Posted: 5/21/2012 6:21:50 AM EDT
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3/5 of a mile long, 115' deep...
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2147443/Worlds-biggest-pool-holds-66-million-gallons-cost-1billion-build.html It's all fun and games until someone drops Jaws in. 
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That is impressive. Honestly, I would go just to use the pool.  I'll have to read up on traveling to Chile. ETA: Years ago, this is the kind of thing I'd have expected to see built somewhere in the US while the rest of the world was amazed. Now, I can't imagine it would even be possible. |
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3/5 of a mile long, 115' deep... http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2147443/Worlds-biggest-pool-holds-66-million-gallons-cost-1billion-build.html It's all fun and games until someone drops Jaws in. http://i238.photobucket.com/albums/ff100/PBIR/pool.jpg Needs more sea life interaction, such as this?? 
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It is a bit funny, but I know plenty of people who spend really good money to go to the beach - and rarely ever get any closer than the hotel pool. I've done it myself (but don't have the money to do it often). The beach pools are fresh water so a bit less annoying to the eyes - beautifully landscaped, tons of amenities (from great pool chairs to plenty of strategically placed shade - not to mention stuff to do in the water (slides and floats). A pool like the one mentioned also probably has great poolside service. Then there is the OTHER reason. The beach is somewhat crowded. Water-parks are ridiculously crowded. But high end resorts control the crowd. You get a lot of the fun of a water park - without the hr line to go down a slide. I can completely understand it - if you can afford it. |
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A pool that size can dilute a lot of pee, but what if someone drops a dookie? http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_bAIZPjDtT_Q/S-l6eBr7nRI/AAAAAAAAFdE/FJm49ZJ9fMk/s1600/bill+murray.jpg 's no big deal... |
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ETA: Years ago, this is the kind of thing I'd have expected to see built somewhere in the US while the rest of the world was amazed. Now, I can't imagine it would even be possible. That's some flyover-country thinking. The days of the US dominating the world stage in science, technology, finance, architecture, and military might are over. From now on, we must endeavor to diminish our own brilliance, so that the light of our dimmer neighbors can be seen. (Praise be heaped upon our Most Exalted Leader.) |
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ETA: Years ago, this is the kind of thing I'd have expected to see built somewhere in the US while the rest of the world was amazed. Now, I can't imagine it would even be possible. That's some flyover-country thinking. The days of the US dominating the world stage in science, technology, finance, architecture, and military might are over. From now on, we must endeavor to diminish our own brilliance, so that the light of our dimmer neighbors can be seen. (Praise be heaped upon our Most Exalted Leader.) Well ain't that the truth. 
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