Smoking on QM2

Reading these threads, I seem to be getting mixed messages on smoking. In the public areas, where can you (not me) or can't you smoke? Restaurants? Queens Room?

Rich

no to both

Good evening Rich.

I just got off the Independence Day quickie. As of that trip, the Daily Programme read:

"Please be advised that all public spaces are non smoking except within clearly defined smoking areas. Outside, on the open decks, smoking is only permitted on the starboard side of the aft end of the ship on decks 7, 8, 11 & 12. Inside, smoking is permitted in designated areas of the Golden Lion Pub, the Commodore Club, the Chart Room, the upper level of the G32 Night Club and the Empire Casino. Smoking is NOT permitted in any alleyways or inside or outside elevators. Thank you for your understanding."

Rich, I found this all to be true as I am a smoker. If it's any consolation, the areas are shrinking. Also, last year, smoking was permitted in the Queens Room, Champagne Bar, and Sir Samuels.

Hope this helps.

Regards,

Jeanne

Good evening Rich.

 

I just got off the Independence Day quickie. As of that trip, the Daily Programme read:

 

"Please be advised that all public spaces are non smoking except within clearly defined smoking areas. Outside, on the open decks, smoking is only permitted on the starboard side of the aft end of the ship on decks 7, 8, 11 & 12. Inside, smoking is permitted in designated areas of the Golden Lion Pub, the Commodore Club, the Chart Room, the upper level of the G32 Night Club and the Empire Casino. Smoking is NOT permitted in any alleyways or inside or outside elevators. Thank you for your understanding."

 

Rich, I found this all to be true as I am a smoker. If it's any consolation, the areas are shrinking. Also, last year, smoking was permitted in the Queens Room, Champagne Bar, and Sir Samuels.

 

Hope this helps.

 

Regards,

 

Jeanne

That's really helpful info, thanks!

Just got off QM2 today. The smokers do conform to the rules inside the ship but we found smokers on open decks everywhere.

David.

The smokers do conform to the rules inside the ship but we found smokers on open decks everywhere.

Are the areas on the open decks of QM2 where you can't smoke? If not the smokers were conforming to the rules there as well.

Are the areas on the open decks of QM2 where you can't smoke? If not the smokers were conforming to the rules there as well.

From the post above where someone quoted from a daily programme, it sounds like there are restrictions:

"Outside, on the open decks, smoking is only permitted on the starboard side of the aft end of the ship on decks 7, 8, 11 & 12."

But having never sailed QM2, I don't know for sure, and the policy on the Cunard website doesn't mention open decks:

"For the comfort and convenience of all guests, elevators, and some restaurants and public rooms have been designated as non-smoking. Many public rooms offer both smoking and non-smoking areas. Guests who enjoy pipes or cigars are accommodated in Churchill's Cigar Lounge onboard QM2, and in the Chart Room, Golden Lion Pub, Crystal Bar and open decks onboard QE2. We ask that guests refrain from smoking pipes or cigars in other enclosed public areas of the ship. Aboard QM2, each public room and bar have designated smoking sections and all restaurants are non-smoking. Aboard QE2, each restaurant provides a small section designated to cigarette smoking with the exception of the Princess Grill, which is non-smoking. Each public room and bar have designated smoking sections. The elevators, theatres and library are designated as non-smoking."

Are the areas on the open decks of QM2 where you can't smoke? If not the smokers were conforming to the rules there as well.

Yes, as the previous poster stated there are specific areas where you can smoke on deck and others where you can't. For me Cunard have got just about the right balance on smoking, and on open decks no one could really have any problems with smokers, even if they are bending the rules a bit.... except for those stinky cigars.

David.

