Who Should Avoid Hot Tubs?
Infants and children
http://www.nationwidechildrens.org/cirp-hot-tubs
Did you read the link? Here are the problems they say are related to hot tubs.
Sinking under the water can lead to drowning.
Jumping and diving into the hot tub can result in fractures and head injuries.
Slipping and falling in or around the hot tub can cause deep cuts and bruises.
Staying in the hot tub for too long can lead to an increased body temperature and overheating.
Water that is too hot can cause burns.
Drain suctions that are not properly covered can lead to entanglement, body entrapment, and drowning.
Only ONE of them actually has anything to do with it being a properly run HOT tub (added "properly run" because obviously a burning-hot hot tub has to do with it being hot), and that can easily be avoided by not letting the children stay in there too long.
The others are worked out with supervision. Which goes along with being in it too long.
NOTHING in that list is a reason for all children to stay out of a hot tub. When my son was 7, he liked putting his legs in. Now that he's 9 he loves being in one, using it as it is intended, to sit and relax. He is VERY good at regulating how long he's in it; I haven't had to tell him it's time to get out yet because he's already out. Of course, obviously, I've been in there at the same time. He's not one of the roving packs of kids at a Disney pool (so far just at POR).
So instead of making the "no kids" rule, if they strengthened the ability to monitor the *use* of the hot tub, from time in it to behaviour in and around it, it would be far more fair.
While I mention the roving packs...by no means has that been ALL of the kids I've seen at the hot tub. I would say that in my experience about half of the kids are well behaved and using the hot tub in the way it is intended to be used. If they could control the other kids it would be perfect. (of course, then they would probably boot me out after a certain time, too, because I am an over-stayer in a hot tub, most definitely, LOL....don't have the self-preservation instincts my son has, I suppose.)