Yuck! Poop in the SSR pool!

[Nicole721]

I know accidents happen. I do believe all responsible parents should use swim diapers and plastics pants to protect their kids and other peoples.

Do you know how many little kids swallow water at the pool?

Yuck!

We were at a very large waterpark the other day. It was very crowded and it seemed everyone was in the wave pool. I stayed in the shallow end because it was a little too crowded for me and next to me were two boys (older than seven, younger than 10) slurping pool water in their mouths and spitting it at each other...with their father laughing right alongside them. Not five minutes later, the wave pool was evacuated and all we saw was employees with rubber gloves and plastic bags trying to remove chunks from the pool (not sure what end they evacuated the body from).

I almost wanted to throw up thinking about what was in their mouths. And the fact that their father thought it was funny that they were intentionally drawing pool water into their mouths...so much pee and dirt and debris (and poop and/or throw up apparently)...some people need "Do Not Reproduce" stamped across their foreheads.

 

[ihearttink]

Do NOT read this thread right after eating! All of a sudden not feeling so well.

 

[let'sgo]

I've been seeing posts about an all-adult resort--how about all adult pools? In our town they have a wading pool for the younger children, and the main pool is only open for older children and adults.

 

[gatorfreud]

Why,why, why am I reading this thread at 12:30am when I should be SLEEPING??? Ugh.....

My DH is right, I AM addicted to the DIS.....

 

[RMulieri]

I don't see why everyone is flipping about it.....yes it is unpleasant...but do you know how many adults pee in the pools? I have heard some grown men bragging about it at the Pop pool.i have seen adults spit water at each other too.baby poop happens.It stinks when you are inconvenienced but babies have no control, and even with rubber pants on over the swim diapers it is not always effective. My dd when she was first potty trained knew enough to tell me she had to go potty and got out of the pool.I have actually seen parents tell their older kids its ok to pee in the pool ( which is why I spent money and had a pool put in my yard).No bodies of water ( whether natural or man made ) are safe .If it isn't the adults,babies or kids it is the fishes and wildlife.

 

[kaysmommie]

I don't see why everyone is flipping about it.....yes it is unpleasant...but do you know how many adults pee in the pools? I have heard some grown men bragging about it at the Pop pool.i have seen adults spit water at each other too.baby poop happens.It stinks when you are inconvenienced but babies have no control, and even with rubber pants on over the swim diapers it is not always effective. My dd when she was first potty trained knew enough to tell me she had to go potty and got out of the pool.I have actually seen parents tell their older kids its ok to pee in the pool ( which is why I spent money and had a pool put in my yard).No bodies of water ( whether natural or man made ) are safe .If it isn't the adults,babies or kids it is the fishes and wildlife.

That is really gross, grown men peeing in the pool . I have to agree that is why we have a pool in our yard. AT least my kids go us ethe restroom when they have to go.

 

[Jakesmom1]

Just got back from POP today, and it happened in the Hippy Dippy pool on Wednesday.

We were sitting at the pool bar, when these two little kids ran over to thier mom and dad and announced that they had just found "another" poop in the pool. Well the lifeguards closed the pool within seconds, and then someone came with a skimmer and got "it" out, they closed the pool for a couple of hours while they vacumed the entire pool, and whatever else they did.

Needless to say my family did not go in the pool again.

 

[spooky1]

Happens all the time with kids - Id rather have a stiff log that can be scooped out than some kid who just ate and barfs all over the place - that will clean the pool out for the rest of the day for sure.

 

[sherry8253]

I once saw an adult poop in the local community pool.needless to say..but eeww.

Geeze yuck. Until I read this, I was going to say another reason for an adult only resort for those of us who do not have children with us at Disney.

 

[WantToGoNow]

Unfortunately, 3 years ago my ds7 closed the hot tub at the villa we were staying in. He had been potty trained for 2 full years. I think the hot tub and pool being closed the rest of our trip (they figured if it needed to be closed, they had some repairs that needed done anyway) taught him a lesson - hasn't happened since.

Any parent that has ever used a Little Swimmers swim diaper and changed it after a bm, knows that they don't hold in what they're supposed to hold in -- it gets watered down and basically turns to liquid and washes right out. And they're not even designed to hold urine - my cousin learned this the hard way when she was holding my dd on her lap at a family reunion -- she thought it was pool water - the problem was she hadn't been in the pool.

 

[roxazul]

It seems the majority feels it's natural to pee in the pool (or in the ocean for instance), but poop , it's disgusting. Can't believe someone (even a toddler) can not hold on till getting to the bathroom, and well if if you have diarhea don't swim for God's sake !

As for swim diapers I agree, they let everything washes out , it's just a commercial thing about these things. So in my mind I think the infants
should'nt be allowed in pools but as it was said Disney would never adopt such a rule.

My daughter is 3 1/2 and still wears diapers at night (she sleeps so hard) but I can count tons of times when we had to rush to the restrooms at public beaches and pools, I would never tell her it's ok to pee in the water, even in the ocean when we were in Cuba I would teach her properly. Guess it all depends on people's values...

 

[RMulieri]

It seems the majority feels it's natural to pee in the pool (or in the ocean for instance), but poop , it's disgusting. Can't believe someone (even a toddler) can not hold on till getting to the bathroom, and well if if you have diarhea don't swim for God's sake !

As for swim diapers I agree, they let everything washes out , it's just a commercial thing about these things. So in my mind I think the infants
should'nt be allowed in pools but as it was said Disney would never adopt such a rule.

My daughter is 3 1/2 and still wears diapers at night (she sleeps so hard) but I can count tons of times when we had to rush to the restrooms at public beaches and pools, I would never tell her it's ok to pee in the water, even in the ocean when we were in Cuba I would teach her properly. Guess it all depends on people's values...

I don't think it is ok or natural to pee in the water either...it is still a bio-hazard, still carries bacteria and viruses, and is still inappropriate and gross.....but it still happens.I think poop grosses people because they are able to see it. If you could see a urine, and it did not dilute and all you saw was yellow throughout the pool, I think most people would definitely feel differently.

 

[lemondog]

This happens at our swimming pool here all the time (at the Y). I call it "a Caddyshack moment."

They scoop out the offending "log" then dump a whole bunch of some kind of powder chemical in there, then we have to wait 30 minutes to get back in.

 

[lemondog]

I don't think it is ok or natural to pee in the water either...it is still a bio-hazard, still carries bacteria and viruses, and is still inappropriate and gross.....but it still happens.I think poop grosses people because they are able to see it. If you could see a urine, and it did not dilute and all you saw was yellow throughout the pool, I think most people would definitely feel differently.

Actually, urine is completely sterile. Still think it's gross that someone would pee in a pool, but there really is no "danger" from it like there is from fecal matter.

 

[TisBit]

Actually, urine is completely sterile. Still think it's gross that someone would pee in a pool, but there really is no "danger" from it like there is from fecal matter.

LOL, I was going to point out the same thing. Mentally it is gross, but scientifically it doesn't contain any types of virus', bacteria or other contaminents. (which is why a lot of old school country medical remedies and even survival manuals suggest using urine to sterilize wounds, etc)

 

[roxazul]

Urine may contains a lot of bacterias and even blood. If they do laboratories tests to find those 2 things it's beacuse it can contains it.

 

[RMulieri]

Yes, techinically urine is sterile...But blood, bacteria and viruses can still be spread thru urine.So can certain medications and chemotherapy.Otherwise, you would not see us nurses at work wearing gloves or faceshields while handling other peoples urine.