No Baths on Smaller Ships?

[DaisyUK]

Am I correct in thinking there are no baths in any rooms/suites on the smaller ships?

[turnip eater]

https://www.oceaniacruises.com/ships/regatta/suites-staterooms/

 

 

According to 'O' website. The PH suites have them , I suppose that the larger ones have them too.:)

[DaisyUK]

Hi turnip eater, thank you . I did look on O's website, but missed this.

[turnip eater]

Hi turnip eater, thank you . I did look on O's website, but missed this.

 

It is confirmed at the bottom of the page....easily missed.

 

Sometimes whilst looking for something on their website, I find several other interesting items(I am an anorak:D)

[fairbourne]

DaisyUK

 

The PH on Regatta definitely has a bath, and the shower is over the bath, not a separate shower stall. And just fyi, the shower screen is fixed to the side of the bath, doesn't move to allow access, so you have to be able to climb into a normal height bath which can be "interesting" if the ship is moving around! But there are grab rails.

[hondorner]

Frankly, we prefer the shower stall, even though small, to having to climb over the side of the tub to take a shower. But then, I haven't taken a bath since I was 12 years old. For a long time, I avoided the PH suites for just that reason. Then, I was upgraded to one and loved the extra space, but hated the tub.

[bitob]

There is one inside cabin on deck 4 that has a tub. I believe it is handicap accessible cabin.

[Mura]

Frankly, we prefer the shower stall, even though small, to having to climb over the side of the tub to take a shower. But then, I haven't taken a bath since I was 12 years old. For a long time, I avoided the PH suites for just that reason. Then, I was upgraded to one and loved the extra space, but hated the tub.

 

I, on the other hand, love the tubs ... even the tub/shower combos. I hate those little showers ... then again, I'm wider than Don is!

 

The OS and VS used to have large jacuzzi tubs but I thought I read that at the last renovation these were removed on the "R" ships and replaced with large showers. I haven't been in one myself so I don't know for certain, but I'd heard that was the plan.

 

Mura

[DaisyUK]

The OS and VS used to have large jacuzzi tubs but I thought I read that at the last renovation these were removed on the "R" ships and replaced with large showers. I haven't been in one myself so I don't know for certain, but I'd heard that was the plan.

 

That's what I thought I had read also. A long, lazy soak in the tub is an essential prerequisite for me!

[cruisingxpert]

No bathtub in Owners Suite anymore much to my friends horror. She had to come down the hall to my PH cabin to have her daily bath.

 

 

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Edited February 17, 2015 by cruisingxpert

[cruisingxpert]

https://www.dropbox.com/s/nde7fhy9i3g2o1d/2014-11-11%2011.12.53.jpg?dl=0

 

Think this is a bigger picture of Owners Suite bathroom. My tapatalk has changed the way I can upload pictures.

 

 

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[turnip eater]

Looks like you'll have to have a PH next time, Daisy:D

 

I would love to have one of the large showers, lots of room to wave your arms about:D

Edited February 17, 2015 by turnip eater

[DaisyUK]

Thanks for the pics. Nice shower, but no way would I willingly go without a bath. So, I think you're right turnip eater - a ph would be the way to go.

[Hunding]

I, on the other hand, love the tubs ... even the tub/shower combos. I hate those little showers ... then again, I'm wider than Don is!

 

The OS and VS used to have large jacuzzi tubs but I thought I read that at the last renovation these were removed on the "R" ships and replaced with large showers. I haven't been in one myself so I don't know for certain, but I'd heard that was the plan.

 

Mura

 

I'm with you, Mura - and DaisyUK - I'm one of the handful who still really enjoy a soak in a tub. And I also truly enjoy those wonderful salts they offer - so much so that friends, who cruise far more often than we, have sent plastic baggies of them to me after their cruises! But I am very sad to learn there are no more tubs in the OSs and VSs, as we are to be in one of the latter (for the first and probably last time) in Alaska in June - and I was already anticipating several long, hot…. (As Sister Mary Ignatius says, "Sometimes God says, "NO!!!")

[orchestrapal]

https://www.dropbox.com/s/nde7fhy9i3g2o1d/2014-11-11%2011.12.53.jpg?dl=0

 

Think this is a bigger picture of Owners Suite bathroom. My tapatalk has changed the way I can upload pictures.

 

 

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We have been requesting this to happen to the OS for years as have many others. Thank you Oceania.

[StanandJim]

We have been requesting this to happen to the OS for years as have many others. Thank you Oceania.

 

+1

 

Long hot soaks aside,

That old set up was an accident waiting to happen!

 

[warburg]

Thanks for all the info about showers and tubs. My DH and I are scheduled to sail LA to Miami in June on Insignia. As I read trough this thread, I was horrified to discover that our PH1 has no stall shower. Ever since a construction site accident, my right leg doesn't do a very good job, We sailed on Insignia when it was new to O, and that detail slipped my mind. As Regent, Marina and Riviera veterans, I just assumed the R ships would be similar after their recent renovations. Oops.

[StanandJim]

Thanks for all the info about showers and tubs. My DH and I are scheduled to sail LA to Miami in June on Insignia. As I read trough this thread, I was horrified to discover that our PH1 has no stall shower. Ever since a construction site accident, my right leg doesn't do a very good job, We sailed on Insignia when it was new to O, and that detail slipped my mind. As Regent, Marina and Riviera veterans, I just assumed the R ships would be similar after their recent renovations. Oops.

 

We sailed Insignia with Stans' Aunt Joan who had a very similar issue with her right leg.

She found that beginning and ending her showers sitting on the edge of the tub worked best. Of course, this still requires being able to bend the knee.

[warburg]

Thanks StanandJIm. I think I get Aunt Joan's method. Sit on the tub edge, and swing the legs into/out of the tub. Worth a try for sure. The only handicapped accessible cabins are inside. No way, especially since we've paid for a PH1.

Mary

[Mura]

When we were looking into the possibility of taking my brother-in-law (who was disabled by a stroke) on a cruise I believe we were told that the handicapped accessible rooms had BATHTUBS.

 

Don't know if it's true, but we discarded the idea.

 

Mura

[StanandJim]

Thanks StanandJIm. I think I get Aunt Joan's method. Sit on the tub edge, and swing the legs into/out of the tub. Worth a try for sure. The only handicapped accessible cabins are inside. No way, especially since we've paid for a PH1.

Mary

 

Have the room attendant leave you a second bathmat to cushion the tub edge ;)

It will make the "swing" ever so much easier on you!

[warburg]

Have the room attendant leave you a second bathmat to cushion the tub edge ;)

It will make the "swing" ever so much easier on you!

 

Thanks for the great tip. Will do. If Aunt Joan can do it, so can I.

Mary