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#1
April 29th, 2012, 01:37 PM
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Maasdam now has non smoking casino areas
As of this leg of our cruise which began on Friday, the Maasdam has a section of the casino deginated as non smoking. Per the casino host, it is a policy change for the company and became effective with our cruise. The areas for smoking state that the area is for players only.
We are in beautiful Charleston today and heading to Rhode Island next. 
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#2
April 29th, 2012, 01:41 PM
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Did you really notice a difference in the 2 areas though? When I sailed on the NA the entire floor where the casino was stunk of smoke, so I can't imagine how making 1 section N/S will help anything.
Just my 2 cents though.
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#4
April 29th, 2012, 02:17 PM
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The first 11 days the casino was packed and smoky. Since the new division it has not been as busy but the area at the front furthest from the library is non smoking and it did not have the heavy smoking smell.
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#5
April 29th, 2012, 02:21 PM
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When we were aboard two weeks ago, we were told they would begin this policy. Hopefully it is a first step toward making the casino usable by all. We were unable to use any of the machines during our cruise because of the heavy smoke.
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#6
April 29th, 2012, 02:51 PM
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I can't imagine how they are going to keep the smoke from drifting from one area to the other area as the Casino is one open area -- no dividers.
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#7
April 29th, 2012, 02:52 PM
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I noticed the non-smoking area of the casino on the Statendam in March, too.
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#8
April 29th, 2012, 04:09 PM
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Well, a day late...etc
We got off on Fri. We don't use the casino because it's so smoky. In fact, we do our best to avoid that whole area, including the shops, Mix, Piano bars, etc.
We would visit the casino & surrounding area if it was less smoky. I would have liked to have judged for myself the difference a non smoking area would have made. I'll be watching to see what others report about it. I do have to say that I noticed less smoke (except in the casino area) overall on this last cruise than I have in the past. So, I think the changes they made in the smoking policy had a positive effect. Hmmm.....I guess we'll have to book another cruise to find out!
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#9
April 29th, 2012, 04:13 PM
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So, cigarette smoke doesn't 'drift'? 
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