What is the best swimming pool you have ever been to?

Fed up talking videogames? Why?
Stig
Member
Joined in 2008

PostRe: What is the best swimming pool you have ever been to?
by Stig » Sun Jun 19, 2011 4:29 pm

The ones at Centre Parcs are always good! Outdoor rapids are great fun!

As for normal pools: Loughborough Uni pool is pretty sweet. 50m with a movable centre to turn it into 25m pool and changeable floor depth as well!

User avatar
Beans
Member
Joined in 2008
Contact:

PostRe: What is the best swimming pool you have ever been to?
by Beans » Sun Jun 19, 2011 4:38 pm

Image

User avatar
PaperMacheMario
Member
Joined in 2011
AKA: The Traitor

PostRe: What is the best swimming pool you have ever been to?
by PaperMacheMario » Sun Jun 19, 2011 4:44 pm

Hulohot wrote:Growing up going to the swimming pool was a very exciting experience. The smell of the water, the size, the echoes and the impending fun.

As a kid, The Pyramids in Portsmouth was the best swimming pool ever. The whole of Southsea was like a kids dream. A beach, a huge playing field, amusement park, sealife center, ICE CREAM but best of all The Pyramids.

Image

It had three snaking slides which you usually had to queue for. Three seperate pools in one giant room but the best one had a wave machine that went off every so often, hurling you around the pool. It was the greatest thing ever!

Image

Image

In the top right of this picture the pole made quite a powerful water forcefield that was really fun going in and out of, like waterfall.

Next month I'm going to Center Parcs and the swimming pool there looks stunning.

Image

What are your favourite pools?


:wub:

HSH28 wrote:Sounds what you really need is a sense of humour.
User avatar
Donk
Member
Joined in 2009
AKA: Donk

PostRe: What is the best swimming pool you have ever been to?
by Donk » Sun Jun 19, 2011 9:35 pm

Centre Parcs has yet to be surpassed for me.

For my money, Elevden Forest has the best one.

User avatar
Tafdolphin
RETURN POLICY ABUSER
RETURN POLICY ABUSER
Joined in 2008

PostRe: What is the best swimming pool you have ever been to?
by Tafdolphin » Mon Jun 20, 2011 9:43 am

Harman wrote:
Songwriter wrote:Indoor. Centre Parcs. Amazing place. The indoor outdoor rapids are so addictive. Never the same ride twice.

This :wub:


Donk wrote:Centre Parcs has yet to be surpassed for me.

For my money, Elevden Forest has the best one.


Oh god this. Even the waterparks in Florida couldn't compare to drifiting around the rapids at 9 o'clock in the evening listening to the tropical music they were piping in. Bliss!

---------------------------
Games wot I worked on:
Night Call: Out now!
Rip Them Off: Out now!
Chinatown Detective Agency: 2021!
EXOGATE Initiative: Early Access Summer 2021
t: @Tafdolphin | Twitch: Tafdolphin
User avatar
NBK
Member
Joined in 2008

PostRe: What is the best swimming pool you have ever been to?
by NBK » Mon Jun 20, 2011 9:55 am

Dr Cottle wrote:
Mafro wrote:
smurphy wrote:Image

My local. Captian Kil works there.

Came to say this :lol:


Where is this? Is this in Scotland by any chance?

Because that looks like a swimming place I've been to before. Funnily enough, I never learned to actually swim :fp:


Is that Perth Leisure Centre?

Image
User avatar
Qikz
#420BlazeIt ♥
Joined in 2011

PostRe: What is the best swimming pool you have ever been to?
by Qikz » Mon Jun 20, 2011 10:14 am

NBK wrote:
Dr Cottle wrote:
Mafro wrote:
smurphy wrote:Image

My local. Captian Kil works there.

Came to say this :lol:


Where is this? Is this in Scotland by any chance?

Because that looks like a swimming place I've been to before. Funnily enough, I never learned to actually swim :fp:


Is that Perth Leisure Centre?


I think that's where Kil works, he lives in Perth so I'd guess it is.

The Watching Artist wrote:I feel so inept next to Qikz...
User avatar
Fatal Exception
Member
Joined in 2008
AKA: Racist chinese lover
Location: ಠ_ಠ

PostRe: What is the best swimming pool you have ever been to?
by Fatal Exception » Mon Jun 20, 2011 10:24 am

I couldn't answer this. Most of the ones I've been to are either bad or just OK.

