All Anaheim pools closed??

[SGeisler]

We are booked at Park Vue Inn at the end of March. Last week we received an email saying that the pool and hot tub will be closed for the month of March. My emails to the hotel went unanswered, so my husband called to ask if any neighbouring hotels will be allowing PVI guests to use their pools, and was told it is a city requirement that ALL pools be closed and drained at the same time. That sounds utterly bizarre to me. Anyone have insight? I would switch hotels if others still have their pools open, my kids really like to swim in their non-park time!

 

[Malcon10t]

I have never heard of this before, however, I doubt another motel would want to assume responsibility for another's guests. Disneyland Hotel/GCH/PPH all rotate when their pools are down.

 

[kristensideaoffun]

Maybe they meant all pools are required to be drained by the city “at some time”.

 

[gottalovepluto]

We are booked at Park Vue Inn at the end of March. Last week we received an email saying that the pool and hot tub will be closed for the month of March. My emails to the hotel went unanswered, so my husband called to ask if any neighbouring hotels will be allowing PVI guests to use their pools, and was told it is a city requirement that ALL pools be closed and drained at the same time. That sounds utterly bizarre to me. Anyone have insight? I would switch hotels if others still have their pools open, my kids really like to swim in their non-park time!

Well that doesn’t pass the sniff test. I’d take the initiative and call other hotels you are considering switching too to enquire about their pools being open.

 

[DLgal]

No city would ever require something so utterly ridiculous. I think you must have misunderstood something, or the person you spoke to did.

 

[lalasmama]

We are booked at Park Vue Inn at the end of March. Last week we received an email saying that the pool and hot tub will be closed for the month of March. My emails to the hotel went unanswered, so my husband called to ask if any neighbouring hotels will be allowing PVI guests to use their pools, and was told it is a city requirement that ALL pools be closed and drained at the same time. That sounds utterly bizarre to me. Anyone have insight? I would switch hotels if others still have their pools open, my kids really like to swim in their non-park time!

I can't imagine the City of Anaheim making all pools be drained at the same exact time (days), ESPECIALLY during peak Spring Break weeks. I'm guessing the said "some time" instead of "same time." Sometimes their phone connection there can be a little rough in my experience.

That being said, they are a family-owned motel without any "sister" sites, so I wouldn't expect them to have an agreement with other motels/hotels to let PVI guests swim at adjacent locations.

Some motels in the area have sister sites-- BW Park Place, BW Anaheim Inn, BW Stovall's are all owned by the same people, so I could see those locations allowing guests to use other pools in extenuating circumstances (though Stovall's would be super inconvenient). Likewise, Tropicana and Camelot are the same owners, and basically next door to each other, so I could see that being allowed. Desert Inn and del Sol are also sister sites (with each other, not the other motels above).

But I can't see any of those places welcoming PVI guests as a courtesy..... And I can't see the City saying all pools need to be drained March X- March Y.

 

[MissouriTink]

I’m here now staying at Castle Inn and their pool is open. Went to Goofy’s Kitchen for dinner tonight and the pool at the Disneyland hotel was open as well so not every pool has been drained for the entire month of March.

 

[Geemo]

If Every Pool is drained, can you imagine the volume of water needed to Refill each of them.

 

[Astylla]

I got the same email as I'm booked next week and it states there are repairs that needed to be done that were critical and couldn't be postponed. A little bummed because I wanted the hot tub but it's the week of Villain Nite and Natural Foods expo so no way I am giving up the rate I got months ago lol.

 

[superdeluxe]

We got that notice on the 1st. That the pool would be closed for the entire month. It IS a strange time to be doing repairs, would have thought January would have been a better time

our notice said they were repairing the tile and grout at the pool. (We stayed from Saturday to Wednesday)

 

[Wesley815]

Yep! We live in city of Anaheim and are required to drain our house pool each March, we have a huge water party in the streets as millions of gallons of water leaves the city from thousands of pools.

Anaheim hotels are not required to drain in March, besides basic pool cleaning and meet health/safety standards of course. I'm sure was just a miscommunication on property.

 

[lalasmama]

Yep! We live in city of Anaheim and are required to drain our house pool each March, we have a huge water party in the streets as millions of gallons of water leaves the city from thousands of pools.

A water party in the streets sounds lovely, hahaha! Kinda like those broken water hydrant block parties they had in movies in the 80s and 90s!

I'm from Portland, and when it rains too much, the water overwhelms our sewer system and heads into the river, and there's a million warnings about not going in the water until such-and-such date. ... and that's exactly where my mind went when I read the initial post!

City of Anaheim: "Okay, residents, it's that time of year again! Everyone's going to drain their pools at once, so remember the water will overwhelm the system and there will likely be some health hazards so plan your water activities accordingly!"

People from Anaheim are preparing with bathing suits and sunscreen, and everyone from the Portland area is getting on their muck boots