POT smoking on balcony?

[Mustang2015]

Hello we just got off of Oasis of the seas.   Noticed Pot smell on our balcony at all times.  Even POT smell in public areas and bathrooms.      Overheard some other cruises bragged how easy it was to sneak on some weed in Nassau on board and how Carnival is cracking down and Royal Caribbean is not.    We alerted security they said its like trying to find moving fish in a ocean, difficult to find the violators.   Just curious anyone else noticing this.       I dont have an opinion for people who chose to smoke pot in there own privateplace I do have one in public places like a cruise.    Had a wonderful cruise food was by far the best we had since start up, service was outstanding.

[dbancroft]

Just off Anthem this morning did not smell weed but someone nearby kept smoking cigarettes on their balcony. Also very hard for security to do anything.

[island lady]

I was sent a bottle of wine from an officer that asked to come into our cabin to be able to peer around our balcony to see the pot smokers next to us.  They were busted...not once but twice.  

[time4u2go]

3 minutes ago, island lady said:

I was sent a bottle of wine from an officer that asked to come into our cabin to be able to peer around our balcony to see the pot smokers next to us.  They were busted...not once but twice.  

What happened to them? Were they put off the ship?

[fizzywm]

It was pretty blatant on Freedom last week. I smelled it on the promenade deck smoking section and in the pool area.

[island lady]

9 minutes ago, time4u2go said:

What happened to them? Were they put off the ship?

 

No, they were still there at the end of the cruise.  Not sure what the officer gave them as a fine.  

[Yorkvillain]

1 hour ago, island lady said:

 

No, they were still there at the end of the cruise.  Not sure what the officer gave them as a fine.  

He probably gave them two bottles of wine for some of their pot. 

[George C]

I remember back in the late 1980’s the cruise director told everyone to smoke or flush everything before going thru customs 😁😁😁

[MD_Dan]

I smelled pot several times on our early November 2023 B2B (Allure and Odyssey).  I don't really care until it is blatant.  One guy made me laugh though ... The ship was moving so he opened a pool deck side window.  He stood right in front of the window but the air was blowing in.  He would have been better on the aft section of running track.  It amazes me that they think nobody detects the smell of pot.

 

But I imagine a day the RCL has a pot smoking section.  That would make two reasons to avoid that area!!

[toxicfairy]

With it being legal in so many states now it's pretty much everywhere.  I personally don't partake,  couldn't if I wanted to, I have asthma. HOWEVER I'd much rather smell pot smoke and get a Lil buzzzz than have to smell cigarette smoke that lingers and the smell catches on everything! 

Also the people smoking weed are going to be much more mellow than the people trying to get their monies worth out of their drink package😉

[HappyTexan44]

You would think it would be easy to catch people smoking in the public areas.   Don't they have every inch of public spaces on video? 
  
It really bothers my sinuses as does cigarette smoke.   If I see anyone smoking, I'll video it and report.   

[Mustang2015]

1 hour ago, MD_Dan said:

I smelled pot several times on our early November 2023 B2B (Allure and Odyssey).  I don't really care until it is blatant.  One guy made me laugh though ... The ship was moving so he opened a pool deck side window.  He stood right in front of the window but the air was blowing in.  He would have been better on the aft section of running track.  It amazes me that they think nobody detects the smell of pot.

 

But I imagine a day the RCL has a pot smoking section.  That would make two reasons to avoid that area!!      

I agree with that having a separate area I believe Las Vegas is starting up cannabis lounges.  Maybe cruise lines will follow.  

[Ocean Boy]

6 hours ago, island lady said:

I was sent a bottle of wine from an officer that asked to come into our cabin to be able to peer around our balcony to see the pot smokers next to us.  They were busted...not once but twice.  

Good. I cannot stand the smell.

[The Fun Researcher]

14 minutes ago, Ocean Boy said:

Good. I cannot stand the smell.

Same.  I wouldn’t care nearly as much if it weren’t for the terrible smell.  I don’t know if I’m hyper sensitive or not but I just can’t stand it

Edited December 4, 2023 by The Fun Researcher

[George C]

48 minutes ago, Mustang2015 said:

I agree with that having a separate area I believe Las Vegas is starting up cannabis lounges.  Maybe cruise lines will follow.  

Several restaurants in New York and California have used it in there cooking .

[SeaDome]

It seems like we are always near pot smokers, especially in aft balconies.  I’m getting tired of the constant weed smell and people who blare their Bluetooth speakers on their balconies.  

[doghog]

23 minutes ago, George C said:

Several restaurants in New York and California have used it in there cooking .

 In the appetizers. Good way to get the customers to splurge on the wine, entrees and desserts.  Nothing like a good marijuana brownie. 🙂

[MichaelCMTX]

2 hours ago, Mustang2015 said:

I agree with that having a separate area I believe Las Vegas is starting up cannabis lounges.  Maybe cruise lines will follow.  

True, but a-la "Pulp Fiction"/Amsterdam it may be legal but you're not allowed to just spark one up in the casino.

[George C]

43 minutes ago, doghog said:

 In the appetizers. Good way to get the customers to splurge on the wine, entrees and desserts.  Nothing like a good marijuana brownie. 🙂

We live in Texas and it’s not legal here , but we visit family and friends in both New York and Colorado and have been very tempted to buying something but will stick with cognac 

[George C]

1 minute ago, MichaelCMTX said:

True, but a-la "Pulp Fiction"/Amsterdam it may be legal but you're not allowed to just spark one up in the casino.

We took a picture of a pot store in New York earlier this year and there was a large no smoking sign in the store 😁😁

[Morecruisesplz]

1 hour ago, SeaDome said:

It seems like we are always near pot smokers, especially in aft balconies.  I’m getting tired of the constant weed smell and people who blare their Bluetooth speakers on their balconies.  

Same people!

[Ret MP]

15 hours ago, Yorkvillain said:

He probably gave them two bottles of wine for some of their pot. 

And a pack of Cool Cigarettes, grape sodas, and several packages of Potato Chips!

[Ret MP]

9 hours ago, George C said:

We took a picture of a pot store in New York earlier this year and there was a large no smoking sign in the store 😁😁

Well, you wouldn't want one carcinogen to compete with another carcinogen, would you?

[lovesthebeach2]

We’ve noticed smelling pot many times on local cruises from Florida. So far though, we’ve never noticed it on European or TA cruises…

[The Scurvy Pirate]

11 hours ago, George C said:

We took a picture of a pot store in New York earlier this year and there was a large no smoking sign in the store 😁😁

In Montana you cannot partake while in the store either.  A big no no and the store owner can lose their business license, which are rather hard to come by.