This is going to be a draining topic.

[atate75]

A friend of mine said that Carnival drains all of the pools at night and fills them back up in the morning. He said that they use sea water so it is easy for them to do. Is he messing with me?

 

 

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[HeidiHo]

It's true, he's not messing with you.

[I'm The Captain Now]

It's true. I always wondered why the pools were not open 24/7 on a cruise ship - that is why.

[cuyahoga11]

A friend of mine said that Carnival drains all of the pools at night and fills them back up in the morning. He said that they use sea water so it is easy for them to do. Is he messing with me?

 

 

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He is correct

[LittleMissMagic]

That would explain why the pools taste like sea water... they definitely aren't normal salt water pools (which don't have a strong smell or taste at all like sea water). And they do put nets over them at night. I've just never been up late enough to see if they drain them!

[WLHyatt]

I wish it was someone messing with you, but they aren't.

 

One thing we used to do on the Conquest was go get pizza late at night and we'd see the crew down there scrubbing the pool and surrounding deck with a sanitizer solution.

[jym613]

Good to know it is sanitized every night.

[maldenmusic]

Yep sea water; you will notice how salty it is if you swallow any

[Eng23]

No, your friend is not messing with you. I just got off the Pride yesterday and I can tell you that all the pools and hot tubs were shut down at 10pm every night. They were emptied and cleaned every night.

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[OCruisers]

It's good that you did ask here ... never hurts to check.

Sometimes people tell us things that are so totally not true.

This time, your friend was not messing with you! What he told you is true!

LuLu

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[chengkp75]

Most pools are salt water. Someone said they weren't "normal" sea water, and I guess that this is due to the fact that even sea water pools, when within 12 miles of land, must be in recirculation mode, and therefore chlorinated. Not all lines drain the pools every night, some do it weekly, some twice weekly. Most hot tubs are fresh water, but they are generally drained nightly as well.

[kajunkroozer]

The pools on the Sunshine are freshwater, although I never noticed is they were ever drained on our cruise.

[CatlinSTJ]

Totally true, it was really weird to see all the pools empty at night on our first cruise, we had no idea what was going on! LOL

 

 

Next cruise: Carnival Breeze June 2014

[atate75]

Thanks for the replies. I never would have guessed that they did that.

 

 

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