Dvc smokers, please

[maryp]

We have been on 3 trips "home' since joining, always ask for smoking accomodations, never get them! Just wondering if any others are having any luck getting smoking rooms. I am not a smoker, but dh is, and after talking him into a fairly large number of points, he is not very impressed with dvc. We book very early, twice at 11 months, last time at 7 because not our home resort. Any suggestions?

 

[Chuck S]

I don't smoke, but I have traveled with smokers from time to time, and never had problems getting smoking villas at OKW. In fact, we've settled for a "ready" (and I would hope "unreserved") smoking room rather than wait for a non-smoking room when we've arrived very early in the day.

 

[spiceycat]

I don't smoke - but - next time fax your request 3 to 4 days before you arrive - also ask at the desk what room you have been assigned and if it is smoking - if they no - say that it is unacceptable and that you must have a smoking room.

this is very strange - because most of the time people are complainting that they are in smoking rooms when they asked for non-smoking????

maybe the view you are requesting does not have one for smoking and they are putting you at the view?

 

[maryp]

Thanks spicycat, I'll try what you suggest! Heck, I never ask for a special view, I'm really not that concerned about it......smoking is the only request I make! Go figure!

 

[ncligs]

Originally posted by maryp
....smoking is the only request I make! Go figure!

.......

P.S. Gail Hayden (our DVC smoking expert

) might be able to help you out with this.

 

[Chuck S]

You didn't say what resort you own at, or which one you had the ressies for. Is it possible that some rehab work at the resort cut down on the available smoking rooms temporarily?

 

[Horace Horsecollar]

Originally posted by spiceycat
this is very strange - because most of the time people are complainting that they are in smoking rooms when they asked for non-smoking????

Actually, the complaints that I've seen are from non-smokers who are given a non-smoking room that smells like a smoking room (because, presumably, the previous guest was an inconsiderate smoker who was unable to get a smoking room).

Before this turns into debate, let me add that I'm sure the vast majority of smokers are thoughtful of others, and will step outside to smoke if they're assigned to a non-smoking room.

It makes sense to have slightly too many non-smoking rooms rather than slightly too few. A smoker can easily step outside to smoke, but many non-smokers will be miserable if they have to stay in a smoking room.

 

[kel3420]

Our last trip we asked for smoking and didn't get it in either BCV or Vero.

 

[ncligs]

Originally posted by Horace Horsecollar
It makes sense to have slightly too many non-smoking rooms rather than slightly too few. A smoker can easily step outside to smoke, but many non-smokers will be miserable if they have to stay in a smoking room.

Excellent point Horace.

 

[maryp]

Chuck S, we own at VWL, just returned from BCV. I guess the smoking rooms were filled, which I can understand at 7 month window at BCV, but not at 11 months at VWL. Oh well, maybe we'll have better luck next time, or even better, maybe dh will finally be able to quit smoking! Thanks everyone!

 

[CarolMN]

Originally posted by maryp
Chuck S, we own at VWL, just returned from BCV. I guess the smoking rooms were filled, which I can understand at 7 month window at BCV, but not at 11 months at VWL. Oh well, maybe we'll have better luck next time, or even better, maybe dh will finally be able to quit smoking! Thanks everyone!

Mary - The 11 month priority for requests only matters if there are vacant rooms that match your request on the day you check in. My guess is that there weren't any smoking rooms available on the day you checked in. Only a small percentage of rooms at each resort is set aside as "smoking optional". VWL and BCV have quite a few less rooms than OKW. Makes sense to me that there might be more of a problem getting a smoking room at those resorts, even if you do reserve your room at 11 months.

Hope you get your request next time if your DH can't quit. I know it's hard.

Best wishes,
Carol

 

[lovesdisney]

My DH is a smoker so I only make a request for a smoking room. Location etc is not important to us I always and stress how important it is to him. He would not dream of smoking in a non smoking room and it would seriously spoil his holiday if we had a non smoking room.

 

[glewis1123]

If a smoker ends up in a non-smoking room - does the resort allow them to smoke on the balcony?

My husband would have a fit if we ended up in a non-smoking room and he'd have to leave the building to go find a smoking area.

