Bar soap going Buh Bye

[Ombud]

The only thing I'm interested in is the hand lotion --- has that also gone away? If so I'll need to get some as I forgot to pack it

Edited November 22, 2019 by Ombud

[Colo Cruiser]

40 minutes ago, Ombud said:

The only thing I'm interested in is the hand lotion --- has that also gone away? If so I'll need to get some as I forgot to pack it

[Ombud]

3 minutes ago, Colo Cruiser said:

Well I guess I'm off to Target on Bourke St in Melbourne tomorrow as I can't carry that on shore excursions 

[tip]

No more bar soap?  No more plastic straws?  The sky is falling!  These are just but two examples of what I call a classic "Shakespeare."  "Much Ado About Nothing!"

Edited November 22, 2019 by tip

[Ombud]

Tip, that's not my point. You know how you always forget something? (well I seem to) I've got 2 tubes of toothpaste & no lotion. Figured the ship would have it, now I learn I've figured wrong so stopping off at the Target up the street. Issue resolved

[hobbyfarmer2]

DW and I are on the Sky TA right now.  We were a bit annoyed about the lack of bar soap the first day or two but quickly got used to the change.  It's no big deal to get used to the change.

[PrincessLuver]

8 hours ago, tip said:

No more bar soap?  No more plastic straws?  The sky is falling!  These are just but two examples of what I call a classic "Shakespeare."  "Much Ado About Nothing!"

 

That's exactly why people just LOVE to fly now because the airlines cut so many things and charged for all other's.....thank god still able to pay for FC when fly....Princess will learn to unbundle everything some day and people will be paying for things they used to take for granted....it is already happening in the MDR's....want a steak....it will cost you.....

 

"True is it that we have seen better days and have with holy bell been knolled to church, and sat at good men's feasts and wiped our eyes of drops that sacred pity hath engendered." — Duke Senior

[c-boy]

" a side effect from a prosperous civilization is waste. If you/I have to pay for it, we are less likely to waste it." 

 —  a professor  I once had. 

[MsSoCalCruiser]

On 11/20/2019 at 12:26 PM, kywildcatfanone said:

I think the last 3 cruises or so, we have not received the elite toiletry kit.  We even asked for one from a room steward and he said they were not giving those out anymore.

 I received the gold bags on both of my cruises last month on the Royal Princess .... 

[caribill]

16 hours ago, tip said:

No more bar soap?  No more plastic straws?  The sky is falling!  These are just but two examples of what I call a classic "Shakespeare."  "Much Ado About Nothing!"

 

To me it is a big deal.

 

When they went to the "body wash" in the shower, I still took the bar soap from the sink and used it in the shower.

 

Assuming the "body wash" is even acceptable, it takes dozens of pressing the nozzle for it during the course of a shower and thus much more effort and time (and using more water) compared to a bar of soap.

 

Also, one does not have to be paranoid to worry that some past passenger may have purposely contaminated the contents of a dispenser unit for soap, lotion, or any other product.

[pablo222]

35 minutes ago, caribill said:

Also, one does not have to be paranoid to worry that some past passenger may have purposely contaminated the contents of a dispenser unit for soap, lotion, or any other product.

 

When princess still had the little bottles ... I once used some shower gel.

 

It was the wrong consistency, it had clearly been adulterated...

 

I don't think it was nefarious, I think someone added water to use the entire contents of the bottle.

 

But, there was no indication that it wasn't new, so who knows...

 

I was recently in a sandwich shop on land...

They had a bin with plastic tableware.

 

I took a fork.   It was encrusted with rice.  Someone had obviously used the fork

and put it back in the 'new' bin.

 

In my best valley girl accent:

 

"Barf me out the door."

 

 

[chamima]

6 hours ago, MsSoCalCruiser said:

 I received the gold bags on both of my cruises last month on the Royal Princess .... 

 

 

Wouldn't it be nice if they replaced that spray (still not sure what it's for) with a bar of soap?!!!!!

[rdsqrl]

13 hours ago, chamima said:

 

 

Wouldn't it be nice if they replaced that spray (still not sure what it's for) with a bar of soap?!!!!!

