natefish95 Posted November 2, 2021 #1151 Share Posted November 2, 2021 On 10/31/2021 at 3:32 AM, tonygcharles said: Update Just off Jewel of the sea Sauna/ steam room closed for the whole week Ship returning to Miami from Cyprus now I hope Royal begins to open their facilities, but probably not until after January... How was the ship other than that? I'll be on the Jewel in December. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonygcharles Posted November 2, 2021 #1152 Share Posted November 2, 2021 7 hours ago, natefish95 said: I hope Royal begins to open their facilities, but probably not until after January... How was the ship other than that? I'll be on the Jewel in December. We had a great cruise. Our first since pandemic. Jewel is beginning to show her age But still good . The price & itinerary was excellent. Windjammer was v busy at times You can't pick anything up yourself Think it will be v difficult if they raise capacity Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
natefish95 Posted November 2, 2021 #1153 Share Posted November 2, 2021 13 hours ago, tonygcharles said: We had a great cruise. Our first since pandemic. Jewel is beginning to show her age But still good . The price & itinerary was excellent. Windjammer was v busy at times You can't pick anything up yourself Think it will be v difficult if they raise capacity I did Adventure from Nassau and a Carnival cruise, which was all still self-serve and sauna/steam room was open (and active), so I'm curious to see how this will compare at a higher capacity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nado44 Posted November 4, 2021 #1154 Share Posted November 4, 2021 Men's Steam/Sauna was open on the 5-night 10/30/2021 sailing of RCL Serenade. However, because of social distancing (as indicated by temporary signage), access required the purchase of a $69 (+18% gratuity) thermal suite pass for the 5 nights. Men's Steam/Sauna reportedly was closed on the 4-night 11/1/2021 sailing of RCL Independence. Spa reception did not know when they would reopen. CoEd Thermal suite on the 7-night 10/23/2021 sailing of Celebrity Edge was fully open. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twodjs Posted November 6, 2021 #1155 Share Posted November 6, 2021 On 10/5/2021 at 9:21 PM, twodjs said: You're right! Same ship, same cruise. On 10/5/2021 at 6:54 PM, celecruise19 said: Maybe before the cruise I will meet others on the koningsdam on nov 21. We've got space in that nice sauna for more! Celecruise19, email me hwfishie372@gmail dot com and we can find a time to meet on the day we board. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CntPAcruiser Posted November 6, 2021 #1156 Share Posted November 6, 2021 On 11/4/2021 at 4:48 PM, Nado44 said: Men's Steam/Sauna was open on the 5-night 10/30/2021 sailing of RCL Serenade. However, because of social distancing (as indicated by temporary signage), access required the purchase of a $69 (+18% gratuity) thermal suite pass for the 5 nights. Men's Steam/Sauna reportedly was closed on the 4-night 11/1/2021 sailing of RCL Independence. Spa reception did not know when they would reopen. CoEd Thermal suite on the 7-night 10/23/2021 sailing of Celebrity Edge was fully open. Wow, that's a nice new development--take the free steam/sauna and charge for it anyway under the guise of health and safety. As if it isn't bad enough they are taking away complimentary amenities on the older ships and not building them into the new ones. Now they have to find a way to charge for the free ones! How exactly did they control the use of the men's steam/sauna, since it's in the locker area? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spaBme Posted November 6, 2021 #1157 Share Posted November 6, 2021 Just checked onto Royal’s Mariner. Steam/sauna closed. VERY irritating, since when I booked the cruise, the agent TWICE checked and said that they would be open. GRRRRRRR! They offered me 4 cocktails in compensation——what a joke. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nado44 Posted November 7, 2021 #1158 Share Posted November 7, 2021 On 9/23/2021 at 9:57 AM, tonygcharles said: I'm going on Jewel OTS again end of October . Greek islands Will report back .. not expecting sauna to be open but🤞 Were the facilities operational on Jewel? