This place played host to a high school Invitation that we look forward to attending. The pools are well kept, and overall facilities are good. Parking for us wasn't too bad, as the facility played host to over 10 schools throughout Arizona. Looking forward to returning. read more

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Great place for the kiddos! Our toddler daughter loved the play area and the aquatic center! We all had a blast...highly recommend!

We came for the all-season splash pad but the best part was the playground! My kids wouldn't leave. What a beautiful facility.

Splashpad is great for little ones! There are a few picnic tables near by in the shade. . You also have access to the swimming pool and slide (if kids are tall enough). Playground is near by and has alot of shade! read more

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My sons and I were able to rent a lane while visiting from out of town. This is one of the nicest pools and facilities we have ever experienced and the staff was exceptionally helpful! read more

Visited the aquatic center on Sunday, and was happy to find out that the entrance fee was only $5 per family. Very affordable! The center is very spacious, with two separate pools, a splash pad, and a small eating area. The largest pool is set up for adult swimming, and it also has several diving boards at the far end. The smaller pool has a "play" area, as well as swimming lanes. Our visit was enjoyable, but I was disappointed in available seating around the pools, as well as in available shady areas to sit in. There are some chairs, as well as a couple pop-up canopies, but these were already taken when we arrived. I was also disappointed in the cleanliness of the smaller pool. While the large pool was absolutely sparkling and debris-free, the small pool was full of dead bugs and bug parts. I saw one employee skimming for a few minutes, but it would take an army of people skimming for several hours to get that pool clean. Gross! So, all in all it was a fairly good experience. Don't think I'd pay the big bucks to swim in "buggy" water, but for five bucks I guess it's okay. read more

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Wonderful pool for lap swimming. The smaller rec pool gets crowded in the summer, but so do all the public pools in the Tucson area. Much better water quality than some.The staff are great, always responsive about booking. Lucky to swim here! read more

Was in town for a few days and dropped in here for a lap swim. $5 for an hour. the pool is beautiful, only outdone by the mountains in the background. easy to use reservation system and the staff was super friendly. the locals were friendly and chatty too [most swimmers are]. the locker rooms are dated and a little dirty, but for $5 I didn't care. read more

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Came here for a b day party second time here for me! It's a neat little park have a larger lap pool, diving boards and a smaller splash bad and a slide. The have a smaller room that you can rent nothing special or fancy a room 4 walls and a few tables but it's in the a/c out of the heat ! So that's nice ! I'm giving the place 4 stars because the employees they were just plain rude and then one of the employees after speaking to me walked over to another employee (I'm assuming talking about me and she then gave me the death glare) other than that the place was fantastic! But the employees shouldn't be so rude ! read more

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It was "ok" barely. The pool was greasy. We were forced to swim in an extremely corded off area shoulder to shoulder with many other people and this is during covid outbreak. They had ample room to allow people to spread out in the one swimming pool. The "grass" area was ok. Splash pad was nice. read more

Yeah some of the staff are really rude and stuck up. Especially one girl in particular that works at the front desk.

The Oro Valley Aquatic Center is a great place to go for some alone time (swim laps) or family fun. We have been coming to the pool for some time because my are on a swim team. The pool is always clean and the staff is polite. There is a snack bar which they will open if you ask if there isn't an attendant and a water slide too. As an added bonus, the restrooms are always clean too. :) read more

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We had a lot of fun at Oro Valley Aquatic Center,they have a nice water slide,pretty cool splash pad and huge swimming pool. The pool is clean,they have family changing rooms . It's now one of our favorite places to go! read more

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Do not recommend for $5!!!! Lol ridiculous!! You have such a small small place in the 4ft full of pee!! Disgusting!! Place has a nice pool for lap swimmers only. Children would enjoy doe! But def not for public swimming!! You have to reserve online only if you want to swim in clean water! read more

Very busy place in summer, but the pool is clean, locker rooms clean. Attentive life guards. Always a great workout.

