Morgan Hill Aquatics Center

This place is great for the kids to cool down. But they really need to figure out the dry grass situation. Maybe Synthetic Grass. Other down side can’t bring kids a snack to eat after swimming!

This place is disgusting! Nasty water. Lots of dirty people not watching their kids and management doesn’t monitor properly. I’m grossed out and will never come to this diseased watering hole again. Ugggghhhh.

Took my son and his friend here as an alternative to the beach due to shark sightings. There are a few great things and a few not great things about this place. I’ll start with the bad:
1. No outside food allowed. Really? So if you have small toddlers, you can’t even bring in snacks for them, you will have to wait in a terribly long line to purchase French fries (which aren’t the best) or some other fried food at the snack shack. The no food policy is a little over the top. Even Disneyland allows outside snacks.
2. Hardly any umbrellas or trees for people to sit in the shade. The entire left side is complete sun, with not an umbrella in sight. They definitely need to put in more built in umbrellas. Since it’s a water park, much of the lounge area should be shaded.
3. Not enough chairs to meet capacity. People hog the chairs also when no one is even using them. For this reason, they should allow people to bring in their own folding chairs.
Now for the good:
1. There are a lot of life guards on duty, at least 2 per pool/​area, which made me feel at ease. The life guards also pay attention.
2. The park does keep your kids entertained for hours, there’s a lot to do here.
3. Free WiFi.
4. Water bottles are allowed. Maybe this is a recent change?
The concept is great, just needs improvement on accommodations.

This Aquatics center has Lanes and a water park. It is usually clean and they host swim meets for champs in our group. Thanks to them and highly recommended.

2 stars for the waterpark because firstly, it’s designed mainly for 11 and under. Note they charge more for 11 and over. I really could not see anybody who is 11 and over enjoy this water park unless they were parents of toddlers or young grade school children. Secondly there was no shade at all! Any little bits are always taken up.

The concept is good but there are many things wrong. First of all, they spend more time searching your bags so you can’t bring food, water or even small sun umbrellas inside. This is a REAL bummer especially if you are on a specialized diet or allergic to foods. You can’t even bring in an apple or water. They should be more concerned with THEFT. The first time i went, my significant other and son both got their T-​shirts stolen. We left them on our chairs while we went to swim, came back and they were gone. We had to walk out of there shirtless.
I went again this new season and 2 girls got there cell phones stolen. This is a problem in that you can’t bring food/​water so you must bring money (for the really bad food) but then theres a high chance it will be stolen! It’s a catch 22. These workers should spend more time looking for thieves than innocent children and moms just wanting to use an umbrella to stay out of the sun or drink some water.
This leads me to THE LACK OF SHADE AND UMBRELLAS! If we can’t bring a simple sun umbrella, then provide more shade! Don’t they know too much sun causes skin cancer? I brought a small umbrella for shade and they wouldn’t let me take it in or hold it for me, like it was some sort of gun or weapon. Why on earth can’t you bring in some «shade» for yourself when Morgan Hill is upwards of 90 – 100 degrees in the summer? I had to walk back to my car and put the 2 foot umbrella inside and burn! Not cool.
Lastly the big kid pool looks and smells like urine. It is super warm and is obvious what is going on in this pool when you see hundreds of babies and toddlers in the pool.
I would skip this place. Go swim at a friends house instead where you can find shade, eat and drink when hungry and not worry about things getting stolen.

OK so I loved that kids were well behaved & not running a muck. Even the parents were well behaved. The only thing that sucked was all the damn soccer people. There are signs that say no soccer parking but nobody there to enforce. Had to park out in the dirt. OH yea then to top it off I got kicked out of the pool for wearing a cotton t shirt. Was anybody checking for swim diapers on all these babies or swimmers pants. GIVE ME A BREAK cotton? Get better filters

My son started swim lessons here yesterday and the water was so nasty I had to talk to the manger about it. For the little ones who are learning how to swim usually 4 – 5 years old, they put them in the corners near the steps. This is where all the junk collects. In this case there were Bee’s and tons of sunscreen goop floating around. They then asked my son to put his face into it and blow bubbles as this is part of the practice to get your face wet so you get used to the water and getting your face wet in general. I thought it was so nasty. I thought to myself, if I was at a hotel and the pool was like that, I would not go in.
There were also tons and tons of people due to the heat in Morgan Hill yesterday and the kids who paid for lessons were lost among tons and tons of kids running around like they were at the beach boardwalk or Water World.
I did speak to the manager very politely about this and will see if this continues to be a problem. I will upgrade the review if I see improvement.
Overall, for a paid offering, I thought the priority was on general use pools and where the many groups of kids were getting lessons was an afterthought.
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UPDATE
Although I was not able to bring my son today, my wife was and says the pool looks really good today and its much better than yesterday. It may have been a fluke that we just had bad luck having our first swim lesson on the hottest day Morgan Hill has had in a long time which brought out the masses. I give MHAC credit for making an effort as well as contacting me about my Unilocal review and addressing my concern.
I plan to give it a couple of more days and hopefully we can adjust the dial up in more.
Good job MHAC

Great place to take the kids. It’s rather clean and the kids really enjoy the water slides. The only disadvantage is the crowds. Seems to be more and more busy every time we go. I do like the fact that they have plenty of lifeguards actively watching the children. Good place to beat the heat.

