Smoking and The Mouse
Back in 2000, Walt Disney World theme and water parks made changes that allowed smoking only in designated areas. It makes our visits to the parks pretty pleasant, though you still have the oddball few who refuse to comply. Let me just dangle this little tidbit. If smoking bothers you a lot, do not visit the Disney parks the fist Saturday in May. We made that mistake about two years ago. A certain group visits the parks en mass that particular weekend every year and they tend to be particularly snarky about flaunting their non-compliance.
Other than that, it’s a non-smoker’s paradise. Today, Disney announced they are enacting a smoking ban at more than 20 of its hotels and time share resorts beginning June 1. Of course, it is a financially driven decision, since the requests for smoking rooms has dropped dramatically in the past few years while the demand for non-smoking rooms has risen. Either way, it’s great to know that the next time we check into our favorite Disney hotel, a non-smoking room will more than likely actually be available and we won’t have to encounter smoke wafting from the patios and balconies either.
Of course, Florida already has a state-wide ban on smoking in restaurants and most work places. As time moves on, this is becoming more of a general non-smoking state.
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