Splash Landing Aquatic Center

It was a small place but it was a fun place for my 6 and 8 year old children. We went on Sunday and it was packed! But there was enough space to play. We went early March so water felt bit cold but what do you expect from park district pool.
Don’t forget to take a lock!

Great place to go with your little ones, especially in winter, my son loves to come here and he plays for hours!

I had my daughter’s 6^th birthday here. We did a private party so we could have the whole place to ourselves. The facility is great, two pools, a big slide and little slide. Party is two hours long, one hour in the pool, change, then about an hour in the party room. The teenagers they had working as the party assistants did a wonderful job! They worked their butts off! I highly recommend Splash Landings for a birthday party!

When it’s summer and cold and rainy for days straight… what do you do?
Come to Splash Landing! This pool was my saving grace. My kids had a BLAST. The ones I took are my 10 and 7 year old — boy and girl. The waterside is big enough and even though the ‘play area’ isn’t huge, they made the best of it and after 2 hours still didn’t want to leave. And it wasn’t that crowded.
What I REALLY loved? The smell. Call me weird, but the whole place just looks and smells clean. Like i“m in vacation or on a resort somewhere. So nice. Very comfortable. (If you can get over some of the older crabby workers. Most are very sweet as can be but a few seemed rather annoyed and grumpy to answer questions… and as a writer, I can be annoyingly curious about even the tiniest thing!)
But if you are in Chicago Northern area and need something fun to do inside with kids — Splash Landing Aquatic Center is the place to be.
And if you are visiting for any length of time… they do have plenty of classes to sign up for! Think outside the box! And live a little!

My stepdaughter just wanted to swim. In March. Ha! But I wanted to make it happen for her so I googled around and found Splash Landings. Off we went.
At $ 6 a person, it’s a little steep. More than what we’re used to paying for outdoor summer swimming. But it certainly didn’t break the bank.
The pool is cute. There’s one large slide that was closed when we were there (the hours for swim and the slide are clearly laid out on the website so we knew that going in). There’s also a small slide for the little guys as well as some water spray features. My 3 year old loves zero depth entry pools so he was thrilled. There’s also a second pool that was deep enough for my stepkiddo to get her swim on. There were three lap pool lanes open as well. Again, the hours for all this is on the website.
The staff is kinda meh. The woman working the desk was not sure what was going on but the life guards were nice.
The locker rooms are nicer than I was expecting. There’s also a couple family shower/​bathrooms which is nice. Bring a lock and towels!

After snagging a groupon to come here, it made for the perfect playdate. Kids under 2 years old are free which meant that two of the kids in our group were free. The lifeguards are more about enforcing the rules and aren’t meant to be extra babysitters. Parents still need to keep a close eye on your kids and I would recommend using the complimentary swim vests, as well, especially if your kids are going to go down the slides. They have several slides for the older kids (a kiddie slide and big kids slide) and fun water fountains to splash around in, as well. Kids under 9 must have an adult (16+ years old) there to supervise in proper swim attire. Also, kids must be at least 42″ tall to ride the large water slide.
We mostly stuck by the family section where it was about 1′ tall where my 2 year old wandered around splashing about. Make sure that you bring your own locks for the locker rooms and towels, as well. The locker rooms were pretty spacious and customer service was very friendly and helpful. They also have a family changing room and a wiggles and giggles childcare service if you just want some alone time in the pool. Their Aqua shop also sells swim diapers, pool noodles and goggles. It’s super affordable with a $ 6 daily admission fee or you can always purchase a public/​family swim pass or a punch card.

Judy an old lady that works there has no people skills. We had a great time until my son got ahead of us running, this lady starts snapping at him like she was his mother! I sped up to them she tells me he ran and there’s a «no running» policy. I said «oh, ok» figuring I have a chat with him later, but the lady went on & on almost blocking my walk way to get her point across. What a nut! she is lucky my sons and mom were there, I wanted to bitch her out. I left a complaint at the pk dist, hopefully they take action. This woman should not be allowed to harass families much less kids!!!