Coed vs. separate Men/Woman saunas/steam rooms

[smerrian]

How can I find out which ships (Celebrity, RC) have separate saunas/steam rooms? I don't like sitting around inside in a wet bathing suit.

[Beachdude]

2 minutes ago, smerrian said:

How can I find out which ships (Celebrity, RC) have separate saunas/steam rooms? I don't like sitting around inside in a wet bathing suit.

What’s? Every Celebrity and RC ships I have sailed have separate saunas/steam rooms. Don’t they all? 

 

Wet bathing suit are considered bad form. Dry bathing suits, towels or even robes are preferred. 

 

Burt

[cruising cockroach]

Celebrity Millennium is losing the separate saunas during the current drydock.  Only thing left will be the pay hammam.

[NantahalaCruiser]

8 hours ago, Beachdude said:

What’s? Every Celebrity and RC ships I have sailed have separate saunas/steam rooms. Don’t they all? 

 

Wet bathing suit are considered bad form. Dry bathing suits, towels or even robes are preferred.

 

Burt

Celebrity has their for-fee Persian Garden that is coed. And as the "roach" said, they are starting to eliminate their free non-coed venues.

[Gwendy]

On two of our Celebrity cruises I gave up using Sauna as many of the other users thought swimsuits wet or dry were not needed.  I don’t think I’m a prude but looking at other people’s (old) saggy private bits was a bit much for me.  Couldn’t work out what to do with my eyes, it was like a trainwreck hard to look away.

 

[geoherb]

10 hours ago, Gwendy said:

On two of our Celebrity cruises I gave up using Sauna as many of the other users thought swimsuits wet or dry were not needed.  I don’t think I’m a prude but looking at other people’s (old) saggy private bits was a bit much for me.  Couldn’t work out what to do with my eyes, it was like a trainwreck hard to look away.

 

 

Close your eyes.

[Gwendy]

Tried that but tripped over one of the “ladies” on my rush to get out lol

[LynnTTT]

On 1/27/2019 at 12:00 AM, Gwendy said:

On two of our Celebrity cruises I gave up using Sauna as many of the other users thought swimsuits wet or dry were not needed.  I don’t think I’m a prude but looking at other people’s (old) saggy private bits was a bit much for me.  Couldn’t work out what to do with my eyes, it was like a trainwreck hard to look away.

 

You may feel differently in 20 years or so. We seniors enjoy saunas also.

[squick64]

What’s? Every Celebrity and RC ships I have sailed have separate saunas/steam rooms. Don’t they all? 

 

NCL doesn't. The thermal suite is co-ed.

[lenquixote66]

I have never been in a sauna or steam room ,presumably  I am in the minority

[Gwendy]

17 hours ago, LynnTTT said:

You may feel differently in 20 years or so. We seniors enjoy saunas also.

In 20 years time I will be nearly 90. Lol

[sverigecruiser]

 

I'm not very interrested in the spa but it's included for MSCs Yacht Club so I will probably use it a few times.

 

I only want to use it if I can use it with my wife! If men and woman are seperated it's not at all interesting for me.

[cruising cockroach]

You want to go on a German-market ship...

[Gwendy]

5 hours ago, cruising cockroach said:

You want to go on a German-market ship...

Sailed with MSC around the Med in early Spring, too cold for me to use the pool but the mid Europeans who had endured a very cold Winter loved  the sun and they knew how to “hang out” by the pool. Lol

[cruising cockroach]

It's the sauna (etiquette) on a German-oriented cruise ship that's interesting.....

[SRF]

Any European spa. 😄

 

I was in Amsterdam and arranged a massage through the hotel.  They used a fitness center across the street.  I went over, and the masseuse was not ready, so they suggested I relax in the sauna.  It was not coed (or at least only men in there), some with towels, many without.

 

A short while later, the masseuse (female), just walked in, looked around, spotted me, and told me she was ready.

 

Oh well. 😄

 

Edited February 1, 2019 by SRF

[mjkacmom]

On 1/29/2019 at 12:49 PM, squick64 said:

 

 

 

NCL doesn't. The thermal suite is co-ed.

Depends on the ship.

[2cruiseluvrs]

On 1/30/2019 at 2:25 AM, sverigecruiser said:

 

I'm not very interrested in the spa but it's included for MSCs Yacht Club so I will probably use it a few times.

 

I only want to use it if I can use it with my wife! If men and woman are seperated it's not at all interesting for me.

 

The MSC Thermal Area included free with Yacht Club is great and coed so yes, enjoy with your wife!

[sverigecruiser]

1 hour ago, 2cruiseluvrs said:

 

The MSC Thermal Area included free with Yacht Club is great and coed so yes, enjoy with your wife!

 

We liked it on Meraviglia but saw nothing interesting on Divina so we never used it.