Towels for pools

WVWISEGUY · 02-19-2003

My wife is wondering if we will need to pack beach towels for our trip to DW. We will be staying at the poly. I told her I knew just the people to ask.

mattomouseman · 02-19-2003

There are plenty of towels to be had either from your room or at the pool. And if you really want you can always buy beach towels in the hotel. We have at least one from each trip!

Amneris · 02-20-2003

I've seen two different kinds of towels on my stays. The ones in your room are like regular (but not thin) towels. The staff seems pretty good with meeting your towel needs. Once we arrived and were short towels (in our opinion, lol!), so we called and asked for more. After that, they pretty much kept supplying us with that same extra amount.

The towels by the pool are larger, but thinner. So, although they cover you up better after a swim, they aren't as warm/water absorbing as the room towels.

The towels by the pool are kept in dispensers that I always keep mistaking for garbage cans or towel returns, lol! :)

What hours are the towels available??? I'm always afraid that I'll get out there and they'll either be closed or out of towels (I like swimming early in the morning and late at night), so I always wind up bring a room towel w/ me "just in case". Can some one enlighten me about this so I can stop this cumbersome habit? THANKS! :)

Willbegone · 02-20-2003

Here is another towel question:
Should we pack beach towels if we are going to the water parks???

ilvminnie · 02-20-2003

Being the spoiled folks we are, we always bring our Disney ones from home. We have Buzz, Lilo, Tinkerbell, Donald & more. We just like having our own towels that are nice & big & then when we leave them on a chair we know where we are! And since we do the water parks, too, we just feel it's worth bringing them. I actually pack a separate suitcase that has towels, bathing suits, flip flops, cover ups, etc in it. It's our "swimming suitcase." But I have to have my Disney towels!

**DisneyTeacher** · 02-20-2003

Quote:

Originally posted by Willbegone
Here is another towel question:
Should we pack beach towels if we are going to the water parks???

We have done both--taken our own towels and taken towels from our resort room (didin't know if we should -but we did it). I think you can also rent towels at the water parks.

mattomouseman · 02-20-2003

Quote:

Originally posted by Willbegone
Here is another towel question:
Should we pack beach towels if we are going to the water parks???

Don't have to but we always our own towels to the water parks!

Amneris · 02-21-2003

Re: water parks

It depends on how often you'll actually USE the towels. I'm sure we must have taken hotels ones (probably ones borrowed from the pool) -- I can't recall, but I KNOW we didn't bring ones from home of buy any! ;) Anyway, by the time you wait in the queque for a ride, you've pretty much dried off. If it's warm enough, even the wave pool is no problem. Now, that's for me -- a person who goes to a waterpark to go on the slides and wave pool and such and that's IT. If you're planning to eat at the snack place and lie out in the sun a lot, then you probably would want to bring a towel with you that makes you feel all comfy (I wouldn't recommend stretching out on either kind of hotel towel -- they're not the right size and fluffy-ness for it). They (of course!) sell beach towels at the water parks, so you can wait until you actually get there to decide on your course of action.

Keep in mind that, like at the beach, you'll be leaving whatever you bring with you (i.e. shoes, towel) unattended for large amounts of time as you go from slide to slide. The really big water slides don't even let you wear goggles on them (why??? I have prescription ones, and not being able to see was not at all comforting!).

Connears · 02-22-2003

There have always been plenty of pool towels on our trips, but we do like to bring our big Disney ones. I pack my DVC canvas bag with towels, water shoes/flipflops, water balls, goggles and sunscreen. It stays that way all year and we just replace whatever is needed and throw it in the car!
Connears

WDWNutCase · 02-23-2003

My husband and I always enjoy getting "new" Disney towels from the water parks. Hee hee. It's an excuse to buy them.

02-19-2003	#1 (permalink)
WVWISEGUY Senior Mouseketeer Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: West Virginia Posts: 328	Towels for pools My wife is wondering if we will need to pack beach towels for our trip to DW. We will be staying at the poly. I told her I knew just the people to ask. __________________ Jeff 2005 4 Day Disney Wonder Cruise 2004, 2005 Pop Century 2003 Polynesian 2002 Grosvenor 1999 Board Walk Villas 1996, 1993, 1990 Carribean Beach 1988, 1986, 1981 Villas at Downtown Disney 1987 Treehouse Villas (Honeymoon) 1978 Polynesian 1975 Off Site We are Marshall!!! Go Herd!!!

02-19-2003	#2 (permalink)
mattomouseman Grumpmeister Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Westchester Co. NY Posts: 1,746	There are plenty of towels to be had either from your room or at the pool. And if you really want you can always buy beach towels in the hotel. We have at least one from each trip! __________________ Disneyland1972 WDW1975 Disneyland1987 2000~CBR,2001~Wilderness Lodge 2002~Coronado Springs,2003 Poly, 2004 Disneyland Grand Californian NEVER FORGET, NEVER SURRENDER-GOD BLESS THE U.S.A.

