Royal Caribbean demolishes entertainment venues to expand its smoke-free casinos: Allure of the Seas debuts gaming floor on Deck 4

Construction walls have come down aboard Allure of the Seas, revealing Royal Caribbean's latest smoke-free casino. The ship never went out of service while two former entertainment venues were converted into a considerably larger gaming floor.

Allure already had a small smoke-free room, installed in 2023 where Jazz on 4 once was. Now the footprint is multiplying: the cruise line closed and virtually demolished Blaze and Comedy Live to open up the walls and create an expansive, continuous gaming space.

The new casino occupies both sides of the deck, with a central walkway that allows crossing the ship from bow to stern. Families can walk through it, but minors under 18 cannot stay inside.

The section is entirely smoke-free: it does not share air with a smoking area, which is precisely the point. Slot machines predominate, along with a few tables. The original casino on the Allure remained unchanged.

It is striking that the ship underwent a $100 million amplification last year and those venues were not touched at the time. The decision to convert them came later, once the pattern went fleet-wide.

With the disappearance of Blaze and Comedy Live, nightlife migrated to Dazzles, on Deck 8, which now concentrates the nightclub, Rock-A-Rokie, and live bands.

The adult comedy show, according to passenger reports, has reportedly disappeared from the Allure without a dedicated replacement. It is the cultural cost of the operation: square meters of stage converted into square meters of gaming floor.

The Symphony of the Seas is undergoing the same work: its Crown Lounge and its Blaze are being transformed into gaming space, with a footprint identical to that of the Allure. The Harmony of the Seas did something similar this year and, in the process, created the largest casino in Royal Caribbean's history.

The Ovation of the Seas lost the Music Hall to gain a smoke-free casino. The Legend of the Seas debuted with a two-story casino: the cruise line eliminated the convention center and added a smoke-free area on Deck 3 connected by stairs to the main floor on Deck 4.