Are the Casinos still smoking on Carnival?

[HaliMakai]

Booked later this year on Mardi Gras, just wondering if they still allow smoking in the Casino?  I am not a smoker and really hate the smell on my clothes.  I am also not a big gambler, but I do like to donate a few bucks each cruise. LOL.  Last year on RCCL it was horrible, smokers were using the casino as a smoking area.  You could not get away from it.  Needless to say I did not donate much on that cruise.  That is one thing that I really like about Celebrity, they really control where the smokers can hang out and smoke.  It is not the casino.  Now smokers don't flame me, I know you want to enjoy your cruise too, but it is annoying to smell it and it give me a headache sometimes.  

[weezal]

yes, smoking is allowed in the casino (unfortunately for us).
however, there is a non-smoking section on the excel class ships, and it really does make a difference.

[shof515]

Dream and vista class ships have a non smoking casino

[HaliMakai]

Not sure the class on the Mardi Gras, hopefully it will have that non-smoking section.  Thanks for your input.

[john91498]

4 minutes ago, HaliMakai said:

Not sure the class on the Mardi Gras, hopefully it will have that non-smoking section.  Thanks for your input.

 

the Mardi Gras is an Excel class ship 🙂

[Butterbean1000]

14 minutes ago, shof515 said:

Dream and vista class ships have a non smoking casino

Is this a new development?  We were on the Breeze late 2019 just before quanatine and smoking in the casino was alive and well. 🤢

[roguebandit1441]

Carnival only allows smoking while actively gambling in the smoking casino, can no longer sit at the bar and smoke. Infact some bars were removed from casinos I don't remember which class ships that was. Dream class ships have a no smoking casino on deck 4 but have no craps table.

[lazydayz]

You will enjoy the setup of the casino on the Mardi Gras.  Most of the MG casino is non-smoking, including the host stand and the cage.  The smokers are in a smaller room, which is adjacent to the casino bar.  Because of the setup, there is much less smoke in the main casino.  And due to the close proximity, both smokers and non can hear the names being drawn to participate in casino games.  I find this a huge improvement over the older ships. 

[Rudyard]

2 hours ago, Butterbean1000 said:

Is this a new development?  We were on the Breeze late 2019 just before quanatine and smoking in the casino was alive and well. 🤢

They turned the conference rooms on Deck four into non smoking casinos on the Dream class ships right about the time they resumed cruising in 2021. The Main Casino is still smoking.

 

[mz-s]

2 hours ago, Butterbean1000 said:

Is this a new development?  We were on the Breeze late 2019 just before quanatine and smoking in the casino was alive and well. 🤢

 

For good or bad they still allow smoking in the casino, it's just that as Rudyard said they added a non-smoking casino annex to the ships during the restart.

[hurricane0226]

thank the maker, we can still smoke and drink in the casino as we contribute to the carnival

cruise line bottom dollar, lol.

[dbrown84]

does Carnival allow cigar smoking in the casino, or is it cigarettes only?

[weezal]

3 hours ago, dbrown84 said:

does Carnival allow cigar smoking in the casino, or is it cigarettes only?

cigars outdoors only

 

[mz-s]

9 hours ago, dbrown84 said:

does Carnival allow cigar smoking in the casino, or is it cigarettes only?

only tobacco cigarettes indoors. Tobacco Cigars including little cigars and cigarillos outdoors only.

[hard_eight]

That's the thing that really chaps my ass. Who decides what nasty smells we get? What about a pipe? Pipe tobacco actually isn't offensive to most.

 

I miss the cigar lounges in the back of the old fantasy class ships. Many hours playing poker back there...

 

To OP, the Excel Casino is great, no smoking on the larger side and they DO ENFORCE it. Seen them run the smokers off quickly!

Edited July 11, 2023 by hard_eight

[dbrown84]

2 hours ago, mz-s said:

only tobacco cigarettes indoors. Tobacco Cigars including little cigars and cigarillos outdoors only.

oh, wow.  There isn't a cigar lounge onboard?

[mz-s]

7 hours ago, dbrown84 said:

oh, wow.  There isn't a cigar lounge onboard?

hasn’t been for many years now.

[hard_eight]

7 hours ago, dbrown84 said:

oh, wow.  There isn't a cigar lounge onboard?

Nope and not even allowed where most cigarette smoking is, outdoor only. A shame really, they could make some cash off cigars.

[dbrown84]

1 hour ago, mz-s said:

hasn’t been for many years now.

this is a shame.  I have a great time and meet wonderful people in the cigar lounges on NCL.

[dbrown84]

30 minutes ago, hard_eight said:

Nope and not even allowed where most cigarette smoking is, outdoor only. A shame really, they could make some cash off cigars.

yeah.  I've become accustomed to a nice whisky bar and cigar lounge while cruising.  This, along with the 15 drink limit, has me re-thinking trying a new cruise line

[hard_eight]

28 minutes ago, dbrown84 said:

yeah.  I've become accustomed to a nice whisky bar and cigar lounge while cruising.  This, along with the 15 drink limit, has me re-thinking trying a new cruise line

What line had the whiskey and cigar bars? This may be my next booking 😁

[mz-s]

1 hour ago, dbrown84 said:

this is a shame.  I have a great time and meet wonderful people in the cigar lounges on NCL.

 

You can smoke all the cigars you want at the open deck smoking area. There are roaming bar waiters in that area and always people there to shoot the breeze with 

 

https://help.carnival.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/3490/~/locations-where-you-can-smoke

[dbrown84]

1 hour ago, hard_eight said:

What line had the whiskey and cigar bars? This may be my next booking 😁

NCL.  I've taken all my cruises with them so far, so I have to remember that different lines offer different things.  I have become very fond of my after dinner smoke and Macallan in the cigar lounge.  Especially if there is a football or basketball game on the TV 

[bstel]

Pride casino in march, casino was smoking, but they had non smoking tables.  That was a good compromise so i didn't have to sit directly next to the smoker with his cigarette in my face.  I can deal with the general smokiness but not the direct smoke in my face.  Also since they banned smoking at the bar, the casinos seem overall less smokey, which makes sense.

[jdkdkdsd]

On 7/10/2023 at 4:30 PM, Rudyard said:

They turned the conference rooms on Deck four into non smoking casinos on the Dream class ships right about the time they resumed cruising in 2021. The Main Casino is still smoking.

 

Do you know if the conference rooms on Vista class ships were turned into non smoking casinos?