Fresh water in pools?

[MarieAtSea]

Do the Princess Alaskan ships have fresh water in the pool and is it changed daily and heated?

[1 HappyCruiser]

It's fresh but it's defitnely not changed daily, especially in Alaska. They would never get it warm enough to swim in in it by the end of the trip.

[Loonbeam]

Its generated on ship and filtered constantly but only changed as needed for cleaning and to replace any evaporation. It's also tested regularly (real time monitoring for some items.)

[Pam in CA]

Its generated on ship and filtered constantly but only changed as needed for cleaning and to replace any evaporation. It's also tested regularly (real time monitoring for some items.)

Changing the water in the pools requires hours of draining, cleaning and re-filling so if they changed daily, passengers wouldn't be able to use them most of the time. There's more than one pool on each ship so that would take a lot of manpower. The water is tested frequently (every hour?) and should anything test abnormal, then that particular pool is drained, cleaned and re-filled depending on the test results. Whenever a pool is out of service this way, many passengers complain.

[Sailingpeace]

Also, if it was sea water, it could be choppy sometimes;)

[shofer]

We were in the Caribbean in February and even the inside pool was cold. If you want warm, you will have to swim in the hot tubs. ;-)

[1 HappyCruiser]

We were in the Caribbean in February and even the inside pool was cold. If you want warm, you will have to swim in the hot tubs. ;-)

 

And that was even with the water not being changed every day.

Can you imagine what it would feel like if they did? :eek:

[I_heart_vaca]

Our pool was heated and open during most days but was closed our last two days due to rough seas. It was announced that it was fresh water (which they make on board) and heated and we saw them test it but never saw it drained.

[RickEk]

Our pool was heated and open during most days but was closed our last two days due to rough seas. It was announced that it was fresh water (which they make on board) and heated and we saw them test it but never saw it drained.

 

In general, the pools are only drained (and scrubbed) if someone has an "accident" in the pool. They may also drain them in very heavy weather (what better way to bring a ship's center of gravity down than to get rid of several hundred thousand pounds of water on the uppermost decks). :)

[Loonbeam]

And even then I think it gets shifted into ballast tanks and possibly reused.

 

In general, the pools are only drained (and scrubbed) if someone has an "accident" in the pool. They may also drain them in very heavy weather (what better way to bring a ship's center of gravity down than to get rid of several hundred thousand pounds of water on the uppermost decks). :)

[Debbie42467]

In general, the pools are only drained (and scrubbed) if someone has an "accident" in the pool.

 

It happens. Someone on our cruise had an oops :eek: Pool was closed for several days.

 

 

Debbie:)