I found out about Black Bob Bay from my 1st grader who went here while on a field trip at Ernie Miller summer camp. She came home gushing about this very cool pool that had a lazy river - she had me at lazy river.
Black Bob Bay is located within an Olathe City park and it's honestly one of the cooler pools that is owned by a municipality that i've been to in the KC area. There is an expansive pool for grown ups and kids, along with a baby pool, a kid friendly pool with a water slide and tons of water features, and a lazy river.
4/5 and not 5/5 for three main reasons: 1. there isn't a great system in place to make sure folks don't hog the tubes for the lazy river. It's sort of a free for all and on a busy day it's akin to the hunger games to snag one. When I got to the area where they kept them and a dad was trying to hoard the final three, I gave him a look and he did give me very sad looking one so I could go with my daughter. I really wish they'd manage this better by maybe giving time limits or not letting single adults take the double tubes when they are going solo. I saw so much of this and it was such a waste of resources on a busy day. 2. they need to find a better way to keep the ground cooler - if it's putting more misters around or something else, I'm not sure, but I am sure my feet nearly burnt off trying to get from the pool to the lazy river. 3. The adult swim/ random pool closures was a lot. We were there for maybe an hour and a half and I think we had to get out at least two times for more than 15 minutes each, which seemed a bit extreme.
Overall this is a fun pool. It could be better, but it's a good value and we would return. read more