crusinmama06

 

First let me say i am NOT against tiny kiddle pools on the pool deck, let them have their fun, I am against pools on the balconies because twice i have been below them and twice the parents just dumped the pool water right out onto the ground and my balcony was dripping water within seconds, now i'm not saying all parents do this but these are the ones who ruin it for everyone.

 

~~I have never seen a drain on a balcony.

 

Yeah I'd have to say I agree with this one. I wouldn't want a dripping balcony either. :(

Never thought about this, but there is a balcony drain? We are RCCL's Mariner, in what 9 days, and thought about where I'd dump out the water. Hmmmm....

Balcony drain, as in your cabin's balcony? I don't know but I don't think so. In the case of using them on the balconies, parents have talk about just filling it slightly with water, then draining it in the tub (if you have a JS or higher)

There is a drain on the pool deck.

My best waiter of ALL TIME was back in 1997 on Sovereign. I will never forget that guy!

Hussein from Turkey

Even on a cloudy stormy day, St. Thomas is beautiful....

We just got off of the Explorer last weekend, and I was walking around trying to picture blow up pools on the deck. The ship was full, and there wouldn't have been much room for one. They had a great kiddie pool in the back, it was only a foot deep and it had a cute little slide in it. They also had a large hot tub size pool with jets, but I think it was a little deeper. This whole area was shaded. Around the main pools there is a large ledge that is only inches deep and goes into the main part of the pool. This is sufficient for the tiny ones, as long as you are right there of course.

We just booked this ship for September, so my potty training is now moving up a few months. Even that kiddie pool doesn't allow toddlers in swimming diapers. So I just may be one with a blow up pool on the balcony.

We brought one on Navigator last year with our then 15MO daughter. We just used it on our balcony and it worked perfectly. It was a tiny one though...in the shape of a duck. I think it was actually a blow up bathtub' date=' not a pool.[/quote']

 

We have one of those! And yes, it's a tub...lol. :D

 

My daughter loves that thing.

Sorry to be unpleasant...

 

but the fact is that the reason kids in diapers are not allowed in onboard pools by US health regulations, is the possibility of feces contamination - viruses can spread too fast before the problem is noticed, and they have to close the whole pool to clean it. A few ships have "toddler splash pools" - and I assume that the rationale is that if these are soiled, only the kids are inconvenienced while its closed for cleaning - not the whole ship's passengers. Plus its a much smaller area to clean and disinfect.

 

Just curious - if your child has "an accident" in the blow up pool, whether it be on your balcony or on the pool deck, where do you empty the contaminated water? How do you disinfect the blow up pool?

 

I too have small kids, and we are madly working with DS to get him fully trained - only a month to go!!! :rolleyes:

From reading these boards, I think most people have said that the pools are emptied down the drains at the pool. I've never personally taken a blow up pool, but from the numerous posters who have, they've never had any problems with them.

And I'm like you, I have 12 months exactly to pt my almost 2 year old for the next cruise. We aren't sure if there are toddler pools of the RCCL Freedom of the Seas (new ship, no word yet about it)

Hoping we can pt in time. :(

Disney does. On Disney Magic, at the "MickeyPool", one of Mickey's ears is for infants/toddlers only. It has just a tiny bit of water in it and has some sprays coming out the side.

See, my VERY happy toddler....

I'm glad it worked out for you! Glad you had a nice cruise. :D

I can't resist posting a pic of my baby on the pool deck of Disney Magic, she was 7 months old at the time. :)

20%...can you imagine how far that video is going to go on the web? They would have been smart to offer him more and ask him to take the video down.

I own an ad agency/public relations firm. So I can almost guarantee that yes, the guy did the video on his own meaning he is in the video production business. It is actually pretty easy to do what he did, even in your own home.

Awesome video! Makes me glad I've never sailed on CCL.