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ouse456

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    North Carolina
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    retired, running (formerly longer distances, but now shorter, ornamental gardening
  • Favorite Cruise Line(s)
    Holland America and Royal Caribbean
  • Favorite Cruise Destination Or Port of Call
    Asian ports, anything new

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  1. Interesting. Thanks. I was looking at the grid with Jewel. It needs to be changed.
  2. About the Jewel of the Seas: Check the spread sheet again. It appears to show free locker room access.
  3. https://cruisefever.net/carnivals-upgrade-dry-dock-schedule-2023-2024/ Above is a refurbishment schedule for Carnival. What I find somewhat frustrating is the uncertainty of booking without knowing if a refurbishment will happen between the time of booking and the time of sailing and whether it involves parts of the ship that I am interested in. I'm not sure how accurate this schedule is but it is something to consider before buying a Carnival cruise.
  4. I just noticed some info that some might find helpful. If you go to the Vacations to Go website and then near the top of the page click "ships and ratings" you will find the year of the last refurbishment for many ships (listed by cruise line) It is not entirely current or accurate. Emerald Princess is one example. It doesn't list the most current date.
  5. It would be helpful to me if the a new column be added to the spreadsheet which would allow us to see if there was a scheduled dry dock refurbishing with that scheduled date. I was recently on the Emerald Princess. It had a refurbishment in the Netherlands after the ship was used to house Ukrainian refugees,which took away the locker room sauna/steam. I realize that one doesn't always know the dates or what will be involved in dry (or wet) dock, but sometimes a dry dock makeover is announced or published.
  6. Hollan America has been trustworthy and consistant in placing a free sauna in each ship. Some are in a hallway a little ways away from the lockerroom. Some are in the locker room. I haven't known of any HA ship that does not have or have removed a sauna.
  7. Another way of checking whether a ship has a male only steam room or sauna is to Google the ship's deck plan. This isn't foolproof. The smaller Holland American ships sometimes don't label it as such and if there has been a recent refurbishing of a ship the deck plans don't always reflect changes affecting the steam and sauna rooms.
  8. From a fairly nonhandy internet user: How do I make a list of my past cruises to insert at the bottom of all my Cruise Critic posts? Thnx
  9. Speaking of naturists, I saw a fair number of naturists in the fitness center men's locker room on the last Carnival cruise that I went on.
  10. For anyone interested here is Carnival's dry dock schedule for '23 and '24: https://cruisefever.net/carnivals-upgrade-dry-dock-schedule-2023-2024/
  11. a locker room with 3 showers I'm not sure what the spa has. I didn't ask. As far as the other ships go, I don't know. I would guess that they would still be ok if they didn't have a recent refurbishment. The Emerald was moored in the Netherlands and was used to house Ukranian refugees. They made the changes after it stopped being used for the Ukranians.
  12. I agree that it is good for the most part.I was on the Emerald fairly recently and the deck plans on board were not even changed to reflect the removal of s/steam. I regularly check the deck plans on the Vacations To Go website and they hadn't been changed there either. On the VTG website they will sometimes give upcoming planned changes by giving a deck plan for up to a certain date and also giving the deck plan after that date. But for the Emerald that wasn't done.
  13. Inferences can sometimes by drawn. For instance the Carnival Freedom is going from Florida to Barcelona September 21 to October 4 and then returns to Florida from Barcelona on October 21. And online, there is a comprehensive list of upcoming refurbishments for only $399 🙂. And there are occasional online articles on upcoming refurbishments but schedules are changed and online articles are often not dated so it is sometimes difficult to determine if they are current. ( Was considering the Freedom from Florida to Barcelona and then returning on the same ship, but the chances of having the s/steam refurbished on out in Barcelona kept me from considering it seriously.)
  14. Since cruise companies are fairly secretive about changes made during dry or wet dock refurbishment, it might be useful to know if and when a ship is being refurbished and whether the locker rooms are involved. Earlier warning of any "expected" changes could influence choice of future cruises. Perhaps this could be accomplished in a separate blog or reported on this blog. What do you think? The 'List of Ships with FREE sauna and/or steam' blog is very useful but is updated after the refurbishment by bloggers. It doesn't deal with expected future or newly made changes that haven't yet been noted.
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