Emirates to Offer Hot Showers on A380

Planning on flying from New York to Dubai on an Emirates A380 this fall? Have $18,000 dollars to spend on a first class ticket? Feel a little dirty and would kill for a shower on the flight? If your answer to the above three questions is "yes", you are in luck my friend because Emirates will be offering this service to its first class passengers who pay a double premium (first one is for the seat, second for the shower) for a flight from NY.

No pictures have been released of said A380 first class cabin, but it is reported (by Emirates) to be similar to the experience at Dubai's "seven-star" Burj Al Arab hotel.

Environmental groups are, as usual, up in arms over this amenity. And sure, this might impact the environment negatively due to the extra water weight and carbon emissions from carrying additional fuel to haul that extra load -- but note that, realistically, the majority of people who will be able to take advantage of this unique and expensive amenity are people with oil money, so they could give a crap about the environment to begin with and the cost of the extra fuel needed to carry the water weight is going back in their pockets -- kinda completes the circle if you think about it.

I hope this shower spews gold flakes (not a golden shower) on me as I shower or it comes with a flight attendant (as seen above). And, once again, poor Al Gore has a heart attack.

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