Krannert Aquatic Center

I hadn’t seen any new reviews of the facility since they completed their renovations, so hopefully this review is helpful to others. We visited today (a Tuesday in the summer) from around 12:30-3:30PM. We went solely for the new indoor/outdoor water area. As someone who enjoyed the old outdoor Krannert water park as a kid, the new area is definitely underwhelming. The indoor area consists of 2 large pools, one aerobics style and one sloped. The sloping pool has a double baby slide suitable for kids around 2-7. The aerobics style pool has 1 twisty slide with water going constantly and it did seem to spin kids and adults down very fast. The outdoor portion is a small splash pad, but also contains a double baby slide. However, this portion was closed today. When I asked the front desk when the outdoor splash pad would be opened, they said they didn’t have an estimate as it wasn’t working and they were unsure how much time fixing it would take. The new locker rooms are standard. The floors and toilets were dirty. The rest of the new facility looked nice. There is an outdoor area available for renting which contains AstroTurf and picnic tables. There was also a small outdoor area to lay out and tan. You may bring outside food & drink which was nice. There is nothing available for purchase besides the 2 vending machines near the entrance. There is a water fountain near the vending machines as well. The indoor area contains maybe 10 benches that are first come, first serve. Something to note in the summer months - this location hosts summer camp. Around 1:00PM a big group of young (looked 4-6) campers came in and crowded the baby slide and sloped pool. About an hour later an older group came in and took over the aerobics style pool. There are adults with them, but they didn’t ever manage them/tell them to stop doing something. The lifeguards kept the campers in line luckily. All of the lifeguards were very friendly and nice and helpful. However, they do have a lot of rules at this facility. They provide noodles to swim with, but only a certain color can be used as the other colors are used in their aerobic classes. You cannot hold your children in the pool or have them ride on your back, which was a little bit of a bummer for my youngest. Overall, I think this is a great addition to the community.

Love this pool, I come a couple times a week after work to do laps. I guess they're having some trouble with the chemicals keeping the pH right since this used to be an outdoor facility so if you're coming from afar you might check their facebook page or call first to see if the pool is open. If it isn't, the Thatcher pool is only about a mile away!

Update: Renovations were completed. The large enclosed pool is really nice. There is a water slide on the deeper side. On the shallow side are 2 straight slides into the pool for kids. My only complaint is the air conditioning is on in the dressing rooms. I was cold in there even before I got wet. When you go in there wet & you'll be freezing. // Krannert pools & building will be closed after May 1, 2022. They will be renovating. A new pool building will be built where the outdoor pool was. The old indoor pool will become a larger weight room. The inside will be closed until at least 12/31/23. The outdoors (lake, playground, picnic areas) will still be open. I don't think there will be a restroom available.

The new pool setup isn't ideal for summer fun!! They consider the pool inside/outside because it has 2 garage doors. It does have an outside lounge area to lay out, but it's not viewable to the indoor pool. They kept the pre-existing pools but just closed it in! They have seat benches inside for the parents. The little slide (vortex) wasn't open today. It was visibly green on the walls and bottom of the pool. Also, the amount of chlorine is so powerful that we left do to my kids' eyes swelling. You also have to go into the main building to access the locker rooms , which leads you to the pool from inside(you can No Longer Access the pool from outside)

Wonderful resource in our community