When we were at SAB about two weeks ago, they allowed people to take the floats from the lazy river portion down to the other end. I personally don't agree with that. Most people NEED those tubes in the lazy river. And there are only a handful of them.....maybe 10 the most (of the new blue ones). I actually purchased and brought my own "float belt" and wore that in the LR, so I didn't have to worry about getting a float.