alexdw Posted November 6, 2023 #1976 Share Posted November 6, 2023 On 10/30/2023 at 11:45 AM, LEESRE said: I think you are right. The shower area had clear glass not etched when I was last on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexdw Posted November 7, 2023 #1977 Share Posted November 7, 2023 On 11/5/2023 at 9:32 AM, Ships and Dip said: It sure does! Located in the men’s changing room near the spa. There are also 3 showers in there. Does this sauna on Reflection have a window or os it an internal one? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LEESRE Posted November 7, 2023 #1978 Share Posted November 7, 2023 18 minutes ago, alexdw said: Does this sauna on Reflection have a window or os it an internal one? From memory the answer is NO it is internal. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonygcharles Posted November 7, 2023 #1979 Share Posted November 7, 2023 I was on her last year, yes internal, with a glass door 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kysilverman Posted December 3, 2023 #1980 Share Posted December 3, 2023 Thank you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greg1969 Posted December 22, 2023 #1981 Share Posted December 22, 2023 Looking forward to my next cruise on The Sillver dawn leaving Fort Lauderdale 5th January. I think there is a male only sauna onboard, can anyone clarify this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bejwee Posted December 22, 2023 #1982 Share Posted December 22, 2023 Just got back from 9 days on the NCL pearl. Can confirm that in the paid thermal area there are still separate men's and women's wet areas on either side of the ship with a coed area in the middle. Men's side still has an awesome sauna, small but working steam, single person hot tub, and single person cold plunge. Super disappointed at the crowd in there though, lots of people in suits yammering away that don't have spa etiquette. I sat in the sauna and steam naked on a towel, but there we're only other two folks on ship following suit. There is a small two to three person steam room attached to the gym in the men's bathroom, that was not super frequented either. It's a shame because so many people go on Royal Caribbean and the food is so much worse than NCL, although the entertainment is better. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bejwee Posted December 22, 2023 #1983 Share Posted December 22, 2023 20 minutes ago, greg1969 said: Looking forward to my next cruise on The Sillver dawn leaving Fort Lauderdale 5th January. I think there is a male only sauna onboard, can anyone clarify this? I just sailed in Norway on the silver Dawn this past August. I really don't want to rain on your parade and feel bad doing so, but I was not super pleased with the ship and would not sail on silversea again. If I'm going to go on a ship full of old people that focuses on food, Oceania is far, far better. The ship is not run well, you can tell across many arenas. We had to change rooms because there was a constant sewage smell blowing into our room as did several other people on our hall. I found the dress code to be laborious and did a ton of room service. Heavy marketing on the food makes it sound incredible but execution falls short. Silver Dawn spa: - there is a central area where people who are getting treatments or who want to just hang out in the spa will go, with a bunch of chairs shared by men and women, and a couple refreshment stands. - On either side there is a set of two showers, a wet steam, and a dry sauna behind a smoked glass door. - For at least a couple days you will have men and women going in the wrong sides because they don't have a sign that actually says men or women, there's just a mural with a painting of a man or a woman on that wall that you are supposed to understand. - Privacy in the sauna and steam is decent as far as people out in the main area seeing in, the whole setup is pretty cramped, but nice. There are some super annoying things about the spa as well: - They stupidly put the spa directly under the piano bar and at 5:00 or 6:00 p.m., the piano bar starts blaring music that you can hear clear as day loudly from the loungers below where you are trying to relax from your massage or whatever. They also have their own spa music playing on speakers so at some point you start hearing two different sets of music playing daily. - WATER. The one thing you want when you are having a sauna and steam session, is to come out and pound water. They have these little carts with drinks and snacks and the top shelf which is at about waist level has a bunch of chocolates and other edibles you don't want when you are hot and steamed, the second shelf has a bunch of fancy designer TONIC waters...puke... And then finally at ground level about where your ankles would be there are a bunch of glasses and in the very back behind those glasses are bottles of water with screw on caps that everyone shares. They expect you to bend down reach to the back get out a glass unscrew the bottle for your glass re-screw the cap and stick it back on the bottom shelf.... Major pain in the butt and absolutely ridiculous for people that come out hot from a sauna and just want to slam a couple glasses of water. I mentioned how ridiculous this was (politely of course) to the spa manager and