If NCL offered 'Smoking' cabins would you book one?

If cruise ships designated a section of the ship as 'Smoking Allowed', say maybe 10% of the cabins....all in the same area, probably a back corner...

I'd bet they would sell out.....and quickly

And it could be smoking on the balcony only, not the cabin....and they would still sell out...

If cruise ships designated a section of the ship as 'Smoking Allowed', say maybe 10% of the cabins....all in the same area, probably a back corner...

I'd bet they would sell out.....and quickly

 

And it could be smoking on the balcony only, not the cabin....and they would still sell out...

NO!

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I'd book. I'm a smoker, but I wouldn't want to smoke in a small cabin. I'd be willing to pay extra, just not Garden Villa extra.

If cruise ships designated a section of the ship as 'Smoking Allowed', say maybe 10% of the cabins....all in the same area, probably a back corner... I'd bet they would sell out.....and quickly. And it could be smoking on the balcony only, not the cabin....and they would still sell out...

Hotels are non-smoking. They should make cruise ships non-smoking.

Planes are non-smoking. They should make cruise ships non-smoking.

Office buildings are non-smoking. They should make cruise ships non-smoking.

Restaurants are non-smoking. They should make cruise ships non-smoking.

No. I'm a smoker and haven't smoked in my home in over 20 years. That being said, a balcony is no different than my patio.

Hotels are non-smoking. They should make cruise ships non-smoking.

Planes are non-smoking. They should make cruise ships non-smoking.

Office buildings are non-smoking. They should make cruise ships non-smoking.

Restaurants are non-smoking. They should make cruise ships non-smoking.

Interesting because not all hotels, planes, office buildings, or restaurants are non-smoking. Neither should cruise ships.

And it could be smoking on the balcony only, not the cabin....and they would still sell out...

I don't believe that your idea would make it past the execs but if implemented, those ships would be easy to spot.....

Extremely unlikely cruise ships would do this ... especially since they would probably only be offered in bad locations. :rolleyes:

Let the games begin!!!

Let the games begin!!!

May the odds be ever in your favor.

NO!

 

 

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Another *NO* - and we wouldn't book a cabin/suite next to one or above or below or anywhere near.

Smoke can permeate ... and get carried by the wind or gentle drafts in HVAC systems...

:eek:

Nope. Things are moving more in the direction of giving less to Smokers. Not more.

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Hotels are non-smoking. They should make cruise ships non-smoking.

Planes are non-smoking. They should make cruise ships non-smoking.

Office buildings are non-smoking. They should make cruise ships non-smoking.

Restaurants are non-smoking. They should make cruise ships non-smoking.

Your response had nothing to do with the OP's post but way to pad the old post count.

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No way.

Your response had nothing to do with the OP's post but way to pad the old post count.

Uh, nothing to do with it? We're talking about smoking on a cruise ship. Maybe you need a snickers.

Uh, nothing to do with it? We're talking about smoking on a cruise ship. Maybe you need a snickers.

Maybe you need a reading comprehension class.

Maybe you need a reading comprehension class.

Who's padding their post count now?

Hotels are non-smoking. They should make cruise ships non-smoking.

Planes are non-smoking. They should make cruise ships non-smoking.

Office buildings are non-smoking. They should make cruise ships non-smoking.

Restaurants are non-smoking. They should make cruise ships non-smoking.

Hard Rock Hotel/Casino in FLL has smoking rooms available...

Another *NO* - and we wouldn't book a cabin/suite next to one or above or below or anywhere near.

Smoke can permeate ... and get carried by the wind or gentle drafts in HVAC systems...

 

:eek:

You are absolutely correct!

Good thing cruise ships run off clean solar power...

Oh, wait a minute, they burn bunker fuel, the filthiest cancer causing diesel available. As you so wisely pointed out "Smoke can permeate...and get carried by the wind or gentle drafts in HVAC systems..." It must be "magic" diesel exhaust coming from the smoke stacks, magical bunker fuel exhaust that is oh so much better for you than that nasty dirty cigarette smoke.

I don't believe that your idea would make it past the execs but if implemented, those ships would be easy to spot.....

 

 

This is my favorite picture about why they should ban smoking, keep posting it every chance you get, do it enough times and maybe it will become a "fact"

Unfortunately people like me point this out:

"The fire was probably caused by a cigarette left burning on a balcony, which had become hot enough to melt the balcony divides made from plastic polycarbonate, a material that had been approved by international cruise line safety rules."

PROBABLY - not for certain. PROBABLY as in they don't know.

What they do know is this:

The following items were at fault for allowing the fire to spread as quickly as it did:

• The balconies' polycarbonate partitions, polyurethane deck tiles, and the plastic furniture were highly combustible and produced large quantities of very thick black smoke when burned.
  
• The glass in the doors between the staterooms and balconies was neither fire retardant, to meet with the requirements of an ‘A’ class division, nor self-closing.
  
• The balconies crossed main zone fire boundaries, both horizontally and vertically, and were without structural or thermal barriers at the zone or deck boundaries.
  
• No fire detection or fire suppression systems were fitted on the balconies.
  

No. And I would go out of my way to book a ship that didn't have that as an option, or avoid that cruiseline altogether if it was on all their ships.

If cruise ships designated a section of the ship as 'Smoking Allowed', say maybe 10% of the cabins....all in the same area, probably a back corner...

I'd bet they would sell out.....and quickly

 

And it could be smoking on the balcony only, not the cabin....and they would still sell out...

As you can tell by the majority of the responses to this here is what would happen.

A non-smoker would book one of these smoking rooms because they really wanted to go on the cruise and stay in that particular cabin. Then they would crucify the cruise line on every social media site in existence about how their money wasn't refunded and a free cruise wasn't offered even though they complained multiple times about the smoke. They would be justified in these demands and in their complaint because THEY don't agree people should be allowed to smoke anywhere, and that no one can tell them where they can or can't stay or go because they spent good money on THEIR vacation.

Now the irony comes in when you point out to them that it is also your vacation and your good money too and all you are asking is to be left alone in your designated smoking area. This really gets their goat, why they will set aside their smuggled on board rum runners, grab a towel off one of the several chairs they have been holding all day, call over their 10 year old child who is in the adults only Solarium (he is very mature don't you know) and just tell you exactly how you are mistaken.

Granted, these folks aren't in the majority, they are just the loudest.

PROBABLY - not for certain. PROBABLY as in they don't know.

OJ probably killed Nicole and Ron.....

"It was probably caused by a discarded cigarette end heating combustible materials on a balcony, which smouldered for about 20 minutes before flames developed. " - MAIB (Marine Accident Investigation Branch) report.

Anything is possible. Maybe a mosquito carrying a lit match started the fire.

Why it spread (while interesting) doesn't take away from why it (probably) started.

probably

• Almost certainly; as far as one knows or can tell.
  

I am a smoker and don't smoke in my own home, so why would I want to smoke in a small cabin. The answer is no, I will stick to the designated areas on the ship.