Great playground for toddlers and great splash pad! It's $15 for kids over two if you are not a…read moreresident so it can get pricey and I would make a day out of it in such case. We came on a Friday afternoon and not many kids were here.

Located in Lange Park within Rosemont's gated community, this is the most fun outdoor splash pad in…read morethe area as far as I'm concerned! Just a week after our expensive outing to Park Ridge's Centennial Park, this place is a lot more fun for a lot less. First off, there's a multitude of water nozzles, fountains and other creative fun things for kids of all ages or for silly grownups like myself. There's the always popular fill-n-tilt buckets, a run-through "car wash", a sprinkler-arrayed rainbow, a fire hydrant, railroad crossing, and a pair of pivoting long-range water guns with animal heads. We came on the day of the town's annual free picnic, so it was open for everyone. However, on a regular day it costs $4 for residents and $6 for non-residents. However, parents or guardians of the kids get in free, so the $20 overpriced trip to Centennial costs only $12 here, or only $8 if our friend from town comes with us. Not all the fountains are on at the same time. Every few minutes, different ones go on while others turn off. Kids gather around certain favorite ones and wait for them to fire up. The play area is made of a high-traction, padded surface that resembles pressed loops of rubber. A little rough on the feet but I saw nobody slipping and falling (or falling unintentionally). The Stunt Baby had so much fun that he lay down on a towel, lips blue and chattering from the chilly water. Minutes later he was right back in the thick of the action again. My older son "won the bucket game" 11 times - taking a direct hit with the water bucket each of those times. In all, it's a great place to have a safe and fun afternoon. Check out the pictures.

Nice outside pool- kid friendly and adult friendly - they have day passes and season pass…read more Kids from ages 1 month to 75 years old - three different pools and a water slide and kids wading area

First time here today and can say I liked the pool. Actually, there are 3 pools. Doesn't matter how…read moreold your child is, you can definitely find the one which is the best for his/her age. There is one big slide, but the child has to reach certain high in order to use the slide. If you are hungry, there is small shop where you can buy some food or ice cream. Not sure what the choices are, but saw a line in front of it. Also, if you are not Park Ridge resident, the price of ticket is higher. All in all would recommend this pool.

Virtually new, state of the art facility. Ample parking. Great way to spend a hot summer day…read more Pool pass is a fair value. Lots of free/open swim times. Lots of chairs. Arrive early for best results on warm days!

Used the renovated pool party room for my grandson's party. The extra cost for an attendant and a…read morecake was NOT worth it The party coordinator and the party attendant is a mother/daughter duo. The coordinator is a poor communicator who took over from the initially hired coordinator. Neither or them knew nothing of the pool party room's equipment (table size, number or tables, quantity that was available for use, chairs..). The mom and daughter were arguing about personal stuff while we were trying to set up the food and drinks. We weren't asked how we wanted the tables set up or how many chairs we wanted. They used blue table covers that were in one of the cupboards. Would have been nice to know we didnt need to buy any. We weren't asked about how we wanted to time the party. We told them how we wanted the party to move. We were ignored. We told them to help themselves to the food and drinks during the party. They did. But during the clean up. They LITERALLY helped themselves to the remaining sodas. For themselves. We invited the life guards to come in for pizza and the water and soda Those kids were more polite then the coordinator. So we took a pizza and some loose soda cans that weren't boxed up by our party helpers and walked them to the office for theifeguards. Appalling. Maybe next party will be at a Fieldhouse. We can set up and clean up ourselves and put that extra money into food and drinks for our invitees instead.

