Epcot82Guy
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I'll take the hot take bait. I actually prefer SwDo slightly over Stormalong Bay. I'd give it the number 1 slot.
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Swan and Dolphin Pool Expansion
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I'll take the hot take bait. I actually prefer SwDo slightly over Stormalong Bay. I'd give it the number 1 slot.
Sirwalterraleigh
Premium Member
Oh no…never…
are you crazy? How are they gonna pay for all that largesse while charging only $200 a night for the peasant fee?
Sirwalterraleigh
Premium Member
Yacht club was great…for the first 25 years or so…now it’s stale and as usual there is zero desire to add/augment anything
JMcMahonEsq
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What pool on property would you put above the Yacht club pool right now? What is it lacking that you think needs to be added? It’s a hotel pool not a water park.
JMcMahonEsq
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I personally actually don’t think this a hot take at all. We did Swan this summer and loved the pool. We for the first time did a full resort pool day at the cabanas there and it was amazing. Objectively I think I might give yacht the edge bc I see it appealing to younger kids more than swan, and that is more the overall Disney target market.
Epcot82Guy
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That's very fair. And I'm usually a solo or adult group traveler. I totally agree the child factor gives Stormalong a definite edge. I actually prefer DAK's pools to Stormalong (it being my third) for that same reason.
I still yearn for the days when they really did focus on multiple demographics and audiences. But I know that ship has sailed with current management.
JMcMahonEsq
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With the variety of resorts available, I think Disney does a decent job with having something available for every demographic, but maybe not every resort targeting every demographic. I was giving a lecture down in Orlando this winter and stayed over at Bonnet Creek for the first time. As an adult group or solo, i highly recommend that area. But I don’t think I would look their when we go back down with kids for example
Sirwalterraleigh
Premium Member
It’s fine…it’s just been in its current form for along time
Disney’s pool game has sadly declined just as the rooms have…the Bobs
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Club Cooloholic
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I found Storm along to be kinda stressful as a parent. Far too many blind spots, and it's kinda goofy you have to "leave" to take the slide. I prefer Kidani's pool area.
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surfsupdon
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The pool has gotten worse over the years.
The bubbling jets have been turned off. The sinking sands are greatly reduced. And the whirlpool area is hit or miss (sometimes on, sometimes not).
It is still a great pool complex, but not as grand as the past, and I am glad Swan Dolphin are upping their game!
the.dreamfinder
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They truly give Roberts everywhere a bad name.
Sirwalterraleigh
Premium Member
I bet it sucks for you, Robbie…
Club Cooloholic
Well-Known Member
Anyone have a video or pic of the sinking sands and bubble jets?
surfsupdon
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The bubbling jets were in the cove area at the base of the little mountain, nearest the slide. I remember them well as a kid, but the only pictures I have seen were from early Disney official brochures. The sinking sands you couldn't really see....but by the volleyball court area, there were several "holes" that were filled with sand, and if you stepped in a hole, your foot sunk to about lower calf. It was a neat effect. There might still be a few left, but many were filled in with the addition of the volley/play area in the central pool location.
Swolphin also has at least 3 hot tubs... I think it may actually be 4.
flynnibus
Premium Member
This x1000
Between the disabled effects and the consequences/tradeoffs made when they fenced it - it comes off now as very disjointed and overly complex for what looks like no reason. It's been robbed of its soul.
Epcot82Guy
Well-Known Member
At full operation, they currently have 4. 3 grotto tubs at the main complex and a smaller, "typical" hot tub at the Swan pool. (I know they were doing path work and what not on the Swan one, so not sure it has survived or will survive the Reserve changes.)
Sirwalterraleigh
Premium Member
I had almost completely forgotten about those…
you gotta think those are gone…the “L” word. One thing Disney isn’t responsible for is the complete turn on recreation they are “responsible” for…that’s industry wide.
I bet there are near zero hotel operators who actually want a pool. I can’t really blame them.
Does anyone know if this project ever happened? Haven't heard anything about it since the permit was filed.
Horizons '83
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Was wondering the same thing. I’ll be staying at the swan reserve in a few weeks. I’ll ask my bartender friend, better than a bus driver’s opinion right?
