So the night before at Bingo, we won a all day pass for the Rainforest Room at the Vista Spa. Everyone say "Jealous"...or actually save your breathe and don't
cause unless you are spa people you won't be jealous and we learned we definitely aren't spa people.
When we got back to our cabin last night, we learned that the Vista Spa had also gifted us with a $30 coupon for a spa treatment. Cool...I thought. I looked at the list of services and called them up to book a pedicure and inquire on how the Rainforest Pass works.
So I called Vista Spa and learned for the Rainforest Pass we can just visit the room all day long without an appointment. The lady said just wear your swimsuits. Ok, sure not a problem since we were planning on stopping by after spending the day at
Castaway Cay. So then I tried to make an appointment for a pedicure. The lady informed me the coupon doesn't cover a pedicure, just spa services. Oh silly me for thinking a pedicure was a spa service. So then I ask her, so what does the coupon cover? And she says again "Spa Services." So a salesperson she wasn't cause otherwise she would have went into detail on what services I could get but instead she just said "Spa Services." I said never mind, hung up, and promptly threw away the pointless $30 coupon.
So the next day after enjoying the majority of the day at Castaway Cay, we dropped off our beach bag in our cabin and headed to the Vista Spa. A cast member gave us a tour of the dressing rooms and the Rainforest Room. We then locked our stuff up in the dressing rooms, put robes on over the swimsuits, and headed to the Rainforest Room.
I only took a picture of the dressing room. The Rainforest Room was always packed with people so I didn't feel comfortable taking a picture.
So the Rainforest Room consists of 4 stone chairs that are heated, 4 saunas, and 4 Rainforest Showers. 2 of the showers were broken while we were there. The chairs were occupied so we started by sitting in one of the saunas...for like...2 seconds. Yeah getting steamed like a crab just isn't my idea of fun.
What I really wanted to try was the showers cause I read several trip reports of people just raving about the showers. So we headed for the shower. DH held my robe while I took a shower.
I would have loved for him to join me in the shower but I just don't think it would have been a Disney thing to do
. The showers have 3 settings...I can't remember the exact names but something like Rainforest....Storm...Relaxing, blah blah blah. OMG, it was a shower, just a freakin shower. I felt so punked. And the worst part was the water was freezing. I prefer hot showers but either hot showers aren't relaxing or I didn't know how to work the darn dials.
So I lasted in the shower for 30 seconds. DH is patiently waiting for me with my robe but I ask him to go grab me a towel. So he leaves for a second and comes back with my towel...and a look on his face that was just
. He said "Are you done? I'm out of here." I was like yeah I am done lets go.
So I put on my robe and as we are leaving I notice two older women with towels wrapped around their bodies and no visible bathing suits. Hmmmm....interesting. I only noticed cause I am weird like that.
As soon as we get to the hallway, I am like what the heck is wrong to my DH. Well apparently as he was grabbing me a towel, one of the older ladies decided to climb up onto the rock warming chairs and totally flashed her nether regions to my hubby (by accident of course) but still my dh is forever scarred. I was like that can't be right, the cast members told us we had to wear our swimsuits but apparently someone forgot to tell the older ladies cause they were only wearing their birthday suits under their towels.
So yeah we only lasted five minutes at the spa...which the cast member at the front desk was kind enough to point out. I just played it cool and said "Oh we were just checking the place out, we will be back after dinner." NOT!!!
I am not trying to down the Vista Spa. It was a very nice Spa...everyone was super nice...but lounging around in a rock chair or sweating in a sauna is just not our thing. I would have loved a massage...and I did get one later...by my husband...not a stranger....just the way I like it.