she says she knows it doesn't make any sense but it comes down from silver Sea corporate. Generic it's not my fault response basically.. - spa staff that service is the water cart comes out and handles the top of every one of the glass drinking glasses before putting them upside down on the card, with no gloves of course... And then I watch them almost daily come with a glass full of cut limes for the tonic water, which they pull out with their ungloved fingers and put where they are supposed to go, All of course after grabbing the door handle to the spa that every single person grabs. You definitely get the vibe that they are excited COVID is over and they could go back to their old procedures/they learned nothing about germ process. I'll stop there because I don't want to rain any further on your excitement, but perhaps with this review, your expectations will be tempered a bit and maybe you will be happily surprised.. If anything I hope you appreciate the time I took because I know not as many folks sail these smaller lines. Hopefully you also complain about the spa water situation and they will remedy it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bejwee Posted December 22, 2023 #1984 Share Posted December 22, 2023 NCL Pearl mens wet area pix - Great view looking out over the bow of the ship. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greg1969 Posted December 22, 2023 #1985 Share Posted December 22, 2023 50 minutes ago, bejwee said: I just sailed in Norway on the silver Dawn this past August. I really don't want to rain on your parade and feel bad doing so, but I was not super pleased with the ship and would not sail on silversea again. If I'm going to go on a ship full of old people that focuses on food, Oceania is far, far better. The ship is not run well, you can tell across many arenas. We had to change rooms because there was a constant sewage smell blowing into our room as did several other people on our hall. I found the dress code to be laborious and did a ton of room service. Heavy marketing on the food makes it sound incredible but execution falls short. Silver Dawn spa: - there is a central area where people who are getting treatments or who want to just hang out in the spa will go, with a bunch of chairs shared by men and women, and a couple refreshment stands. - On either side there is a set of two showers, a wet steam, and a dry sauna behind a smoked glass door. - For at least a couple days you will have men and women going in the wrong sides because they don't have a sign that actually says men or women, there's just a mural with a painting of a man or a woman on that wall that you are supposed to understand. - Privacy in the sauna and steam is decent as far as people out in the main area seeing in, the whole setup is pretty cramped, but nice. There are some super annoying things about the spa as well: - They stupidly put the spa directly under the piano bar and at 5:00 or 6:00 p.m., the piano bar starts blaring music that you can hear clear as day loudly from the loungers below where you are trying to relax from your massage or whatever. They also have their own spa music playing on speakers so at some point you start hearing two different sets of music playing daily. - WATER. The one thing you want when you are having a sauna and steam session, is to come out and pound water. They have these little carts with drinks and snacks and the top shelf which is at about waist level has a bunch of chocolates and other edibles you don't want when you are hot and steamed, the second shelf has a bunch of fancy designer TONIC waters...puke... And then finally at ground level about where your ankles would be there are a bunch of glasses and in the very back behind those glasses are bottles of water with screw on caps that everyone shares. They expect you to bend down reach to the back get out a glass unscrew the bottle for your glass re-screw the cap and stick it back on the bottom shelf.... Major pain in the butt and absolutely ridiculous for people that come out hot from a sauna and just want to slam a couple glasses of water. I mentioned how ridiculous this was (politely of course) to the spa manager and she says she knows it doesn't make any sense but it comes down from silver Sea corporate. Generic it's not my fault response basically.. - spa staff that service is the water cart comes out and handles the top of every one of the glass drinking glasses before putting them upside down on the card, with no gloves of course... And then I watch them almost daily come with a glass full of cut limes for the tonic water, which they pull out with their ungloved fingers and put where they are supposed to go, All of course after grabbing the door handle to the spa that every single person grabs. You definitely get the vibe that they are excited COVID is over and they could go back to their old procedures/they learned nothing about germ process. I'll stop there because I don't want to rain any further on your excitement, but perhaps with this review, your expectations will be tempered a bit and maybe you will be happily surprised.. If anything I hope you appreciate the time I took because I know not as many folks sail these smaller lines. Hopefully you also complain about the spa water situation and they will remedy it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greg1969 Posted December 22, 2023 #1986 Share Posted December 22, 2023 Thanks for the reply, we do not have anymore Silversea cruises booked after this one - we were with them in September and we enjoyed it. Next cruises coming up after this one are Virgin, Oceania, and Cunard.New to both Oceania and Cunard. Well if there are problems withj females coming into the male area they may get a shock - I never wear swimwear in a single sex sauna - too much time spent in Germany in the wellness places. