Are the pools heated??

[eng4]

We are sailing on Miracle in 11 days, does anyone know if the pools are heated?? I hate cold water!

[cuyahoga11]

We are sailing on Miracle in 11 days, does anyone know if the pools are heated?? I hate cold water!

 

No they are not. They are filled daily with sea water so depending on the temp of the seas, you get the idea

[LambKnuckles]

The hot tubs are toasty!!!

:)

[jklmum]

We're going on the Miracle in 11 days too!!

[imaboo]

The hot tubs are toasty!!!

 

I can attest to that one....well kind of.

 

I was on a 4 day cruise on the Elation Dec starting 14th. I decided one day to check out the hot tubs on the Serenity deck. It turned out to be a kind of a 'Goldilocks' experience. The first one I got into was hotter than Hades - seriously. My legs looked like uncooked pork when I got out. I think I managed all of 8 minutes in it. The second hot tub was tepid. I said in it for about 15 minutes before I decided that it felt like a hot bath that had turned cool. Now granted it was very early in the day, so maybe the second one would have been warmer a couple of hours later.

 

However, to answer the OP's question directly, I did not try the swimming pools, but from what I have read on this board, they are not heated - and they are drained and refilled daily with seawater. I did put my hand in one pool and it wasn't warm (by my wimpy California standards) so I'm figuring the pool gets warmed by the sun as the day goes on. In winter time (when I went) that doesn't mean much. There were lots of people swimming in the pools regardless - so I think its really up to the swimmer in the end.

[travelntreats]

Stand near a little child (and possibly adults too !) in the pool and you might catch some heated water now and then :eek:

[johndenver3210]

Unfortunately not. While it's not too bad, you get used to it when you swim for a bit. Another note is that the water is salt water.

[Sargent_Schultz]

I don't know about Miracle, but one pool on Spirit is heated - at least when it is in Alaska.

[Koval]

I don't know about Miracle, but one pool on Spirit is heated - at least when it is in Alaska.

Not to hijack this thread, but that is nice to know about the Spirit going to Alaska, as I will be doing the CC Group cruise Sept. Warm pool is better than no pool :p

Thanks for posting that!