Cigars On Cruise

[pnoon]

I'm in - if only to remind folks who owns the ship.

Originally Posted by pnoon

I'm in - if only to remind folks who owns the ship.

We'll follow your lead as long as you can hold a great cigar area for us. There are some great cruises right out of San Diego that hit Acapulco, Cabo and the other usual places. I will start looking at those ships and Cruiselines that offer some really good Cigar Lounges. I know that Holland America and Princess have very nice lounges.

[Tripp]

Speaking of herfing at sea, anyone else happen to be cruising on the Norweigen Epic on July 17th? We just booked it for our honeymoon, and I wouldn't mind having a sea-herf.

Update on Cigars while on Cruises:

My wife and I do a lot of cruises and have sailed on just about every line out there. As is my custom I want to ensure that when we go I get to take my cigars with me and enjoy them. There is a list of Cruise Lines with "Do's and Don'ts" associated with each line and their rules. Please see link and plan accordingly before you book a cruise and then find out later you don't get to smoke your cigars.



http://cruisediva.com/smoking-policy.htm

Originally Posted by Cigary

Update on Cigars while on Cruises:

My wife and I do a lot of cruises and have sailed on just about every line out there. As is my custom I want to ensure that when we go I get to take my cigars with me and enjoy them. There is a list of Cruise Lines with "Do's and Don'ts" associated with each line and their rules. Please see link and plan accordingly before you book a cruise and then find out later you don't get to smoke your cigars.



http://cruisediva.com/smoking-policy.htm

This was a good article. Norwegian allowed cigarette smoking in all the places listed. However, cigars and pipes could not smoke on the balconies but could smoke on deck and in the cigar lounge.

[dbradley]

I went on a Carnival cruise a couple of years ago and it was pretty annoying. Though there were lots of smoking area's on the ship there was only one place to smoke cigars. It was a great place with good music, nice leather furniture...and every cigarette smoker on the ship.

Seriously every night I went in there and couldn't find a good seat. It was so frustrating. I think I saw maybe ten cigars being smoked there all week. The times I wedged myself in there I was also annoyed that there were only cigarette ashtrays. My smokes kept rolling off the side.

Don't get me wrong I don't have a problem with cigarettes but c'mon...they had like thirty other places they could smoke.

U ever notice how cigar smoke clears out a room of cigarette smokers?
Couple of months ago, between flights i went into the smokers room
and lit a stogie... Within 10 mins 80% of the room was gone! I say light
a big one, and enjoy!

Originally Posted by dbradley

I went on a Carnival cruise a couple of years ago and it was pretty annoying. Though there were lots of smoking area's on the ship there was only one place to smoke cigars. It was a great place with good music, nice leather furniture...and every cigarette smoker on the ship.

Seriously every night I went in there and couldn't find a good seat. It was so frustrating. I think I saw maybe ten cigars being smoked there all week. The times I wedged myself in there I was also annoyed that there were only cigarette ashtrays. My smokes kept rolling off the side.

Don't get me wrong I don't have a problem with cigarettes but c'mon...they had like thirty other places they could smoke.

Originally Posted by whodeeni

U ever notice how cigar smoke clears out a room of cigarette smokers?
Couple of months ago, between flights i went into the smokers room
and lit a stogie... Within 10 mins 80% of the room was gone! I say light
a big one, and enjoy!

Ha ha,,,you got this right! Bring in a big ole Churchill and see the natives get restless. I did a thread on here some time ago of which was the nastiest smelling cigar out there and I bring a couple just for these kinds of things. When there is a lounge that is loaded with cigarette smokers who won't give any ground I bring out the "Big Bomber" and it usually works and people leave and I get a seat.

[colinb913]

Dude, I would just pack some cigarrelos (sp?) or small petites and go to town..

Originally Posted by colinb913

Dude, I would just pack some cigarrelos (sp?) or small petites and go to town..

Nice review.

When I sailed on Liberty of the Seas (RC) they had an amazing cigar lounge that we used a few times, but smoking on the balcony was a definite no-no.

I'm going on the Carnival Dream in Sept. This is my first time getting a balcony room. I paid good $$$ for that room and I plan on smoking cigars on the balcony.

[jmsremax]

Originally Posted by newlifetaxidermy

I'm going on the Carnival Dream in Sept. This is my first time getting a balcony room. I paid good $$$ for that room and I plan on smoking cigars on the balcony.

I went on the Norwegian Spirit last summer and we smoked on our room's balcony and in their cigar lounge. They were very accommodating to cigar enthusiasts. Enjoy the cruise!