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boxerboy73 Posted December 22, 2023 #1987 Share Posted December 22, 2023 Wow - NCL Pearl looks awesome! Thanks @bejwee for sharing. 1 hour ago, bejwee said: NCL Pearl mens wet area pix - Great view looking out over the bow of the ship. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billybeachboy Posted December 22, 2023 #1988 Share Posted December 22, 2023 A friend has this week disembarked MSC World Europa & sent me this pic of the sauna situated in the locker room which is attached to the gym. I have no other info I'm afraid. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iramack Posted December 23, 2023 #1989 Share Posted December 23, 2023 On 12/22/2023 at 9:25 AM, boxerboy73 said: Wow - NCL Pearl looks awesome! Thanks @bejwee for sharing. Nice Feet by the way BEJWEE...................;-) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
les37b Posted December 25, 2023 #1990 Share Posted December 25, 2023 On 12/22/2023 at 12:57 PM, greg1969 said: Looking forward to my next cruise on The Sillver dawn leaving Fort Lauderdale 5th January. I think there is a male only sauna onboard, can anyone clarify this? From memory, yes there is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aussie Jeep Posted December 27, 2023 #1991 Share Posted December 27, 2023 On 9/5/2023 at 8:08 PM, ShipWalker said: Is there something you want added? Hi there. Love the data base. Would like to be able to see all the single sex spas and saunas in one section. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aussie Jeep Posted December 27, 2023 #1992 Share Posted December 27, 2023 Hello all. Can anyone confirm if MSC Divina still has separate men’s and women’s steam and sauna. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sauna director Posted January 1 #1993 Share Posted January 1 Okay, so we see lines removing that "awful word" FREE from just about everything in favor of "kiddy land" rides and slides. RCL and Princess are in the process of eliminating.free saunas. Their excuse is that Covid 19 caused such losses that they need every dollar. Oh, by the way, have you followed their stocks? The big guys are back in the black. Relaxed cruising is being replaced by "thrill" rides. Those of us who have cruised for years to relax are not amused. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Trippett Posted January 1 #1994 Share Posted January 1 Going on the Disney wonder in Feb. is it ok to naked in the sauna in the men’s change room? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bejwee Posted January 1 #1995 Share Posted January 1 2 minutes ago, Scott Trippett said: Going on the Disney wonder in Feb. is it ok to naked in the sauna in the men’s change room? Absolutely Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Trippett Posted January 1 #1996 Share Posted January 1 6 minutes ago, bejwee said: Absolutely Great thanks. Now just hope there are other guys there too 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bejwee Posted January 1 #1997 Share Posted January 1 (edited) Reading through the various posts on this thread I can recall seeing a few of people that went on Disney and had a great time. I think Disney knows their job is to get the kids away from the parents, give the parents peace of mind that they are safe and protected and having fun, and let the parents have a little fun too. Edited January 1 by bejwee 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
huntnewt Posted January 1 #1998 Share Posted January 1 Has anyone been on Carnival Breeze lately? We have a Cloud 9 Spa Balcony and are wondering what the spa area is like. We had a Cloud 9 Spa Balcony on Carnival Splendor and enjoyed it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShipWalker Posted January 1 #1999 Share Posted January 1 It's a new year and I've added Oceania Cruise ships to the database. A friendly reminder to all users to the database... ******* Best viewed on desktop or laptop. (using a mouse) Steam/Sauna Database As a reminder to all, ANY change you make to the database is auto-saved. There is no temporary change while you are on it. That means if you highlight ships to compare them. It is permanent. If you change the formatting of the data in any way, or for some reason change the order of the ships it stays that way when you exit. The DB then needs to be cleaned up (not that hard to do) but still takes time. Enjoy! 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lovetocruise38 Posted January 1 #2000 Share Posted January 1 Happy new years guys. Wishing everyone many sailings with non coed saunas. Have a few cruises this year in older ships and looking forward to them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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