Is it possible to avoid smoke smells-Or are we stuck with land based trips?

[navybankerteacher]

What else would you say?

 

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Why not? It states the fact.

[SRF]

The “Divine right of kings” for one.

 

Actually in most cases, the KINGS were removed, not the devine right of kings. :D

[bUU]

Actually in most cases, the KINGS were removed, not the devine right of kings.

Please don't encourage him. The fact of the matter is that superior rights were asserted over the legacy right - even if some cannot bring themselves to admit it - and therefore rights were broadened over time.

[navybankerteacher]

Actually in most cases, the KINGS were removed, not the devine right of kings. :D

 

Actually the two removals were linked: once the concept that there had to be a king because kingship was part of the divine plan faded, new political and government models emerged - and as those models emerged monarchy ceased to be seen as necessary.

[evandbob]

Exactly. The OP started this thread after cruising on Carnival Liberty. The design of those ships doesn't leave much choice. The main indoor promenade going fore and aft goes right through the smoky casino.

 

 

As well as up the staircases and into the mid ship upper and empress decks. Doesn't matter if it's a 3. 4 or 7 day cruise, but it is worse during a sailing that attracts gamblers through a reduced casino fare.

[ldubs]

If even a small portion of non-smokers stop booking it is a certainty that a no smoking policy will be adopted in very short order. Not going to happen, but just sayin. . . .

[Itchy&Scratchy]

I can't stand smoke smell, yet we've never had a problem on either RCCL or Princess sailings (see signature), as long as I avoided casino and casino entrance. Once in a while I caught a whiff of smoke when passing by on the upper deck where smoking was allowed, but it was rare - so rare, that I can't even complain about it. And, boy, complaining and whining are my favorite activities.

P.S. We've always gone on 6-8 night cruises.

[iancal]

Celebrity's smoking policy often break a tie when we are considering more than one ship.

 

Never had an issue with smoking or lingering smoke on Celebrity. Same for Princess.

[sloopsailor]

Celebrity's smoking policy often break a tie when we are considering more than one ship.

 

Never had an issue with smoking or lingering smoke on Celebrity. Same for Princess.

 

To their credit, Celebrity has been a leader in the non-smoking movement. They banned smoking in staterooms AND balconies before the others, some who continued balcony smoking for years afterwards. They also were the first to completely ban smoking in all indoor areas of the ship. Most cruise lines have been reluctant to do so, and many still allow smoking in the casino and in some bars. Naysayer's predicted that Celebrity bookings would suffer, but they did not. In fact, bookings increased after the bans as many of us smokers went to Celebrity BECAUSE of their tight restrictions. Since banning smoking, Celebrity has built 5 more ships, some of the most awarded ships out there, and are building four more, with the first one to start cruises by the end of the year.

 

Clearly, those predictions of failure, made mostly by petulant smokers, were completely wrong. :D

[pseudoware]

Carnival has been mentioned previously. I recently came off my first Carnival cruise. From the moment I'd set foot outside our cabin, it was difficult to tell they had any indoor non-smoking areas on board at all.

 

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