WDW Resorts say Bye-bye to Smoking!

[Mousey Girl]

I can't stand the smell of smoke indoors. I feel guilty about even lighting up in a casino. I have no problem with walking outside, to a designated area, to have a cig.

The worst is the smell that ends up in your clothes after being in a casino hotel room. ewww.

[innerSpaceman]

Yes, but the question was ... how is it established that the guest smoked? Are there hidden cameras? Because hotel word vs. guest word battles are not very nice.

Where would the hotel get hotel word from anyway? Seems to me the Grand Cal policy encourages people to smoke in the rooms where they can't be seen by staff, and not on the balconies where they can be spied upon.


If smoke detectors is the answer ... what about the Suite my wedding couple is staying in this weekend that has a fireplace? If they snuggle (or more than that) in front of the hearth, are the GrandCal SmokePolice going to burst in on them at an inopportune moment?!?

[Alex]

Yes, because, frankly, Grand California security are all a bunch of pervs.

[innerSpaceman]

Ah, then it's cameras, is it?

[Alex]

Yes, but only in the bathrooms.

So don't smoke there.

[cirquelover]

I've never had a problem finding a smoking room, if I want one. I just won't stay on property anymore, no big deal.

My question is, are they really going to do that thorough of a cleaning job on the smoking rooms they have now in order to bring them up to par with the non smoking rooms.
I was a maid in my youth and I can tell you they really can't get the smell out of a heavily smoked in room. If someone spills water on the carpet or curtains the smell will return.

[wendybeth]

My friend owns a bio-cleanup service, and their equipment is pretty heavy-duty. It completely eradicates a place of dead body odor and the like, so I imagine there is similar equipment for smoke removal.

I no longer smoke, but I will never agree with discriminating against smokers. If a business decides to not allow it (I mean, how hard is it to set aside a few rooms out of the thousands they have?) then that's their right, but they're telling a good chunk of their market they don't want them around.

[Ghoulish Delight]

Originally Posted by wendybeth

I no longer smoke, but I will never agree with discriminating against smokers. If a business decides to not allow it (I mean, how hard is it to set aside a few rooms out of the thousands they have?) then that's their right, but they're telling a good chunk of their market they don't want them around.

If they're getting more complaints then they are getting requests for smoking rooms, then that's probably exactly what they want to tell that part of the market.

[blueerica]

Like I said, it seems like any accusation of smoking in a room is shady. What if the room is cleaned, it's unreported that it smelled like smoke. Next guy comes along, stays a night or two and its reported that the room smells like smoke, and he gets assessed the charge.

It just seems like such a sketchy thing to reinforce, and there's little that will convince me that they can do so effectively, without cameras being put in the room.

[Alex]

Originally Posted by blueerica

Like I said, it seems like any accusation of smoking in a room is shady. What if the room is cleaned, it's unreported that it smelled like smoke. Next guy comes along, stays a night or two and its reported that the room smells like smoke, and he gets assessed the charge.

That's a very good use case! You, and anybody else who thought of it, are obviously extremely intelligent. And good looking.