Melb1127 Posted September 2, 2007 #1 Share Posted September 2, 2007 Can anyone tell me if any of the RCL ships have fresh water pools? Thanks! :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magicolor_girl Posted September 2, 2007 #2 Share Posted September 2, 2007 They've always been salt water for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nichb0 Posted September 2, 2007 #3 Share Posted September 2, 2007 I believe Freedom and Liberty have freshwater pools. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crusinmama06 Posted September 2, 2007 #4 Share Posted September 2, 2007 Freedom and Liberty are both FRESHwater. :D I've been there, swam there and I am 100% sure. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melb1127 Posted September 2, 2007 Author #5 Share Posted September 2, 2007 Freedom and Liberty are both FRESHwater. :D I've been there, swam there and I am 100% sure. :) Thank you! I can't believe how much I hated the salt water pool on the Empress! I won't cruise another ship that has salt water...which leaves out all of Carnival and most of RCL, right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nlcentralchmps03 Posted September 2, 2007 #6 Share Posted September 2, 2007 Freedom class. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hypo Posted September 2, 2007 #7 Share Posted September 2, 2007 I have seen some info on how RCL chlorinates the freshwater pools on the Freedom class ships. They are using what is known as a salt water chlorine generator. A small amount of salt is dissolved in the water (about 3000 ppm which is less salty than the tears in your eyes), an electrical direct current is passed hetween plates in the chlorine generator which disassociates the NaCl (salt) into sodium and chlorine ions, the chlorine sanitizes the water and eventually recombines with the sodium ions to again make salt. The process then starts over. I use a similar system on my swimming pool and it works perfectly. There is no burning of the eyes when you open them under water, and I only have to add salt occasionally during the swimming season to replace what salt is lost due to back-washing or draining evolutions. You should know, however, that the water has a slightly salty taste. Hypo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
megnsamsgracie Posted September 2, 2007 #8 Share Posted September 2, 2007 Enchantment was salt.. yuck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cot427 Posted September 2, 2007 #9 Share Posted September 2, 2007 I'm so glad that the Freedom class ships have Freshwater. I much rather have freshwater at a pool, and leave the saltwater for the beach. I will definetly be in the pool more on the Freedom. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LAKaye Posted September 2, 2007 #10 Share Posted September 2, 2007 I love salt water pools because of how easy it is to float in the water. We get into that Solarium Pool with out friends and just float and talk and soak up the sun..... At the hotel pool post-cruise last week, I sank like a stone! :eek: Thank goodness they had float/mats..... Leslie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hypo Posted September 2, 2007 #11 Share Posted September 2, 2007 I am always amused at the folks who hate salt water in the pools on a cruise ship, and then, in another post talk about snorkeling or swimming at some beach in the Caribbean. Where do you suppose that they get the salt water that fills the pools?:rolleyes: Hypo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
megnsamsgracie Posted September 2, 2007 #12 Share Posted September 2, 2007 So thats why we floated so well! We had no idea why we just floated so easily! Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daghis Posted September 2, 2007 #13 Share Posted September 2, 2007 I love salt water pools because of how easy it is to float in the water. We get into that Solarium Pool with out friends and just float and talk and soak up the sun..... And, yet, I had the exact opposite experience on the Liberty of the Seas! :D We'd been at Labadee and I spent a bunch of time with my younger son in the water doing snorkeling and out at the Aqua Park, so I was used to the buoyancy from the salt water. The next day, our last day on the cruise, I thought I'd try the Solarium pool since I noticed they had a small section with a depth about a foot deeper than the rest of the pools' 5'11". I jumped in and was surprised how hard it was to get back to the surface! I had forgotten that it was freshwater and I had lost a significant amount of buoyancy from the previous day! :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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