I can't believe how confused I am! Looking at only the new artist rendering and starting at the fountain moving clockwise, at 12:00 is the large shelf/splash pad with three steps down into the pool, then almost opposite at 6-7:00 is the large stepped entry with two handrails and the wheelchair lift, yes? Now what is next, at 8:00 between that stepped entry and the entrance to the lazy river? Is that full-depth with only bench seating at the edge, or is that some kind of slope happening from the edge to the middle of the pool?
Barony's large pool at the gardenview section was replaced with a feature-rich pool that took away some full-depth area, but Barony's other pool at the oceanfront is large enough to offset the loss. Is the other pool at GO large?
I think you're right about most things, except the "what is that" just prior to the lazy river is the wheelchair lift, with perhaps an extra arm.
It appears to look like a gray contraption, only interpreted by me as the wheel chair lift. What you saw as a wheelchair lift near the stepped entry
& two handrails at 6:00 was just a third hand rail. There are 3 handrails at that entry. So the lift is located just before the lazy river entrance/exit.
Per your last question, GO has three very large mega pools---the North Pool on the lagoon side near the ocean,
the U-shaped Adult South Pool (at Loggerhead Landing, forever known as Pool Bar Jim's) and it's adjacent to the new 20-ft wide oceanfront deck
which runs about 30-40 yards alongside the ocean (overlooking the dunes) & contains two rows of lounge chairs with covers running the entire length & offering a clear unimpeded ocean view just like the poolside chairs at the North Pool.
The third large pool is the Dolphin Pool about which we're discussing regarding the new rendering.
Between the South Pool & Dolphin Pool are the shrub hedge, the bocce ball & shuffleboard courts, the Dolphin Grille, several individual swings alongside the Starfish Bldg, and a shrub-lined private hot tub.
A different set of larger swings, the largest collection, runs from the South Boardwalk to the North Pool, all lined up and swinging from an overhead arbor. There's a lot happening on the South side.....
Never even mentioned the Putting Green, the two large sets of grill areas (one near back bldgs & one near ocean), and two more private hot tubs guarded by shrub hedges.