Kimberly Henry

Review of Dartmouth Sportsplex

We went to the open swim here on Good Friday. The ...

We went to the open swim here on Good Friday. The renovations are very nice. Everything is bright and clean. The new locker rooms that connect to the pool are especially nice, I definitely appreciate the addition of the swimsuit spinner so that our wet suits aren't so soaked when leaving. I originally gave 5 stars, but have updated to 4 for the following:
1) while the facilities have been upgraded, the pool layouts remain the same, with the upgrades being the pool deck, splash pad, new slides, climbing wall . Both the kiddie and the larger pool are the same size as they were before.
2) because of them having the climbing wall, and rope swing open, there were literally only 2 lanes to swim in, which you could really only float around in due to the amount of people. So occupancy levels should probably be adjusted as it's not worth the money if one cannot move in the pool because of how crowded it is .
3) while the staff were friendly, both at the desk and at the pool, it did seem like they didn't really have a good grasp of what was going on in relation to how many people had already been admitted to the pool, or what the charge for the swim should be. I don't know if this due to them just having reopened, but a simple clicker counter would remedy the issue, rather than the desk trying to page staff in the pool area to eyeball if there were too many people or not .
While it is nice, we probably won't be coming here regularly, as we prefer the size and layout of both Cole Harbour Place and the Canada Games Centre better.