Elemis Dispensers in Shower and Bath-I'm a convert!

[Typhoon1]

We thought they were great also. Like you, I was a little apprehensive at first.

[Pam in CA]

We thought the dispensers were fine but I still like soap for the shower more than liquid bath gel. The dispensers for shampoo, great. DH requested and received a bar of bath soap.

I didn't think to ask for a bar of soap so I used the tiny hand soap bar in the bathtub. I figured that if they had bar soap, they would have provided it. I also noticed that the dispensers were way too high if someone was actually using the tub; they'd have to stand up every time they wanted to use a dispenser. Also, after finding a huge BM in my toilet one night (without TP) after coming back to my cabin one night after dinner, and after my cabin had been made up for the night, I wanted as little to do with my steward as possible.

[DizzyDallasDi]

I didn't think to ask for a bar of soap so I used the tiny hand soap bar in the bathtub. I figured that if they had bar soap, they would have provided it. I also noticed that the dispensers were way too high if someone was actually using the tub; they'd have to stand up every time they wanted to use a dispenser. Also, after finding a huge BM in my toilet one night (without TP) after coming back to my cabin one night after dinner, and after my cabin had been made up for the night, I wanted as little to do with my steward as possible.

 

OMG!! All I can say is Holy Crap! :eek::eek:

[Pam in CA]

OMG!! All I can say is Holy Crap! :eek::eek:

Yeah. I had nightmares for days. HAL hoped that I'd drink the images away with a cheap bottle of wine after I reported it.

[djhsolara]

On Westerdam last week we had the lovely dispensers in our suite. When I first heard about them I wasn't sure how I felt about it, but I loved them. No more fumbling with the little bottles and lids. I do, however, agree about the placement. In the tub I feel they would be better placed near the back of the tub rather than the front. This would solve both the issue of location of them for people taking a bath as well as getting the liquids watered down by the shower when you are dispensing them into your hand (as I always now had to finagle the shower in a different direction when I dispensed them).

 

I just wish they would have some kind of dispenser for handsoap by the sinks. We were provided with the small little rounds of handsoap, however I always feel that bars of soap sitting around are just breeding grounds for germs, so having a dispenser with liquid soap would be a bit more for sanitary for me.

[kubies]

What about the Oosterdam? Are the dispensers in every cabin or only in suites?

[Pam in CA]

What about the Oosterdam? Are the dispensers in every cabin or only in suites?

I was in a balcony cabin, not a suite, on the Oosterdam so I assume all cabins.

[piscesgal223]

Eww on coming back to the cabin and finding a steward had used the toilet to say nothing of not flushing..that's gross.

[Krazy Kruizers]

I didn't think to ask for a bar of soap so I used the tiny hand soap bar in the bathtub. I figured that if they had bar soap, they would have provided it. I also noticed that the dispensers were way too high if someone was actually using the tub; they'd have to stand up every time they wanted to use a dispenser. Also, after finding a huge BM in my toilet one night (without TP) after coming back to my cabin one night after dinner, and after my cabin had been made up for the night, I wanted as little to do with my steward as possible.

 

that is really gross!!

[timothy998]

We found that the bath wash was too severe for our five-year-old, but the shampoo did fine as a body wash for him...tearless. The dispensers worked fine for those standing up but wouldn't be very useful for a bather.

[iceleven]

Just a suggestion - if you chose to bathe in a tub, why not pack a small, empty plastic bottle and fill it from the dispenser BEFORE you take your bath. That way it is always next to you.

 

As for the person afraid a small bar of hand soap being a breeding ground for germs...how could that be? Soap kills germs. Just make sure you use hot water when you pick it up and reuse it.

[sail7seas]

 

 

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As for the person afraid a small bar of hand soap being a breeding ground for germs...how could that be? Soap kills germs. Just make sure you use hot water when you pick it up and reuse it.

 

 

I was thinking the same thing.....

 

We use soap to kill germs. Why would a bar of soap breed germs?

[tcook052]

Like OP I'm a convert also as I liked the handyness of the wall mount units to fumbling around for tiny bottles while in the shower, which is what I took 95% of the time on my recent Eurodam cruise.

[Jean1946]

We will be bringing our own oatmeal soap that my husband makes. It has no fragance (sp) and is great on your skin. I have really itchy type skin and this works perfect for me.

[djhsolara]

I was thinking the same thing.....

 

We use soap to kill germs. Why would a bar of soap breed germs?

 

Because it is an open bar of soap sitting there gathering whatever is floating in the air. You sneeze in the bathroom...some people stand up to "pee" in the bathroom...not to mention whatever else...all of which there are elements floating in the air landing on the open bar of soap from it. The liquid soap is in a closed container.

 

Would you eat food from an open container that was sitting in the bathroom all week or even a day? You use this soap to wash your hands that may touch the food that you eat.

 

I'm not trying to argue about it...just mentioning it as my opinion of why I prefer not to use bar soap...but to each their own.

 

:) :)

[mllewis48]

We too saw these on our Nieuw Amsterdam cruise last November and came home to find a similar product. I even checked with Elemis but they do not sell them to the public so we went to BB and Beyond and purchased a SuperHuman brand of three. We put our favorite Shampoo, Conditioner, and Body Wash in them and love it!