's did appear to be closed.  I think the pot smoking off some balcony near us was probably worse...but we could only smell it not, see where it was coming from.

[doghog]

3 hours ago, Wander58 said:

 I think the pot smoking off some balcony near us was probably worse...but we could only smell it not, see where it was coming from.

Contact high. 😉

[Thrak]

15 hours ago, Torfamm said:

It was right after the restart. We had a couple of cruises where there was no smoking allowed. 

 

Just sailed Australia/New Zealand. No indoor smoking anywhere. Period. Doesn't seem to be a problem with bookings in that area so I don't see why it would be a problem to extend this policy to all Princess cruises. Makes zero sense. I wonder if JP or some other Princess bigwig smokes...

[nini]

7 minutes ago, Thrak said:

 

Just sailed Australia/New Zealand. No indoor smoking anywhere. Period. Doesn't seem to be a problem with bookings in that area so I don't see why it would be a problem to extend this policy to all Princess cruises. Makes zero sense. I wonder if JP or some other Princess bigwig smokes...

 

Is there smoking outside on the Australia itineraries? I thought that there wasn't. Thx!

[Torfamm]

8 minutes ago, nini said:

 

Is there smoking outside on the Australia itineraries? I thought that there wasn't. Thx!

There was at least one outdoor smoking area on the Grand this fall sailing from Australia. Deck 15 aft right outside the One Five where the PE lounge was. 

[Thrak]

26 minutes ago, nini said:

 

Is there smoking outside on the Australia itineraries? I thought that there wasn't. Thx!

 

15 minutes ago, Torfamm said:

There was at least one outdoor smoking area on the Grand this fall sailing from Australia. Deck 15 aft right outside the One Five where the PE lounge was. 

 

Yeah. Directly under the kids area. 🙄

 

There was also smoking at the forward topside bar. That's a normal place for smoking on Princess ships.

Edited January 10 by Thrak

[nini]

1 hour ago, Thrak said:

 

 

Yeah. Directly under the kids area. 🙄

 

There was also smoking at the forward topside bar. That's a normal place for smoking on Princess ships.

 

Thanks to both of you. After so many posts regarding Australia. I was led to believe that there was absolutely NO SMOKING permitted anywhere. The posters led me astray.

[Thrak]

2 hours ago, nini said:

 

Thanks to both of you. After so many posts regarding Australia. I was led to believe that there was absolutely NO SMOKING permitted anywhere. The posters led me astray.

 

Despite cigarettes costing something like $28 a pack, you will still find smokers. Currently $28 AUD is equivalent to about $18.80 USD.

[IndyKid]

2 minutes ago, Thrak said:

 

Despite cigarettes costing something like $28 a pack, you will still find smokers. Currently $28 AUD is equivalent to about $18.80 USD.

$18.80 USD/pack?😳 That's nearly a buck per coffin nail. An expensive addiction to feed for sure!

[float our boat]

On 1/9/2024 at 10:10 PM, Wander58 said:

We just got off the Enchanted Princess 2 days ago.  Smoking WAS allowed in the Casino...and of course it spilled out into the Piazza and was horrible!  I thought smoking indoors was banned...I was wrong.  Also, we could smell someone smoking pot on the balcony.  UGH!

Now that you people got Churchills shut down I hope it gets worse.

[nini]

5 hours ago, float our boat said:

Now that you people got Churchills shut down I hope it gets worse.

 

Ugh!

[IndyKid]

5 hours ago, float our boat said:

Now that you people got Churchills shut down I hope it gets worse.

Who's "you people"?