HLR Posted July 7, 2021 #101 Share Posted July 7, 2021 20 hours ago, RD64 said: Howard (from Jersey) As someone who often travels solo I hear your concerns. Sometimes I just want to travel as an “International Man of Mystery” and not talk to anyone. On a cruise a few years ago, I wanted a table for two - by myself - it was the end of a busy year, and I just was not in the mood for small talk every night. That being said, I certainly won the sympathy vote - people felt sorry for me - would encounter me on deck, or in a bar , and invite me to dine with them. Sometimes I would accept, and sometimes not. on the last cruise I did pre-Covid, an 11 day transatlantic, the first night I ate with two random couples. We had such an enjoyable first night, filled with so much in common that we ate together almost every night for the remainder, and we still keep in touch. That being said, I am sure that the spa/ gym / sauna services will soon be back to normal. There is nothing more relaxing than a pre-dinner steam/sauna mid Atlantic. cheers. Hey there! Thanks so much for your message. Usually when traveling solo I eat solo too....occasionally joining other couples...sometimes it works....sometimes not. However on my last cruise, MSC Meraviglia, there was ONLY traditional dining. I had a great time seeing the same people each night for dinner. All solo travelers from all walks and ages. And each night it was a slightly different selection of people as one or two opted for a specialty restaurant. It was the best cruise I had in a long time! Howard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare natefish95 Posted July 9, 2021 #102 Share Posted July 9, 2021 On 7/3/2021 at 9:25 PM, HLR said: Hi Howard! It's Howard! Look at you toasting with your loverly wife there in your picture! Nope...that email was rejected by the demon in the mailroom also. So...any clue as to the open-ness of the steam and saunas? One person at a time? I'm single and sail as a solo....if I were to sail NOW I'd be pretty lonely have to sit, sun and eat alone and barely able to meet and mingle... Howard Seems hard to get concrete answers. I know on Adventure of the Seas, the sauna and steam were closed on the first sailing. I'm hoping they open it up soon since I'm sailing in August. The gym was operating normally and all guests are vaccinated. We'll see. Curious what Carnival is doing now on the Vista and Horizon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HLR Posted July 11, 2021 #103 Share Posted July 11, 2021 (edited) Well, only time will tell. I have a friend who works on the MSC Meraviglia so he will keep me updated when they begin to sail with passengers....I believe it is August 3rd. I myself am not quite ready to sail yet as I travel solo and that would be rather solitary right now...but I am hoping for a sailing 2nd week of December. At my gym they reopened the sauna in May, but with a limit of 3 people and masks. Then 2 weeks later both steam and sauna and no masks or limits. And they are quite busy now. Edited July 11, 2021 by HLR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saunaman Posted September 10, 2021 #104 Share Posted September 10, 2021 On 1/10/2018 at 6:18 PM, hotdog647 said: What a great idea. It seems like more of the newer and biggest ships are skipping free spa/sauna/steam facilities and adding pay areas. Imagine that. how sad is that.....it's one of my go to places on the ship....I love it there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saunaman Posted September 10, 2021 #105 Share Posted September 10, 2021 On 1/15/2018 at 5:03 AM, garsny said: Great idea.Thanks. Some of the Cruise review books are outdated.Also good for a single guy,looking for friends. or for a married guy looking for friends too!! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billybeachboy Posted September 19, 2021 #106 Share Posted September 19, 2021 I've recently sailed on Celebrity Silhouette & was pleased to find the Mens sauna operating.The facility is situated in the mens locker room which serves the spa & gym area, the entrance to the locker room is hidden & is not easily found - unless like me you know it's there! As you look at the spa reception desk the Male locker room is to the right & slightly behinmd the desk, you have to turn left & more or less double back on yourself to see the entrance. Initially you will come across approx 20 combination lockers (no key needed), there is no bench to sit on in this area, only three fabric covered 'pouffes' - not the best for hygiene in my opinion so be sure to sit on a towel. Further along the corrdor there are two wash basins, two urinals & two WC's, next on the left is the sauna, while on the right are three large showers - one accessible. There is no bench to sit & cool between sauna sessions & no water fountain to rehrdrate yourself so be sure to take your own water bottle in with you. Towels were plentiful during my voyage & the attendant made a visit ti wipe surfaces about every 20 minutes. