We love the pool at POR. My kids love the slide as well, actually so do I. I have been known to go down a few times. Pool is a good size. Now that my kids are getting older they tend to like to swim in the deeper areas of the pool, except when using the slide. It's a bit more crowded near the slide side of the pool. I can't compare to other resorts, though. We have stayed at AKL, but it was too cold for swimming then.