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Family-friendly swimming centre with a lazy river, water playground, sprinklers and water slides.
Specific pool temperatures for the Family Aquatic Center are not explicitly published on the Vernon Hills Park District's official website.
What are people saying (AI review summary)? The aquatic center receives mixed reviews, generally praised for its wide array of attractions, including various pools (adult, kids, zero-entry), multiple slides, a lazy river with features, and a sandy play area with sprinklers, making it suitable for all ages. Staff are often described as friendly, and the facility is generally clean with a good number of lifeguards. However, significant complaints include cold water, a severe lack of shaded seating which is often occupied by camp groups' belongings rather than people, and dated, rough changing rooms and bathrooms. The on-site food stand, Bo-bo's, is noted for 'highway robbery' prices and slow service. Some negative experiences mention rude and inattentive lifeguards who were not at their posts and yelled at patrons. Non-resident rates are considered steep, there are no chairs at the kids' sand play area for supervising adults, and weekday closing hours are early (5 pm).
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October 31st, 2023Elina Zhuravlev
Perfect place! I liked it very much. Everything is clean, the guys that work are friendly. Swimming pool for adults (deep), swimming pool for kids, sprinklers for little ones, playground with sand, 3 slides, lazy river. The lazy river is just wonderful, the child really liked the sculptures, as well as the sprinklers that you meet while you swim along it. The only disappointment was the cold water.
August 11th, 2023Haley Tucker
A really nice public aquatic center that's open from early June to mid August. With two shallow pools (one for lap swimming), three water slides, a lazy river, and a sandy play area with water features there's something to keep the whole family cool. If you live closer by or intend to visit on a regular basis, the season pass is a great deal. There are plenty of lifeguards throughout the park that rotate through various positions to keep themselves attentive. Though there is a lot of chaise lounge seating, on the busiest days you can be hard pressed to find a seat, so you may want to bring a picnic blanket if you want to be extra prepared. Oh, and only about a quarter of said seating is under shade, and those are always the first seats to be snapped up. There's a food stand associated with the aquatic center, Bo-bo's, and while their prices are highway robbery and service is slow as molasses, I'm glad there's a food option. My one real complaint with the facility is the changing room area and bathrooms. They're looking REAL rated and rough around the edges. If you can, change at home and spend as little time as possible in them. Here's hoping that in the off season they get a little TLC (and some updated lighting or at least some LED bulbs to brighten things up).
June 30th, 2022Vilma Ziemelis
Was very disappointed, because all shaded areas where occupied by backpacks of camp kids. I understand, kids needed a place to have lunch and rest, but over all my stay 3+ hr I didn’t see that happening. To make things worse, a little group of kids with counselor asked me to move away from the shade, even it was enough space for few more groups and me with 2 kids. And all they did - just dropped their bags and left. In my opinion, camps should have designated areas, instead occupying all available shades. We have mothers with little kids, seniors who are not able to stay in the sun, especially with temperatures now. Our family enjoyed this park more than 10 years and I hope park management will take in consideration other visitors, who comes to enjoy this park.
July 6th, 2023Lindsey Gomez
lifeguards werent even at their positions at all and were all huddled up together talking. we went on the lazy river not knowing it was closed. we werre watched going in the direction of the floaties and were making our presence very clear. when we we’re reaching the end we were told that it was closed and that we had to get out but there were 2 exits and we didnt know which exit to leave from. we were passed the first one so we assumed the second one and once again we were told we had to get out. we started heading out of the exit and the male in the picture still proceeded to yell at us very rudley to get out while the other life guards that werent even at their posts started to laugh at us .
July 19th, 2022Nicole Schneider
The good? Lots of professional lifeguards, 3 water slides, a lazy river with 3 water fountain features, 2 sets of restrooms, 2 zero entry pools and great water features for young kids. Also, kids 3 and under are free. The not so great? Non-resident rate is steep ($16/person) and there’s no discount for kids over 3. No chairs at the kid’s sand play area means adults get to stand awkwardly while supervising. Pool also closes at 5 pm on weekdays. Overall it was great for a one time visit as a non-resident but not a place I’d frequent especially given the early close hours on weekdays.
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Opening Hours
| Sunday | 11:00 AM – 7:00 PM |
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| Monday | 10:30 AM – 7:00 PM |
| Tuesday | 10:30 AM – 7:00 PM |
| Wednesday | 10:30 AM – 7:00 PM |
| Thursday | 10:30 AM – 7:00 PM |
| Friday | 10:30 AM – 7:00 PM |
| Saturday | 11:00 AM – 7:00 PM |
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