Please, if you smoke

[Mom21]

and you knowingly reserve a non-smoking room, please do not smoke in it. I was in Orlando this weekend (non Disney hotel but happened to me at POR before also). Walked into room, and it stunk. Bellman sent up someone with something to remove smoke. We had dinner reservations so had to leave. Came back and it smelled a bit better. My dd went into the bathroom and had a headache from the smell in there. It was almost midnight by that time so we toughed it out. Next day while we were at the parks they changed out all of the bedding and the shower curtain (You could smell it on there). Also I think they must have used the toilet as an ashtray. When we went to the bathroom you could actually smell it coming off the seat....I know gross, but it was gross to me also. It did get a bit better and I know we could have changed rooms, but it was so late. I would like to also say our housekeeper was wonderful, but only so much she could do. Next time I will move immediately instead, but we were late for our dinner at TRex.

I am not infringing on your right to smoke. Go for it! I've had people say to me "well I rarely get caught and if I do then I pay the $200 fee so it is my right". No you are infringing on my right to reserve a smoke free room and expect it to be that way without having to take my time and energy to change rooms several times. That $200 doesn't do crap for me. TY. Vent over.

 

[zachnsamsmommy]

ITA!

Many people who have asthma and other immune issues can not be in a room that has had a smoker. Even if the smoke is weeks old, it can affect some asthmatics, like my mom.

Same thing goes for restrooms with no smoking signs posted.

 

[luvmy3]

And I will add rental cars to the list.

 

[golfgal]

I LOVE OUR NO SMOKING LAWS!!! It is illegal to smoke in any public building so no more smoking rooms in hotels, no smoking in restaurants, no where. It is SOOOOOO nice.

 

[SandrA9810]

smoking is gross anywhere. And especially when you know you shouldn't be in a particular area.

my worst pet peeve is people smoking while walking around disney. And they try to hide the cigerrates inside their hand... Seriously the smell and huge puff of smoke above your hed is a bigger clue that it's you.

 

[LiLIrishChick63]

ITA!

Many people who have asthma and other immune issues can not be in a room that has had a smoker. Even if the smoke is weeks old, it can affect some asthmatics, like my mom.

Same thing goes for restrooms with no smoking signs posted.

that's exactly my problem, my asthma acts up when i get around smoke, even if it's a small amount ie: walking by someone who's smoking.

 

[Mom21]

I LOVE OUR NO SMOKING LAWS!!! It is illegal to smoke in any public building so no more smoking rooms in hotels, no smoking in restaurants, no where. It is SOOOOOO nice.

Yes it's nice, but it depends on people following the rules. There is the problem.

 

[jazzielady]

 

[bumbershoot]

And I will add rental cars to the list.

Ugh...we bought a used car that had been the loaner car for a dealership. Never again! It took 2.5 years for the smell to fade, and I fully expect that it's going to come back once the heat shows up in the summer. When the steering wheel gets hot from the sun, the smell comes out, and my hands will smell like cigarettes. It is SO gross.

DH was in charge of buying it, and he is not as sensitive as I am. My BIL works at the dealership and could smell it, so put it through their ozone machine a few times, and did some extra cleaning...it worked, for about a week...then whammo, smoke. So don't ever buy a car like that, where you have no idea about the previous use, if you're sensitive.

I LOVE OUR NO SMOKING LAWS!!! It is illegal to smoke in any public building so no more smoking rooms in hotels, no smoking in restaurants, no where. It is SOOOOOO nice.

Laws don't make it impossible for people to do things...just gives a punishment if they're caught. The WDW resorts don't allow smoking in the rooms, and yet the OP got a room where someone had been smoking. The threat of the fine didn't stop them.

 

[Soarin08]

I LOVE OUR NO SMOKING LAWS!!! It is illegal to smoke in any public building so no more smoking rooms in hotels, no smoking in restaurants, no where. It is SOOOOOO nice.

I wish!! To me, public smoking should just be banned. I know it's never gonna happen since smokers seem to think they have the "right" to smoke in front of people like me who have allergies to the smoke. Well, I have more of a "right" not to breathe it and get sick. Go stink up your own home, not a public place where non-smokers go too! For me and my brother, one breath in the presence of a smoker sets us on a terrible allergy attack. It's unfair.