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexdw Posted September 26, 2021 #107 Share Posted September 26, 2021 Booked on Emerald Princess in Jan for Panama canal cruise. Has anyone been on this ship and can let me know the mens sauna and steam setup. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ouse456 Posted September 28, 2021 #108 Share Posted September 28, 2021 Adequately sized sauna and steam with 4 showers and locker room. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexdw Posted September 28, 2021 #109 Share Posted September 28, 2021 Thank you that is good news. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2cruiseluvrs Posted November 2, 2021 #110 Share Posted November 2, 2021 On 9/19/2021 at 11:19 AM, billybeachboy said: I've recently sailed on Celebrity Silhouette & was pleased to find the Mens sauna operating.The facility is situated in the mens locker room which serves the spa & gym area, the entrance to the locker room is hidden & is not easily found - unless like me you know it's there! As you look at the spa reception desk the Male locker room is to the right & slightly behinmd the desk, you have to turn left & more or less double back on yourself to see the entrance. Initially you will come across approx 20 combination lockers (no key needed), there is no bench to sit on in this area, only three fabric covered 'pouffes' - not the best for hygiene in my opinion so be sure to sit on a towel. Further along the corrdor there are two wash basins, two urinals & two WC's, next on the left is the sauna, while on the right are three large showers - one accessible. There is no bench to sit & cool between sauna sessions & no water fountain to rehrdrate yourself so be sure to take your own water bottle in with you. Towels were plentiful during my voyage & the attendant made a visit ti wipe surfaces about every 20 minutes. This entire experience you describe sounds terrible. It's like they want you to sauna for five minutes, shower, and LEAVE! There's nothing hospitable about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twodjs Posted November 3, 2021 #111 Share Posted November 3, 2021 17 hours ago, 2cruiseluvrs said: This entire experience you describe sounds terrible. It's like they want you to sauna for five minutes, shower, and LEAVE! There's nothing hospitable about it. Well at least they still HAVE the single-sex free sauna. It does get pretty busy in the afternoons, so not terrible at all! Unlike the new Celebrity Edge class ships that have NO single-sex saunas, free or paid. Complete buzzkill. The edge-class ships are off my list. Re Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HLR Posted November 3, 2021 #112 Share Posted November 3, 2021 33 minutes ago, twodjs said: Well at least they still HAVE the single-sex free sauna. It does get pretty busy in the afternoons, so not terrible at all! Unlike the new Celebrity Edge class ships that have NO single-sex saunas, free or paid. Complete buzzkill. The edge-class ships are off my list. Re Sounds fine to me! There are plenty of towels and I don't think I will EVER drink out of a plain Water Fountain again....only refill at one of the bottle filling type fountains. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Djb4CC Posted December 5, 2021 #113 Share Posted December 5, 2021 Was on HAL’s Nieuw Amsterdam (the spreadsheet lists it as just Amsterdam, it may be worth tweaking) two weeks ago. The free sauna was open and operating but very quiet (48% ship capacity). The free sauna is located off the hallway between the spa reception and the main lido pool - a busy main thoroughfare. It is very small (comfortable for 3 people - could go as full as 6 if everyone was doing shoulder to shoulder). Very tiny changing area with no lockers, just a couple of hooks on the wall. There was also a small shower available in the changing area. The shower door was frosted glass (no gross curtain) and the sauna door was clear glass. Was always stocked with towels and was clean. Only ran into another guy twice in 7 days, both were very friendly and amenable. Only saw an attendant once, he was restocking the towels. