Resort pools - Clorine or Bromine ?

[pooh2001]

Clorine is more effective to kill bacteria in pools than Bromine.
But I do know some pools do have Bromine.

We like to keep the "P" out of the pool...so please tell me
which resort pool uses which chemical ?

Here are my guesses - Am I correct ?

Deluxe Resorts
GF = Clorine
Poly = Clorine
BW = Clorine
CR = Clorine
AKL = Bromine
WL = Bromine
YC/BC = Clorine
Swan/Dolphin = Clorine

Moderate
POFQ/POR = Clorine (I hope so)
CRB = Clorine
CSR = Bromine

Value
POP = Clorine
Music = Bromine
Sports = Bromine
Movies = Bromine


Thank You !

 

[Luna_Lovegood]

Well, I can tell you that when we were at the GF last December, they had something pretty strong in the waterfall pool. One of my sons had his olive trunks turn lime green and his navy rash guard turn purple! I figured they might have been using more chlorine because of the swine flu scare.

 

[pooh2001]

Luna Lovegood - Thanks for the head up and great info.
Sorry to hear about the bathing suit color change.
Landsend bathing suits seem to hold their color in clorinated pools.
My DH keep our cloine at around 1.7 ppm and the bathing suits look great.

Luna Lovegood my DS loves your DIS name. Are you a Harry Potter fan ?
My DS says you are part of Professor Dumbledofs good army

 

[RMulieri]

Bromine is equally effective for sanitizing pools.The differences are how they sanitize .Bromine is more stable in heat and warmer temps.Bromine is also better on sensitive skin and eyes.It is better in that once chlorine binds to the bacteria in the water, most of the chlorine is used up and will no longer sanitize.Bromine stays active even after it has bound to bacteria.Bromine is more costly though.Lots of pools in municipalities use Bromine now and I believe a large portion of the pools at Disney do too

 

[kmk1180]

Here are my guesses - Am I correct ?

Deluxe Resorts
GF = Clorine
Poly = Clorine
BW = Clorine
CR = Clorine
AKL = Bromine
WL = Bromine
YC/BC = Clorine
Swan/Dolphin = Clorine

Moderate
POFQ/POR = Clorine (I hope so)
CRB = Clorine
CSR = Bromine

Value
POP = Clorine
Music = Bromine
Sports = Bromine
Movies = Bromine


Thank You !

Out of curiousity how did you come up with your guesses?

 

[pooh2001]

AKL & WL have ducks in the pool - they can survive with Bromine, but would get sick or die with Clorine.

I think CSR and most of the values are nature friendly - that would make Bromine in the pool.

Deluxes can not afford to have a lawsuit if a guest complains and does not smell the clorine (or tests as we do)

 

[Polydweller]

Not sure how good ducks are as a criteria for bromine vs chlorine, but at the Poly ducks swim with the guests in the quiet pool and can be sometimes seem in the volcano pool when guests aren't around.

 

[sand2270]

Same with Yacht and Beach Club, I have seen many ducks in their pools.

 

[ancestry]

I have been in most of the deluxe level pools and not one of them ever smelled of chlorine. I nearly 100% that they do not use chlorine at all at Disney in any of the pools.

 

[LoveBeingSAHM]

Because one of my sons has very sensitive skin and is allergic to many things I asked last year when we were at the Beach Club - their pool is a saltwater filtration system. We LOVED it!!!! My sons skin was so clear while we were there. We also loved the sand bottoms.

 

[nicksmom87]

We got back from BC/YC late last night/early this morning. My husband was surprised at the lack of "knock your socks off" chlorine smell. However, one of the lifeguards told me that it was "super-chlorinated"...her exact words. Don't really know if she just meant "super chemicalized" or not. There were several friendly ducks hanging around and occasionally joining the humans in the pool, so I imagine they have to keep it heavily anti-bacterialized with something.

Clearly, they keep the ph at a good "bug killing" level, as evidenced by our slightly red/irritated eyes.

 

[mdrob214]

I have seen ducks swimming at CR, too. I don't think they care about chlorine.

