Originally Posted By ssturgeo I was asked a DL question I could not answer (and have not been able to find the answer). How do they treat the water used in the park attractions. Does not smell of chlorine and there seems to be no chemical residue on rocks or ride equipment, yet there is no sign of algea, etc. Help please. Sharon
Originally Posted By Bellella It definetly smells like chlorine. Whenever I go into Splash Mountain and Pirates, the smell hits me right away. However, I could be wrong. I wouldn't ever drink it for anything. I can only hope they don't use chlorine in the castle moat, where the swans live. As for the water in the Rivers of America and the Jungle Cruise, it's polluted on a daily basis by the boats. There's a reason why that water is so grimy.
Originally Posted By Lady Starlight Oh please, Bellella, you complain about so very much. They have little fishes and crawdad's in the water of ROA as well as the ducks and other fowl that drink from it. It's not a wild life preserve, it's an amusement park. They try as much as possible to be GREEN in all that they can, and have converted many many things to become a greener park. In regards to the ROA being polluted by the boats, that is incorrect. The Mark Twain is a steam boat. It is run off steam. The boiler that is used to heat the water that make's the steam, that powers the pistons that make the paddles turn, uses recycled frying oil. DL converted to that a while ago. The Sailing Ship Columbia is also run off of recycled frying oil wich burns alot cleaner than conventional oil they USED to use. The water's around DL get polluted due to people throwing things in there on a daily basis. That's what most of it is.
Originally Posted By Lady Starlight In addition to the ROA, the water is colored due to DL not wanting the guests to see the tracks and other equipment that is in the water that would ruin the effect.
Originally Posted By disneylandfan8 That Lady Starlight is smarter than she looks!!! luvyameanit, but you know that! LOL
Originally Posted By ssturgeo My brother found the answer...my personal favorite response...Pixie Dust...yep, I believe. Anyway here is what he found: It appears that DL purifies their water with Ozone Generators. Ozone was first used in swimming pool water treatment in the 1950's. Since then its use has widely grown. There are over 30,000 swimming pools in Europe that are treated with ozone. The swimming pools for the Olympics have been treated with Ozone at least since 1986 for the Los Angeles Olympics. Most recently the Sydney Aquatic Center pool water was treated with Ozone. Well known water facilities using ozone to treat their water: Disneyland and Disney World for all their water features Mirage Resort, Las Vegas San Diego Zoo, San Diego, CA for their marine and Aquatic habitats Vancouver Aquarium, Vancouver, Canada -for their Sea mammal support systems Universal Studios, Jurassic Park, "The Ride" Many YMCA's and hotels Waterparks and aquatic centers. The big advantage of ozone is that it uses no harsh chemicals and it breaks down into oxygen so there's no smell at all. Any residual smell would be extra ozone... like you smell sometimes after an electrical storm.
Originally Posted By Lady Starlight That's very cool ssturgeo, very interesting. Thank you for the info.
Originally Posted By LOVE-DCA i just would not drink any of the water from the rides. that is my tip, it could not be good for you!!
Originally Posted By LOVE-DCA Well I did! I used to fill my water bottle from the water on POC! And I won’t be doing that anymore… I don’t want my future children to come out of me with fins and gills and 15 eyes!
Originally Posted By TMICHAEL What's that Mr. Foxworthy? Oh yes, I agree.....LOVE-DCA, here's your sign.
Originally Posted By LOVE-DCA THANKS TMICHAEL.. but i was only joking, i would never fill my water bottle from any water in any ride.. gross!!!! that would be like swimming in the water in small world!!
Originally Posted By Lady Starlight I'm speachless, truely dumbfounded on this one. SaraTonin, give me strength!
Originally Posted By Lady Starlight Ok, maybe I'm not speachless ...LDCA, you have me perplexed. <<but i was only joking, i would never fill my water bottle from any water in any ride.. gross!!!! that would be like swimming in the water in small world!!>> How would drinking the water and swimming in it be the same gross wise? You'd swim in a swimming pool right? IASW's water is cleaned pretty much in the same manner as a swimming pool. It's probably cleaner than a swimming pool's water as well, due to the fact that there isnt anyone swimming in it. Yes, people stick thier hands in there , but it's not full of people's bodies swishing around all day. I wouldn't drink ANY of DL water rides water because thats just disgusting. But swimming in IASW I don't believe, would be measured the same for most. In fact, wouldn't it be fun in the summertime to float through IASW on an innertube when it's super hot outside? LOL! I'm just sayin'. Kind of like Raging Waters has thier Amazon Adventure.
Originally Posted By mousermerf People throw up into water rides relatively often. Yes, Ozone cleans it, but that's gross in and of itself. Not to mention someone lost a finger once at pirates and it was never found.
Originally Posted By Fowley I wanted to bring water from all the rides home with me but I knew customs wouldn't let me, damn those Austalian laws
Originally Posted By crazycroc I have urinated on both Splash and Small World. I have defecated in the Rivers of America. I give birth on Pirates. I am duck, live in my waste, suckers.
Originally Posted By SFH Don't forget that when Night Custodial hoses down the park, some of that goes into the ROA/green water system. The green water system is connected. From the former Motor Boat Cruise, it goes down to the castle moat area, where you can see it goes all the way to the Jungle Cruise. When the park opened, you could see the connection between the Jungle Cruise and Rivers of America. But now that is hidden under the walkway. From ROA, it is pumped through the cleaning site behind Storybookland, and then it is sent back out.
Originally Posted By Sara Tonin Okay,...I definately WOULD swim in IASW's crystal clean water...I would not drink the water from any ride that would just be gross. I do know people who dunk their empty water bottles in the water of Pirates and Splash, but I don't think anyone would be clueless enough to drink said water, they just want a souvenier. >>Well I did! I used to fill my water bottle from the water on POC! And I won’t be doing that anymore… I don’t want my future children to come out of me with fins and gills and 15 eyes!<< Well, maybe I do..
