This review is specifically for the pool(s). The facilities are really good, although the changing room/showers are fairly primitive. The salt water pools are both nice--a good sized lap pool and a warmer leisure for water walking and kid fun, as well as a river for floating and relaxing. There is also a giant water slide. The downside is the management of the pools, or lack thereof. Don't expect rules to be enforced, especially in summer, when the lifeguards are almost exclusively teenagers. Kids play in the lap lanes, which disappear with little regard to the schedule. I saw a child dive into the shallow end of the kids' pool and not one of the three lifeguards said anything or perhaps even noticed. Usually there's only one swim lane during aquafit, even if the class is sparsely attended. If you want equipment--water weights, for instance--you often have to hunt down someone to get them for you from a back room. Most gyms I've been to have that equipment readily available. During aquafit classes, the music is so loud that the people in the water often can't hear the instructor, and the instructors are already miked. The volume is headache-inducing at times. Additionally, the music itself is generally very bad. In the morning, it's the same hits of the 70s on a loop ("American Pie" every morning gets old quickly) and in the evenings it's even worse. Little effort seems to go into matching what people in the aquafit classes might enjoy--it's just typical aerobics music, with no imagination or common sense put into the song choice, given that the majority of the people in the classes are 65-plus. (Pre-1960 music actually had a beat--people jitterbugged to it!) I mention music because it's loud, there's no escaping it, and having contemporary country (for example) blaring in your ear isn't always what you want when you're trying to unwind after a long day. read more

Everytime I go to this rec centre pool. Someone decides to take a dook in it. They need to get better dook control here because people just have loose cracks that want to dook everywhere. read more

One of the nicer rec facilities I have come across. The first time I popped into Panorama was some "Get Moving" promo to encourage people to exercise more. They had a bike safety clinic taking place in the parking lot, and it was $2 drop in to use the whole place. I played squash for an hour then hit the swimming area to enjoy the sauna and hot tub, both of which were really nice. Next day I enjoyed Panorama's ample & well equipped weight room, which was sprinkled with a little bit of everyone, seniors and kids, athletes and over-weights, not just one crowd of people but a community. Next day I swam laps in the pool, which was a nice temperature and not too crowded. I'm told that the spinning class was packed full and was high intensity & well run. Altogether, a really splendid place. I'll look forward to going there any time I'm in town. read more

Victoria's best rec centre, tallest slide, weight room, tennis, racquet ball, squash, TRX, spin etc.

One of the best recreation facilities around! Beautiful pool, two arenas and a nice weight room. Tennis courts to boot!