Upon arrival we headed down the long corridor to the transfer area, where we had to switch terminals by train. The trains at Zurich Airport are pretty awesome, since they make cow noises and have animated scenes of the alps. You can always tell who's an American in the airport train, since they're usually giggling…
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Lucky,
This is the only FC lounge I've been in. I thought the shower room and day room were borderline luxurious for an airport setting, but as you've been to many FC lounges, I'm curious as to which ones have nicer showers and/or day rooms than the Zurich lounge.
@ AJ -- I'd say the day rooms are actually the nicest day rooms within a lounge. Lufthansa gives you a complimentary dayroom at Hotel Kempinski in Munich and Frankfurt if you're in first class and connecting, though that's not nearly as practical since you need a longer layover to enjoy it.
As far as nicer shower rooms go, I'd say the Swiss shower rooms are average at best. Lufthansa definitely has much nicer shower rooms equipped with tubs, not to mention rubber duckies. Qatar also has some pretty nice shower rooms, and even has a jacuzzi which is pretty awesome (you can read more about that by checking our the link in the "trip report index" to the right).
Other than that, I can't think of any nicer shower rooms off the top of my head. Anyone else?
It's remarkable how similar Swiss First Class Day rooms and prisons are....a metaphor?
The BKK Thai Spa shower rooms are quite nice. I thoroughly enjoyed my visit to the ZRH Swiss 1st lounge. Having a day room to lock our extra carry on stuff in, while we went into the city for a couple of hours was great. This was suggested to us by one of the lounge attendants, since we had a long layover, and they clearly didn't seem to be busy in the lounge.
I think the Cabanas in CX's The Wing are nicer shower rooms, but inferior day rooms. I love the extremely deep (and consequently glacially slow to fill) bath tubs.
@ BrewerSEA -- Totally forgot about the Cabanas, you're absolutely right. I give the First Class Terminal an edge for the rubber duckies, but Cathay is definitely a very close second.
I thought the F&B offerings at the LX F lounge were far less than the LH FCT. Kind of a (relative) disappointment IMO.
@ UA-NYC -- What time of day were you there? While the buffet by the couch area isn't great, in the evenings they have impressive pre-flight dinner options.
Lucky - I was there in the AM before a 10am ZRH-JFK flight. Is there made to order service at all meals? Maybe I missed it. Buffet still seemed a notch down from LH F though.
@ UA-NYC -- I can't say I've actually ever eaten in the lounge during the day, though over in the restaurant area I'm fairly certain they have a menu.
I love your blog and I have been following your trip reports for years... if only I knew you were also in ZRH FCL on December 27, it would have been nice to have a chat with you 🙂
I was heading to YUL on LX86 that day...