Mariner of the Seas swimming pools

[ws293]

Hi everyone,

 

Are the swimming pools and hot tubs on the Mariner of the Seas fill with salt water?

 

Thanks

 

Past Cruises:

Enchantment of the Seas - May 12, 2002

Sovereign of the Seas - Sept. 1997

[emmy]

On the May 16 sailing they were salt water although I have been reading of a possible change to this.

 

Emmy

 

Mariner of the Seas ~ May 2004

Navigator of the Seas ~ May 2003

Sun Princess ~ April 2002

Enchantment of the Seas ~ April 2000

Nordic Empress ~ May 1998

Splendour of the Seas ~ April 1997

Star Princess ~ February 1995

 

Journey on the Jewel April 23 2005

[imsulin]

Hot tubs are fresh water.

[Scarlette]

FYI Pools were small and very cold. Almost to the point of being uncomfortable.

[imsulin]

Ship's pools are small because water is very HEAVY. You won't find an Olympic-sized pool on any cruise ship! The weight of water plays a factor in where the ship's pools are located, too. All cruise ships have their own desalination plants onboard, which is how you get fresh water in your toilet/tub/shower/sink. Ships would have to pay a lot of money to heat their pools, too. Instead, they depend on solar heating, and the ships with the retractable domes also depend on solar heat while the dome is closed. Most ships use ocean water to fill their pools each day, and they are drained at night. It is cheap and easy for them to do. This ocean water is de-brined and chlorinated, so it is actually much cleaner that fresh-water pools, which are NOT filled and drained each day! Fresh water costs money. whether it is carried or whether it is de-salinated. If you are unhappy with salt-water pools, just think that all that pee is emptied every night! Fresh-water pools carry the same water all week, and that pee just stays there.