Are Disney ships the only ships with chlorine pools?

[HappyGilmore]

Are Disney ships the only ships in the industry with chlorine pools? If not what other ships / cruise lines use chlorine in the pools?

 

[Minnie321]

I didn't realize they would be chlorine pools - I thought maybe that was the reason diaper age kids weren't allowed in the pools - good question. Sorry I can't answer it but I would be curious of the answer also.

 

[maria-fan-22]

From what I have seen, DCL is the only major cruise line to have fresh water pools. Most others will use salt water.

 

[CruznLexi]

RCI the new ships have fresh water

 

[fairytalelover]

Why do some use salt water?

 

[ilovetexas]

I've never sailed Princess but I've read several times that they have freshwater pools as opposed to saltwater.

 

[maria-fan-22]

Why do some use salt water?

It's cheaper.

 

[Who's your Mickey?]

From what I have seen, DCL is the only major cruise line to have fresh water pools. Most others will use salt water.

not true. RCCL's Freedom-class and Oasis-class ships have fresh water pools and so do almost all the Princess ships.

 

[Starshine95123]

Princess also has fresh water pools.

 

[maria-fan-22]

not true. RCCL's Freedom-class and Oasis-class ships have fresh water pools and so do almost all the Princess ships.

I stand corrected. But to my defense I did say, "From what I have seen…"

 

[fairytalelover]

So only the cheaper ships have salt water like Carnival?

 

[MillauFr]

I have a hottub and fill it with salt water. It is easier to keep clean and it uses less chlorine that a non-salt water hottub. I believe pools are the same. Salt water = less chlorine needed.

 

[disneymomjcs]

We did Carnaval and it was salt water. They emptied it every night and put nets on it. Then refilled it each day.

 

[Disney Cajun Man]

I have sailed on Celebrity several times and every Celebrity ship I was on had salt water pools. Summit, Millennium, and Infinity.

 

[NHdisneylover]

The Celebrity ship we have sailed on (Constellation) had both a fresh water and a mineral water pool.

The Princess and RCI ships we have been on have had either all fresh waster or mostly fresh water with one mineral water pool.

 

[ga9497]

It depends on the ship not the cruise line

RCCL on the ships with the flow rider they have fresh water
On the ships without they have salt water

 

[goofysgirl]

Well they may be fresh water in the end, but the pools are desalinized sea water. On one of our voyages on the Magic the Goofy pool was drained and then refilled a short time later when given the ok to go in the water in the pool was hot..like the hot tubs and they explained it had just been through the desalinization process.
Love that the pools are not salty!

 

[ilovetexas]

So only the cheaper ships have salt water like Carnival?

Carnival's latest ship cost in the neighborhood of $800 million to build; not so cheap.

Seabourne has salt water pools. I have no idea how much the ships cost to build but you might want to price their cruises....not so cheap.

Celebrity has salt water pools. Cunard has salt water pools. etc. etc.

MOST of the cruise industry has salt water pools.

Oasis of the Seas (RCI), the most expensive ship ever built, has saltwater pools:
http://www.royalcaribbean.com/findacruise/experience/html.do?exCode=599

 

[wmharley]

In my youth, I liked the salt water ones better. I get better tans with salt water. Never could get tanned when I do a chlorine pool tanning.

 

[Phil'sFrontier]

I would think not having poisonous chlorine on board is a good thing. Not a negative.