Quiet Pool?

[tripletvan]

Okay the map says that there is suppossed to be a quiet pool at BW which I have been to before but for some reason last week there were many PARENTS who forgot that it is in fact an quite pool! It went from serenity to slapping water noodles and repeated screams of "MOM!!!" who ignored their kids while the rest of the pool population had to listen. This was not an every minute thing but over a weeks time it happened on a regular basis.
I even went to the community room to inquire about it after I was told off by a snotty 12 year old who told me to GTH and it was none of my GD business when her brother was doing cannon balls repeatedly into the jacuzzi and dad was floating without a care in the world! Stupid me was afraid the kid would split his head open so I politely told him that it might not be the safest thing in the world. Dad Never even reprimanded her or him!
What is up with some people. Enjoy your vacation but please don't stop being parents.

 

[spiceycat]

no offense - but I think they describe quiet pool as been quieter than the main pool - no more than that.

yes I know the problem well - a couple of times at OKW - the kids were screaming and continue too - until one of them hit me in the head with ball they were playing with - they left shortly after than I think the parents though I might sue them or something.

 

[dyingtodisney]

This is not meant to be sarcastic, I honestly don't know.. Are kids not supposed to be at the quiet pool?

 

[Simba's Mom]

I do kind of wonder sometimes why they call them "quiet pools". They're certainly not quiet! When we went to POR in June, 2001, we had a room right near a "quiet" pool. That's when we learned that they're certainly not quiet! People splashing and screaming at all hours. Let's have some truth in advertising, that's all I ask.

 

[pmcpmc]

REALLY HAVE QUIET FUN

 

[Kelly Nelly]

They should have some of the pools as adult only pools at WDW and especially DVC resorts. I do not mind kids but some times when you want some peace and relaxation there little screams and cannoballs into the hot tubs can be plenty annoying.JMHO

 

[ScottJoy]

The quiet pool at the Beach Club Villas really was very quiet last week! Not silent, but compared to Stormalong Bay, very quiet.

 

[Dean]

Disney seems to have the habit of mislabeling things and creating unplanned expecations. Example - preferred view at BWV. In this case quiet pool means lack of activities and is in now way meant to indicate adults only or that people should be quiet at the pool.

 

[tripletvan]

I never expected it to be a silent pool but this might as well have been Luna Park! I actually had more of an issue with the parents who were inconsiderate of other adults and tuned their kids out.

 

[Happy Birthday Cat]

Doing cannon balls into the jacuzzi is way out of control. But kids having fun in the "quiet pool" is not unusual. They hand out the noodles at the Community Hall and they get used in that pool. Like spiceycat says, it is just quieter than the main pool but I also have to agree with Dean that Disney sets up people by giving them certain expectations that are inaccurate.

But the quiet pools are for kids too and I think the one at the BWV is the loudest because of the proximity of the Community Hall.

HBC

 

[canda]

I have seen the pool at wl with hardly anybody in it and it very peaceful. THen a walk over the the "quiet pool" at the villa have 10 kids playing Marco Polo and blind man"s bluff.

 

[donald@home]

This has been my number one major complaint about Disney and DVC. I usually don't say anything about it on these boards anymore because when you do you usually get "if you don't like kids don't vacation at Disney" (as if just because you are at Disney you must succumb to every whim of every child).

I don't mind kids having fun in the "quiet" pool, and I certainly don't think it should be a silent pool, but I have seen behavior on a regular basis that is just over the top. Splashing fights at all hours of the day and night (adults AND children), children standing on their fathers shoulders and cannon balling into the pool, fathers throwing their children into the air landing in the pool, endless games of MARCO POLO that take over the entire pool (I don't mind a small game of marco polo with just a few kids), children running and SCREAMING on the pool decks, etc. etc. etc. And the OP is correct, usually the parents aren't doing a thing about it. I am so surprised (and grateful) when I hear a parent ask a screaming child "Please be quiet because some people are trying to relax."

I don't think the answer is an adults only pool (even though it would be nice, I just don't think it is practical), but an extra RULE on the RULE BOARD that says something along the lines of "No unnecessary splashing or screaming" might help. I know people ignore the pool rules, but this way, when someone is acting up, you can ask them to please stop splashing, screaming, etc, and point to the rule to back it up.

