I really wanted to love the Marina location, but after taking classes at the Lower Pac Heights location for the past year, the Marina location does NOT compare.
I should have known that this location is a lot more popular and therefore difficult to get into the class times I wanted. When I first switch over, I was put on the waitlist for every class between early morning to afternoon for the next 3 weeks and the waitlists were all full majority of the time.
I realized that signing up for all the waitlists was also a major mistake because people would suddenly drop MINUTES RIGHT BEFORE THE CANCELLATION PERIOD and I would be put into multiple classes on one day with no ability to cancel a class without penalty since it was past the free cancellation window. I emailed asking if there was any way to fix this problem or waive my cancellation fee and the team responded back saying that I should just not sign up to be on the waitlist for multiple classes a day. The late fees ($15) & cancellation fees ($25) really racked up for me in the first 2 weeks because of this mistake and that was on top was the insane class prices already.
I did like how large the space in here with a nice lobby area with lockers and seating, along with a bathroom with 2 stalls stocked with hairties, period products, deodorant, and dry shampoo. There is a full window where people can see into the class room which can feel really uncomfortable for people on the first couple machines.
Generally, I also didn't enjoy the exercises as much as I did with the instructors at Lower Pac Heights. After doing lagree everyday for the past year, I felt like the moves & flows I did at the Marina location across multiple instructors at different class times were the exact same. I didn't really get the variety of difficulty I wanted at all.
In the end, Core40 did allow me to break my one year membership contract because I was laid off & moved away. I would really not come back to this location if I came back to do reformer pilates. read more