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10 hours ago, not-enough-cruising said:

 

If you are an American citizen, you have paid for the tests through your taxes (CARES act), it is your test to take regardless of the reason. Widespread testing is a big part of the current administration’s abatement plan. Why would I pay for a required test, when I have already funded a universal testing program?

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On 12/22/2021 at 4:51 PM, not-enough-cruising said:

Financial studies in land based casinos do not show a loss of revenue when banning smoking.  I can definitely see RCG aligning the no smoking policy on RCL with that of Celebrity.

 

I hope you're right 🙂

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On 12/22/2021 at 7:12 PM, TechPotato said:

I doubt it. The smokers are vocal but in the vast majority. Claiming that the vast majority of people in the casino smoke, does not take into account the number of people who don't (or can't) go to the casino because of the smoke.
 

A strange thing happened in our Casinos and bars when they banned smoking: they got BUSIER... by a LOT!

Do the math, only 29% of Americans smoke (19% of American women), 17.5 % of Canadians (12% of women).

 

That means that at least two and a half times more people will go to the casino because it is non-smoking (than because smoking is allowed). Add to that the fact (depending on the source of the statistics) 72%-80% of slot players are women and that slots are the most profitable games (since the house can set the payout ratio to whatever they want) the casino that feared banning smoking will see their profits soar (5x more women are non-smokers). Profits are more addictive than either smoking or gambling. 

Once they find out how much more they make by having non-smoking casinos, they will never go back.

I told  you so LOL

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I have been a gambler on Royal for many years. I remember years ago there was a small bank of slot machines that was non-smoking. Over the years the casino seems more like half and half. There is a rule that guests can smoke while actively gambling in the casino. I have seen many times groups of people come in just to sit or stand around the machines and smoke. When I asked the casino hosts about this I was told it is an impossible rule to enforce. No smoking at blackjack tables poker tables roulette wheel and casino bar. If Royal would improve ventilation the smoke would be reduced. The casino is placed in such a way as to funnel traffic through to attract people to gamble. But if you have no intention to gamble there are other avenues to travel along the ship such as the promenade/boardwalk. 

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1 minute ago, Romer2012 said:

I have been a gambler on Royal for many years. I remember years ago there was a small bank of slot machines that was non-smoking. Over the years the casino seems more like half and half. There is a rule that guests can smoke while actively gambling in the casino. I have seen many times groups of people come in just to sit or stand around the machines and smoke. When I asked the casino hosts about this I was told it is an impossible rule to enforce. No smoking at blackjack tables poker tables roulette wheel and casino bar. If Royal would improve ventilation the smoke would be reduced. The casino is placed in such a way as to funnel traffic through to attract people to gamble. But if you have no intention to gamble there are other avenues to travel along the ship such as the promenade/boardwalk. 

 

The problem I see is that covid can spread through cigarette smoke.  Will not be going in there on my cruise in a few weeks. 

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46 minutes ago, rbell said:

Well that smoking lounge makes RC a bunch of money from the smokers.🙄

 

We don't know that for sure.  I myself, would have gone and donated some $$ on my upcoming cruise but now that I know that there will be smoking, I won't be going there at all. 

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22 minutes ago, livingonthebeach said:

 

We don't know that for sure.  I myself, would have gone and donated some $$ on my upcoming cruise but now that I know that there will be smoking, I won't be going there at all. 

See that's the problem,Smokers donate lots of $$$$$$$$$$$.LOL

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5 minutes ago, rbell said:

See that's the problem,Smokers donate lots of $$$$$$$$$$$.LOL

 

That's not all though -- they also donate a lot of stinky secondary smoke -- spread covid through their nasty smoke -- and drive away many other people who would spend even much more $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ ROTFLMAO

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