And to answer a question, yes, children are allowed in the "quiet pools", but they must be accompanied by an adult (and I have seen MANY children at the pool, at all hours, without an adult, which proves the point that people don't pay attention to the pool rules.)

If you are staying at the BWV and want a TRULY quiet pool (do I don't dare share my secret???) head over to the quiet pool at the BWInn. They have a beautiful little pool that is upstaged by the clown pool, so there are usually no children there, and the ones that are are outnumbered so they are usually on their best behavior.

 

[CarolynK]

I always thought "quiet pool" meant you were supposed to be quiet. I do go there with my kids, 8 and 6, but we go there to swim, and visit Community Hall. I realize people are there to read and sunbathe in relative peace and quiet, so I do shush my kids if they get too loud.

On our trip in August, there were a bunch of young adults there, slapping noodles and "fighting" with each other. One of the CMs who was cleaning around the pool told them to quiet down, and they stopped.

 

[Uncleromulus]

Some of the "worst" behavior I've seen at WDW has been at "quiet" pools. With no lifeguards, it means virtually anything goes..throwing French Fries and other assorted food in the water,
running, jumping and diving (often right in front of the sign which says not to do that), throwing softballs, baseballs and even footballs from one end of the pool to the other, etc etc etc.
Oft times we've seen several families literally take over one of these pools, acting like they were simply out in their own backyard pool and behaving like absolute jack-asses!!!
Unfortunately, not much can be done, and virtually no CM would ever say a word against a family that was just "having fun" (even if it is at YOUR expense).
So what we do is size things up first. If we're lucky and the pool is quiet, we stay. If it isn't, we just try another pool. And every so often , we're skunked, and just don't swim in a quiet pool that day.

 

[joepoe]

Originally posted by Simba's Mom
I do kind of wonder sometimes why they call them "quiet pools". They're certainly not quiet! When we went to POR in June, 2001, we had a room right near a "quiet" pool. That's when we learned that they're certainly not quiet! People splashing and screaming at all hours. Let's have some truth in advertising, that's all I ask.

I don't expect quiet pools to be quiet per se, but I also do not expect to have to tolerate a 12 year old doing cannonballs in a jacuzzi. This is unacceptable behavior.

 

[dianeschlicht]

I too think "quiet pool" is a misnomer. If it was indeed meant to be quiet, they would not have playgrounds at them!

I don't expect quiet, but I do expect people to be courteous. I would not tell foks to quiet down, but I would ask them to be safe.

 

[ScottJoy]

I have to agree that I would be disturbed by the kind of behavior described here, and I'm really glad not to have run into it. The only bad pool behavior we experienced was some rude teens in the SAB whirlpool section.

 

[dianeschlicht]

The point is that unsupervised children and teens will be loud and obnoxious if not taught manners. There are inconsiderate people everywhere, and DVC pools are no exception. I will say that I have never had that problem at the quiet pools, but I certainly have seen it at many other resorts and hotels. Aside from commenting if they are being unsafe, I probably would just leave until they were not at the pool and hot tub. We usually only go to the hot tub late in the evening anyway, so it has never been an issue for us at OKW. Of course, we usually are there in January, and only us northerners care to freeze walking back from the hot tub at 11 at night!

 

[Happy Birthday Cat]

"No unnecessary splashing or screaming" might help

Rules like that are subjective and rarely work to do anything except get everyone upset.

As is obvious by the many posts on this thread, people have different expectations of what there pool experience should be. Some seem to want whispering children who swim only underwater. As a parent who does control my kids behavior, I would be offended by some who feel that kids shouldn't jump, splash, play marco polo (how much of the pool is acceptable to play in? 1/8, 1/3, 1/2?) or play with the noodles that they hand out at the Community Hall right next to the pool itself.

HBC

 

[tripletvan]

I am not an oger and do not feel that children cannot use the quiet pool as long as they are respectful,supervised and of course having a good time. When we were there there were several children there who were wonderful. My issues were with the unsupervised, "Dangerous", loud mouthed and disrepectful. Wouldn't it be great if the kid doing the cannonballs and using the rail in the jacuzzi as a slide hurt himself and "DAD" turned around a tried to sue DVC let alone the damage it could do to this child.