I recently brought my son by after hearing that there were new shades over the playground equipment. It is so much nicer now that the equipment isn't too hot for the children to play on. The tube slide was still hot according to my son. I suppose because the heat gets trapped inside unlike with a regular open slide. The splash pad area looks the same although I didn't see any rusty spots like before. It wasn't open at this time so I can't really comment further on it. read more