I've been swimming at this pool prior to its renovation and have constantly tried my hardest to come every weekend. People may say that the price is to much but for the surrounding areas prices it's a steal. The pool is kept as clean as possible as well as the bathrooms and it is shown by how the lifeguards do hourly bathroom check. read more

Our daughter has improved vastly in this busy Oro Valley facility with the FAST program. There is usually enough parking, although it competes with the high school and sports fields next door. read more

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Prices of comparable pools are much lower. Costs $5 for a kid to swim and $6 for an adult. 5 minutes away is the County pool with a lap pool, water slide and play pool for$1 for kids & $3 for adults and they don't kick you out so the local High Schools can practice. The only saving grace is$5 family Sundays in the summer. Life guards are all high-schoolers and tend to be heavy handed. One life guard will let most kids use the water slide. The next won't. The management doesn't seem to care either way. read more

Great pool but they don't offer adult lap swimming after 4 pm. Which sort of defeats the purpose of a public pool

Gorgeous lap pool. Friendly young life guards and greeters. Clean pool. Accessible lifts to both pools. I loved my swims in the sun! The bathrooms leave a lot to be desired- cement block walls, dark grim by the tiles rimming the edge of the walls, dark concrete floor, but they function. read more

I love this pool - its a great location, well kept facilities and friendly staff... however they keep hiking up the prices on the season pass. I loved the convenience of having a pass and not worrying about keeping cash on me to pay each time. Last summer it was $35 for a pass, the fall was $50 and now $75? Not a deal anymore. Less incentive for me to come more often. read more

Management - please keep your schedule up to date. Got kicked out today cause Masters was not on schedule. Front office says they come in every Sunday, 2-4. read more

I love the Oro Valley Municipal Pool. It is never very busy and the hours of operation have always worked for me.

Great place for the family- kids of all ages will enjoy this aquatic center: water slide, kid pool with lanes, splash pad, high dives.

Oro Valley really missed the point of an aquatic center. The bare minimum for families and small kids is offered and is over priced. The splash pad needs to be bigger and so does the swimming area it also should be much cheaper for OV residents. We already are paying for it! read more

Had a heavenly day here with my friend and her kids. Availed myself of the super fun (and tall!) water slide. The park next door has an excellent playground and a prevailing breeze that makes hanging out very pleasant. read more

Nice big lap pool with some of the cleanest water I have ever swam in. They have a pretty fast water slide and a big splash pad to help keep you cool. A bit pricey on admission but worth it in the long run. Overall a nice aquatic center! read more

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Disappointing. Looks like a great pair of pools. But although they claim to be a great place for kids, the pool water is only 79 degrees, so on a beautiful sunny 80 degree day perfect for swimming, the pool water is freezing cold and we quickly had kids (4 & 6 yo) shivering so badly despite swimming/moving around in the water they could barely talk. Perhaps this place is great if it's 95+ degrees outside and then the freezing water is ok for a bit, but this isn't the pool for young kids if it's "only" 80 degrees outside. If they heated the water in the small kid pool to about 82-83, it'd make a world of difference. read more

Great place for kids of all ages. If you're a resident, it's very low cost. If not, still reasonable. The staff is safe and still allow the kids to have fun at the pool, slide, and diving boards! read more

DO NOT TAKE YOUR FAMILY HERE. The website and accompanying video would have you believe that this is a family friendly facility but it is not. There is indeed a water slide, recreation pool and diving boards here but unless you are on a swim-team or with The Masters, you and your family will only be an afterthought and an inconvenience to the staff here. Each of the three times we went to the facility, we had to request that the feature be opened for use. We went at noon for the diving boards which is the posted opening time. After inconveniencing the lifeguards, the boards were maybe opened by 1pm. Even then, they didn't move the flag-line out of the way of the dive "zone" so we had to continually avoid hanging ourselves on the line. The other two times we went in the evening to relax in the recreation pool and play on the water slide. After making a request to use the slide the staff visibly acted inconvenienced by our request and again reluctantly opened the slide. The guard stayed at the slide until we retreated to the rec pool for a while, then left so when we wanted to use the slide again, we had to make another request. The recreation pool never had more than one lane removed for the purpose of recreational swim, even though there were several families crammed into the open space around the steps of the pool. The lifeguards are rude and apparently unable to communicate by any other means than text messaging. Any attempts at conversation with many of the lifeguards were reciprocated with a blank stare and no comment. I have to wonder how they would act if they really had to save a life. They don't want to be bothered. This pool has been built and updated for the purpose of drawing commerce to itself from outside sources such as swim-meets and synchronized swimming events. The water slide and "recreation pool" are simply a ploy to justify community support, presumably in the form of tax dollars and other forms of community revenue. read more

