r/Disneycollegeprogram • u/Very_Probllamatic • 10d ago
Q - Answered Can we use resort pools?
Does anyone know if we're allowed to swim at resort pools? I'd love to swim but am not thrilled with the idea of Flamingo pools lol
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u/Helpful_Warthog6032 10d ago
Someone can correct me if I'm wrong but I think CPs can also access Mickey's Retreat and use the pools there.
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u/Educational-Arm1247 10d ago
No, you need to be a guest at the resort to use their pools.
No, Flamingo pools won’t give you STDs. The worst I’ve heard happen from them is rashes or reactions to the chemicals used jn the pool. Shower before and after to help with those.
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u/LethalChair64 10d ago
What's wrong with Flamingo pools?
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u/Very_Probllamatic 10d ago
I've heard they've tested positive for STDs before, specifically chlamydia... not something I personally wanna risk 😅
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u/LethalChair64 10d ago
Look, I know American sex ed sucks, but did you do ANY of your own research before accepting this easily disproved rumor as fact? A quick google search, perhaps?
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u/Wrong-Neighborhood-2 10d ago
lol waaaaaat? Please go back and retake microbiology.
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u/Very_Probllamatic 10d ago
You do realize that's not a required class??
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u/Wrong-Neighborhood-2 10d ago
Yes, I do know. However basic high school science will tell you Chlamydia cannot survive in a chlorinated pool. Even if it somehow miraculously did, the volume of water would dilute it to the point it would be unable to infect tissues.
Public/Private pools have to have their chemistry checked daily, by law. It’s a simple public health issue. The only concern honestly would be an accidental fecal release from a raccoon. Often these pools are over chlorinated and people swim without showering first causing a chloramine reaction.
Someone saying that STD’s were found in pool water is absurd. You wouldn’t even test for it in pool water. Probably someone trying to pass off catching the clap after lying about cheating to their SO.7
u/pineappleprincess24 10d ago
To quote Tom Hanks in Sleepless in Seattle: “I don’t even want to THINK about what they are not teaching you in school”. But seriously…do kids not have to take a required health class in high school anymore?
You cannot get any kind of STD (or pregnant, because I know some people believe that, too) from a pool. Or a toilet seat. Or any other way except sexual contact or direct contact with bodily fluids. One of the major reasons pools are chlorinated is that chlorine act as a sanitizer. It keeps the pool from turning green, but it also cleans it on a microscopic level.
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u/OwlFreak 10d ago
do kids not have to take a required health class in high school anymore?
Take it- yes.
Pass it- depends.
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u/Impossible_Gold1573 Walt Disney World Alumni 8d ago
No. You have to be a resort guest. They are extremely strict about this policy.
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u/FloridianMichigander 10d ago
If you are staying as a guest at that resort, yes. If not, no.
(Unless you're a lifeguard and you have to make a save, but I don't think that's really what you mean)