If the chemical count is off, even the Land's End suits will fade--trust me. The best bet to keeping your suit from fading? When you first get it, before you wear it at all, wash it in your sink in cold water with a splash of vinegar. My kids are competitive swimmers and I use vinegar on their suits and they keep their color nicely, despite hours/day in the water. For a suit that really lasts, get one without Lycra. Chlorine is rough on Lycra! Get a suit that's 100% polyester. Sorry for he tangent.

 

[fraservalleymom]

Interesting points to keep in mind!

I remember swimming in a pool in Lake Louise, Alberta, Canada that used salt minerals instead of chlorine or bromide. It was the best swim I ever had and my skin felt amazing afterwards. On that note, that may just swing me to considering BC.

 

[Minnie]

We got back from BC/YC late last night/early this morning. My husband was surprised at the lack of "knock your socks off" chlorine smell. However, one of the lifeguards told me that it was "super-chlorinated"...her exact words. Don't really know if she just meant "super chemicalized" or not. There were several friendly ducks hanging around and occasionally joining the humans in the pool, so I imagine they have to keep it heavily anti-bacterialized with something.

Clearly, they keep the ph at a good "bug killing" level, as evidenced by our slightly red/irritated eyes.

SAB does not use chlorine - due to the sand bottom they are able to use a saltwater system. Can't wait we'll be there soon

 

[TinkerbelleMom]

I have seen ducks swimming at CR, too. I don't think they care about chlorine.

If the chemical count is off, even the Land's End suits will fade--trust me. The best bet to keeping your suit from fading? When you first get it, before you wear it at all, wash it in your sink in cold water with a splash of vinegar. My kids are competitive swimmers and I use vinegar on their suits and they keep their color nicely, despite hours/day in the water. For a suit that really lasts, get one without Lycra. Chlorine is rough on Lycra! Get a suit that's 100% polyester. Sorry for he tangent.

I'll take your tangent and run with it too After swimming, rinse your swim things well and wash with shampoo...it works great for removing residual chlorine, and let it air dry...dryer heat kills lycra too. My kids don't do swim team, but we love team style suits, they last so much longer!

 

[mdrob214]

I'll take your tangent and run with it too After swimming, rinse your swim things well and wash with shampoo...it works great for removing residual chlorine, and let it air dry...dryer heat kills lycra too. My kids don't do swim team, but we love team style suits, they last so much longer!

Well, then check out www.swimoutlet.com. They often have the competition style suits for good prices. No tax and no shipping if you manage to spend $75 (I always do). They have great patterns and what you'd call recreational swimwear, too. My DD has had some of her polyester suits for 2+ years and they look brand new. And all she does is rinse them while on her body in the shower after practice.

Sorry OP!

 

[spiceycat]

Clorine is more effective to kill bacteria in pools than Bromine.
But I do know some pools do have Bromine.

We like to keep the "P" out of the pool...so please tell me
which resort pool uses which chemical ?

pretty sure they all use Bromine - it is supposely less harsh to the environment.

disney is very aware of the environment - they use to do their own water processing - but think with all the extra hotels it is too big to still do that. could be wrong.

 

[livndisney]

pretty sure they all use Bromine - it is supposely less harsh to the environment.

disney is very aware of the environment - they use to do their own water processing - but think with all the extra hotels it is too big to still do that. could be wrong.

Last summer I asked the question and was told they have both chlorine and bromine pools. The water parks are chlorine as are MANY of the fountains.

 

[spiceycat]

Last summer I asked the question and was told they have both chlorine and bromine pools. The water parks are chlorine as are MANY of the fountains.

don't you love it - when I asked got told only Bromine.

 

[greenmyvalley]

AKL & WL have ducks in the pool - they can survive with Bromine, but would get sick or die with Clorine.

I think CSR and most of the values are nature friendly - that would make Bromine in the pool.

Deluxes can not afford to have a lawsuit if a guest complains and does not smell the clorine (or tests as we do)

In that case, POP uses Bromine too. We saw ducks in the quiet pool every morning on the way to the bus.