Maybe we won't be swimming much...

[olmue]

Wow. I was all excited that our town just built a public swimming pool (something they haven't had until now). I just figured up how much it will cost for me to take the kids for ONE VISIT: $26.

Forget swimming every day.

In Germany it would cost us just under $12.

*faints*

Comments

[anabelgonzalez.livejournal.com]

Oh my that is expensive for a public swimming pool!

[olmue.livejournal.com]

We'll probably go ONCE. But I'm thinking my swimming plans today are about to change...

[jennifer-j-s.livejournal.com]

Oh, no! Outrageously expensive!

[olmue.livejournal.com]

Maybe they think they're going to recoup their costs this way? There are only about two months out of the year when it's warm enough to swim outside. But the city council really pushed to have this an outdoor pool. Um...they'd get a lot more traffic if it were enclosed and usable in the other 10 months.

[jennifer-j-s.livejournal.com]

It sounds like a letter to the editor is required.

[olmue.livejournal.com]

Well, we went. Now I see what their intent is. They have a number of waterslides and are trying to bill it as a water park more than a swimming pool. It does have both elements--but on a small scale. I still don't think the prices need to be that high! Or if they are, I wish there was a regular swimming pool somewhere for just swimming. Boy scouts is HUGE in this area, and the one thing the boys always have a hard time passing is the swimming requirement.

[robinellen.livejournal.com]

Yikes! For five kids here it would be just over $15...so not as cheap as Germany, but better than Idaho! (Plus, I just learned that the local outdoor pool has $2 Tuesdays.)

[olmue.livejournal.com]

The town immediately to the north of us in Arkansas (the two towns touch, so not far away at all) had a whole athletic center where initially everything was free. Then it went up to $2 a person to swim or ice skate. I'm really wishing we'd gone more often now.

[patty1943.livejournal.com]

Do they have a family rate or a seasonal one?
That sucks!

[olmue.livejournal.com]

Apparently not. I was sort of expecting them to offer some kind of seasonal pass, but...no.

Looks like they're billing themselves more as a water park (there are a few waterslides) than a straight swimming pool. Still.

[sarah-create.livejournal.com]

ouch
Iceland was also super affordable. Here it is 10 euros for a family, so about 14 dollars.
Maybe there are other places where people swim in your town. ?

[olmue.livejournal.com]

I hear of people driving to a natural hot springs water park 45 minutes away...but the cost is the same or higher.

We did end up going--I think they are trying to bill themselves as a water park and not just a swimming pool. Yes, they have water slides. But it's still a bit small for water park prices, IMO.