AKL pool vs Contemporary vs Stormalong

[Paul Samanant]

Just returned from AKL. With the temperature in the 60s as advertised, it was nice that the pool temp seemed as warm as advertised. We go to WDW just about every Christmas time and usually go to the Contemporary. If my memory is correct, that pool always seemed a little cooler than the 80 degrees that they said it would be.

Does anyone have experience with this? Is the AKL pool warmer because it has newer heating technology? What about Stormalong bay? Is that heated sufficiently during the winter months? Or has Disney just recently decided to heat the pools to the temperatures that they advertised?

Swimming is an important part of the vacation for our kids and for planning purposes for next year, we are interested if anyone has insight on this issue?

 

[crazy4wdw]

We were at the Contemporary this past December. We found the main pool (the one with the fountains) to be too cool. There were several days during our visit when the temps were in the mid-70's and the water in this pool was too cool for our liking. However the water in the bay pool (the round pool which is adjacent to Bay Lake) was very warm. We swam in it even on cool days. Don't know why there was a difference. We have stayed at the Beach Club for many Decembers and usually the water at Stromalong in warm enough for swimming.