Smoking on balconies of non-smoking rooms??

[mitros]

Please try to remmember, people that ask for non smoking rooms do so for a reason, they can't cope with the smoke. My DW has a serious problem health wise because her parents smoked when she was little. Don't forget, people in non smoking rooms like to sit on the balconies as well, and if there is a smoker on a nearby balcony,the non smoker cannot sit outside for fear of the smoke Thanks for your consideration.

 

[Pa@okw95]

Mitros--Whenever this subject comes up people begin to get carried away with the subject, while you are correct for some places ,at OKW the balconies are a good 40 yards from each other or more, hardly any chance of smoke lasting that long outside to reach anyone. Like I said this topic begins to cross the line into the absurd after a while. I once said during one of these very discussions that getting someones smoke in your face at OKW from another balcony would be like winning the lottery, the chances are very small, when you consider all the factors involved, distance, wind, one would have to be on a balcony the same time a smoker was, etc, etc, I would worry more about lightning striking you at OKW at any rate.

 

[luvindisneyworld]

i would say to get the non smoking room and smoke on the balcony. i do not see why anyone should have a problem with it if you asked when you made ressies and they told you that you could smoke on the balconies.
misty

 

[Terry S]

Pa@okw95.... that may be true for OKW, but I was at BCV this past October. I was sitting out on my balcony reading a book while my kids were inside napping and there was a smoker on the balcony below me. It bothered my asthma so bad I had to go inside my room. I beleive this would be the case for all the other resorts on property except OKW.

I do have to agree that I would rather a smoker smoke on a balcony than in a non-smoking room. Okay, I would rather they not smoke at all, but I know that is not possible for some people.

Gail... How is that resolution going? Need any help or encouragement?

 

[GAIL HAYDEN]

Terry,
You are a sweetheart!!!! I have the patches and am just getting ready to pick a date. Encourage away, always appreciated.

 

[WDWguru]

Originally posted by Terry S
I was sitting out on my balcony reading a book while my kids were inside napping and there was a smoker on the balcony below me.

I'm a non-smoker and smoking bugs me about as much as most others, however, how do you know this wasn't a person in a smoking room? With the way the rooms are arranged, it's quite possible there's a smoking room underneath one or more non-smoking ones. You can't assume it's somebody smoking in a non-smoking room.

I guess my point is you can't know whether someone is smoking on a smoking or non-smoking balcony. It's a matter of common courtesy for anyone smoking to check for others nearby they may disturb, whether they are on the balcony of their room or at the parks.

 

[Terry S]

WDWguru..... In most cases you would be right, a lot of people probably don't know where the smoking rooms are, but I didn't assume, I know where the smoking rooms are at BCV, they are only on the 4th floor in the rooms right when you get off the elevator and the wing that jaunts out to the right. We were on the 3rd floor and we were at the parking lot end where there is all non-smoking rooms. I never said there was a problem with this. I just mentioned that the balconies are close at BCV and I went into my room.

Gail.... I am proud of you for getting that far, that shows your moving forward with the next step! If you need any support at all, just give me a holler. Good Luck!

 

[jimmytammy]

Folks I didnt intend on this turning into a heated debate. I do appreciate the replies, your info has been very helpful. We are booking today so I will be sure to make MS aware of the situation so if there is a problem we can resolve it now. Once again thanks.

 

[GAIL HAYDEN]

Folks I didnt intend on this turning into a heated debate. I do appreciate the replies, your info has been very helpful. We are booking today so I will be sure to make MS aware of the situation so if there is a problem we can resolve it now. Once again thanks.

Trust me, we all know you never intended this to turn into a debate. It just seems to happen with this topic. This, btw, is mild in comparison to some.

Happy planning.

 

[Lesley]

We were told by the CM at the desk at BWV that smoking on the balcony is fine...when we were told we weren't getting the smoking room we requested. As it happened we were given a smoking room anyway. My mom is also a smoker, which is why we requested a smoking room....knowing full well that she has, and probably would smoke in a nonsmoking room anyway. I guess everyone has their things they get unreasonable about. She did, however, stick to the smoking areas in the parks.

Note that the smoking rooms at the BWV are on the 2nd floor.....so anyone on the 3rd floor at BWV is likely to have smokers below them.

 

[Mickeylover6]

I just returned from a short stay at the BWV. We had requested a smoking top floor room. ( Apparently, according to this list, there are none) Anyways, upon check in we were given a first floor non smoking room. I nicely explained that three of the four peole in the room were smokers. He told us that smoking was allowed on the patio. I explained that I cannot control others smoking behavior. At this he called housekeeping and had ashtrays sent to our non smoking room and told me we could smoke in it! I am one of the smokers, but this really irritated me! My own mother has health problems and cannot be around smoke, so I understand why people get upset about smoking in a non smoking room. I found it interesting that he said this. We did not smoke in the room, we only smoked outside, but I'm sure that at some pint we did bother someone, and I really don't like to do that. How many smoking rooms does the BWV have? We booked 11 months out day by day, is it really that hard to get one or do they really not care?

 

[Lesley]

I believe they have air cleaners that they can bring in to get the smell, etc....out of a room that has been smoked in. Of course, that only works if the smoke smell is in the room itself and does not come from a neighboring room. We had a smoking room at the Poly once that smelled terrible and we could only keep the smell out by cranking the air up and keeping the balcony doors open....we discovered after our neighbors in the next room checked out the following day that they were causing the smell. Once they were gone the place was odor free. We are non-smokers ourselves, so we orignally thought this was just what a smoking room smelled like!

We had smoking rooms at both the BWV and VWL (second was not by choice, but by chance) and were unable to tell they were smoking rooms except for the presence of ashtrays. Both rooms were odor free.

As for the BWV, we also booked 11mo. out by the day and were told at check in that we couldn't get a smoking room. When we arrived at our room, however, it was a smoking room (but handicapped... ) There are just too many factors involved in room assigning to guarantee anything I guess.

 

[Grateful11]

I still remember last year when we stayed in building 2300, there was a family to our right and one floor down that smoked constantly on the balcony. They used a OKW cereal bowl for an ashtray. I think they were in a studio, we saw like 7 or 8 different faces in the room.

Refer to this post:
If you ever stay in 2311.....

http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=220071&perpage=15&pagenumber=1

Later,
Grateful "that I'll be going back soon"

 

[madcoco]

We stayed on the 9th floor of the CR over this past Halloween.3 days straight we came back to butts and ashes from above littered all over our balcony.Most people are considerate of others but you always have a few who could care less.

 

[DebbieB]

We checked into our non-smoking GF 3 years ago and I went out onto the porch (first floor) to checkout the view and there was a cig butt swimming around in a drinking glass with soda (gross!). You would think the housekeeper would check the porch when doing checkout cleaning .

At OKW last May, we were on the first floor in a non-smoking building and someone above us smoked cigars on the porch. That was even worse than cigarettes. Luckily they were only there a couple days while we were there.

 

[rccomputers]

We stayed at the BCV in october and two in our party smoked on the balconies with no complaints. When the maid saw the soda can being used as an ashtray, she placed a real ashtray on each balcony table for them to use!