# Disinfectant at Disneyland

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [January 30, 2014, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disinfectant-at-disneyland/680090 "2014-01-30T00:36:06Z")\
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**Author:** ![Trinopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/2bfe46/32.png) [@Trinopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trinopus)\
**Post date:** [January 30, 2014, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disinfectant-at-disneyland/680090/1 "2014-01-30T00:36:06Z")

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Disneyland (California): the Splash Mountain water ride has a very strong odor of disinfectant in the water. It doesn’t smell like Chlorine, exactly; it’s a “muskier” kind of smell.

Recently, I was in a Kaiser Hospital, and they used something that smelled very similar as their floor-mopping disinfectant.

What is this stuff…and can I get it for home use? I kind of like the scent.

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**Author:** ![GaryM](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garym/32/241_2.png) [@GaryM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GaryM)\
**Post date:** [January 30, 2014, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disinfectant-at-disneyland/680090/2 "2014-01-30T01:39:03Z")

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Some pools reportedly use Bromine as a disinfectant instead of Chlorine. Don’t know if Bromine has a similar smell though.

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**Author:** ![Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e4f/32.png) [@Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Digital_is_the_new_Analog)\
**Post date:** [January 31, 2014, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disinfectant-at-disneyland/680090/3 "2014-01-31T04:12:44Z")

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Bromine is commonly used in hot tubs. I believe it’s because chlorine breaks down quicker at hot tub temperatures.

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**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\
**Post date:** [January 31, 2014, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disinfectant-at-disneyland/680090/4 "2014-01-31T17:31:00Z")

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> [@Trinopus](#):
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> Disneyland (California): the Splash Mountain water ride has a very strong odor of disinfectant in the water. It doesn’t smell like Chlorine, exactly; it’s a “muskier” kind of smell.

I’m sure it has nothing to do with women flashing the cameras. Nothing.

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**Author:** ![RememberMe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/5fc32e/32.png) [@RememberMe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RememberMe)\
**Post date:** [January 31, 2014, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disinfectant-at-disneyland/680090/5 "2014-01-31T17:39:52Z")

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Chemicals used in public water systems/swimming pools are heavily regulated, and I assume that Disney would follow the EPA’s guidelines on approved sanitizers for public swimming pools. That being said, chlorine is the only approved sanitizer for use in outdoor swimming pools.