Is Celebrity the only one?

[39august]

Do any other cruise lines offer no smoking in any interior venue including the casino?

[poffles]

A few Holland ships, though don't look fully non-smoking interior there are a few that do not list the casino as allowed.

 

https://hollandamerica.cruiselines.com/smoking_policies.cfm

 

Referring to this notable on their site.

 

Designated Smoking Areas
Eurodam, Nieuw Amsterdam, Noordam, Oosterdam, Westerdam, Zuiderdam

• Sea View Bar area
• Oak Room (Noordam only, including cigar and pipe smoking)

 

https://hollandamerica.cruiselines.com/smoking_policies.cfm

[Stem to Stern]

Azamara.  But they have a smoking corner on the pool deck near the pool bar that I had to walk by to get to the closest rest room from my pool lounger.

[39august]

Am  correct that those non-smoking casino ships on HAL are their older ships?

[NorthStarStateCruiser]

Apparently on Virgin ships, there is a designated smoking room adjacent to the casino. There's no smoking in the main casino. Also, the demographic of Virgin cruisers is most likely to use vapes in the smoking areas rather than ciggys.

[prmssk]

NCL has separated the smoking section of their casino (with walls and doors) from the non-smoking section on some ships and then they have an enclosed cigar lounge but it isn't perfect as smoke still escapes those rooms (at least on the ship I was most recently on).

 

Also, my understanding is that Australia has stricter smoking laws and so many cruises in Australia do not allow smoking in the casino.

 

 

[jelayne]

Viking Ocean cruises are non smoking indoors and on balconies  but do have a designated outdoor smoking area.

Edited June 23, 2023 by jelayne

[bEwAbG]

4 hours ago, 39august said:

Am  correct that those non-smoking casino ships on HAL are their older ships?

 

Yes, that's right.  They allow smoking in the casinos in their newest ships (unfortunately, IMO). 

 

Nieuw Amsterdam and Eurodam are most comparable to Celebrity M-Class, but they're the same age as S-Class.  The others are a little smaller and a little older. 

[Baynanno1]

9 hours ago, Stem to Stern said:

Azamara.  But they have a smoking corner on the pool deck near the pool bar that I had to walk by to get to the closest rest room from my pool lounger.

Two options to avoid that smoke - exit on the other side of the Pool Bar, or walk to the other end of the Pool Deck to the facilities outside Windows Cafe.

[StellaGrace]

Disney is non smoking except in a couple of designated areas, but there are no casinos on their ships.

[upwarduk]

I can’t remember smoking inside on Royal Ships.

[39august]

Royal casinos tend to be the "smoke hole" when the casinos are not even open for gambling. And on Freedom class ships the smoke rolls out from each end to contaminate the Schooner Bar and Boleros. At least that was true last time I sailed in May, 2018. And thanks all for the info. 

[Sigyn]

There was a separate casino on Harmony of the Seas that was non-smoking, but it was quite small. They had converted their former jazz club into a non-smoking casino. The main casino was still a smoking casino. I much preferred NCL on the Prima and how no smoking was allowed at all. I didn't smell smoke there, and I'm very sensitive to it. 

[pasodancer]

RCI, Oasis, (June 2023) had a designated "non-smoking" casino.  It is located where "Jazz on 4" use to be (Jazz on 4 is now "Jazz in Central Park").

[terrydtx]

Oh goody, here is another smoking thread, grabbing my popcorn and watching for the fun. . . . . . . .

[poffles]

On 6/24/2023 at 10:07 AM, Sigyn said:

There was a separate casino on Harmony of the Seas that was non-smoking, but it was quite small. They had converted their former jazz club into a non-smoking casino. The main casino was still a smoking casino. I much preferred NCL on the Prima and how no smoking was allowed at all. I didn't smell smoke there, and I'm very sensitive to it. 

 

NCL Prima has no smoking at all where .. no smoking anywhere inside???

[Sigyn]

5 hours ago, poffles said:

 

NCL Prima has no smoking at all where .. no smoking anywhere inside???

no smoking anywhere in the casino.

[prmssk]

On 6/24/2023 at 8:07 AM, Sigyn said:

I much preferred NCL on the Prima and how no smoking was allowed at all. I didn't smell smoke there, and I'm very sensitive to it. 

I didn't spend any time in the casino on the Prima but smoking was a huge issue at the Metropolitan Bar (which had great drinks so I wish I had been able to spend more time there).  The Cigar Lounge is right next to that bar and there is not a good seal or maybe the doors just open too often.

 

@poffles The casino on the Prima does allow smoking, it's just in a separate fully enclosed room.

Edited June 25, 2023 by prmssk

[poffles]

1 minute ago, prmssk said:

I didn't spend any time in the casino on the Prima but smoking was a huge issue at the Metropolitan Bar (which had great drinks so I wish I had been able to spend more time there).  The Cigar Lounge is right next to that bar and there is not a good seal or maybe the doors just open too often.

 

@poffles The casino on the Prima does allow smoking, it's just in a separate fully enclosed room.

I was looking into this since this post and that is what I was finding so I was a bit confused.  So it is basically the same as some of their other newer ships.  

 

Thanks.

[Anne614]

On 6/23/2023 at 3:18 PM, bEwAbG said:

 

Yes, that's right.  They allow smoking in the casinos in their newest ships (unfortunately, IMO). 

 

Nieuw Amsterdam and Eurodam are most comparable to Celebrity M-Class, but they're the same age as S-Class.  The others are a little smaller and a little older. 

I was just on the Zaandam, an older HAL ship and there was smoking in the casino.  It may have been in a non walled off section because it permeated the casino.

[karmamule]

On 6/23/2023 at 2:03 PM, NorthStarStateCruiser said:

Apparently on Virgin ships, there is a designated smoking room adjacent to the casino. There's no smoking in the main casino. Also, the demographic of Virgin cruisers is most likely to use vapes in the smoking areas rather than ciggys.

 

When we were on Valiant Lady earlier this year, we played an hour or two in the casino each day and never had any problems with smoke drifting in from that smoking area.

[Sigyn]

18 hours ago, prmssk said:

I didn't spend any time in the casino on the Prima but smoking was a huge issue at the Metropolitan Bar (which had great drinks so I wish I had been able to spend more time there).  The Cigar Lounge is right next to that bar and there is not a good seal or maybe the doors just open too often.

 

@poffles The casino on the Prima does allow smoking, it's just in a separate fully enclosed room.

Oh, I didn't see that separate room in the Prima casino. My mistake. I did discover what you did. @prmssk about the Metropolitan bar. The smoke from the cigar lounge leaks out every time someone opens the door and you can smell it in the Metropolitan bar, so we didn't spend any time there. It was a really strong smell. 

[bEwAbG]

On 6/25/2023 at 6:45 PM, Anne614 said:

I was just on the Zaandam, an older HAL ship and there was smoking in the casino.  It may have been in a non walled off section because it permeated the casino.

 

Yes, I didn't mean that they only allow smoking in the new ships.  You have to look at their list to know.  Just lamenting that they do allow smoking in their new ships.  I like HAL a great deal but indoor smoking is a big negative that is hard for me to overlook.