Dena Posted March 25, 2012 #1 Share Posted March 25, 2012 I ask because on Princess it has been reported to vary according to the Captain's whim. If this is true, I cannot book a Princess balcony with any confidence as I know from personal experience that the smoke does waft upward. I hope the situation is different on Celebrity. According to the Princess boards an officer said: "We will provide designated smoking areas, we never said where". It is very unfair to have it vary from sailing to sailing. I hope Celebrity is different. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare cruisestitch Posted March 25, 2012 #2 Share Posted March 25, 2012 When the ship is taking on fuel the smoking side may be designated on the Starboard side for a few hours. Otherwise the Port side is used. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CruisingMouse Posted March 25, 2012 #3 Share Posted March 25, 2012 I ask because on Princess it has been reported to vary according to the Captain's whim. If this is true, I cannot book a Princess balcony with any confidence as I know from personal experience that the smoke does waft upward. I hope the situation is different on Celebrity. According to the Princess boards an officer said: "We will provide designated smoking areas, we never said where". It is very unfair to have it vary from sailing to sailing. I hope Celebrity is different. Celebrity Cruises Where You Can Smoke: Cigarette smoking is only permitted in designated indoor and outdoor areas. Examples include the port side of the pool deck and sundecks on each ship; the port side of the Sunset Bar on Celebrity Century and on Celebrity's Millennium class of ships; and the port side, aft, outside of Winter Garden on Celebrity Galaxy and Celebrity Mercury. Where You Can't: Smoking is prohibited in cabins and on balconies. Also, smoking is not permitted in any dining venue, casino, theater, hallway, elevator or corridor. On Celebrity's new Solstice, the Lawn Club and the Sunset Bar at the Lawn Club will not allow smoking. Cigar and Pipe Smoking: Cigar and pipe smoking is allowed only in specially designated sections of the open decks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare cruisestitch Posted March 25, 2012 #4 Share Posted March 25, 2012 I don't know where that quote came from, but it is certainly out of date! Galaxy? Mercury? No longer in the fleet! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Lois R Posted March 25, 2012 #5 Share Posted March 25, 2012 I was thinking the same thing......Galaxy has been gone for at least 3 years now and Mercury for 2 years. Actually there is no smoking indoors anymore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CruisingMouse Posted March 25, 2012 #6 Share Posted March 25, 2012 I don't know where that quote came from, but it is certainly out of date! Galaxy? Mercury? No longer in the fleet! searched it here actually.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Cruiser 6143 Posted March 26, 2012 #7 Share Posted March 26, 2012 searched it here actually.. Unfortunately, smoking rules change from time to time, so it's best not rely on an old post you found on CC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jgnova Posted March 26, 2012 #8 Share Posted March 26, 2012 From the Celebrity site as of tonight: Smoking For the comfort and enjoyment of our guests, our ships are 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 certain areas of the ship as "smoking areas." Generally, smoking is not permitted except in designated areas. (Contact Guest Relations for additional details). This policy includes smoking-like products such as electronic cigarettes. Smoking is not permitted inside any guest stateroom; nor on any guest veranda. If a guest is in violation of this policy, a cleaning fee of $250 USD will be applied to their SeaPass account and the guest may be subject to further action pursuant to the "Consequences Section" of this Guest Conduct Policy. Celebrity Cruises kindly asks all guests to please observe the non-smoking areas and to refrain from smoking cigarettes, pipes or cigars in any of the non-designated areas. These requests are made to provide a comfortable shipboard environment for everyone. Where permitted, cigarettes, cigars and pipe tobacco must always be properly disposed of and never thrown overboard. A guest must be at least 18 years of age to purchase, possess or use tobacco. Definitely not as definitive except about inside smoking. I just checked the daily from boarding day on the Silhouetted and there are no details on allowed areas. Maybe someone on board can check with guest relations and post the results here? j Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
