Senses Showers

[WishingStar78]

I've heard that anyone can use the spa showers, and that these are fabulous! but I don't know much more.

What are they like? (besides having a great shower head) is it easy to find them? do I need to bring soap shampoo etc...?

Also I'm really uncomfortable with being naked in front of others.... how private are they?

a picture would be great, but I can see how it would be difficult to get one at a good time which is probably why I haven't been able to find one.

 

[cmph]

I've heard that anyone can use the spa showers, and that these are fabulous! but I don't know much more.

What are they like? (besides having a great shower head) is it easy to find them? do I need to bring soap shampoo etc...?

Also I'm really uncomfortable with being naked in front of others.... how private are they?

a picture would be great, but I can see how it would be difficult to get one at a good time which is probably why I haven't been able to find one.

I don't have a photo, and they probably vary ship to ship anyway. On the Wonder, the showers are in the (gender-specific) locker rooms used by both the fitness center and spa guests. There is a desk manned by CMs when you enter the spa/fitness area, and they can point you toward the locker room. Once you find the locker room, you'll find the showers, it's not that big of a locker room. They had shampoo, conditioner, and body wash in them when I was there. They didn't have clear doors or anything, no reason for anyone to see you naked once you're in there. I can see why people like them better than the stateroom showers, which are teensy on ships - but I'm not sure it would be worth the effort for me to go there just to use the shower. Note that I am a woman, and my kids are an 8yo boy and just-turned-12yo girl. If I were a man, or was rooming with multiple teenage girls - I might find it far preferable to use the shower up there!!

 

[tink1970]

I've heard that anyone can use the spa showers, and that these are fabulous! but I don't know much more.

What are they like? (besides having a great shower head) is it easy to find them? do I need to bring soap shampoo etc...?

Also I'm really uncomfortable with being naked in front of others.... how private are they?

a picture would be great, but I can see how it would be difficult to get one at a good time which is probably why I haven't been able to find one.

I prefer using the spa/gym showers to the cabin showers more for the counter space than the showers themselves, although they probably do have better water pressure and are definitely larger than the cabin showers. There are elemis products in the showers: body gel, shampoo and conditioner but I really don't like them so I bring my own. Outside the shower there is a little bench where you can put your clothes and towels (lots available in the locker room) and get dressed-there is a curtain which provides modestly.

I think possibly the more interesting showers are part of the rainforest room experience-this costs money, is co-ed and swimsuits are required. Those showers have different settings and can range from oh my goodness it's COLD to nicely warm. These are not meant to be "shampoo and shave showers" and more of overall experience enhancers.

 

[diznymom]

They are bigger than the shower in your stateroom. They are about the size of the showers at our YMCA. They have liquid soap, shampoo and conditioner in huge pump bottles attached to the walls of the shower.
They have other amenities on the counters, such as lotion, disposable razors, Q-tips, etc.
There are robes and shower shoes you can borrow along w/ towels.
I'm not sure about the Wonder or Magic, but there is a steam room in the locker room on the Dream and Fantasy.

 

[tink1970]

What are the age requirements?

I don't know for the locker room per se, but the fitness room and rainforest room are definitely 18+. I guess if a teenager had a chill spa (teen spa 13+) reservation they would be able to use the locker room. How strict the ladies up front would be in checking that out I think would be staff dependent.

 

[Dug720]

I don't know for the locker room per se, but the fitness room and rainforest room are definitely 18+. I guess if a teenager had a chill spa (teen spa 13+) reservation they would be able to use the locker room. How strict the ladies up front would be in checking that out I think would be staff dependent.

Although I believe Chill Spa kids have to be accompanied by an adult at all times, so I would think that includes the locker room.

 

[Anchors Away 2016]

I've heard that anyone can use the spa showers, and that these are fabulous! but I don't know much more.

What are they like? (besides having a great shower head) is it easy to find them? do I need to bring soap shampoo etc...?

Also I'm really uncomfortable with being naked in front of others.... how private are they?

It all depends on managing your expectations.

First, are you hearing about the showers in the Rain Forest Room, which have a cost (associated with the RF room), and have a lot of different settings and some scents, etc. and are (as said above) co-ed and bathing suit required, more for the experience than for getting clean.

Or are you hearing about the showers in the Spa locker room? These are also for the Fitness Center, and thus are free, but 18+ only (with possible exception for the teen chill spa). They are in the men's and women's locker room, so they are single sex, like a normal locker room and have individual stalls, but that opens up to a common changing room (for people of your gender).

When I was on the Fantasy, there were lockable lockers for your change of clothes, personal items, valuables, etc. There were towels and robes available too (which you can bring over to the shower stall if it makes you more comfortable). Compared to your stateroom, it was just SO MUCH SPACE. Roomy shower stall, big sinks and mirrors (and hair dryers), large changing area. There is a steam room in there too. (Maybe not on all ships.)

My wife and I were traveling with my two teen-aged sons, and the four of us usually wanted to shower before dinner (after hot Caribbean excursions) so four people waiting for one shower can be hectic. My wife and I took turns being the one to shower in the room or the one going up to the locker room. But by the end, we both preferred the locker room. We would take a bag with our clothes (and in my wife's case, makeup, jewelry, etc.) and after our shower, we would get ready there, then bring our old clothes back to the room in the bag. Sure it was a little walk, but that can be nice before dinner too, and SO relaxing. Plus, at least in the men's lockers, there was never more than one or two other people there when I was. I don't know about the number of people in the women's locker room at that time.

If you go up to the spa, ask where the locker room is, and they will point it out. Enjoy!

 

[LSUfan4444]

It sounds to me like you're talking about the showers in the Rainforest Room.

 

[Anchors Away 2016]

Did your teenage sons use the locker room showers?

They could not. The Spa, the Fitness Center, and the associated locker rooms, are all 18+. As mentioned above, there might be an exception for a teen doing the "Chill Spa" package with a parent. But in our case, they couldn't go there, so we went alone. In retrospect, we should have both gone up to the Locker Rooms together. Probably, my sons wouldn't have killed each other while getting ready. Although, most likely, they just wouldn't have gotten ready.

 

[nh3223]

When I was on the Fantasy, there were lockable lockers for your change of clothes, personal items, valuables, etc. There were towels and robes available too (which you can bring over to the shower stall if it makes you more comfortable). Compared to your stateroom, it was just SO MUCH SPACE. Roomy shower stall, big sinks and mirrors (and hair dryers), large changing area. There is a steam room in there too. (Maybe not on all ships.)

Do you need to bring your own lock to use a locker when using the locker room for a shower, fitness area or rainforest room, or do you get a key from the desk that you return to them when done? Thanks.

 

[Anchors Away 2016]

Do you need to bring your own lock to use a locker when using the locker room for a shower, fitness area or rainforest room, or do you get a key from the desk that you return to them when done? Thanks.

Nope. The mechanism is the same as the safes in your room. You choose a 4 digit code when you lock the locker, and then you type the code in again to open it. If you want to lock it again, you type in the code (or a new one) again, and start over.