Anyone NOT like the Surial Bath?

[saturday97]

Why Barb-- sounds like you may already be a member of the "wink wink" verandah club-- no wonder you two take so many cruises!! Hee hee!

 

[quidam]

I was just on the Wonder last week and took my husband to the surial bath (I had read so much about it)... We enjoyed it, but would definitely not do it again. It was fine until we opened the door to the steam room; then I could hardly breathe and almost panicked. And as someone already said, it was SO HOT for the feet... We used plenty of cold water. What a waste of water! Altogether, it was fun to try, but I wouldn't do it again.

 

[peagreenid]

I gave DH the option of both...........He liked the Idea of the Verandah club.....Way more. We have teens.......After almost being caught.......we quickly learned to use the Deadbolt......... "and they just thought their keys no longer worked "

this year we are in a cat 9........

smiles Patty


"regardless of where you are you have to be VERY careful. We were at Port and our verandah faced the ocean. I just walked out of the shower and was getting dressed in the room. The lights were off, but the curtains were open to the verandah. Much to my horror a CM rolled by our verandah on scaffolding, painting the rails......... Boy did he get an eyefull!!!)

 

[BuzznBelle'smom]

Too, too funy, guys! You are seriously making us reconsider the Surial bath. Perhaps we'll save the money and do somethign else, like the Palo's brunch which hadn't made my list (dinner had, but like I said, reconsidering now!). And I'm afraid to ven MENTION the verandah club to DH, he'll want to be "inducted" before the sailaway party (gee, which side of the ship are we on?)

 

[I Luv Disney Cruise]

DH and I didn't enjoy it all last cruise.

Steam Room was way too hot, even leaving the steam room door open.

There is no way of having *wink wink * fun. The floor was flooded in the shower room, so that wasn't exactly appealing, and the bench is not enough room.

We ended up walking out real early, my blood pressure must have been really high because my heart felt as though it was jumping out of my chest and my face was as red as a beet. And I wasn't that way from * wink wink *, but from all the unbearable heat.

We won't ever be doing that again.

 

[markmyboy]

DH & I tried the surial bath last October on the Magic

I was about 3 months pregnant at the time & the CM assured us it was alright for PG women. The mud was great fun, but the steam room was TOO much!! (I knew I didn't like steam rooms from our cruise the previous year when we went in thr rainforest room.) I could not get any relief from the steam..I think being PG made it harder for me to tolerate the steam. Putting the mud on & washing it off was fun, but I do not think we "enjoyed" it as much as those who give rave reviews!!

Overall it was a good (funny) memory ( & a nice break form our then 3 year old!!), but nothing we have the desire to do again!! The foot massage I had later that week , on the other hand...AAAHHHH... a little slice of heaven!!

BTW Kathy..your little girl is ADORABLE!!

 

[SC Minnie]

We decided to do the surial bath in January- had read so many great things about it on this board and said why not. Because of the $$ it was the only spa thing we were going to do. We were ready to go way before the 10 minute knock. Putting the mud on was fun and interesting and the steam room was OK. I didn't really see where it could get all that romantic in there- maybe when you finished and went back to the room??? but who needs to spend $70 for that???

When we left the spa DH and I looked at each other and said 'What was all the hype about?' It was nice to do once but it will not be on my must do list on future cruises.

We also questioned the 3 person deal- I wouldn't even think about going in there with anyone besides by husband!

 

[RIDISNEYLOVERS]

I must be very very naive!! I wasn't sure what the first post about the "verandah club" meant, but I am just realizing after Barb's post!! We have a plexiglass verandah on the port side so do you think it is possible to be inducted into the "verandah club" on the four night wonder with a day at Freeport???

Also can your "neighbors" hear you?? The reason why I am asking is because we have an adjoining room with my parents (7080 and 7082) and on the other side is my Aunt and Uncle (remember we have a big family group going). We have already discussed the surial and everyone is looking forward to that, but this is the first time I have heard of the "verandah club".

We have a 2 1/2 DD so some alone time would be great!!

Anyone have any suggestions?


Lisa

 

[shmoogrrrl]

Originally posted by RIDISNEYLOVERS
I must be very very naive!! I wasn't sure what the first post about the "verandah club" meant, but I am just realizing after Barb's post!!
Lisa

Hehehe! My husband and I were waiting for someone to post something like "Verandah Club? Are you automatically a member after sailing with a Verandah? What sort of discounts can you get? " *laugh*

There was a big deal made about the Verandah Club over a year ago, but it has sort of died down since then.

As far as anyone hearing you, I'd imagine not if you were quiet.