I have been going almost regularly three times a week for the last two years. Clean and friendly…read moretwo things you want in a gym. During Covid they were extra careful about spreading germs. Parking is abundant and in and out. Is what you want. Great place. JLK

My stepdaughter just wanted to swim. In March. Ha! But I wanted to make it happen for her so I…read moregoogled around and found Splash Landings. Off we went. At $6 a person, it's a little steep. More than what we're used to paying for outdoor summer swimming. But it certainly didn't break the bank. The pool is cute. There's one large slide that was closed when we were there (the hours for swim and the slide are clearly laid out on the website so we knew that going in). There's also a small slide for the little guys as well as some water spray features. My 3 year old loves zero depth entry pools so he was thrilled. There's also a second pool that was deep enough for my stepkiddo to get her swim on. There were three lap pool lanes open as well. Again, the hours for all this is on the website. The staff is kinda meh. The woman working the desk was not sure what was going on but the life guards were nice. The locker rooms are nicer than I was expecting. There's also a couple family shower/bathrooms which is nice. Bring a lock and towels!

Great for the kids & adults, food wasn't the best but hey wasn't the worse. Will be going back this…read moresummer.

I have been going to Flick for two years to do water aerobics. This location has 5 pools. Excellent…read morefor smaller kids and even better for the teens. Staff is always gracious and friendly. Lots of lifeguards around each pool. Busy early in the morning when the day campers arrive. I would recommend arriving around 1pm. They have an onsite cafe that serves food for a cost. The summer goes by fast. Enjoy this location as much as you can.

We love the pool here at Oriole, which is tucked away in a residential neighborhood…read more It's $11 for resident admission for the day and $13 for non residents. There is a VERY tasty Flash Taco stand here offering tacos ($5), burritos, nachos, and quesadillas ($14 for the supreme with meat). Cold drinks and Mexican paletas and ice cream bars ($5) also available! The pools are clean and well life guarded. There is a 15 minute safety break on the :45 of every hour, where anyone under 18 needs to get out of the pool. Two diving boards, one steep water slide, splash area for kids, lazy river, couple of lap lanes, and lily pad obstacle course over 4' water can all be found here. Lily pads were a hit with my kids last year, but now that they're a year older, stronger swimmers, and taller, they're not as challenging. Still fun though. Variety of aquatic amenities and the Flash Taco keeps us returning here! A Morton Grove gem!

If you have toddlers or kids under 10 . I think this place is perfect for you. The area is not big…read morebut enough for you to see your kids swim w no worries( make sure to have them in floaties for safety) as a mom of 2, 3 and 6 its hard to keep up, you are constantly running after them but for some reason i was feeling relaxed here.(no jk) we stayed for 3.5 hours. My son was able to go on the lily pads for a 100thx ..he had so much fun! . Theres a closer pool from us (centennial park)but they ddnt allow him to go on the lily pads because they dont allow kids with floaties..also they charge my 3 year old (resident) $9‍.. but in Oriole $0.. (NR).. def going back for more fun times w/my kids..

Great place for kids birthday parties! We celebrated my…read moredaughter's 10th birthday there and kiddos could not have more fun! Slides, sprinklers, jumping boards - we could barely make them come to the cabana for cake! Their event manager Rochelle was responsive and accommodating and made everything a breeze. Would recommend!

Great staff! Great facilities! Good food! Fair prices. Definitely recommend it for younger kids. My…read morepreteen and teen still have fun on the slide and diving board.

Overall, I think it's between 3-4 stars. Usually, the kids…read morehave a good time. They did open the water slide but this doesn't happen every time we visit. It would be nice if they did that more often. Today there were a lot of branches and just clutter from the weather on the patio and sidewalk. It looked dirty. The pool was fine though. Then the kids went to get popsicles with a friend and they were out of mostly everything. I'm finding this is the case most of the time.

