Well I might as well throw my hat in this ring.
As most of you know, I do smoke, but I don't even smoke inside my own house, I go outside even in the dead freeze of winter. So this new policy does not really affect me personally, since we always went out to one of the ashtray areas at the resort anyway.
For any smokers who are worried about it, Really...it is painless. While we did fork over ALOT of $$ for
DVC, we feel this is even MORE of a reason that it should be smoke free. Keep it nice. I paid too much for it to stink.
As far as the supersoakers...y'know, I was ecstatic when NY got rid of smoking in bars and restaurants, since even though I smoke, I HATED being in the cloud in places. It is just too much. And when you are eating?? EEW. I always went outside after we would finish dinner somewhere. But I digress. I don't know if basically assaulting people is the best choice. I know that personally, if I lit up say...standing outside of a door somewhere, not in a designated area at the resort, and was not aware of the rule about designated areas at the resort, and some idiot nailed me with a squirt gun, I would be livid and if there was any way to press charges, I would.
I mean, would it really be very adult of me, if someone was sitting on a bench in the smoking area, and they complained about the smoke, to blow it at them? They ARE in the smoking area. That would be assinine.
I know people who would say "to hell with the rule" and light up on a balcony. These same people would shatter your nose if you squirted them. Are they jerks? YES! But squirting them makes THEM the victim. Much better to let the front desk know and let them get stuck with a hefty cleaning fee.
This does concern me a little though.....the American public is way too worried about entitlement. I think many people will take this as a personal attack on them. And they will smoke in the room. And that will suck. I do hope not, but I think during the initial phase of this, that is exactly what is going to happen.
I mean, cripes, all hell broke loose when Disney tried to make kids eat fruit. I'll be in the smoking area watching the show.
