We sailed on the Ecstacy this past summer and I can't tell you how disappointed I was to find out that the pools were more like above ground tanks filled with cold saltwater.
Even if I could have got my 2 kids into that pool I would have had to perch up on the side to be able to see them. A mom sitting in a deck chair could not actually see their kid down in the pool because of the pool being more like an above ground tank than a pool. I guess that the pools are set up that way so that in rough seas--water doesn't splash out on the deck but still....I had pictured myself sitting in a deck chair reading a book and still being able to keep an eyeon my girls while they play in the pool.
Kim