Nicest place I've ever visited was Greenville, SC. Why? No public smoking!!! The town was so much cleaner and nicer all thanks to not having that nasty little habit be allowed to lurk. Shame the whole country can't adopt the same mindset...

 

[golfgal]

Yes it's nice, but it depends on people following the rules. There is the problem.

True, however, they will charge your credit card with the fine and since none of the hotel rooms are smoking, it is pretty easy to figure out who was smoking. Most hotels have $250+ fine for smoking plus clean up costs. Since the smoking ban has been put in place I have never had an issue with a hotel room that has been used as an ashtray .

 

[torinsmom]

A couple years ago, I had requested a first floor, lakeside, non-smoking room at Pop. We requested 1st floor b/c my mom has a bad knee. We got there at 1am, after driving 10 hours. Those rooms are far away from the parking lot. We get all out luggage there, open the door and WHAM, the smell hits us! So I trek way back to the front desk and ask for another room. They had no more 1st floor rooms, so we had to either take the stinky room or take a second floor room away from the lake. We chose to move, because I get physically ill around smoke. So, thanks to the kind soul who decided to smoke in a non-smoking room, when at that time there WERE smoking rooms at Pop. We lost our beautiful lake view and my mom had to deal with those stinking stairs every day.

 

[jazzielady]

I don't blame you for wanting a truly smoke-free room. Same as when I travel I want a room I can smoke in. These days they are hard to find. So be it.

I am a smoker who follows the rules. I go to the smoking areas in the parks. Please don't walk nearby, coughing and hacking. Look at the map, as we have to, to be sure to avoid the smoking areas. If that means you have to walk a little further, consider that we also have to go out our way to get to a smoking area.

The only time I screwed up was the first summer DW resorts went smoke free. Without even thinking, one afternoon during our break, I, purely by habit, lit up. As I took my first, I said to myself "oh blankety-blank!" and ran for the door before I exhaled. Fortunately, we were on the ground floor and near a smoking area.

I have never walked around the parks, Disney or otherwise, smoking where it has been banned. I have never smoked in a non-smoking section of a restaurant.

Now, let me vent about my peanut allergy, and my right to live without the risk of death due to "you" (no one specific) wanting your cheap lunch of pb&j or quick
snack on an airplane.

 

[Art 1]

I watched a smoker go right thru the bag check area going into Epcot the other day. The guard never said a word. Just sayin'

 

[Soarin08]

I don't blame you for wanting a truly smoke-free room. Same as when I travel I want a room I can smoke in. These days they are hard to find. So be it.

I am a smoker who follows the rules. I go to the smoking areas in the parks. Please don't walk nearby, coughing and hacking. Look at the map, as we have to, to be sure to avoid the smoking areas. If that means you have to walk a little further, consider that we also have to go out our way to get to a smoking area.

The only time I screwed up was the first summer DW resorts went smoke free. Without even thinking, one afternoon during our break, I, purely by habit, lit up. As I took my first, I said to myself "oh blankety-blank!" and ran for the door before I exhaled. Fortunately, we were on the ground floor and near a smoking area.

I have never walked around the parks, Disney or otherwise, smoking where it has been banned. I have never smoked in a non-smoking section of a restaurant.

Now, let me vent about my peanut allergy, and my right to live without the risk of death due to "you" (no one specific) wanting your cheap lunch of pb&j or quick
snack on an airplane.

Why can't smokers all have your awesome outlook on the situation??? Then we'd all be ok!!!

I myself have no problem with smoking. I just don't want people doing it in places where nonsmokers might be bothered.

 

[doxdogy]

As a smoker, I feel the same as you do. Only it is not peanuts for me it is certain perfumes that will throw me into a horrible, horrible sinus headache. I am talking perfume that is so heavy, you can smell 5 minutes before the person makes an appearance.

I don't blame you for wanting a truly smoke-free room. Same as when I travel I want a room I can smoke in. These days they are hard to find. So be it.

I am a smoker who follows the rules. I go to the smoking areas in the parks. Please don't walk nearby, coughing and hacking. Look at the map, as we have to, to be sure to avoid the smoking areas. If that means you have to walk a little further, consider that we also have to go out our way to get to a smoking area.

