mccasey Posted May 11, 2005 #1 Share Posted May 11, 2005 Is there a reason? Are there pros and cons? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nosnobunny Posted May 11, 2005 #2 Share Posted May 11, 2005 The pros and cons depend on who you're talking to at any given moment. There are benefits to both fresh and salt water. The reason salt water is used is because they take the water from the ocean, filter it and fill the pools. Most of the ships that I've been on replace the water every night making it fresh daily. Beth Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
superjerryw Posted May 11, 2005 #3 Share Posted May 11, 2005 They use salt water because they can get all they need from the ocean. They tried to fill the pools with fresh water but it just took too long to empty 100,000 Evian bottles.....:rolleyes: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lephysteria Posted May 11, 2005 #4 Share Posted May 11, 2005 The reason that the water is salt water? The ship is in the ocean/sea and has access to a lot of salt water :) A ship staff member on the CCL Paradise said that to filter it (like what's in your shower, etc) would take more effort than it is worth. I guess he's never tried to open his eyes under water. :eek: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mccasey Posted May 11, 2005 Author #5 Share Posted May 11, 2005 I figured that they used salt water because they could just take it in from the ocean, but I guess I was wondering if people prefer it or what? I know some people even use salt water in their home pools. I also figured they could always fill the pools once every few months with fresh water and just keep the chlorine and stuff up to date, if they wanted to. Do any of you prefer salt water pools and why? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MCazer Posted May 11, 2005 #6 Share Posted May 11, 2005 Disney has fresh water in their pools. I have to say, I prefer it, and so do my children! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tromler Posted May 11, 2005 #7 Share Posted May 11, 2005 I dont know....have you ever been in the main pools and looked at all the film that floats on the water.....I would think they would need to put a ton of chemicals in the fresh water to keep it sanitary if they were not refilling every night. I would gather that it is a lot less costly to use the filtered salt and refill daily, ensuring a clean and sanitary pool to swim it. I will take swiming in salt water any day, over swimming in someones bodily fluids and sun screen from two days earlier in a fresh water pool. :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rowtyd Posted May 11, 2005 #8 Share Posted May 11, 2005 I know that when I was on the Ocean Princess the pool had fresh water, and I've heard that all Princess ships have fresh water also. I'll let you know in a few months if the pools on the Caribbean Princess are fresh water. ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rosieo Posted May 11, 2005 #9 Share Posted May 11, 2005 We were on the Caribbean Princess and all pools were fresh water and always very clean. I believe that all Princess pools are fresh water. I prefer fresh water pools. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tatka Posted May 11, 2005 #10 Share Posted May 11, 2005 Pools are fresh on Disney, Princess and HAL. We only sailed on HAL out of the 3.. At the end of the day water didn't look very clean. I prefer swiming in the salt water. We rearly going to the beach when on cruise, so this way I pretend that we are swimming in the ocean/sea. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjeffv Posted May 11, 2005 #11 Share Posted May 11, 2005 I believe that on lines with salt water pools, the pools close earlier too :( Personally, I like a late night swim. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coolcruise02 Posted May 12, 2005 #12 Share Posted May 12, 2005 Advantages and disadvantages to both. I do my swimming early in the morning frequently first in the water. The salt water floats you nicely but is usually cooler than the fresh filtered pools. Unless you have had some experience caring for a large public pool you have no idea of the difficulty in maintaining a safe bacteria count with a heavy and variable bather load. Surprisingly one of the largest contributors is sweat particularly in heated pools and hot tubs. The pool water definitely takes on a grayish cast after a long hot sea day. Sorry but those are the facts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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