Awesome aquatic center on the west side that might be overlooked…read more Came Out on a Thursday afternoon 1:00pm and stayed till 4:00 and it was not packed!!! Great size pool for young kids and then transitions to a deeper pool in the middle. I enjoyed this pool as it was not that large as Valley View near Jordan Creek. No lazy River. Three giant slides are the highlight. Diving board and a drop slide. Overall it was a cool pool and highly recommend visiting if you want a smaller setting.

A lot of fun for whole the family. Water slides are a lot of fun. Very clean. Lots of lifeguards.read more

visited as we were staying at a hotel down the street. Reasonable price of entry. The lazy river…read morewas great, and not over crowded. the large swimming pool with the slides good and our child enjoyed them. We didn't venture over to the kiddie area pools, but they are well populated and supervised. great experience.

$6/person and I believe the sign said under 14 free, so that is an amazing deal for some summer…read morefun! This was my first time at the pools here and I came early Sunday morning for water walking in the lazy river. I was surprised the current was on because it looked like people were mostly hopping along with the current. But after I got in, I could tell this would be a fun workout. And after I walked for about 90 minutes, my legs were like jelly getting used to land again and my back was a little sore. Fun activity to do with a friend so I will be back!

Awesome from the inside as it is on the outside!…read more For years I've driven by and saw how attractive the building was. This year is the year I finally committed to working out here. Excellent customer service. Spectacular amities. Bonus features when you become a member. Options for different workout clubs. Skilled trainers. Child care and camps. Lifetime Fitness has it all. I have been very pleased to experience most of what Lifetime offers and I like so many things about it already. Memberships starts at $99 a month and can be customized to what you need or want for your fitness goals. I appreciate the one on one training I've received already. The accountability and relationship development is money well spent. During COVID19 review: masks are not required for entry. Employees were all masked until recent Governor Mask Mandate was lifted earlier in May 2021. Excellent sanitation protocols. Social distance is good. (As good as it can get for a gym.) Everyone is very respectful of space and cleaning their work area/equipment. Busiest times of the gym are weekday mornings 5:00-8:00 am. Gets busy off and on during mid morning till late afternoon. Busy again after work hours. Less busiest time is 6:30pm - 11:00pm close on week days. Weekends are fantastic too as it's less busy. Overall I highly recommend Lifetime Fitness as a one stop shop gym.

Lifetime as been declining for years. The final straw for me was that they put in pickleball courts…read morebut won't let me play on it. Became a guest in my own very expensive gym.

I really love this place…read more Several types of machines to choose from and I've never had to wait for one, same goes for the universal machines and free weights. My personal trainer, Sammy, has been outstanding to work with. She takes the time to really understand your goals and tailors a program to meet them. Membership rates are very reasonable. I literally have three large healthclubs and several specialized gyms within a few miles of my home but I choose to drive out of my way to come here because I enjoy the equipment and staff so much.

We switched from the YMCA a few years ago to Prairie Life, mostly because they always have lap…read moreswimming open both inside and outside. The outdoor pool is great for our son in the summer months. We can take him there for an hour or two and not feel like we have to stay all day like when we pay to go to a public pool. The facility and equipment is very well maintained. I've only done a few workout classes here including HIIT, kickboxing and yoga, but all were good. The kids area is very clean and staff are pleasant and attentive.

DO NOT HIRE! This has been one of the worst experiences that I have ever had, and I don't want…read moreother consumers to have it, or be in the financial situation that this guy will put you in!! We just fired Chris from our project yesterday, with the pool incomplete. We are going on three months, and he continues to lie about having product that was paid in full in November 2019. As things started to unravel and the last several weeks, I started calling manufacturers and suppliers that he said he couldn't get invoices from for the "ordered" product, and nothing had been ordered (again, paid for in full in November). I had to order concrete myself and pay for it last week to get the deck poured and asked his guys directly to finish it. He then asked for us to also pay him for the concrete when I had already directly to the company. He starts projects to get your down payment and then doesn't finish. He also totally destroyed our yard, so on top of not getting the pool done, not ordering parts we paid for, we now have to pay a company to come in and regrade and resod. Please feel free to reach out to me, but I even had many people on his team talking me through what was going on as they started to see it - so PLEASE save yourself, and do not use this company. I don't want you to have the heartache and stress that we have had! He will take your money, lie and then play the victim. It has been unreal. So again, Please do not hire!!