 

[kel3420]

"If a smoker ends up in a non-smoking room - does the resort allow them to smoke on the balcony?"

Yes. They will tell you at the front desk that you could go out on the balcony, if you are put in a nonsmoking room. They will also tell you to contact housekeeping once you get to your room to request ashthrays.

This is a very debatable topic, and I will say no more about this, except is is allowed by the resorts, in fact openly encouraged from my experiences.

 

[canda]

I can not be in a room where someone has smoked. Strong smells whether smoke or heavy perfume can set off serious headaches. It is not the smoke, It is the after smell. (a moldy room is even worse). Anyway if a smoker was given a non smoking room, the hotel allows them to smoke in it. They do not have to go outside. I am thankful when smokers do go outside to smoke in anyroom. I had a room where it smelled like the guest before had boiled cabbage or something like it. That was stinky room.

 

[DownNeckBoy]

While I have always been able to secure a smoking room (1BR or 2BR), this past NYE I was unable to secure a GV at HH that was smoling permitted. The reason stated by management was that they had decided to make all GV's non-smoking as there had been limited use of the smoking-permitted GV. However, I was advised that I would be allowed to smoke on the balcony outside, as other posters have mentioned.

It seems to me that as the non-smoking members continue to voice their opinions, that there will soon be less inventory available to smokers, which may, in an ironic way, exacerbate the complaints of non-smokers as there may be isolated instances of smoking in non-smoking rooms. Just a thought...

 

[Candlelady]

If a smoker ends up in a non-smoking room - does the resort allow them to smoke on the balcony?

Yes, they do. I was given a non-smoking room and told to ask housekeeping for an ashtray. Was also told it was OK to smoke in the room. I ended up with all my requests but the first one, smoking.

(because, presumably, the previous guest was an inconsiderate smoker who was unable to get a smoking room).

No, I am not an inconsiderate smoker at all, never have been. Front desk told me it was not a problem to smoke in the room. If they had told me NOT to smoke in the room, I would not have. The CM stated that it was definitely not a problem.

kel3420,

This is a very debatable topic, and I will say no more about this, except is is allowed by the resorts, in fact openly encouraged from my experiences.

Ditto

Have a Disney Day

 

[ncligs]

Originally posted by Candlelady
No, I am not an inconsiderate smoker at all, never have been. Front desk told me it was not a problem to smoke in the room. If they had told me NOT to smoke in the room, I would not have. The CM stated that it was definitely not a problem.

If the DVC building you were in was non-smoking, why would you ask to smoke in it?? Two wrongs(CM allowing it,and you smoking) don't make it right.A considerate smoker would not smoke in a non-smoking unit.

Just think........ when WDW resorts go all "non-smoking"

, we won't have any these problems.

 

[Horace Horsecollar]

Originally posted by Candlelady

Front desk told me it was not a problem to smoke in the room. If they had told me NOT to smoke in the room, I would not have. The CM stated that it was definitely not a problem.

If the policy at DVC resorts actually allows front desk CMs to tell people it's OK to smoke in non-smoking rooms, then we have a big problem that needs to be corrected.

I've stayed at hotels where every guest who is assigned to a non-smoking room has to sign a paper saying there will be a $50 cleaning fee charged to room if anyone smokes in that non-smoking room during the guest's stay. That's what the DVC resorts need too.

Regardless of what a front desk CM says, no smoker should feel the right to make a non-smoking room inhabitable for my daughter, who may be the next guest assigned to that room.

But the first step would be for DVC to enforce non-smoking -- and absolutely not to tell anyone they're welcome to smoke in a non-smoking room.

Please don't take this note to be anti-smoker. I hope that most smokers can be given smoking rooms. But on a day when more smokers check in at a DVC resort than check out, there may be cases when some smokers have to be assigned to non-smoking rooms.

 

[SlyHubby]

Originally posted by ncligs
Just think........ when WDW resorts go all "non-smoking", we won't have any these problems.

doubt it.

the Magic Kingdom and the other parks are supposed to now be non-smoking (except for the limited designated smoking areas), yet I still see people puffing away as they stroll along totally oblivious to the situation.