New Saratoga Springs theme pool?

[skelm]

Just wondering if anyone knows anything about this.

My parents were on a Disney Cruise and as part of the DVC member "party" there was a trivia contest. One of the questions was how many theme pools does Saratoga Springs have? The "party" hosts said the correct answer was two, a new one just opened recently, but I have not been able to find anything online about it.

 

[mouselvrmom]

Are they possibly talking about the grandstand-I think- one? I believe it's themed like racing stalls- they have some sort of water feature that looks like the start of a horse race.

 

[carolina_yankee]

The Grandstand Pool is the second themed pool - I think it was added to the plan when DVC decided to expand SSR beyond the initial planned size and it was recognized the main themed pool wouldn't be large enough.

The interactive water area for kids looks fun, and it does have a pool bar, but the pool is basically an oval with grooves in the concrete around it simulating lanes in a race course. Not very exciting! But it is convenient to folks in teh Grandstand area and quieter than the main pool.

Here's a couple of photos:

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[CommandoDisney]

thats kinda cool! i guess they were still building that when we went in Dec of 06. we are going back in 3 weeks, ill have to check it out. we like staying by the unthemed pool over by the water. its quiet, and you get a great view of DtD. i will definitely have to do more exploring next month!

 

[cindy_k]

Its not a far walk from the main theme pool either.
I stayed in the new section by the Grandstand pool the weekend it opened.

If you at the hotel lobby, you walk toward the parking lot but follow the sidewalk around to the left follow in around the luggage people and you will be on the path to the Grandstand pool. Watch out for Golf Carts.

Here's a slideshow I took from that weekend of the area:
http://www.kodakgallery.com/Slidesh...93303.640031607403.1211580386518&conn_speed=1

 

[mouselvrmom]

That's a great slideshow, Cindy! Thanks for sharing! :wave:

 

[wdwfan100]

That looks pretty cool. The pools are really improving around the "World".

 

[Tiggerish]

Thanks for the slideshow. Last time I was at SSR, the Grandstand buildings were finished, but I didn't see any sign of a pool.

It seems quite nice, but I can't help noticing that the red-white-blue scheme of the pool area seems very garish next to the soft yellows, greens, blues, and browns of the rest of the resort.