This is the calmer and quieter of the two Skokie Park District pools. It's easier to find parking…read morebecause it's just overall less packed. Also,k it isn't as large as the Skokie Water Playground. A lot more little kids come in packs with their mother's, babysitters, etc. There's a snack area off the poolside and a kids play area on the opposite side. The main pool starts off VERY shallow and gradually gets deeper. The only slide that they have is in the back and the water in that pool is just about 12 feet deep. They also have a diving bored located on site of the slide pool. Again, LOTS of lifeguards on duty. It's a lot easier to swim laps here than at Skokie Water Playground because of the smaller crowd. If you want to plan a birthday party for smaller kids, this might be the better pool for it because it's not as chaotic. If you have bigger kids the Skokie Water Playground is usually more popular because there's more to do there. Same deal as Skokie Water Playground with safety breaks (15 minutes every hour), and admission is slightly less at Devonshire Aquatic Center.

My kids have gone through lessons with several area swim schools, but I find Maine Aquatics the…read morebest value and quality, given by high schoolers themselves. It's based on seasonal schedules, and you pick the evening that works best for your schedule Mon, Wed or Thursday. Lessons are 30min at either 6pm or 6:30pm. The one area of improvement would be communication response with their email, but other than that, I highly recommend! My kids have progressed tremendously and their confidence has grown significantly. Note-you pay the full season in cash the first evening so come prepared.

So far, we've had a positive experience with the Maine Township Aquatics swim program…read more The pool is nice, which is located at Maine East High School. There's ample parking which is very convenient . Their prices are very competitive to other local programs, which I've compared to. The instructors seem positive, encouraging, and praise students for their efforts. Would highly recommend this program for young swimmers.

The place is so ghetto. The people there are so rude because the people that were PAID to be in…read morewhile I had a membership they were trying to physical fight my sons. even as far as chocking my sons and pressing them. On the other hand they went as far as using tactics to fight my son. This place should be sold and gone. Not to mention the people are repeatedly being rude to my kids and other people ( I know this because my son's friend of friends told their parents to tell me). This place is just so out of hand and should not be here much longer.

I saw a thread posting about swim lessons recently, so I figured I should write about where I take…read moremy kids. Schumacher Natatorium is the swimming pool facility within the Park Ridge Community Center located at Centennial Park on the corner of Touhy & Western, maybe a mile west of the uptown Park Ridge neighborhood. When my 3 year old Stunt Boy developed a love of water parks over the summer, we decided it was an opportune time to introduce him to swimming. We decided to sign him up for the 18 month-3 year old Water Babies. The programs here run the gamut from infant Water Babies to senior citizen exercise classes. The Park Ridge Park district really has a great facility, which is their crown jewel and their newest building. The locker room is always very clean. There's a separate closed-off dressing area within the locker rooms for families, in case dads bring little girls to class or moms have little boys. Lockers are free, just leave your ID at the front desk. There's also piles of blue towels for the taking, so you don't even need to bring your own. There's a big pool, with depth ranging from 3 feet to 7 feet and 4 lanes wide. Then there's a kids' pool with a 3'-6" depth, a fast current area, and a shallow wading pool with a very basic water slide. The pool itself is always the right temperature every time we've come -a perfect 78 degrees. And the floor around the pool is nice and balmy too, so you aren't freezing. The lifeguards on duty keep things orderly, making sure there's no horseplay or unsafe activities going on. A pool manager is constantly on the scene with a clipboard in hand, making sure everyone who's got a class goes to the right place. Since multiple classes take place simultaneously at various parts of the pool(s), it's sometimes hard to see where you belong, especially on the first day of a class. No problems here. The instructors are great with the kids. Most of them seem to be high school age or maybe starting college. One of them has really gotten to like the Stunt Boy, who progressed from Water Babies to Preschool Paddlers to Mighty Minnows in just 3 months. Totally fearless in the water, he's ready to do the cannonball if they would ask him to. Some of the classes allow the kids to advance to the next level as they learn within the class, like the "Learn to Swim" class my 6 year old son takes. It has 6 separate levels, with all classes taking place at the same time, just in various parts of the big pool. As kids master the needed skills, they move on to the next level. In all, it is a really great program and I wish I had a place like that in Chicago when I was growing up, as no city park or YMCA offered this well-organized and well-managed swimming program.