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonygcharles Posted November 7, 2021 #1159 Share Posted November 7, 2021 No Unfortunately not That was the last week sailing from Cyprus She's now sailing back to the US empty of passengers On 9/23/2021 at 2:57 PM, tonygcharles said: Good to see this thread still running Last cruise was end of 2019 That was on Jewel .. all facility's where open then I'm going on Jewel OTS again end of October . Greek islands Will report back .. not expecting sauna to be open but🤞 Update Just off Jewel of the sea Sauna/ steam room closed for the whole week Ship returning to Miami from Cyprus now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonygcharles Posted November 7, 2021 #1160 Share Posted November 7, 2021 3 minutes ago, Nado44 said: Were the facilities operational on Jewel? No unfortunately not Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexdw Posted November 7, 2021 #1161 Share Posted November 7, 2021 Going on Emerald Princess Jan 18th, anyone know if the sauna and steam is open ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GigglewolfOfTheSeas Posted November 8, 2021 Author #1162 Share Posted November 8, 2021 Scheduled to sail the Carnival Radiance on 4/25/22. Selected this 4-night cruise now that I’m located on the west coast, have always been curious about Catalina Island and (having never sailed CCL) was curious to see how the line’s efforts to rebrand/remake their onboard experience manifests on a renovated/renamed vessel. I believe the Carnival Radiance’s “sisters” (that already had their refurbishments) may have had their separate men’s steam & sauna facilities removed, but hoping they might still exist on this ship. If I opt to keep this cruise booked, I’ll keep everyone apprised of my findings. If someone beats me to it, please report back!! Happy sails to you! GigglewolfOfTheSeas (Topic/Thread Founder 😉) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M4Travels Posted November 8, 2021 #1163 Share Posted November 8, 2021 12 hours ago, GigglewolfOfTheSeas said: Scheduled to sail the Carnival Radiance on 4/25/22. Selected this 4-night cruise now that I’m located on the west coast, have always been curious about Catalina Island and (having never sailed CCL) was curious to see how the line’s efforts to rebrand/remake their onboard experience manifests on a renovated/renamed vessel. I believe the Carnival Radiance’s “sisters” (that already had their refurbishments) may have had their separate men’s steam & sauna facilities removed, but hoping they might still exist on this ship. If I opt to keep this cruise booked, I’ll keep everyone apprised of my findings. If someone beats me to it, please report back!! Happy sails to you! GigglewolfOfTheSeas (Topic/Thread Founder 😉) Great to see you on the thread once again!! I hope you enjoy your Carnival cruises. Thanks so much for starting this thread!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
natefish95 Posted November 9, 2021 #1164 Share Posted November 9, 2021 On 11/7/2021 at 8:38 PM, GigglewolfOfTheSeas said: Scheduled to sail the Carnival Radiance on 4/25/22. Selected this 4-night cruise now that I’m located on the west coast, have always been curious about Catalina Island and (having never sailed CCL) was curious to see how the line’s efforts to rebrand/remake their onboard experience manifests on a renovated/renamed vessel. I believe the Carnival Radiance’s “sisters” (that already had their refurbishments) may have had their separate men’s steam & sauna facilities removed, but hoping they might still exist on this ship. If I opt to keep this cruise booked, I’ll keep everyone apprised of my findings. If someone beats me to it, please report back!! Happy sails to you! GigglewolfOfTheSeas (Topic/Thread Founder 😉) It's really difficult to tell on the deck plans on the website. Usually on ships that have a large thermal area (Dream, Magic, Breeze, Panorama) there is a free sauna or steam in the gym locker room. The Carnival Miracle, which is also on the west coast, still has a separate and free sauna and steam rooms. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ouse456 Posted November 11, 2021 #1165 Share Posted November 11, 2021 Having difficulty finding if Brilliance of the Seas retained both locker room steam and sauna past its 2018 refurbisment. Has any one been on it lately? (The CCritic board list of free locker room sauna/steam mentions only a small sauna and leaves the steam columns blank. The Vacations to Go deck plans for Royal Carribean are never as complete as they are for the other cruise line deck plans.