It sounds to me like the restrictions on open deck are new. the main problem (Unless you are right in the downwind of a smoker) on deck is that when you are in the wind, the head can blow off of the cigarette- the whole lit part and either burn someone or start a fire. So you simply have tp be careful, use and ashtray and above all, do not throw butts (lit or not) over the rail! I have seen several times where someone threw a lit cigarette out of a car window, only to have it blow back in, unknown, or into the back seat or bed of a pickup truck. Indeed, I had it happen myself, back when I was a smoker. thank God we had a hatchback and it was stuffed to the gills. It wedged between the glass and a pillow, and the pillow was one of the newly mandated (then) pillows that would snuff lit, unattended smoking materials, in order to cut down on smoking in bed deaths (which are the most common type)

That surely taught me a lesson. Years later, I cringed at the thought that I was once proud to have learned how to "flick" a cigarette out the window. When I think of how many median strip fires have started that way, or that I could have accidentally set someone's car on fire (Ever seen someone in a pickup with a mattress burning gaily along with the rest of their worldly possessions?) Well, I'm glad I don't smoke any more. I can't I have permanent damage and lung disease, but I sincerely feel dumb for having done that in the past.

So I guess they may have to post a few signs (which most people are not likely to see- there are so many signs that label an infrastructure part or something) and gently advise people. Hopefully the up-side of all f these new restrictions is that the tide will turn, and kids will no longer think it is sexy to start. If they don't start, they don't become (quickly) addicted, and their lives are the better (not to mention richer, these days!) for it! Most adults, even those hopelessly addicted really don't want to be addicted, and if they were honest with themselves would like to not have thiis monkey n their back, even as they enjoy it. Better that all of us had never started (I can think of a few vices that I'd rather have-- Just not all of them in public! <G>)

Oh well. Such is life.

Karie,

who is glad she doesn't still smoke. I quit when they were $11.00 a carton. I would not be cruising now if I still smoked. Besides being broke, I would likely be dead! After wall, it was a respiratory failure that got me into cruising! I can't imagine if I still smoked then. I probably would not have survived.

Thanks to everyone who has already weighed in on the smoking issue on QM2! I have read tons of reviews and would like to book a trip this winter on the QM2 (typically I cruise with Princess or HAL). However, as someone with moderate-to-severe allergies (and particularly bad reactions to cigarette smoke), I would really like to get some further guidance as to the likelihood that I will be able to enjoy spending time at (most) venues on the ship; especially as there seem to be a number of complaints floating around in reviews. Does anybody know for certain whether Cunard has changed/limited its policy definitively? Also, what are people's experiences with the smokiness of their staterooms?

Thanks in advance!

Jenifer

JennAngel9 - Yes, the smoking policy has changed a bit, mainly in that smoking on open decks now has some restrictions rather than the previous anywhere outdoors. It did seem to me though that the outdoor restrictions were ignored be quite a few smokers.

Inside we did not find too many problems with smoke, most public rooms are smoke free and it is easy to avoid the areas where smoking is allowed. I can only say in regard to staterooms that we have never had a problem on QM2, so maybe they have a system of cleaning cabins previously occupied by a smoker. You can certainly tell which cabins have smokers in residence as you walk along the corridors. Smokers never realise how sensitive a non smoker is to their residues, and it would be worth making sure that you do not book a cabin with an interconnecting door. Did have a stinker on QE2 some years ago that was solved while we had dinner after contacting the deck housekeeper.

Please don't let this issue put you off. It really is not a big problem.

David.

Jenifer,

I tend to be pretty sensitive to smoke. I started on my cruising career after being released from the hospital from a complete respiratory failure, if that gives you any indication. The only place I found intolerable (therefore did not go in) was the casino. They may have improved that somewhat, due to the new regulations and the complaints. usually, they have special chemicals that can clean up a room incredibly well and quickly. As someone suggested, try not to get an adjoining cabin, just in case. Bring duct tape to seal around the door if you must. (If you can't avoid an adjoining.)

Honestly. I had no problems. I have been getting allergy shots for over 6 years now.

I think you will do fine!

Karie,

who has been intubated and lived to tell the tale!

David and Karie,

Thanks for your information and especially the advice about connecting rooms. I was actually thinking of booking one (there are few cabins left in the category that we'd like) but now I will be sure to avoid them. :) I'm not a big gambler, but I am a terribly unlucky one, so my husband will be just as happy to avoid the casino.

There was no smoking in the starboard side of the Queens Room when I have been aboard the QM2 but there was lots of smoking in the discotek which adjoins the Queens Room. Even though there were double doors, sometimes smoke would drift.