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| - Well well Four seasons - you have disappointed me this time.
Hubby and I booked a couples massage - yes a splurge during the holidays. it's the four seasons, how can you go wrong? well let me count the ways:
1) at the check-in desk: the receptionist was friendly, and very eager to take our jackets. She also HAD to repeat the exact same script to my husband and I. so in one run-on long sentence with no gaps along the lines like: "Mister you booked for a 60 min couples massage with deep tissue and aroma therapy with female registered massage therapist one of our attendants will lead you to the changeroom and afterwards you can meetup in the pool area and that's shared so you can enjoy that area before your massage but since you're really early you can take your time to enjoy the facility", and here she takes a big breath, exact same script again! I wonder if a few people go together, like 5 or 6 girlfriends, would she repeat this to EVERY person?
2) then an attendant led me to the changeroom and followed me around, gave me a tour (I don't think I got better tours at the louvre lol. you can take tour of change rooms?? it has bathroom, changeroom, and shower... yes?) even tried to wait around for me to change, until I said I'm okay and asked for a private changeroom. pretty awkward. Oh and I was told I must come back to the change room to wait for my massage, but not wait with my husband in the common area - even it's a couples massage? I asked twice, they insisted that I come back...
3) there's also no shared sauna/steamroom. I really don't like that. I like sitting and enjoying the steam, chat and relax before going for my massage (this is also why I arrived like an hour in advance). Is it because people never go with an opposite gender friend/ husbands for spa days? I like Elmwood for they have a individual facilities, as well as shared gender facilities - way more convenient! okay so no steamroom for me. so sad.
4) on to the pool area I go - but it seems to be shared with all the hotel goers! kids are running on the deck and playing in the water. Oh I get it, spa people don't get a separate pool. That's a bit unfortunate.. since I'm trying to sip tea on my lounge chair listen to zen music... and there's squealing and splashing going on around me. Thats too bad, the pool area is actually well decorated and HUGE, they really can divide it to two smaller pools and separate the crowds. Also while I was sitting in the whirlpool someone started taking pictures (this person was also fully clothed in jeans and had shoes on..), with their whole family, next to me, bright flash lights and everything. :( :( :( Not exactly the relaxing spa time I wanted.
The massage was awesome! My RMT was awesome, i give her 4 stars. The room was nice, dim, very professional therapists. she was really attentive and I liked her a lot! I guess this part really should be separate. I like the massage itself, disliked the spa-space, it's unfortunate this is bundled in one joint experience.
For the massage - I guess that was the only part that was worth it. A very expensive massage tho, very awkward spa session, getting blinded by other people's cameras, poorly designed space.
Four Seasons, I will NOT come back.
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