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"If there is magic on this planet, it is contained in water."  Loren Eisley Nebraska anthropologist, ecologist, essayist, and poet.

Water Safety Education

for Parents & Caregivers

Online Course Content Updated March 2008

 

HOTEL POOLS & WATER PARKS

  • My recommendations for hotel pools and water parks are never very well received.  However, I stand by them.  Keep your child safe.

  • The two main issues at both hotel pools and water parks are Pool Access and Water Chemistry.

Hotel Tips

 

All of the previously stated tips for public pool safety and supervision apply to hotels and water parks.  Layers of protection are especially important in the unguarded, easily accessed hotel pools.

 

I recommend that you never allow your children into hotel hot tubs or spas.  Make it a hard and fast rule and don't relent.

 

Spas and many baby pools are hard to keep sanitized because of the small amount of water and the high concentration of use.  Spas have the added negative factor of the warm water.

 

Ideally, both spas and small baby pools should be dumped and refilled daily.  Some places do this, but most hotels do not.

 

Water Park Dangers

  • Many, many, many more swimmers.

  • More patrons are first time visitors.

  • More kinds of attractions and play structures.

  • Larger percentage of patrons are non-swimmers.

  • Catch pools at the bottom of slides can be dangerous for even strong swimmers.

  • Increased risk of becoming over tired.

  • Increased risk of getting lost.

  • Increased risk of waterborne illnesses.

 

Our recommendations:

  • Only swimmers go to water parks.  Period.  Non-swimmers should learn to swim in a smaller, safer facility before being allowed to go to a water park.

  • Constant supervision:  You can't supervise from a lounge chair or from the lazy river.

  • Designated swim times and rest times.

  • Sunscreen

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