My family just recently moved to north babylon and everyone was telling us how great this pool was so we got summer passes. The pool really is great. One large pool and 2 baby pools, one with a play area, kind of like what you might find at a waterpark. The water is very clean. Now here comes the problems:
1. The bottoms of the baby pools are VERY rough. I know that most pools have cement on the bottoms, but this is ridiculous. After the first day, all 3 of my kids had missing skin on their big toes. After the second day, my son had missing skin and was bleeding on his hands from the bottom of the baby pool. I complained and I think other parents did too because the other day, the baby pool with the play area was drained and they were fixing the bottom.
The other baby pool has jagged pieces of cement on the bottom. I got my hand stuck on one. If anything, GET YOUR CHILDREN WATER SHOES!!!!!!!
2. The lifeguards. They all look like they're less than thrilled to be there. They allow the kids to run ALL THE TIME. I have never heard them tell any child to stop. They make some people take off their shirts in the pool but others they don't. For what reason, I don't know.
3. The woman's bathroom. It was ok on the first day. After that, it has went downhill. The handicapped stall was clogged with toilet paper and poop. It reeked horribly like urine and the shower floors felt slippery, like they were growing algae or something.
4. They don't allow swim aids or floaties. I tried to enter the pool with my 4 year old daughter while she was wearing a swim aid. Kind of like a life jacket, but different. It's for learning how to swim. They told me she couldn't get in with it. But all the while, they're allowing other children in with kick boards and toys. They also seem to have no problem with beach balls and footballs. I almost got hit by a football today because 2 teens were playing catch in the pool. If it's not in anyone else's way, why should it be prohibited? It seems ass backwards.
I am going to utilize the facility because I paid $150 for summer passes and I live just down the street but there is definitely a lot of things that need to be fixed. I know that no place is perfect, but these things are so easily fixed and I feel like the effort is not being put in. read more