Kathy

 

[nedleycan]

Are the walls on their side of the veranda solid and full length? I guess I always imagined that your neighbours could peek around the corner. I had already thought of the "Veranda Club" (and I am sure that my husband had too), but I didn't think it would be possible.
We will probably still do the Sureal Bath, just to try it out. Now that I hear all the negative, I am even more interested in trying it!!!!

 

[Deb in IA]

We thought it was fun. DH ESPECIALLY like the steam room, but he's an ex-high school wrestler who loves to steam, sauna, and get really sweaty . . .




One word of caution, however. After you get muddy, you are very slippery. If the boat is swaying quite a bit, well, let's just say that all I could think of was the Paul Simon song "Slip Slidin' Away . . ."

 

[shmoogrrrl]

Originally posted by nedleycan

We will probably still do the Sureal Bath, just to try it out. Now that I hear all the negative, I am even more interested in trying it!!!!

Oh I definatly recommend that you try it! Just because we didn't like it doesn't mean you won't either! I've read so many posts on here from people who LOVE it that I certainly didn't mean to keep people from trying it with this post!

Have fun!!!

Kathy

 

[twinmom1292]

This thread is great. I have been laughing the whole time. It is a family vacation, but hey you can't have a family without a HAPPY husband & wife!!!!!!
Same thoughts about the veranda, with my parents next door. Who knows maybe the will beat us to it!!! They have been HAPPY for 40 years!

Beth

 

[peagreenid]

The one thing that Stopped us from doing the Surial Bath....was the fact that there were several reports before our sail date that the showers were not working.
People got all slathered in Mud.........and couldn't rinse it off.

IMHO.........

there is NOTHING romantic wearing DRIED MUD!! LOL

smiles Patty

 

[Parrotheader]

We only had a Cat. 8 room (Oceanview Stateroom) so we didn't have a chance to joing the Verandah Club. Maybe next time

We did enjoy the Surial Bath though. I do agree it was VERY hot in the Steam room which I personally liked. My wife even felt a little overheated about halfway through. So we got up and showered, left the door to the steam room wide open and then went back in. It was much nicer. And the steam coming from the floor WAS hot on the feet, but we got around that by having one of the faucets in the fountain stay on (i think it was busted) to basically flood the room.

Maybe we were just having more fun with it since we didn't have a verandah as an outlet and since it was nice to be in a different intimate-style place than the same old, same old. Because we personally thought it was an extremely cool environment for . . . activities of that particular nature. Just bring some extra towels, leave the door open, run lots of water, and take a shower if you get hot. I personally could have stayed in there for several hours. For the price, it's the most affordable things you can do in the spa as a couple.

And being a red-blooded American male, I too wondered how many people have actually taken them up on 3 people at once in there?! The staff there has to have some interesting stories.

 

[hnokes]

you posted GREAT pictures! Would you mind telling me what digital camera you used???

Thanks!
The Nokes

 

[Ashley24]

Parrotheader,
I enjoyed your pictures too! Which floor were you on? The view from your porthole was nice!
Ann

 

[Parrotheader]

Thanks for the photo compliments Ashley24, we were on the forward, port side, in room 6020. Hnokes, the camera was a Samsung DigiMax 210SE (2.1MP, 3X optical.) I got it because it was dirt cheap at Kmart when they were going out of business here and too good to pass up since I needed something for the trip. The originals were all 1600x1200 and I used Photoshop to clean them up a bit and resize them down to a more web friendly 700x525. The camera takes decent photos, but there are better 2MP options out there at good prices these days. I wanted to take a LOT of photos to make a history of the trip (I took about 250 on digital and we had another 200 in film.) Organizing them all once we got back to a LOT of work.

 

[Michelle]

Ummm, hate to be a party pooper folks, but this is a "family" board so let's try not to be quite so descriptive of the adult onboard "activities".

And for those considering the verandah, they are NOT PRIVATE at all, not only can your neighbors hear you (and peek at you if they are so inclined) but those several doors down can hear you as well. The sound carries.

Just a word to the wise.

 

[kapeppy]

DH and I did the surial bath last year and had a mixed reaction to it. First, let me say that we made the reservation the day before we actually went for the treatment so the only time available was first thing in the am. We woke up, brushed our teeth, threw on some shorts and headed upstairs. I really expected a more romantic experience, however, we found it to be very comical. We used the mud as face and body paint and boy did we laugh! I wish we had brought our waterproof camera to capture that moment! The steam room was barely warm so we didn't have the extreme heat that others reported but getting the mud off was tough! Half way through our treatment, the lights went out and was it ever dark! (What do we do? Open the door? Can't find our robes? Is this our 10 minute warning?) Finally, I must say that I loved how my skin felt after the treatment (shave your legs a day or two before you go because the salt is a killer!) but it is something I don't care to do again.