02-20-2003	#3 (permalink)
Amneris Senior Mouseketeer Join Date: Nov 2002 Posts: 418	I've seen two different kinds of towels on my stays. The ones in your room are like regular (but not thin) towels. The staff seems pretty good with meeting your towel needs. Once we arrived and were short towels (in our opinion, lol!), so we called and asked for more. After that, they pretty much kept supplying us with that same extra amount. The towels by the pool are larger, but thinner. So, although they cover you up better after a swim, they aren't as warm/water absorbing as the room towels. The towels by the pool are kept in dispensers that I always keep mistaking for garbage cans or towel returns, lol! :) What hours are the towels available??? I'm always afraid that I'll get out there and they'll either be closed or out of towels (I like swimming early in the morning and late at night), so I always wind up bring a room towel w/ me "just in case". Can some one enlighten me about this so I can stop this cumbersome habit? THANKS! :) __________________ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 1985 - off-site 2000 - Coronado Springs 2001 - Contemporary 2002 - DAKL 2002 - Contemporary 2003 - Western Carribean Cruise 2003 - Contemporary 2004 - DAKL 2004 - DISNEYLAND Grand Californian 2004 - Land / Sea 4-Night Cruise 2005 - SOG ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

02-20-2003	#5 (permalink)
ilvminnie House of Mouse Hostess Join Date: May 2002 Location: Denver, Colorado Posts: 2,443	Being the spoiled folks we are, we always bring our Disney ones from home. We have Buzz, Lilo, Tinkerbell, Donald & more. We just like having our own towels that are nice & big & then when we leave them on a chair we know where we are! And since we do the water parks, too, we just feel it's worth bringing them. I actually pack a separate suitcase that has towels, bathing suits, flip flops, cover ups, etc in it. It's our "swimming suitcase." But I have to have my Disney towels! __________________ I WISH I WAS IN DISNEYWORLD NOW!!!

02-21-2003	#8 (permalink)
Amneris Senior Mouseketeer Join Date: Nov 2002 Posts: 418	Re: water parks It depends on how often you'll actually USE the towels. I'm sure we must have taken hotels ones (probably ones borrowed from the pool) -- I can't recall, but I KNOW we didn't bring ones from home of buy any! ;) Anyway, by the time you wait in the queque for a ride, you've pretty much dried off. If it's warm enough, even the wave pool is no problem. Now, that's for me -- a person who goes to a waterpark to go on the slides and wave pool and such and that's IT. If you're planning to eat at the snack place and lie out in the sun a lot, then you probably would want to bring a towel with you that makes you feel all comfy (I wouldn't recommend stretching out on either kind of hotel towel -- they're not the right size and fluffy-ness for it). They (of course!) sell beach towels at the water parks, so you can wait until you actually get there to decide on your course of action. Keep in mind that, like at the beach, you'll be leaving whatever you bring with you (i.e. shoes, towel) unattended for large amounts of time as you go from slide to slide. The really big water slides don't even let you wear goggles on them (why??? I have prescription ones, and not being able to see was not at all comforting!). __________________ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 1985 - off-site 2000 - Coronado Springs 2001 - Contemporary 2002 - DAKL 2002 - Contemporary 2003 - Western Carribean Cruise 2003 - Contemporary 2004 - DAKL 2004 - DISNEYLAND Grand Californian 2004 - Land / Sea 4-Night Cruise 2005 - SOG ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

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Towels for pools

02-20-2003	#4 (permalink)
Willbegone Southern Princess Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Too far from WDW! Posts: 2,658	Here is another towel question: Should we pack beach towels if we are going to the water parks???

02-22-2003	#9 (permalink)
Connears Mouseketeer Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Natick MA Posts: 78	There have always been plenty of pool towels on our trips, but we do like to bring our big Disney ones. I pack my DVC canvas bag with towels, water shoes/flipflops, water balls, goggles and sunscreen. It stays that way all year and we just replace whatever is needed and throw it in the car! Connears __________________ Connears DVC member (1994)

02-23-2003	#10 (permalink)
WDWNutCase Senior Mouseketeer Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: New Brunswick, Canada Posts: 374	My husband and I always enjoy getting "new" Disney towels from the water parks. Hee hee. It's an excuse to buy them. __________________ Resorts We've Stayed In ASM, CBR, CSR, WL, WL Concierge, GFR&S, POR, BW Villas, BC Villas, OKW December 17-24, 2005: Saratoga Springs! Brother & Sis in Law's first ever Disney Trip! Have a Zip-a-dee-doo-da Day! DVC Members since March 2003

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