Another in our Closest To series…The closest Hotel Pool Water Slide to Los Angeles can be found at Terranea Resort in Palos Verdes. There may be a water slide at a hotel pool in Los Angeles proper, but we have yet to find it. Terranea is just outside the city limits, in …
We’re starting a new (hopefully regular) feature at Hotel Swimming Pools. We’ll pick a big city and then give you unique hotel pool options within driving distance–when to find the best slide, who’s got a lazy river to float, and other pool options we know you love. Since we’re So. Cal …
Okay Huffington Post, we take back everything negative we ever said. This Monday morning piece on hotel pools with waterslides absolutely made our day! Some highlights of the list: Hard Rock Bali with a three-lane slide reminiscent of those old beachside amusement park slides that every kid ever dreams of …
In a post-apocolypic, not-so-distant future, archeologists who stumble upon the ruins of The Ritz-Carlton Dove Mountain hotel pool will certainly be confused. Is this ancient-ancient, from the 21st century, or like, super mega ancient from several billion years ago? To us, this is what a hotel pool as imagined by the …
This Wednesday we have a mild case of the blahs—still a few weeks til school lets out and summer really begins, but it’s not spring anymore either. It’s the middle of the week, there’s nothing new and all that out-of-the-ordinary going on. Don’t you sometimes wish something spectacular would happen? …
Nothing against Holiday Inn, but they aren’t usually the properties where one expects to find amazing hotel swimming pools. But not only is the Holiday Inn of Fargo a hotel with an indoor pool, it’s also got a pirate ship feature with 5 water slides! We would almost crown this …
Yes, it’s a timeshare. But it’s also a beautiful resort in Kapolei, Oahu, located on a man-made and very child-friendly private lagoon. The Marriott Ko Olina Beach Club has 3 swimming pools and 7 whirlpool spas. We expected a few standard pools, maybe a water slide or some other cool feature …
If HotelSwimmingPools.com gave out annual awards, Aulani Resort & Spa on Oahu would probably get “pool of year.” Opened in 2011 on the leeward coast of Oahu, about 40 minutes from Waikiki, the Aulani is Disney’s first resort away from an amusement park. If the kids can’t vacation at the …
Turtle Bay on the North Shore of Oahu is one of our favorite spots anywhere, not just in Hawaii. About 50 minutes by car from Honolulu airport, it’s on a rugged stretch of wild coast, not far from the very cool North Shore town of Haleiwa. (known both for it’s …
Today we are wishing we were here. The 7-acre Oasis Water water park features: An 8-story tower with three water slides; A gigantic wave pool, river tubing, the Wild Cat Springs for kids and a 25-person hot tub, all part of the on-property Oasis Water Park, reserved exclusively for Resort guests. Pictures are from …