[neoflex]

We will be on the Celebrity Solstice in July but unfortunately Celebrity only allows smoking outside. We chose them because other than Celebrity only Carnival had the same itinerary during the same time which is when we would have to go with the wife being a teacher but after a couple negative experiences with them we refuse to ever cruise with Carnival again. Normally I would have spent more money for a balcony room but because they don't allow smoking on the balconies we got a regular room which makes me wonder how many other cigar smokers or cigarette smokers make the same decision because of the tight restrictions on smoking on their ships and if they are losing money on upgraded rooms because of it. It was a tough decision to choose whether to go with Celebrity or risk trying Carnival again especially since my wife cruised on the Solstice when she went to Europe last summer so she will be on the same ship for a second time. I am really shocked they don't have a lounge. When we cruised before my routine was to always hit the lounge after dinner to enjoy a smoke before heading to a show or some other activity.

[Ashcan Bill]

Originally Posted by neoflex

We will be on the Celebrity Solstice in July but unfortunately Celebrity only allows smoking outside. We chose them because other than Celebrity only Carnival had the same itinerary during the same time which is when we would have to go with the wife being a teacher but after a couple negative experiences with them we refuse to ever cruise with Carnival again. Normally I would have spent more money for a balcony room but because they don't allow smoking on the balconies we got a regular room which makes me wonder how many other cigar smokers or cigarette smokers make the same decision because of the tight restrictions on smoking on their ships and if they are losing money on upgraded rooms because of it. It was a tough decision to choose whether to go with Celebrity or risk trying Carnival again especially since my wife cruised on the Solstice when she went to Europe last summer so she will be on the same ship for a second time. I am really shocked they don't have a lounge. When we cruised before my routine was to always hit the lounge after dinner to enjoy a smoke before heading to a show or some other activity.

Funny you should bring it up. I just booked a Panama Canal cruise. I came pretty close to booking with Celebrity, but their anti smoking policy drove me away. To be honest, they also are one of the last lines to emphasize an evening dress code, and that was the second reason we shied away from them. I hauled my tux on cruises for years, but no more. I'm done worrying about "dressing" when I'm on vacation.

So we're booked on the NCL Pearl for the Canal. NCL is more cigar friendly so they get my money.

[neoflex]

Originally Posted by Ashcan Bill

Funny you should bring it up. I just booked a Panama Canal cruise. I came pretty close to booking with Celebrity, but their anti smoking policy drove me away. To be honest, they also are one of the last lines to emphasize an evening dress code, and that was the second reason we shied away from them. I hauled my tux on cruises for years, but no more. I'm done worrying about "dressing" when I'm on vacation.

So we're booked on the NCL Pearl for the Canal. NCL is more cigar friendly so they get my money.

Yeah, we tried to go with NCL but the itinerary that we are doing wasn't available in June or July. So we decided to deal with me being restricted with my cigar smoking rather than ruin another vacation by going with Carnival as our prior experiences were less than stellar which is odd because my parents cruise with them at least if not twice a year and only had a couple issues but that's usually the way my luck runs.

[replicant_argent]

I am kind of amazed that Disney/ABC allows smoking on their ships. Kudos to them for being realists, I think, rather than Nanny-Staters.

[CigarNut]

Originally Posted by replicant_argent

I am kind of amazed that Disney/ABC allows smoking on their ships. Kudos to them for being realists, I think, rather than Nanny-Staters.

It's interesting -- both of the current Disney ships (Magic, Wonder) had Cigar Lounges that they turned into coffee bars -- which they thought would bring in more revenue. Don't know if that is the case.

Disney's newest ship (Dream, sails in January) has a much bigger cigar lounge over looking ocean aft. My wife and I are booked on the maiden voyage and I am really looking forward to visiting this lounge

[Volt]

Originally Posted by CigarNut

It's interesting -- both of the current Disney ships (Magic, Wonder) had Cigar Lounges that they turned into coffee bars -- which they thought would bring in more revenue. Don't know if that is the case.

Disney's newest ship (Dream, sails in January) has a much bigger cigar lounge over looking ocean aft. My wife and I are booked on the maiden voyage and I am really looking forward to visiting this lounge

"Maiden voyage" - I hope you keep a sense of humor on that trip. To expect that all mechanically and the staff will be 100% smooth might be a dream. They can test and simulate all they want, but untail a 100 people hit the crappers at one time, they have only a best guess at how some of the mechanics will perform. While they were US Navy ships, I have brought many a ship out of the yards and even the stuff we thought we had perfect still would goof up.


BTW, not headed up North towards the iceberg area are ya?

Hell, We're already planning the 2011 cruise....Need to talk to the wife to see the dates!