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CntPAcruiser Posted November 13, 2021 #1166 Share Posted November 13, 2021 On 11/11/2021 at 11:26 AM, ouse456 said: Having difficulty finding if Brilliance of the Seas retained both locker room steam and sauna past its 2018 refurbisment. Has any one been on it lately? (The CCritic board list of free locker room sauna/steam mentions only a small sauna and leaves the steam columns blank. The Vacations to Go deck plans for Royal Carribean are never as complete as they are for the other cruise line deck plans.) I found this: Brilliance Sauna & Steam - Royal Caribbean International - Cruise Critic Community So it sounds like yes, Brilliance still have both facilities, free, in the locker rooms. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ouse456 Posted November 13, 2021 #1167 Share Posted November 13, 2021 2 hours ago, CntPAcruiser said: I found this: Brilliance Sauna & Steam - Royal Caribbean International - Cruise Critic Community So it sounds like yes, Brilliance still have both facilities, free, in the locker rooms. Thanks,CntPA. This is helpful. With current trends to remove them and with Web sites that do not have a date attached to their entries, it's sometimes hard to be certain. RCCL has their free s/s rooms closed due to Covid and its hard to determine when they will open up. Carnival has them opened to vaccinated cruisers, but announced recently that they will extend their Covid restrictions until March. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waldorf Posted November 16, 2021 #1168 Share Posted November 16, 2021 On 11/11/2021 at 4:26 PM, ouse456 said: Having difficulty finding if Brilliance of the Seas retained both locker room steam and sauna past its 2018 refurbisment. Has any one been on it lately? (The CCritic board list of free locker room sauna/steam mentions only a small sauna and leaves the steam columns blank. The Vacations to Go deck plans for Royal Carribean are never as complete as they are for the other cruise line deck plans.) I was on in 2019 and they were still in place. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twodjs Posted November 19, 2021 #1169 Share Posted November 19, 2021 On 11/6/2021 at 10:30 AM, twodjs said: We've got space in that nice sauna for more! Celecruise19, email me hwfishie372@gmail dot com and we can find a time to meet on the day we board. Anyone else on the Koningsdam Sunday Nov. 21 to Mexico? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjs99mjs Posted November 20, 2021 #1170 Share Posted November 20, 2021 Will be on the Ruby Princess on Monday, Nov. 22. Fingers crossed. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spaBme Posted November 25, 2021 #1171 Share Posted November 25, 2021 There was a great spreadsheet with all the cruise ships' steam/sauna info. Does anybody know the latest version?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twodjs Posted November 28, 2021 #1172 Share Posted November 28, 2021 We were on Holland America's Koningsdam Nov. 21- 28. The men's and women's free single-sex saunas were not working and have been closed for the last 3 cruises - I was told it wasn't covid related but a failed part that was causing an alarm notification every few minutes. A replacement part has been ordered but no date for repair. ☹ The paid spa area was not affected. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexdw Posted November 28, 2021 #1173 Share Posted November 28, 2021 5 hours ago, twodjs said: We were on Holland America's Koningsdam Nov. 21- 28. The men's and women's free single-sex saunas were not working and have been closed for the last 3 cruises - I was told it wasn't covid related but a failed part that was causing an alarm notification every few minutes. A replacement part has been ordered but no date for repair. ☹ The paid spa area was not affected. That must have been very disappointing 😞 have sailed Koningsdam several times and love the free sauna with that great window. Met some very nice people in there also. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twodjs Posted November 29, 2021 #1174 Share Posted November 29, 2021 18 hours ago, alexdw said: That must have been very disappointing 😞 have sailed Koningsdam several times and love the free sauna with that great window. Met some very nice people in there also. Big disappointment! Not only were there others from CC on board, but I've also met several from the San Diego area during past HAL Mexico cruises. Three very nice sea days on this itinerary. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twodjs Posted November 29, 2021 #1175 Share Posted November 29, 2021 Hey, any experience on the Seabourn Ovation? We're doing the Panama Canal Jan. 11 from Los Angeles to Miami. Lots of sea days. Have been on the smaller Seabourn Odyssey - it had a small sauna in the changing room. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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