Cruise ship rules about vaping are the same as those for cigarettes. There are designated smoking areas where passengers can use their vape pens, and they vary depending on the cruise line. Let's keep things simple.
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Vaping is not permitted in staterooms, on stateroom balconies, in public rooms and Churchill's Cigar Lounge (which is solely for cigar & pipe smoking). Vaping is permitted in designated areas on open decks.
Most public areas on board, as well as guest suites, are smoke-free. Guests must refrain from smoking anywhere inside the ship, including in guest suites, on verandas and balconies. Smoking of electronic cigarettes is permitted in guest suites, as well as other designated smoking areas.
On Royal Caribbean ships, vapes and electronic cigarettes are treated the same as cigarettes and cigars, and are only permitted in designated outdoor smoking areas with visible signage throughout the ship.
If you are caught smoking outside in a nonsmoking area, you will be asked to move to a smoking area. If caught smoking in your cabin or cabin balcony, you will be told to stop and charged a cleaning fee (typically $200 to $250). If you continue to break the rule, you may be forcibly removed from the ship.
On Norwegian Breakaway, Norwegian Getaway and Norwegian Epic, cigarettes, electronic cigarettes, cigars, pipe smoking and vapor smoking devices are permitted on deck 15 mid-ship, port side (limited area) and Spice H2O, starboard side.
Passengers found with CBD onboard may be fined. In some cases, both the product and the passenger could be removed from the ship entirely at the next port. For all of these reasons, it's better to be cautious and leave your CBD safely at home.
Just like the security screening at an airport, we also screen all luggage our guests bring onboard to ensure everyone's safety. If there is an item in your luggage that is prohibited or is believed to be prohibited, your bag will be taken to a screening location and will be inspected by our Security Team onboard.
However, there are some downsides to vaping in bathrooms. Some hotel bathrooms have smoke detectors, so before you opt for this decision, look for the smoke alarms. If smoking or vaping is strictly forbidden, expect a fine and a very unpleasant conversation with the staff.
All cruise ships allow smoking in certain areas, which are typically designated in outdoor smoking zones and sometimes in casinos, nightclubs, cigar lounges and cabin balconies (depending on the cruise line). The rest of the ship is firmly nonsmoking, however, and that includes all staterooms, restaurants and theaters.
Cigarette, cigar, e-cigarette and pipe smoking is permitted in designated outdoor areas of the starboard side of all ships; with the exception of Oasis-class ships that will allow smoking on the port side of the ships.