The financial situation here must be getting pretty bleak. The pricing is pretty ridiculous. For the monthly rates you could get your own pool on a payment plan. I also agree with another review here, the bathrooms are pretty substandard, especially for the price. The website is never updated. You can look now and still see Spring hours from back in March. They say look at the calendar for recent info, but its not recent or helpful. You often show up and its closed for this function or that function, so you never get to use it. I'm sure there are better places for kids in the summer. read more

They charge $6 per person and the only part to swim is in a little area where 95% of the pool is blocked off for teaching or reserved areas. So if you want to go for a tiny splash pad and a big slide (not connected to a pool) then cool. I wouldn't consider this place "for the public". read more

We celebrated our sons 2nd Birthday here on Saturday. When we checked out the Aquatic Center for the first time I was at awed with everyone we came in contact with and how nicely they treated us. (We pre-booked three months in advance so we've been looking forward to it since then) Upon arrival we were greeted and I asked the gentleman in the front if the room was ready and he said he would check on it for us. After a few min (1:32pm) I asked if we could head back and he shook his head yes. (We were told we could arrive 30min prior to set up/decorate) when we arrived in the room I noticed that the room wasn't completely cleaned up and trashes were over flowing from the pervious party before us but I didn't make a fuss of it because we wanted to make sure we were ready for our guest that would be arriving shortly. From 1:32-2:15 not once did anyone come in and check on us or communicate with us about anything! As our guest arrived and the kids were excited they began to head out to the pool/splash pad when a lifeguard came out of the room next door literally yelling at the kids to "get back in that room now!" I was shocked and stepped out of the room and asked why she was yelling and what was going on and she said "pools closed!" Then walked away extremely frustrated at this point someone from the front came walking toward me and asked if anyone had come to talk to us yet, I let her know that no one had said anything and her exact words to me were "due to weather we need to close. If your party doesn't resume by 2:30 then we'll work out some type of discount, but for now all kids will need to remain in the room" which cool! Totally understandable! As time went on the kids got antsy we took it upon ourselves to take all the kids outside of the Aquatic Center and let them play at the playground. By 3:15 still no one had come and said a single thing so I went back into the center to ask what the status was and a lifeguard said 3:30 so I let our guest know that we could head in shortly. At about 3:30 we headed back into our room and waited for someone to come in and let us know we were in the clear to get in the water. Still nothing! At 3:45 I poked my head out and asked if the kids could finally get in the water and the lifeguard standing there just shook his head yes and walked away. It was a bummer and a waste of money because our actual water time was only for about 45 minutes because we still needed to do cake and gifts and they told us we needed to be out by 5pm because that's the time they close completely. We cleaned out the room and were done by 4:45pm and when I went to "check out" with the front desk to ask about the "discount/refund" everything was closed down. Front desk and all and all the lifeguards went straight to their room and when we walked by they acted as if they didn't see us but yet we're quick to holler from the door if they saw something they didn't like. Very unfortunate and disappointing! We will not be returning. read more

The new facility is great. Contrary to one of the other reviews I have found all the staff to be very friendly and helpful (especially the bloke with the bloody English accent). I swam there through all the construction time. The pool being available during construction was really good. A rare occasion where our tax dollars are being used wisely. read more

This place is sucks. Yesterday me and my husband went there around 6.00 pm. According to their schedule between 4.30-6.00 pm their pools have limited lane and at that hours for the olympic pool there are just only two lanes available rest for swimming classes. But after 6.00 pm some of the other lanes must be opened according to their schedule. But there was no available lane even two public lanes which reserved for 4.30-6.00 pm were also sharing more than two people. After 6.00 pm we assumed that we can swim in the freespaces but they didn't allow us to swim there so we asked after 6.00 pm the pool shouldn't be limited or at least there must be more public lane but they couldn't explain the situation just kept saying "you can't swim". It is really stupid i'm paying 50$ every month it was the second time I came here go back to home because of their wrong information on their schedule. English is my second language but everybody can say that if there is a specification for the time there must be a difference after this specific time otherwise it is meaningless to make specification because situation still same. read more