Vandalia Octoberfest setup. I'm carrying in two dinners for tonight's meal. Big setup. Large…read moretents. Professional!

A little expensive with some things but swimming is cheap and it's a clean place and the workers…read moreare nice. - anonymous princess

This rec center is an absolute beast. As someone who loves to work out at recreation centers and…read morehas been to many throughout her life, this one takes the cake as one of the cleanest, most modern, and largest. It has an indoor fitness pool, an outdoor pool (looks like mostly designed for families with kids), an ice skating rink, a huge weight lifting and cardio machine area, multiple group fitness rooms, and a full-sized basketball court (that they use temporary drapes to turn into multiple courts for pickelball or pick-up basketball). There's probably more I'm missing. I've never actually walked through the entire place. They have a ton of community and fitness programming for the area. From 8 to noon then 4 to 9 most evenings, they have different fitness classes going on. They aren't just your basics either. They have enough TRX bands to support TRX classes or some of their strength-based classes use workout areas they've had installed. They have lots of spinning bikes and classes the support them. I've never actually encountered any machine or part of the fitness center that didn't work. Everything is well-maintained, and I've never even encountered an empty cleaning spray bottle before. The biggest "issue" I've had is when the water tastes a bit off because the red-light says the filter needs to be replaced on the water fountain. Prices aren't cheap, but they aren't expensive either. When a yoga class elsewhere will cost me $40, it's only $11 here at Kettering. If you get one of their multi-class passes or a membership, it's even cheaper on a per-class basis. They have lots of kids camps and kids activities including some homeschooling group play classes and more. I haven't paid much attention to the kid things, but I know they have some! Great spread of bodies and ages here too. You'll mostly see older adults, and it's really refreshing to see a ton of different types of people instead of the college-aged adults. Everyone here is super friendly, and it's clear a lot of the community uses this place as a great place to see and hang out with friends while staying active. Huge parking lot, but if there's a lot going on (like a kid's hockey meet), there have been a few times I've been unable to find a single parking spot in this beast of a parking lot. Bathrooms are clean too.

I love the Kettering Rec Center! That place made my whole childhood and early teenage life THE…read moreplace to be kids. I feel it allows kids to try something/sport they may want to pursue as a lifelong dream but wouldn't know where to start. Basketball, Running, swimming, pickleball, volleyball, ice skating, ice hockey, and a lot more but I'm sure I've forgot. Just such a great place for the whole family to go. Who else misses when the middle school mascot was a wildcat?

Center is close to my home, place is clean, after swimming and can take a shower and go about my…read moreday with out having to go home to get cleaned up. Plus the chair yoga is great also, teacher is good and cares for us on what we are physically able to do some times we can improvise that exercise .staff are helpful and polite and professional.

I love going here. I started back in March 2024. I love the dance class on Monday, water zumba on…read moreWednesday, and toning class on Thursday. Enjoy the workout room. Always someone to greet you. Full of nice people and instructors. Slowly exploring more. I bring a guest and they are impressed.

Great place for families. We have been members for 4 years and love GVRC. Great place to be in the…read moreSummer.

We have been members here for about fours years now. Great family atmosphere. I feel safe letting…read moremy teenagers ride their bikes to the pool from our house in the neighborhood.

First time canoeing. Family of 4 ( 2 adults & 2 kids)…read more 1 star: Friendly staff. 1star: Loading onto the boat was super easy and no issue. The river was maintained with nice spots to pull off for a rest. --1 star: the bathrooms at the front building were the dirtiest bathrooms I have ever experienced. Only 1 working toilet in the women's ( arrived at 9am) . --2 stars: unloading area at the end was not maintained. ( the staff member said what they had washed away in the spring) no where to pull your canoe to get off . Steep muddy hill to climb up. Someone in our group got hurt trying to get out when unloading . Young children were struggling to get up the steep hill.

Everything was fine until I got about 100 ft before the end of the tubing trip. I got stuck on…read moresome rocks and when I pushed off with a stick I pushed myself into quicksand and it took over 20 minutes to get out. Worst experience. Very scary during a rain storm.

Love the UD RecPlex! I've been going the entire time I've been a student at UD, almost 2 years now…read more I mostly use the weight room, track, indoor/outdoor basketball courts, and spa but they have much more including racquetball courts, indoor/sand volleyball courts, indoor/outdoor soccer fields, pool, instructional classes, even recreational and competitive intramural sports. You must be a UD student/staff in order to buy a pass or you can be affiliated with student/staff for a slightly more expensive pass. But all around great gym. Does get a bit crowded around certain times but I've never had a problem in the morning.

It's been over 6 years since we visited this skating rink and about as long since I've skated. Link…read moreto hours and more info below. There is a convenient tent to keep warm next to the rink and a snack shop next to the ticket booth overing hot coco, soft pretzels / nachos and cheese https://www.metroparks.org/ice-rink/ I noticed that I definitely wasn't taking as many risks, but could still skate. I loved bringing my little one, and that there were green plastic skating gliders for beginners. You can rent skates but if you buy your own your feet probably won't hurt after 30 minutes of skating. Nicole had a cramp in one of her feet from the skates she rented.

This was a really fun trip! The ice skating was just 10 dollars with rentals. The ice was…read moreresurfaces every few hours. It only took 20 mins to resurface. The best thing we're the green beginner stabilization devices. With out these our kiddo should have had a hard time but with them, she could race around the ring. We were here about 7 years ago before this trip and it was pretty Much the same. Timeless. There are snacks available for purchase and a "tent" To warm up in.

The teachers are so helpful and patient the whole class is a fun experience for the girls .. I like…read morethat they can see the older girls practicing in another area I feel it can be inspiring to see.

Little concern for safety of students. Questions are frowned upon…read more Entite focus is on one or two students per group. Highly political.