Bellevue Aquatic Center

Elite '08

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Julia Z.

Bellevue, WA

The Bellevue Aquatic Center has two pools, both of them really big for indoor pools.

The Blue Lagoon pool is 25 yards long with six lap lanes, a diving tank and a 10-foot slide. They keep that one at around 85 degrees (too cold for me!)

The Warm Springs pool is one-of-a-kind, built for therapy and rehabilitation. It has a wheelchair ramp and an average water temperature of 91 degrees (that's more like it!)

Locker rooms are available for men, women, and families. They are clean and well designed, making it easy to get ready for swim class even when almost all the kids for the classes are in there with their parents. Locker rentals are just 25 cents and swimming access is less than $5 per session, even cheaper if you buy 12-for-the-price-of-10 ticket books or a season pass.

Indoor pools are sort of automatically loud because of the way sound reflects off the walls, roof, and the water surface, but this setup is better than most.

The staff here is friendly and helpful. There are lots of lifeguards, and they are actually paying attention, not reading magazines like they do at some pools. The swimming teachers are all lifeguards and even though they are mostly pretty young, they have been trained well and do a great job encouraging and guiding the kids in their class.

This is a great place to take the kids on a rainy day for some exercise!

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