So what do you do with the kiddos when it's the 1st icky, hot weekend and start of summer break?…read moreThe pool!! The mini me convinced me to take her to the pool and we decided to hit up this pool. Super disappointed the slide was closed today but we did manage to snag a spot with easy access to shade. We got there a bit before they opened and paid the admission ($2 kid, $4 adult). Not that bad of a public pool with several shady areas by trees and canopies. One complaint I have is that the mini me was trying to do her swim test but other swimmers kept getting in the way for her to complete it. I asked the life guard if they ever clear the pool out for the swim tests, and I got a big fat No from the teenage lifeguard. So my little nugget wasthis close to accomplishing it but didn't pass the test because of another swimmer in her way. There is a snack area where they offer the usual: hot dogs, nachos, pretzels, ice cream and pizza. It looked like the pizza was from Pappa Johns ( we saw the delivery). Of course, no food near the pool area. Overall, the pool cooled us off on this hot summer day. I'm sure we will be back again.

My family got season passes for Cascade Falls last summer. These passes were worth every penny,…read morebecause this place is an all-day activity that my kids never got tired of. The entire facility is kept very clean, and all of the lifeguards are super friendly. My girls both took Red Cross swimming lessons here, which added to our level of comfort with all the staff. My eldest daughter got dubbed "Junior Life Guard" on account of her tendency to literally shadow the lifeguards around the park. Every single one of the guards were so nice and patient with her, and never made her feel like she was bothering them. There is ample space to spread out, with plenty of tables, chairs, lawn area, etc. so that even when there are tons of people, there is still room to move around have plenty of personal space. The snack bar is well-stocked and fills in the gaps when picnic lunch isn't enough. All of the water slides are a good time! You can go bare, with a single or a double tube. The boogie board wave maker is super fun to hang by and watch, but not so fun to actually do if you aren't coordinated or familiar with that kind of force. Despite growing up on the beach, this thing kicked.my.butt, and more than a handful of people got to see MY butt when I totally wiped out on it. If you feel cool, try this thing out...you may just need to be taken down a notch or ten. The kids play area is laid out in such a way that parents have a clear view of the entire space, which is SO nice when you've got multiple kids to keep an eye on! I love this place and will definitely be back again this summer!

The waterpark itself is a good place but the staff there suck. The staff there suck because this…read moreone life guard decided to have a problem with me and management placed a boundary on that specific life guard even though she started the accusation of me staring at her when I was in a line full of other people on the flow rider. When I asked one of the managers if I could explain my side of the story she rudely said "no" and so I said "ok, have a good day." And complained to a different manager of the park about that life guard. The rules they have there are also very dumb like you can't butt bomb off the diving boards you can't flip into a dive or if you accidentally flip in the toilet bowl slide they'll get onto you about it. The same life guard that accused of staring at me she's also grumpy all the time and shows attitude while others even if they're having a bad day they're still polite. Again the managers most of them are rude especially this manager that wears a white head band or a head band in general. As I said this place is good I've been there since I was little and is my child hood waterpark but this year I'm not sure who picked the managers or life guards but they sucked which made the park not fun anymore unless there are people who are a similar age range or you decide to go with other friends.

Found a pool this Summa!!!!…read more Review during COVID19: Birdland pool is like a hidden gem for Central Des Moines this summer! Never been here before but we've been here twice now. No FRILLS pool. They have 1 slide and 3 diving boards. A wading pool that goes 2.5'; very large size too. The pool is clean water and the environment is clean. The price is great too! $2.00 for kids; $4.00 for adult. Free for 3 and under. People around us do not wear masks. There are different ethnic families that live near and visit this pool. They play very loud music. A different variety but I think they play most recent rap and hip hop the most. Staff here is great! They also have two local officers inside the pool to keep things safe. The pool is located by North High school so that's probably why they have officers; it's a little rough neighborhood. The two times we visited we have watched the pool capacity website before arriving. This pool stays under the capacity limit every day and have found it to be very compliant to COVID social distancing regulations. The staff wipe surfaces every hour. At the end of the swim session they are cleaning everything immediately. They also wear masks when they are around people. There's a snack bar open but we've never visited. The water slide is the highlight of the visit for the kids. Young jumpers must go through a swim test before allowed on the diving boards. I recommend visiting this pool this summer. I'm not too sure during any other year as they may be a lot more full but I've enjoyed our visits so far. We will be returning more this summer as we feel safe coming here and seeing how the staff and the people around us are abiding to social distancing rules.

My daughter was here for a swim meet. The pool was super dirty so was the blocks! I would give it a…read morethree just cause of the dirty pool! But everything else was ok! The locker rooms were a little dirty!!

This gym is a great place to go if you are afraid of working out with a gym full of meatheads…read more.. they definitely do not have this here. They also have all the amenities you would want and expect at a gym. They have a very nice lap pool, warm water pool, whirlpool, sauna, steam room, track and all the machines you could wish for. They also have a full schedule of classes available (yoga, exercise, spin, water, plus more) all which are included in your monthly membership fee. They regularly have membership specials and contests. If you need to get out and do something and you are afraid of the big gyms this is the place for you. The staff is top notch and they are ridiculously helpful and friendly!

Their maintenance of pool and exercise equipment is inferior. I dropped my membership.read more