Lakewood Link Recreation Center/Pool

My boys love coming here for the pool. The water is super warm and they have a great slide and pirate ship!

We had our daughter’s eighth birthday party here yesterday and the it was a great venue. The person that I worked with to make reservations was extremely responsive, polite and helpful. And when I forgot to ask a couple of questions during the reservation process both times he was immediately available to ask questions.
We did the rock climbing party. I hadn’t been to the link rock climbing wall before and was impressed. Our party was the only one using the walls and the staff helping us were great. The girls had a blast. About 15 minutes before our time was up in the rock-​climbing room someone came to get us (the parents) to go to the other room and set up and then they brought all the girls over 15 minutes later. The party room was clean, it has a lot of tables to use, and just the right size for our needs.
The $ 130 that we paid for an hour of climbing and the party room was a great price. we brought in cake, drinks and party favors so out other expenses were minimal. Great venue!
If I were to rate the center for this experience alone it would be a five star review. Unfortunately I have visited the pool on a couple of occasions and find it less impressive. I’m not one of those people that is squeamish about public pools but this one actually made me squeamish. The water if very murky and there are just too many things floating around. Ewwww.

Book your birthday party elsewhere.
I’m very dissapointed with my daughter’s 7^th birthday we had here.
The fact that I had to set up all the table and the chairs was not something I expected to be doing for paying so much money… not to mention you have to bring your own food to serve and pack up all the table and chairs once again and clean the room.
Once the kids were ready to go to the swimmin pool a teenaged ‘life guard’ came into the room to explain the rules. Upon getting braclets on the kids, he very rudely and abruptley informed me that there needs to be one adult for every three children swimming. NOT ONCE was I informed of such information. The children are 6 and 7 years old. We had one adult to swim with the only 4 year old. This issue was never brought to my attention when I reserved this birthday. The demeanour of this young kid was inapropriate and embarassing.
Also, the website is very missleading when it comes to prices for birthday parties.
Live and learn. I will never have my children’s birthday parties here again. I will get my money worth elswhere and not have to deal with rude staff and the feeling of being ripped off.

They have AWESOME customer service. at Link Recreation in Minong. We bought our pontoon boat from them years ago and have loved it! Recently, we had someone drive a jetski into our boat damaging our boat and pontoon tube. Teresa, one of the owners, has been amazing to us during the damage/​repair/​replacement process. She was very kind, patient and comforting (as we were very stressed about this accident) She has taken so much time to explain everything, get estimates and quotes for repairs and more. She EXCEEDED our expectations and most people and businesses don’t do that anymore. I recommend Link to anyone with their boat and water needs. We liked link before, but now we are guarenteed customers for life and will recommend them to everyone! Ask for Teresa — she will make you feel like you are part of her family — that is how awesome she is! THANK YOU SO MUCH LINK RECREATION and Teresa!!!

Pirate ship area is great for little kids, the business hours for the pool are lacking. They are only open from 11am to 4:30pm.