k9x8 Posted March 26, 2012 #9 Share Posted March 26, 2012 is most assuredly allowed at the Sunset Bar, starboard side, on the Equinox. Also, port side on pool deck, starboard side by the Mast Bar, and port side on Deck 5. Two areas, actually. One is outside the doors behind the theater, the other is outside the doors just forward of the lounge/specialty restaurant area. This dredging up of outdated information is reason enough not to disallow certain topics, as suggested in another thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CruisingMouse Posted March 26, 2012 #10 Share Posted March 26, 2012 is most assuredly allowed at the Sunset Bar, starboard side, on the Equinox. Also, port side on pool deck, starboard side by the Mast Bar, and port side on Deck 5. Two areas, actually. One is outside the doors behind the theater, the other is outside the doors just forward of the lounge/specialty restaurant area. This dredging up of outdated information is reason enough not to disallow certain topics, as suggested in another thread. I tried to help her as I couldn't get the info direct from the cruise lines site. I would never sail Celebrity so I didn't know they were old ships but the article was not dated either, maybe they should archive the out to date ones. Then I wouldn't have ruffled so many feathers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
k9x8 Posted March 26, 2012 #11 Share Posted March 26, 2012 Nah, you didn't ruffle feathers, CruisingMouse. Indeed, you provided an excellent illustration for those who impatiently demand, "Use the search function." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dena Posted March 26, 2012 Author #12 Share Posted March 26, 2012 Thank you to everyone who has tried to help! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare cruisestitch Posted March 26, 2012 #13 Share Posted March 26, 2012 The OP was asking about the Promenade deck smoking areas, not other areas on the ship. On S-class ships' upper decks, sometimes smoking is on the Port Side, sometimes Starboard. (M-class ships use Portside on deck 10). I'm aware of no ship that uses Starboard side on the Promenade deck for smoking, except as noted, during refueling hours. Anyone know differently? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waggie Posted June 27, 2012 #14 Share Posted June 27, 2012 The OP was asking about the Promenade deck smoking areas, not other areas on the ship. On S-class ships' upper decks, sometimes smoking is on the Port Side, sometimes Starboard. (M-class ships use Portside on deck 10). I'm aware of no ship that uses Starboard side on the Promenade deck for smoking, except as noted, during refueling hours. Anyone know differently? Cruisestitch - thank you for this information. On M class ships is it only Deck 10? I have been trying to check if port cabins Deck 6 will be affected by smoking outside on Deck 5 - or is that just S class? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare cruisestitch Posted June 27, 2012 #15 Share Posted June 27, 2012 M class ships have smoking areas outside both on deck ten and deck five. On deck five, smoking is generally port side. However during refueling or if there are repairs on deck five port side, or some other reason why the port side can't be used, they will move smoking to the starboard side. Going back to the original question, is port side deck five ALWAYS the smoking side, no. But 99% of the time,yes. Now, will that affect you on deck six? Well, there's no way to know how many smokers will be aboard and what the weather will be like, which might influence a person's choice of going to the open deck ten to smoke, or moving down to the covered deck five. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gimletgal Posted June 27, 2012 #16 Share Posted June 27, 2012 I ask because on Princess it has been reported to vary according to the Captain's whim. If this is true, I cannot book a Princess balcony with any confidence as I know from personal experience that the smoke does waft upward. I hope the situation is different on Celebrity. According to the Princess boards an officer said: "We will provide designated smoking areas, we never said where". It is very unfair to have it vary from sailing to sailing. I hope Celebrity is different. Not sure which class of ship you will be sailing on. M-Class - Deck 10, Sunset Bar - Port side Deck 10 - Pool area - Port side Deck 4 - Port side - outside MDR and outside casino Deck 11 - Small area near Mast Bar - Port side forward S-Class - Deck 12 - pool deck - portside Deck 14 - Sun Deck - starboard Deck 5 - Promenade - portside - midship Deck 15 - Sunset Bar aft - starboard (also cigar & pipe smoking allowed) I think it is at the discretion of the Captain, but normally these are the locations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare cruisestitch Posted June 27, 2012 #17 Share Posted June 27, 2012 Just noticed my error....on M class ships the promenade smoking area is deck four, not five as I wrote a couple of posts above this one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waggie Posted June 27, 2012 #18 Share Posted June 27, 2012 Just noticed my error....on M class ships the promenade smoking area is deck four, not five as I wrote a couple of posts above this one Thank you - we can only hope it won't be a problem as the ship is sold out, so no chance of moving. Waggie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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