I think the spray is for stocking stuffers for your more annoying relatives.  I tied two together with a festive red & gold ribbon and they're destined for my sister's stocking next month.  Ho Ho Ho.

[Guest arowe6]

5 pages and (almost) 5,000 views later about... bar soap. 

For better or for worse, I appreciate the passion of our CC boards!
 

First, they came for our multiple entrees at dinner. 
Then, our plastic straws. 
And now, our bar soap. 
 

Not today, Satan. Not today!
 

Andrew 

 

[Renmar]

11 minutes ago, arowe6 said:

5 pages and (almost) 5,000 views later about... bar soap. 

For better or for worse, I appreciate the passion of our CC boards!
 

First, they came for our multiple entrees at dinner. 
Then, our plastic straws. 
And now, our bar soap. 
 

Not today, Satan. Not today!
 

Andrew 

 

I think this is because a lot of us on these boards are of the senior/retired variety and have nothing better to do while we are at home waiting for our next cruise. 😉

 

Theo

 

[Guest arowe6]

3 minutes ago, Renmar said:

I think this is because a lot of us on these boards are of the senior/retired variety and have nothing better to do while we are at home waiting for our next cruise. 😉

 

Theo

 

I want that life. Badly. 
 

And some soap. 
 

Andrew 

[4cats4me]

My cruise packing list keeps getting longer and longer.   Haha 

[Guest arowe6]

1 minute ago, 4cats4me said:

My cruise packing list keeps getting longer and longer.   Haha 

Dramamine

Irish Spring

Spf

 

Truly daunting 😂
 

I’m headed out on the Regal (again) in a few weeks. Gettttttt ready!

 

Andrew 

[rdsqrl]

16 minutes ago, arowe6 said:

Dramamine

Irish Spring

Spf

 

Truly daunting 😂
 

I’m headed out on the Regal (again) in a few weeks. Gettttttt ready!

 

Andrew 

It's not daunting if it's designer:

[tip]

9 hours ago, arowe6 said:

5 pages and (almost) 5,000 views later about... bar soap...

 

First, they came for our multiple entrees at dinner. 
Then, our plastic straws. 
And now, our bar soap....

 

 

 

 

And somehow the sun still rises and sets each day!

Edited November 24, 2019 by tip

[richstowe]

1 hour ago, tip said:

And somehow the sun still rises and sets each day!

Sure but later and earlier every freezing day . I need thoughts of multiple entrees at dinner, straws 
and bar soaps on a cruise to keep me warm .  

[lamashermosa]

On 11/18/2019 at 5:21 PM, Tedferg said:

I thought I'd heard this some time ago, but still found bar soap in cabin. Wonder if Steward will supply it on request. We have a net bag on a long string to hang in the shower, avoids dropping soap. Just don't seem to get the same lather with the soap in dispenser.

I’ve asked my cabin steward on my Oct 18th cruise (Pacific Princess) not to bring those round hand soaps, because they dry out my hands. I ask him for a tube of their Spa Body Gel to use in the sink area. That’s the same liquid soap they now put in the shower in a big container. I highly recommend packing a tube of Aquafor, I won’t leave home without it! It’s also great to use if you have a cut/sore or dry elbows/heels. There is a  generic brand of this right next to the Aquafor at Walmart. 

[kywildcatfanone]

On 11/24/2019 at 8:32 AM, richstowe said:

multiple entrees at dinner

Be prepared to pay a fee for those, lol.

[ALWAYS CRUZIN]

I am astonished, all this over soap. How picky can people get?

[brisalta]

On 11/21/2019 at 1:30 PM, JimmyVWine said:

 

Were diving into the realm of the ridiculous, but with sourdough, you knead the new batch such that the old completely integrates with the new.  In a soap dispenser, the old will be at the bottom and given the laws of physics and the relative viscosity of soap, unless someone agitates the container vigorously, turning it end over end to mix the solution, the old soap on the bottom is always going to remain on the bottom until it gets used, which will happen. 

 

It is on a ship!!!! Ships vibrate , roll, pitch and yaw. Sufficient movement to stir things up.