We were here for a swim meet the facility is quite nice. Clean and two lap pools is a beautiful thing. The slides must be fun too but we didn’t play today.
This must be an oasis in the summer time!

Loved it! It met all my needs and that of my 3 ½ year old son. We arrived an hour and a half after Rec Swim opened, so there was no line. There are lockers inside the restrooms and outside along the wall. B.Y.O.Lock or buy a padlock there for $ 5.00. There is a splash pad great for the young ones, then a large island to climb, filled with water squirters, slides, and steering wheels to aim water spray. The water is about 1foot-​6inches deep around the island. Parents can pull up a lawn chair in the sun or the shade of the umbrellas and watch their children for hours. For older kids and swimmers, there was a larger pool for kids to splash around in and play. We saw the huge water slides for kids over 48 inches tall, too, with a short line forming so we did not wait to go down together. Beyond a screened off partition, there was a large pool probably reserved for lessons or the swim team. There are plenty of life guards on duty, diligent and keeping a close eye. They did a great job keeping kids safe when a child needed guidance (if the parents are texting and unaware) or a friendly reminder of the rules. I was thrilled to see a concessions stand with hamburgers, cheeseburgers, corn dogs, turkey sandwiches, PB&J, mac & cheese, noodles, fries, churros, nachos, chili dogs, drinks, candy and chips. Reasonably priced. You can take your food and eat at the picnic tables under the shade, or eat on the lawn if you have a nice towel or blanket to set your picnic area for lunch. All in all, I was so bummed I had not been to the MHAC earlier this summer. I would have brought my kiddo every week to get his energy out, beat the heat and enjoy more time outdoors.

The kids come here for swim lessons and you know, I’m glad Morgan Hill has this facility but boy is it poorly run. Today I was waiting to get my kids checked in and there was no one at the counter but at least 5 employees came by, including one who I think was a manager, and all just stared at me yet did nothing. Ugh. Get it together people! I do hope things improve because it’s nice to have this facility in Morgan Hill.

Great place to go swimming and have a great time with the whole family! Water slides are fun and the kids pool area is really awesome with slides and stuff.

I was pretty disappointed. One long line and one person working the register. To get a copy of your receipt he needs to walk back to the back office. Smh

We like the fact that since we don’t have a pool in our community… we can rely on the aquatic center during the summer for some fun with our little ones

Great place and super lifeguards.

This place was actually pretty cool to go to. It’s like a mini water-​park. It has the rides, the slides, and all the urine in the water you can have.
I like that they have a separate pool for the diving boards. A little scary but fun nonetheless.
Very crowded.

We were originally going to go to the aquatic center in Fremont but as I wasn’t going to swim, only my son and husband were I didn’t feel like paying $ 16.99 entry fee so we did more research on the internet for a cheaper place and came across this place which is much cheaper.
Got here around noon and the place was not crowded at all. I think maybe because it was the same weekend as the Gilroy Garlic Festival and there was also a swim meet in the Olympic pool.
Anyway we found 3 deck chairs all next to each other as soon as we got in. They weren’t in the shade but we didn’t mind.
The center has 3 different areas. Kids play area, water slides for bigger kids/​adults and another area where there were fountains of water spraying out.
The food that you buy there is pretty resonably pirced and quite a good offering of different items. Quality was decent as well for an aquatic center. Don’t know why one of the reviewers said the food was crap because it’s not crap. I’ve had crap food before and this is not crap. It’s not gourmet, but hey for the price and portions you get it’s decent. This is the sort of food you’d expect and they cater to the majority of families.
We will definitely be back.

I’m surprised to see an average of only 3.5 stars for Morgan Hill Aquatics Center. We took my niece here this past weekend and we loved it!
Amenities:
–Kids’ 1.5′ recreation pool and water playground (2 small slides)
–Kids’ water area with cascading waterfalls and spraying ground
–Warm water instructional pool about 3.5−6′ deep
–Lap pool with diving board for older kids/​adults that’s separated by a fence
–Large water slides for older kids/​adults
–Clean bathrooms with plenty of stalls and changing areas
–Poolside concession with drinks, hot dogs, hamburgers, fries, and nachos
Tips/​Other things:
–Many families line up before opening at 11:30am, so expect a crowd although it wasn’t overly crowded
–Only bottled water is allowed (no outside food/​snacks)
–They have a dj on the weekends!
Prices:
-$ 8 for adults and $ 6 for kids under 11 years old (non-​residents)
Very reasonable and much cheaper than Raging Waters or Great America!

Kids slides /​Rec area opened at 11:30am on Saturday. I got there at 11:15 and there was quite a line. 7 $ adults 5 $ kids? Not too bad. You really want to get here early to get a shaded area. Kids play area is perfect for tiny tots. I went on the red slides, you go down quite fast. It was fun:)
Food: mediocre at best
Hot dogs 3.50 fries about 2 $ you get what you pay for. No outside drinks allowed or food. They will turn you away and they do check bags .
All in all it’s fun for the kids and relaxing for. Adults– can get very crowded!