Last Friday, my friend Tina invited my kids & I to go swim and play at Chandler’s new Mesquite Grove Aquatic Center. Even though we have a pool in our backyard, it’s fun to do something different and it was fantastic!
If you haven’t heard about it or been there, it is located on the Chandler/Gilbert border, next to Basha High School on Riggs, between Lindsay and Val Vista. The $8.8 million facility opened in July and features great water features for everyone including waterslides, a lazy river, splash pad and zero-depth entry area (think beach entry, but no sand) and a huge “water playground” for toddlers. Watch out for the 752-gallon bucket that spills over the water playground and drenches everyone around (a bell rings first to warn you)!
Adjacent to the play area is a traditional 8-lane competition/lap pool & diving area used for the Basha high school swimming team (training the next Michael Phelps, perhaps?).
This pool complex will be the only one in Chandler that stays open all year, and the water will be heated in the winter to 82 degrees!
My three-year old was very confident in the kiddie area of the pool (1 1/2 feet deep) and had a great time on the “playground” in the water! My one-year old loved being able to “walk” in the water in the kiddie pool and did not want to be held. Wow…..I was hands free in the water for a few minutes, that’s amazing! My son had to be swayed by the pretty lifeguard to get out the water since the pool was closing, which worked since at age 3, he already likes pretty girls. He is now asking to go back to the “Water Park” all the time.
By the way, all this fun only cost $2.00 for the three of us! Worth every penny and much, much more!
This is fantastic! I had no idea this was in Chandler. My little ones are all grown up, but my twin nephews and niece would love this! I will be sure to pass it on to my sister in-law.
is it open on sudays
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