cruisejunkie Posted January 11, 2020 #1 Share Posted January 11, 2020 My son and his family just got back from the December 26 sailing on the valor. His wife and two young children came back with blistering rashes from the hot tubs requiring medical attention. Beware. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coevan Posted January 11, 2020 #2 Share Posted January 11, 2020 4 minutes ago, cruisejunkie said: My son and his family just got back from the December 26 sailing on the valor. His wife and two young children came back with blistering rashes from the hot tubs requiring medical attention. Beware. heat or chemicals? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stacie. Posted January 11, 2020 #3 Share Posted January 11, 2020 2 minutes ago, coevan said: heat or chemicals? I can’t imagine it would be the heat. The last few times I’ve been in Carnival hot tubs it’s been like tepid bath water. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VentureMan_2000 Posted January 11, 2020 #4 Share Posted January 11, 2020 Hot Tub Folliculitis: https://www.healthline.com/health/hot-tub-folliculitis 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cruise-Crazy Posted January 11, 2020 #5 Share Posted January 11, 2020 Eeeew, I stopped going in those a long time ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coevan Posted January 11, 2020 #6 Share Posted January 11, 2020 with hundred of thousands of people in the ship's hot tubs, first I heard of this on CC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe817 Posted January 11, 2020 #7 Share Posted January 11, 2020 Doesn't surprise me in the least. Bacteria thrive in warmer temperatures. That's why grocery stores, and especially hospitals are do darn cold. Brrrrrrr..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SERK Posted January 11, 2020 #8 Share Posted January 11, 2020 I avoid the ship's hot tubs. When we sailed on the Dream we had balcony room above one of the hot tubs and I would enjoy seeing all the drinking and having a good time with all the people in the tub but noticed very few left the hot tub after a couple hours. They either had very large bladders or 😬 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VentureMan_2000 Posted January 11, 2020 #9 Share Posted January 11, 2020 The pool chemical balance is part of the CDC's (USPHS/CDC/Vessel Sanitaion Program) inspection. The monitoring is all computerized, which is how the CDC knows if the ship is keeping the water chemicals balanced. This monitoring shows if, and for how long, the chemicals are imbalanced. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joebucks Posted January 11, 2020 #10 Share Posted January 11, 2020 For those who don't go in them, I expect you don't use pools either. To my knowledge, these are drained and inspected every day. Sorry that happened. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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