Covid precautions at pools?

[lajspeech]

Are there extra covid precautions in place at the resort pools? Were staying next week at Poly and BC specifically. Like are the chairs/tables/waterslide railings being wiped down more frequently (or at all) throughout the day? Are the chairs/tables more spaced out? Lower capacity, etc? Im trying to decide how safe swimming might be for two unvaccinated but very cautious kids (8/10). I know they'll wear masks and wash hands religiously at the parks, and we are avoiding busses/monorails... the pools I'm not sure about. On one hand its outdoors and the chlorine will kill most things, but on the otherhamnd they can't wear masks and those slide lines can get long, especially at BC. Thanks for your help.

 

[jcarwash]

I think the short answer is that the pools are back to just being run as normal -- no limits, no distancing, in the pools or with the furniture.

I can tell you most of our attempts to swim July 23-30 got a good daily cleaning from the afternoon torrential downpours.

 

[GADisneyDad14]

The WDW pool experience is mostly, if not entirely, back to pre-Covid times these days. Most of the distancing, cleaning, capacity monitoring, etc that was in place ended when Disney stopped physical distancing protocols late spring.

We were last at BC/YC mid-July and it was as crowded as any day you'd find pre-COVID, in my opinion.

 

[disny_luvr]

There are zero precautions being taken at the pools right now. We just left the BC this morning and SAB is packed. Chairs right next to each other and I didn’t see anyone wiping down anything. The line for the flying jib slide was all the way down the stairs with social distancing markers removed.

 

[LanceQ]

There are zero precautions being taken at the pools right now. We just left the BC this morning and SAB is packed. Chairs right next to each other and I didn’t see anyone wiping down anything. The line for the flying jib slide was all the way down the stairs with social distancing markers removed.

Welcome to Florida.

 

[kelli summers]

I guess if you're that concerned with what's going on in the pool areas, the theme parks are going to be worse. Wall-to-wall people even wearing masks will probably make you uncomfortable. I'm not worried in the least but that's just me. You can't expect others to behave you way you would like them to.

 

[DLgal]

The pools are probably the one place at WDW where you are truly safe. If a lack of protocols there is making you nervous, you should probably not go there right now.

 

[Marthasor]

We stayed at YC in mid-June and, as others have noted, the pools are basically back to pre-covid times. We were certainly able to find our own, distanced, spots while in the pool, but if standing close to people in line, outside, without a mask on makes you uncomfortable, the flying jib may be difficult to navigate.

 

[lajspeech]

I guess if you're that concerned with what's going on in the pool areas, the theme parks are going to be worse. Wall-to-wall people even wearing masks will probably make you uncomfortable. I'm not worried in the least but that's just me. You can't expect others to behave you way you would like them to.

Im OK with the parks... we have our masks and have been enough times to just skip what we don't want to deal with. But they reaaaalllly want swim lol. Just like knowing what we're getting into..

 

[MMSM]

Im OK with the parks... we have our masks and have been enough times to just skip what we don't want to deal with. But they reaaaalllly want swim lol. Just like knowing what we're getting into..

You should also consider the information online about chlorinated water as well as the lack of transmissibility of viruses from touching surfaces. Now,I like a clean surface and space to spread out because it was enjoyable. But I agree with OP - more contact and touch points within park.

 

[brockash]

I think the short answer is that the pools are back to just being run as normal -- no limits, no distancing, in the pools or with the furniture.

I can tell you most of our attempts to swim July 23-30 got a good daily cleaning from the afternoon torrential downpours.

Yes, we're here now and have done 3 previous post covid trips and yes, pools are back to normal precovid times...very different than even a few months ago.