The entertainment offerings at the pool are now much more expanded from what they were before, and year round. They started this what, late 2010 or late 2011 in the quieter months, was never on in June or July when we were there, but last year they decided to make it all year round.
There has been live music and bingo since either 08 or 09 with the trolley with speakers near the bar. Now that the entertainment - pool games - is year round, they have the trolley nearer the pool - opposite where the bridge steps were - with an umbrella for whoever is doing it.
The noise isn't overly loud we didn't think, but that is something objective to everyone. Well, we sit at the seats just on the right handside as you come in the main entrance by the steps, and there was no problem talking to one another when the music was on. It certainly was not obnoxious in any way shape or form, with the playlists got to be 'Disney appropriate'. There is also no way you can hear it from inside a room in either Magnolia or Arcadian. You could hear it from the path over there, but when in the room, you can't hear it. We were in Magnolia, friends in Arcadia. We couldn't hear it from the quiet pool between the two buildings either. The background loop was sometimes turned off and sometimes it wasn't when we were there.
Poolside, they start at 1 and go on till around the back of 6 before they have the campfire and then after that, the films shown in front of Oak Manor. When we were there, it was incredibly popular what was being done - whether it was the quiz or things like pie-ing a lifeguard in the face - and fair play to them for that!
There are leaflets in the lobby, included in your welcome pack, and signs on the path beside the pool advertising what is going on.
