when did Paradise Pier go totally non-smoking?

[bumbershoot]

I ask because I'm here today, checked in around 7pm (the question of how it took us over 8 hours to get from Santa Cruz to Anaheim, CA with only 3 rest stops and very little traffic will always remain a mystery). Unpacked, swam for a few minutes, changed, went to eat in DTD. Walked around half an hour, walked slowly back.

Got back to the room, and within 5 minutes my throat was closing up and I was going into asthma. Had DH turn off the a/c (had to spell out in sign language "honeymoon" to let him know of the allergic reaction with throat closing, due to a reaction like that I had on our honeymoon, and "a" "c" to get him to turn off the AC), and it calmed down. Still can't really talk, though.

The main thing I wondered is that even in the hallways, it smells like OLD smoke. And it smelled funny in our room (and wasn't 100% done, with no soap, shampoo, etc and a damp washcloth in the little basket in the bathroom, as though someone checked in and out very quickly), like chemicals.

So I'm wondering how long it has been since people were "allowed" to smoke in PP rooms. Because that would be a much happier reason for the reaction, than something totally mysterious...

Anyone know?

(by the way, other than the throat closing, I'm in love with the hotel, and adore DTD. first time at either place.)


editing to add...of course, being caught smoking in a non-smoking hotel could be a reason for what appears to be a quick check in and out...and that would be a more immediate reason for a smoke smell, though the room didn't smell, while the hallways DO.

 

[bumbershoot]

Really? No one knows?


Update...the throat-closing feeling did go away, but my lungs are still tight.

I'd bet it's old smoke, or newer "illegal" smoke lingering.

Or weird chemicals which I'll never know for sure (I once stayed at a brand new Westin, and I could smell the new construction chemicals (carpet, paint, processed wood, etc), and got incredibly sick in the middle of the night, fever, low breathing, etc...). I'm a sensitive puppy!

And also a curious one.

No one knows?

 

[CoolPool]

It might be either / or; has it cleared up? Maybe you've been put on an old smoking floor AND they used massive chems to clean it up when they went smoke-free. Could always request to change rooms and floors...

Hope the rest of the trip goes smoothly!

 

[Alex2kMommy]

No clue. Could people be smoking just outside your room (ie. a balcony)?

I know when we stayed in non-smoking rooms at a hotel in Maui, soooo many guests went onto the balcony to smoke. I love sitting out on the balcony in the early morning, but last trip was getting nauseous from all the smoke. And even with the doors closed you could still smell it in the room.

ETA: Wet washcloth? Ewww! Did you ask at the front desk about that? Are you sensitive enough that if heavy smokers (not smoking in a non-smoking room) had just vacated, you would still react?

 

[SuzanneSLO]

I think that DLH and PP went non-smoking in early 2006, so I would hoep there is not still any lingering smell on the old non-smoking floors.

Hope you feel better -- Suzanne

 

[jenpace]

I don't have any answers for you but I hope you feel better soon!

 

[ShawnaF]

I believe PP went Non-smoking in December 2005 or January 2006. There's still lots of smoking - some people sneaking, which I don't understand because there's plenty of room outside provided just for that and away from others.

I haven't noticed a smoke smell, but I did notice a really strong mildew smell in the hallways. I'll have to pay more attention in December. Could be old carpets - shampooing carpets rather than replacing them and fumigating the walls is a MUST when you turn non-smoking, but it rarely happens in hotels.

Regardless, you need to visit an allergist and find out what you're specifically sensitive to and get yourself an epi-pen to take with you when you travel!

Hope you're all better!

 

[JenDisneylandlver]

If I had to guess, it sounds like someone was smoking when they weren't supposed to!

Hope you feel better and enjoy your trip!

 

[IluvDISNEYLAND!]

I AM VERY HAPPY THEY WENT TOTALLY NON-SMOKING!!!!

Shame on people for sneaking it anyways!!

I hope you are feeling better and if not can you request a different room since your health depends on it.

Enyjoy the rest of your DISNEYLAND vacation

 

[momshadow]

My DH and DS and my self are all asthmatics, also hipper sensitive to CS so I hope that for your sake you let the front desk know as well as security,,they will keep an eye out for people smoking where they are no suppose to be. I can smell it miles away. They shouldnt be using chems to clean the room and carpet ect. but should be using a system with a charcole cleaner. I hope your trip goes well, sunny days ahead!

 

[Zena Wright]

If you had that reaction when the AC was on then that usually means someone was smoking in another room. Cs can travel through the vents. My mom is highly allergic like you and the minute she smells anything close to smoke she lets the front desk know, actually when she books the res and checks in she lets them know she is allergic incase she needs to request a room change.

Hopefully it won't happen again but if it is someone smoking in another room they will continue to do it some smokers don't think they are hurting anyone when they break the rules, I said some because I know some very curtious smokers. Anyways I hope everything goes fine and you and your family have a wonderful trip.

Aloha Zena

 

[bumbershoot]

I know what I'm allergic to...California. Everything. Very obnoxious, IMO. It's why I don't live here anymore. My sensitivities are NEVER as bad elsewhere. Funny, in Ireland, where (at least 12 years ago) almost EVERYONE I saw smoked, I had NO problems. I didn't even mind the smell, even though people were using the Marlboro brand (what my father smoked before his heart attack, and a really really hated smell for me). I figured it's like the Guinness there (it's delicioualy unpasteurized); they do something different in the processing.

I was already "primed" for issues yesterday, because we had been staying with my dad for a few days. He has two unbrushed Goldens, and 3 HOUSE cats. I sneeze just thinking about it.

The reactions are relatively unpredictable, and I just try to stay healthy, but sometimes that doesn't work (when bombarded, usually) and there go my silly lungs.

I remember when my mom finally quit smoking (she was asthmatic from birth, and started smoking at 15...she never felt that that decision was one of her best moves); once she knew it was a real quit that time, she did extensive cleaning. The residue that smoke leaves is very pervasive. And it smells different than newer smoke.

My point is...yes, in the heightened state of sensitivity I'm in right now, I'd be able to smell ancient smoke, unless they replaced down to the walls. When I was pregnant, my nose went bionic, it was scary. (but then I was so stuffed up once he arrived, I couldn't smell his newborn baby-ness ) So even normally I'm just below bionic, LOL. Quite tiring.

For some silly reason, I just didn't expect to feel bombarded in the hotel! Rather ridiculous, in retrospect.



Almost time to get ready for the Lilo b'fast! Here's hoping today goes as incredibly well as yesterday!!!!


Thsnk you for all the responses!!!!

 

[TribeFan]

The hotel has been non-smoking since Disney bought it in the 90's. But ..... just because a hotel tells a guest that it's non-smoking does not mean that people do not smoke in the room. They smoke all the time in the rooms. They just have to pay the $200 cleaning fee. There is nothing the hotels can do to stop someone from smoking in a room. It's a policy, but you can't throw someone out for doing it. You can't really even ask them to stop. You can just charge them to clean the room when they leave.

I too am asthmatic and as a cast member working at the hotels for several years, I am surprise at the number of people that just don't care about the policy. I lost my boyfriend to lung cancer a few years ago (not from smoking). But it did make me very aware of smoking and how some people would choose it over food, water, family, and just about anything. I dated a man after my boyfriend passed away and I did not find out until a month or 2 after we met that he smoked (hid it well). I told him about my boyfriend and that I could not date someone that smoked. He chose smoking over me. Shocking, huh? as cute and wonderful as I am

 

[eeyore3847]

oh, I hope that smell is not there when we check in. I can't handle the stale smell of smoke! It gives me a headache!!!

Lori