Brett Hartel Review of Ten Thousand Waves
My boyfriend and I went to the spa today and we we...
My boyfriend and I went to the spa today and we were looking forward to seeing the new renovations! We would frequent this place often.
We sign in, looking forward to the spa, and you can imagine our surprise when we are asked if we brought swimsuits... no? New policy is that everyone must wear trunks. Being nude is the main reason we come to this place. In fact, you will never know relaxation until you can lay in the snow and enter a hottub/sauna whenever you please. Relaxing with nature was what they sold us, but no longer.
But, you have to make the best of each situation or you will end up hating life. We tried it out.
We entered the communal bath and the slice of heaven was gone. The new design is very clean and modern. So much in fact, that it removed the feeling of nature. Symmetrical images in the fencing and the tile of the new, giant hottub, although nice looking, did not fit the "nature" they are trying to sell.
The first thing I do is enter the sauna! My favorite place because should be quiet and peaceful while your body lets stress melt away. The new sauna has nice, big windows that let in A LOT of sunlight! So much, you cannot even close your eyes to get away from the light. And the white titles bounce the sunlight all over. Trying to relax with light shinning into your eyes doesn't work. Then, because the dual entrance doors are in front of each other, every time someone entered or exited the sauna, a bolt of blinding light enters. You can also hear all the noises of outside (which I will explain later). It almost seems like the new swimsuit requirement attracts a band of disrespectful individuals. You will find, over and over, people entering the sauna, pouring water onto the hot rocks (it is considered respectful to ask the members of the sauna before doing this) and then leaving because they realize it is too hot for them! People also talk/yell in the sauna. There is no more "quiet speaking" even if there is a sign for it. There is a cold shower outside and every time someone uses it, there is a large bellow in the sauna. The heaters in the sauna also make noise, they might have always done this, but since every part of my was being bothered by my surroundings, I noticed it.
I think the light issue could be fixed by putting window tint on the windows and moving one door so light cannot come through the first and second entrance. Also, the small details of the sauna are removed. There was once beautiful light covers with full sticks ,bending in natural ways, as a decorative cover. Now, there is some sort of half bamboo or man-made look-a-like to give a symmetrical appearance. I don't like it as much.
The hottub, is large and not very deep. There were kids playing in it with bath toys. Straight couples sitting on top of each other, mimicking missionary style, and loud conversations everywhere. They were all people with kids who wanted to have a "fun spa day (pool party)", but not actually go to the spa and relax. The water features are also WAY too loud for it to be peaceful. The waterfall dumps into the hottub, even when nobody is using it for the back massage, and the filtering system spills out of the tub into drains, but sounds like a dam! Even if there were no other people, finding peace would be hard.
My boyfriend went to their relaxing room, what a mistake. A family was in there with their kids, who were running around and had all the blankets scattered over the floor.
I would say the experience was ridiculous. This is no longer a spa, but a parents hangout.
*Also, I find it extremely unfair that women pay the same price to enter, but have an optional Women's tub which they can be nude in. Men have no such option unless they pay for a private tub.
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