Ventura indoor (retractable roof) pool question

Fellow past "December in the UK/northern Europe" cruisers - what are your thoughts/experiences on whether the Ventura indoor pool will be open for swimming in December in the English channel?

We have a sea day en route to Amsterdam and kinda hoping it will be!

Claire

We were on the Arcadia last week to Amsterdam and the covered pool was open for that sailing. I was intending to have a swim, but the water was quite cold and I chickened out:o There were some braver souls than me who were enjoying it though.

Michele

I have the same question for a sailing in January through the bay of biscay. How often is the pool closed for swimming? Also is it not a heated pool?

In our experience the pools are only closed in rough seas.

We were on Ventura October half-term and the only time the covered pool was not in use was when it was very choppy, but yes, this pool is heated.

We're currently on the Ventura on a Canaries cruise which left southampton on the 17th December. The pools were closed for the first day due to sea conditions, on the second day they were emptied because the conditions had got slightly worse however on our 3rd sea day they were open again and the retractable roof was off.

They will keep the pool open with roof closed when it's colder weather.