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexdw Posted December 5, 2021 #114 Share Posted December 5, 2021 2 minutes ago, Djb4CC said: Was on HAL’s Nieuw Amsterdam (the spreadsheet lists it as just Amsterdam, it may be worth tweaking) two weeks ago. The free sauna was open and operating but very quiet (48% ship capacity). The free sauna is located off the hallway between the spa reception and the main lido pool - a busy main thoroughfare. It is very small (comfortable for 3 people - could go as full as 6 if everyone was doing shoulder to shoulder). Very tiny changing area with no lockers, just a couple of hooks on the wall. There was also a small shower available in the changing area. The shower door was frosted glass (no gross curtain) and the sauna door was clear glass. Was always stocked with towels and was clean. Only ran into another guy twice in 7 days, both were very friendly and amenable. Only saw an attendant once, he was restocking the towels. Great to hear, hope that is the same on all HAL ships. Taking a cruise in New year and hoping take full ice of the steam and meet new friends. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twodjs Posted December 5, 2021 #115 Share Posted December 5, 2021 I had a similar experience on the Nieuw Amsterdam back in September. Definitely open but very quiet. Good description of the facility. Koningsdam free saunas are temporally closed, not because of covid but because of a defective part. A new one is on order. Alexdw - have a great cruise! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexdw Posted December 5, 2021 #116 Share Posted December 5, 2021 34 minutes ago, twodjs said: I had a similar experience on the Nieuw Amsterdam back in September. Definitely open but very quiet. Good description of the facility. Koningsdam free saunas are temporally closed, not because of covid but because of a defective part. A new one is on order. Alexdw - have a great cruise! Thank you twodjs. Looking forward to being back at sea, Have missed my sauna time . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happytraveller Posted December 6, 2021 #117 Share Posted December 6, 2021 Has anyone been on the Sky Princess? Does it have steam and sauna and if so are they separate ones? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iramack Posted December 18, 2021 #118 Share Posted December 18, 2021 Hi all................ Anyone know the situation on the newly reno-stretched Windstar (previoulsly Seabourn) Star Legend? I am contemplating a Caribbean cruise in February, and I must have my Sauna/Steam time in peace and single sex serenity! LOL............... Thanks for any info out there. Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShipWalker Posted December 21, 2021 #119 Share Posted December 21, 2021 (edited) Updated the steam/sauna database yesterday. -Added newer ships. -Deleted sold/scrapped ships. -Added Viking Ocean Cruises. -Removed Pullmantur Cruise lines. -Added links to ships. (used Wikipedia as globalcruises site is out of date with newer ships not listed.) -Minor formatting adjustments. Any additional suggestions? Cruise Ship Steam/Sauna Database Edited December 21, 2021 by ShipWalker 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexdw Posted December 21, 2021 #120 Share Posted December 21, 2021 Thank you for posting the updated spreadsheet. It is great!! I have cruised on Viking Star, can you add that there is a free sauna and cold plunge pool in mens locker room, the main spa area with pool, saina , steam and ice room is all coed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twodjs Posted December 21, 2021 #121 Share Posted December 21, 2021 Viking Sky has a similar spa and locker room set-up. I believe all Viking ships have the same layout and facilities. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tobrthompson Posted February 6, 2022 #122 Share Posted February 6, 2022 Thanks! I'm 6'4" and love the bigger showers in the mens locker rooms. I also enjoy a quick sauna or steam room when I have time. This is very helpful! Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tobrthompson Posted February 6, 2022 #123 Share Posted February 6, 2022 Does anyone know if the free spas are open during covid? I was on a ship last fall and it was not open due to covid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twodjs Posted February 6, 2022 #124 Share Posted February 6, 2022 1 hour ago, tobrthompson said: Does anyone know if the free spas are open during covid? I was on a ship last fall and it was not open due to covid. Depends on the cruiseline. I've been on both Holland America and Seabourn recently. Both had free spas open as usual. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexdw Posted February 6, 2022 #125 Share Posted February 6, 2022 12 hours ago, tobrthompson said: Does anyone know if the free spas are open during covid? I was on a ship last fall and it was not open due to covid. Was on Emerald Princess a week ago and they were open. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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