Yoga in Pier J before flying and access to Pure Fitness in HK downtown after arrival
#16
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So you shower every time you get off a flight or a bus or a taxi or anywhere else that you've been on a surface where someone else has been previously? If so then I fear you need medical help.
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I'd love for them to put a gym somewhere especially when I know I'll be strapped to my seat (and overindulging in caviar/blablabla) for the next 16 hours. Not sure what legacies/majors have it but there is one in the AUH EY F lounge which I made very good use of during layovers there. CX certainly has the real estate to do it here in HKG...
#18
As a big fan of Ilse Crawford's design, I kind of feel this is just kind of ridiculous. It looks like an ill-thought out, quick mash of two things that don't belong together. The splash of blue and the added furniture, and even the function just doesn't fit the feel of The Pier. Would have worked better with the design at the Wing or the Cabin (have they not closed it). Even the titles Sanctuary by *PURE* (emphasis mine) just doesn't work in my opinion.
Design apart, I still feel that a dedicated yoga room is rather unneeded, and the additional seating space from the old Bureau was more useful. In spite of that, I agree with the sentiments above that a gym (that is designed to fit the rest of The Pier J) would be a lot more useful and appreciated.
Design apart, I still feel that a dedicated yoga room is rather unneeded, and the additional seating space from the old Bureau was more useful. In spite of that, I agree with the sentiments above that a gym (that is designed to fit the rest of The Pier J) would be a lot more useful and appreciated.
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I have 10+hr layover coming up and will most likely be at Pier anyway. I think I might give it a try. It's an interesting change. (I sat more often than not in that IT room, by the way. Because 1. I could talk on phone without being a nuisance 2. it was always empty and each sitting location had a plug.)
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For those of us without the benefit of The Pier access, is there somewhere to stretch between flights? I'm probably going to Premium Plaza and would like to do some Pilates stretches. I'd do them in the shower (don't need to be on the floor to do these ones) but they sometimes get a bit funny if you've been in there for over 30 mins and it's busy!
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For those of us without the benefit of The Pier access, is there somewhere to stretch between flights? I'm probably going to Premium Plaza and would like to do some Pilates stretches. I'd do them in the shower (don't need to be on the floor to do these ones) but they sometimes get a bit funny if you've been in there for over 30 mins and it's busy!
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I reckon the mats will be cleaned regularly, and at a minimum there will be some type of alcohol sanitizer in there to wipe the mat down before/after use. Agree the idea of yoga sweating sounds....likely, but it's also true so many public spaces are absolutely disgusting and we just don't think about it on a daily basis. With cleaning staff on hand and I'm sure an awareness of the issue, I have to imagine it will be "okay" from a cleanliness point of view.
Count me as optimistic overall.It's at least unique and interrsting, despite getting somewhat panned above.
I'm not sure if I'll use it, but I don't think I ever used The Bureau in any of their lounges but for once or twice. I have my own computer - doesn't everybody? - can work in the main lounge space too, and it wasn't a private space anyway, which is what I really would like for phone calls. I can't conduct private business in The Bureau or frankly anywhere in the lounge! Ironically the best place for private phone calls remains outside in the main airport commons area, near a gate not servicing a flight at the moment. Just saying at least for me, I got no value from The Bureau including in the F lounge, so I'll wait and see how this goes. Bureau is a nice idea in theory but I just haven't found how to get it to work for me.
Now if they could somehow setup sound proof phone booth things for private work..that I would use!
Count me as optimistic overall.It's at least unique and interrsting, despite getting somewhat panned above.
I'm not sure if I'll use it, but I don't think I ever used The Bureau in any of their lounges but for once or twice. I have my own computer - doesn't everybody? - can work in the main lounge space too, and it wasn't a private space anyway, which is what I really would like for phone calls. I can't conduct private business in The Bureau or frankly anywhere in the lounge! Ironically the best place for private phone calls remains outside in the main airport commons area, near a gate not servicing a flight at the moment. Just saying at least for me, I got no value from The Bureau including in the F lounge, so I'll wait and see how this goes. Bureau is a nice idea in theory but I just haven't found how to get it to work for me.
Now if they could somehow setup sound proof phone booth things for private work..that I would use!
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Are these corridors behind the shops on the way to the gates, or do you mean the ones by some of the food shops. I know the area between the Premium Plaza lounge and it's showers doesn't see many people going past. Some other lounges there from memory.