Something is happening near the pool!!!

[ynottony99]

 

[DznyRulz]

I like that there's someone walking in this area, it gives it some scale. Now the splash zone doesn't look as small as I thought it did.

Great pictures as usual TCD but I'm a little concerned, you seem awfully obsessed with those pipes.

 

[ynottony99]

I too am wondering about those pipes. I made a quick visit yesterday and snapped a few shots too.

I know that pipe comes in 10' lengths, but I wonder if they would really put the full length of pipe there if they were going to be much shorter???? I wonder it this will be themed in some way and tied into the splash zone???

 

[CampingBandit]

Maybe it's going to be something like one of these?

 

[BradyBz12]

Ooh.... love this shot! Feels like you're right there. I can almost here the SPLASH!

 

[Skyw]

I will be there on Thursday without a computer. I will takes pictures but if someone wants to give me their phone number, I can send some via the cell phone and maybe they can post. If not, I will be back on the 6th.

 

[CDNCruiser]

Is it fun? Oh yeah!

 

[Tri-circle-D]

Tony- looks like we missed each other by a day!

I forgot to mention that while I was creeping around the pool on 4/24/09, I was "outed" by Disboard member Judy40, who approached me and asked if I was TCD from the Disboards! Looks like I have to work on my disguises!

Something else that I meant to point out is that in this photo, you can see the entire line up of beverages for sale at the snack bar:

When I first saw the menu posted during my last visit, I thought that perhaps there was going to be a full bar opened at the pool, because the menu listed margaritas and mud-slides. But, you can see that these drinks are not real mixed drinks, but just the kind that are sold in a bottle. So, no real mixed drinks at the pool.

TCD

 

[ynottony99]

Yes once again we just missed each other. When I got home after my trip and saw your posts I cracked up.

 

[Tri-circle-D]

Yes once again we just missed each other. When I got home after my trip and saw your posts I cracked up.

Tony- One day, we will take photos of each other taking photos of each other, and then we will be having some fun!

One more photo that I meant to comment on. . .

What is the depth of this danged pool?

This sign says it is 4 ft. 2 in. at the bottom of the slide, but there is a tile marker right next to the slide exit that says it is 3 ft. 9 in./ 1 meter.

This could be important information to a parent whose child's height is in this range.

Can't we just have one depth and stick with it?

TCD

 

[des1954]

Tony- looks like we missed each other by a day! TCD

Yes once again we just missed each other. When I got home after my trip and saw your posts I cracked up.

You two crack me up!!! Y'all live close enough to each other....why don't you pick a date, time & a sports bar on US19 & have your own mini-gathering?? If you're real nice to the waitress, maybe she'll tune the Disney Channel on one of the sets to complete the ambience!!

Don't forget to post pictures so the rest of us can enjoy it as a "virtual gathering"!!

 

[Tri-circle-D]

You two crack me up!!! Y'all live close enough to each other....why don't you pick a date, time & a sports bar on US19 & have your own mini-gathering?? If you're real nice to the waitress, maybe she'll tune the Disney Channel on one of the sets to complete the ambience!!

Don't forget to post pictures so the rest of us can enjoy it as a "virtual gathering"!!

No can do.

We have already agreed to meet on the porch of Crockett's Tavern.

We have come close a couple of times.

It will happen someday.

Maybe.

TCD

 

[Beavers5]

This sign says it is 4 ft. 2 in. at the bottom of the slide, but there is a tile marker right next to the slide exit that says it is 3 ft. 9 in./ 1 meter.

This could be important information to a parent whose child's height is in this range.

Can't we just have one depth and stick with it?

TCD

I know Water Country USA overestimates the depth of water at the base of slides because of the water coming off of the actual slide. So the water may be 3ft 9in when no water is coming off the slide, but more when the water is turned on. I'm guessing it is something along those lines at FW too.

 

[DaveInTN]

I know Water Country USA overestimates the depth of water at the base of slides because of the water coming off of the actual slide. So the water may be 3ft 9in when no water is coming off the slide, but more when the water is turned on. I'm guessing it is something along those lines at FW too.

I think you give them too much credit. Personally, when they installed the tiled signs that say 3'9"/1m (which was pointed out earlier in this thread as an incorrect English-to-metric converstion), they lost credibility regarding the depth. I think they just screwed up. If anything, they have left some wiggle room in the depth markings to allow for the Archimedes effect of a group of Fort Fiends all entering the pool at the same time...such as the gentleman in camo trunks per TCD's recent thread "Photos from 4/24/09- 900 Loop, Pool, and a few other things . . . "

 

[ynottony99]

No can do.

We have already agreed to meet on the porch of Crockett's Tavern.

We have come close a couple of times.

It will happen someday.

Maybe.

TCD

It will definitely maybe happen someday. Yes maybe.

 

[magnusiax]

Thanks for sharing.

 

[nikkipowell1]

No can do.

We have already agreed to meet on the porch of Crockett's Tavern.

We have come close a couple of times.

It will happen someday.

Maybe.

TCD

Hey I used to work at the Burger King on US 19 and 580.

 

[BibbidyBobbidyBoo]

Wait a minute- read further back on the thread..... the hot tub closes at 10pm? Do the hot tubs at other resorts close this early? I didn't think so (atleast not at all stars and GF) and that just doesn't seem right to me. Do they think no one wants to sit in a hot tub after 10pm? is everyone supposed to be nighty night at 10pm or something? ugh!
I hope the slide doesn't close that early. I mean gosh... Night owls just totally out of luck at FW huh?

 

[Donna]

the slides will probably close earlier since they need a lifeguard stationed when it's open. I don't see them having a lifeguard there that late, but you never know.

 

[CDNCruiser]

the slides will probably close earlier since they need a lifeguard stationed when it's open. I don't see them having a lifeguard there that late, but you never know.

The slide closes early, but the pool and the hot tub seem to be open around the clock.

Our first night here we were in the hot tub at midnight . . . long after the slide had shut down and the lifeguard had gone home.

Last night we were there at 9:00 p.m. it was breezy and cool. The slide had shut down. There was no crowd, only about 10 people in the pool and about 6 in the hot tub.

It was very quiet and very relaxing!