The only time I screwed up was the first summer DW resorts went smoke free. Without even thinking, one afternoon during our break, I, purely by habit, lit up. As I took my first, I said to myself "oh blankety-blank!" and ran for the door before I exhaled. Fortunately, we were on the ground floor and near a smoking area.

I have never walked around the parks, Disney or otherwise, smoking where it has been banned. I have never smoked in a non-smoking section of a restaurant.

Now, let me vent about my peanut allergy, and my right to live without the risk of death due to "you" (no one specific) wanting your cheap lunch of pb&j or quick
snack on an airplane.

 

[DisGirlAllie]

that's exactly my problem, my asthma acts up when i get around smoke, even if it's a small amount ie: walking by someone who's smoking.

Same with me.

I understand that you have the right to smoke and I respect that, but please don't do it in areas where smoking is not allowed. I prefer to NOT hack up a lung everywhere I go.

 

[SandrA9810]

outside of the park, it's allowed.

And i do avoid smoking areas and know where most of them are.

Jazzielady: people like you don't bother me at all. It's people that don't follow the rules period. And that goes for most things.

One night at closing time for epcot, we walked out of mouse gears and my friend got burnt on her hand from a guy smoking.
It was closing time, in the breezeway outside of the store and everyone was practically shoulder to shoulder, and the guy didn't even care that his rule breaking phsyically hurt some one else in the process. All i heard was owww... I was like what happened? She said i don't know. Looked at her hand and turned around and saw the guy smokiong. So i went back and reamed him out. He didn't seem to care, but quickly left the scene before a CM showed up.

 

[Mom21]

I don't blame you for wanting a truly smoke-free room. Same as when I travel I want a room I can smoke in. These days they are hard to find. So be it.

I am a smoker who follows the rules. I go to the smoking areas in the parks. Please don't walk nearby, coughing and hacking. Look at the map, as we have to, to be sure to avoid the smoking areas. If that means you have to walk a little further, consider that we also have to go out our way to get to a smoking area.

The only time I screwed up was the first summer DW resorts went smoke free. Without even thinking, one afternoon during our break, I, purely by habit, lit up. As I took my first, I said to myself "oh blankety-blank!" and ran for the door before I exhaled. Fortunately, we were on the ground floor and near a smoking area.

I have never walked around the parks, Disney or otherwise, smoking where it has been banned. I have never smoked in a non-smoking section of a restaurant.

Now, let me vent about my peanut allergy, and my right to live without the risk of death due to "you" (no one specific) wanting your cheap lunch of pb&j or quick
snack on an airplane.

That's all I ask. Be polite as you seem to be.
Funny you should talk about walking around smoking areas. Today at MK my dd decided we should go around a back area. It went right through a smoking area. I didn't say a word as that was our fault. Also just walking past a smoker doesn't normally bother me--my mom smokes. It is having to sleep in a room that I reserved as nonsmoking.

 

[chocovrdmicears]

I am a smoker who follows the rules. I go to the smoking areas in the parks. Please don't walk nearby, coughing and hacking. Look at the map, as we have to, to be sure to avoid the smoking areas. If that means you have to walk a little further, consider that we also have to go out our way to get to a smoking area.
The only time I screwed up was the first summer DW resorts went smoke free. Without even thinking, one afternoon during our break, I, purely by habit, lit up. As I took my first, I said to myself "oh blankety-blank!" and ran for the door before I exhaled. Fortunately, we were on the ground floor and near a smoking area.

I have never walked around the parks, Disney or otherwise, smoking where it has been banned. I have never smoked in a non-smoking section of a restaurant.

Now, let me vent about my peanut allergy, and my right to live without the risk of death due to "you" (no one specific) wanting your cheap lunch of pb&j or quick
snack on an airplane.

Very well said. Thank you! I too am a smoker and have never, ever smoked in a hotel room or a non-designated smoking area in a Disney park. I totally understand a non-smokers point of view and I respect it. I can say this..at my last 3 stays at a Disney resort, I was a very lonely smoker in the designated smoking areas. In fact , one stay at a resort that I will not mention, not only was I the only smoker at the area, standing in the rain, with my umbrella, I had the pleasure of a smoker standing on a balcony of his room, laughing and waving at me.
And ...it is not our fault POP designated the area outside the main entrance to the pool as the smoking area.