Watch determined tourists wear sprint shoes & even STRETCH before dawn dash for Magaluf pool spot…having queued for 1hr
THIS is the frantic moment Brit “towel warriors” sprint for the best sunbeds around the pool at a Magaluf hotel – the second it opens.
Desperate holidaymakers queued by the pool at Hotel Sol Barbados for up to an hour before staff opened it and seemingly let all hell break loose.
It is the latest chapter of the blazing sun lounger wars which continue to rage on across Brit holiday hotspots.
Aaron Turner, 34, was holidaying in Spain with fiancé Shauna Wall, 32, and their four-year-old daughter Halle when he spotted the bizarre scenes.
The family, from County Meath, Ireland, said sunseekers would wait at one of the three busy pool entrances each day, determined to get the best spots.
Aaron claimed he saw tourists starting to queue from 9am – despite the pool opening at 10am.
Unbelievable footage showed the racing Brits sprint for their lives as they swarmed the pool area to secure the sunniest seats.
Dozens are seen waiting by the entrances, one of which is blocked by just one lone lifeguard.
As he lets them in when the clock strikes 10am – scores of swimmers descend on the sunbeds in a mad panic.
Content creator Aaron said: “The queues would get pretty long.
“Once the barriers opened, all the rules went – people were jumping the queue, and some were properly running.”
Aaron quipped that he had to don running shoes in order to beat the crowds and secure his seat.
Despite the chaos, he was seen appearing to have found a well-placed sunbed.
He added that there were “definitely enough beds” – but that this didn’t stop Brit tourists forming lines to win the best spots.
“I thought it was hilarious, I’ve seen videos of it online before but it was the first time I experienced it myself,” he said.
“We got a good laugh out of it.”
The footage went viral after another similar scramble involving hasty Brits in Magaluf was caught on camera.
A Manchester holidaymaker was left absolutely fuming after vigilantes swiped towels from her sun lounger that she had reserved due to her disability.
Wheelchair user Elaine Simpson, 77, had been given permission from staff to book out the spot, before Brit sunbathers intervened.
She was staying at the Aquasol Aparthotel near Magaluf with her family to mark her 51st wedding anniversary.
Joined by her husband and teenage grandkids for the trip, they were set for a much-needed week’s break in the sun.
But when they arrived, she was put into a hotel room that was five floors up and as far from the pool as they could have been.
Because she suffers from chronic arthritis and is in a wheelchair, this made it a challenge to claim a hotel sunbed at opening time.
She told the Sun: “We could never have made it down for 9am to get a sunbed.
“So we went out to the beach and paid for sunbeds for the whole week.”
Another Brit tourist defended the controversial practice of putting towels on sunbeds amid the blazing row.
Rachel McGuigan and her husband David enjoyed a plush vacation in Turkey, but divided opinion after they put their towels on their poolside beds for half an hour while they went for their morning meal.
She got angry reactions from some holidaymakers.