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| - TIP: Plan for 2.5 hours, at a minimum, if you are going to do a one hour float. It takes a lot longer than you expect.
If you have never been to a salt float spa before, this is something that is definitely worth checking out. I actually tried it because I had a Groupon, and at the group Groupon price, I would definitely suggest anyone try it at least once. To be completely honest, it was not for me, and I probably will not go back at the regular price, but I am glad to have tried it, and I can definitely see how others really love it. It didn't feel all that relaxing for me because I have a really hard time getting my brain to shut down and just hold still and relax. And this is something that they tell you about in an instructional video that you watch before you get started: they say some people just can't let go and just relax, and that for some people it takes more than one float to settle into that Zen state. I sure didn't get there. However, it was very comfortable, and enjoyable. I just could not blank out my mind and totally relax.
Here's how the experience goes: you have to check in a full 30 minutes before your scheduled float time. You sign a waiver, and then you will be seated in comfy chairs to wait until everyone else is checked in. Five or six people can go into their own individual pods/rooms at a time, but they walk you through all the instructional videos and start everyone at the same time, so you start out together but then go into very private rooms to do your float. After you watch a short instructional video, you are given a quick tour of the pod/private room, and the rest of the facilities that you may use. They then put you into your own individual private room. Inside the room, there is a private shower with shampoo, body wash, and conditioner provided. They also provide you with a towel and washcloth, earplugs to wear in your ears while you float, and a small packet of Vaseline to use to cover any small cuts or anything like that that you might have. When you are getting into extremely salty water, you definitely want to make sure anything that would sting is covered up with the Vaseline. I found a small cut on my leg that I did not know that I had immediately when I stepped into the water!
You take a quick rinse before getting into your pod. You have the ability to control the light/color and the music from inside the pod. For first timers, they play a set music and light program for the first five minutes to help you settle in, but you can turn it off altogether if you want. There's also an intercom inside the pod which you could use to communicate with the attendant if you needed to at any time.
And then you just... Float! It's very hard to describe, but the water is super, super thick and slippery feeling. You don't have a choice but to float... So it feels a bit like being weightless or in space. It is very comfortable, and they say many people fall asleep in the pod. I'm quite certain I could never fall asleep, because my brain just will not stop running.
But, even if you don't get into a super Zen state and or/fall asleep it is comfortable and fun to just float around. In the last five minutes of your time, they play some more music to alert you that the time is almost up. You get out of the pod, rinse off, and get dressed. They have a small room where you can go to get ready after floating, if you needed to dry your hair or put make up on or anything. Then, you head out to the lounge area, where they have tea or water available for you, and you can also purchase minutes at their oxygen bar.
Here's where I was pretty frustrated, and the reason why I'm only giving four stars instead of five. There's only one attendant, and that person is responsible for checking out five or six people at the same time as checking in five or six new people. So that means after you've had this nice relaxing experience, and you're ready to just make your way home, you have to sit and wait in line until this one poor girl can get to you. Don't get me wrong, she was hustling and doing her best to take everybody at once, but one person cannot get 12 different people situated by herself, all at once. People arriving, and needed signed in, people had questions as they were trying to get into their pod, people wanted to buy oxygen bar minutes, and I was just wanting to check out and go home. And then of course, she supposed to talk to each person about buying a membership she checks them out. So between having to arrival 30 minutes before your float, and waiting quite a long while afterward to check out, I ended up being at the place somewhere between 2.5 to 3 hours.
Even if I thought I could totally relax and get into The float, I probably wouldn't go back because I don't have three hours to spare to do something like this. On the other hand, if you went into it expecting to be there for three hours maybe it wouldn't be so bad. I'm glad I got to try it out anyway!
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