There are so many great reasons to have a pool party! New Pool Party, Beginning of Summer Soiree, End Of Summer Send-Off, 4th of July, Nautical Movie Release, even getting extra excited about Shark Week! The point is that if you have a pool, you have an easy party! Easy as it may be, here are my time-honored tips for ensuring that your event will be the social happening of the neighborhood!

Today we congratulate Mark from Omaha as he wins this week's "Most Creative" photo, shot form a drone (that's just cool)! Mark's pool is rocking a wedge style pool bottom and the Princeton Silver liner!

Summer is right around the corner and it’s getting hot! Water guns are a great, fun way to cool off AND have fun.  We’ve searched Pinterest for some of our favorite water gun games and activities and we’d like to share them with you.

“Arctic Blast,” “Polar Vortex,” or just plain “COLD!” However you choose to describe the bone-chilling conditions affecting most of the nation since early this month, we can certainly all agree on one thing: it is freezing! And freezing is an understatement for many portions of the country which are experiencing “high temperatures” in the negatives -- not including wind chill. Here in Memphis, Tennessee, we at Royal Swimming Pools are surviving with the heat cranked, and preparations for summer in full swing. To keep your mind off of the record lows, read on to discover products just in for the 2014 pool season!

You might think its crazy to get in a hot tub in the summer, after all, its already 95 degrees outside, why would you want to get in the hot tub?  Even at resorts in places like Hawaii and the Caribbean there are hot tubs everywhere.  And no matter how hot it is you will usually find someone in them!  Hot tubs are just so soothing and relaxing to the body that even in hot weather people are still inclined to get in them for a little while.  But a hot tub doesn’t have to be hot; it can cool you down too, providing a completely different relaxing and soothing sensation!

1]  The Titanic was the first ship to have a heated swimming pool.

One of the most frequent  complaints  that I have received from above ground swimming pool owners is that their  pool water is extremely warm. The reason for that being is that their swimming pool doesn't have any shade on it at all. One of they best ways to help cool down your water is to get a fountain, it is extremely helpful. Fountains help circulate the pool water, the 3-tier fountain is an excellent one to use.