The above post, unless specifically stated to the contrary, should not be taken seriously. If the above post has offended you in any way, please fill in this form and return it to your nearest moderator.
Image
User avatar
Octoroc
Emeritus
Emeritus
Joined in 2008
Location: Blighty

PostRe: What is the best swimming pool you have ever been to?
by Octoroc » Mon Jun 20, 2011 10:37 am

I heard that Latchmere's got a wave machine...

So far this year, I have eaten NO mince pies.
User avatar
Carlos
Member
Joined in 2008
AKA: SanCarlos

PostRe: What is the best swimming pool you have ever been to?
by Carlos » Mon Jun 20, 2011 11:04 am

Being unable to swim and having a fear of deep water I have to say I don't like any.
Even now the smell of Chlorine reminds me of some terrible swimming lessons in the school pool. *shudder*

User avatar
Vermin
Member
Joined in 2008
AKA: TimeGhost

PostRe: What is the best swimming pool you have ever been to?
by Vermin » Mon Jun 20, 2011 11:09 am

smurphy wrote:Image

My local. Captian Kil works there.


Cryptosporidium, neds, and terrible musak. Can you still swim under the 'flaps' to get outside?

User avatar
Preezy
Skeletor
Joined in 2009
Location: SES Hammer of Vigilance

PostRe: What is the best swimming pool you have ever been to?
by Preezy » Mon Jun 20, 2011 11:13 am

Guildford Spectrum used to be a favourite haunt for me and my pals. Haven't been to a public swimming pool for a very long time though, and I'm not sure why. Hygiene and screaming kids are the probable reasons, but not sure really. I only go swimming on holiday now.

User avatar
SEP
Member ♥
Joined in 2008
AKA: Moggy

PostRe: What is the best swimming pool you have ever been to?
by SEP » Mon Jun 20, 2011 1:28 pm

Whitbury Newtown Leisure Centre is always good for a laugh.

Image
User avatar
Preezy
Skeletor
Joined in 2009
Location: SES Hammer of Vigilance

PostRe: What is the best swimming pool you have ever been to?
by Preezy » Mon Jun 20, 2011 1:29 pm

And by laugh you mean perve, right?

User avatar
Scotticus Erroticus
Member
Joined in 2008
Contact:

PostRe: What is the best swimming pool you have ever been to?
by Scotticus Erroticus » Mon Jun 20, 2011 1:42 pm

When I lived in Paisley my flat was right next to a leisure complex which included a pool, gym, hockey stadium, dance hall and badminton/tennis facilities. It was one of those places that looked very nice from the outside, but as soon as you stood inside you noticed that you were under the thumb of Renfrewshire Council. It was simply rubbish, especially the pool. It was tubes as far as the eye could see, but none of the flooms were ever open, and the rapids weren't very rapid at all. Its such a shame as well because it has so much potential.

Mind you, I wasn't complaining, I could roll out of bed and into a pool.

ImageImage
User avatar
SEP
Member ♥
Joined in 2008
AKA: Moggy

PostRe: What is the best swimming pool you have ever been to?
by SEP » Mon Jun 20, 2011 1:55 pm

Preezy wrote:And by laugh you mean perve, right?


Nah, there's hardly anyone there.

Image
User avatar
TigaSefi
Member
Joined in 2008
Contact:

PostRe: What is the best swimming pool you have ever been to?
by TigaSefi » Mon Jun 20, 2011 7:06 pm

Wet n Wild in Florida was supremely awesome so that's the best one i been to. However there was a place in Israel we used to go to and it had this slide where there was a plateau bit in the middle. Went down fast enough and u could launch yourself and hope you landed back in the chute :lol: Loved it. Some seasoned pro managed somersaults :shock:

Image
1 > 2 > 3 >>>>>>> 4 >>>>> 5
User avatar
smurphy
Member
Joined in 2008
AKA: A Little Cocky Child
Location: Scotland

PostRe: What is the best swimming pool you have ever been to?
by smurphy » Mon Jun 20, 2011 7:30 pm

TimeGhost wrote:Cryptosporidium, neds, and terrible musak. Can you still swim under the 'flaps' to get outside?


I don't know, not been in years. Those flaps always disgusted me though.

User avatar
SchminkyPinky
Member
Joined in 2008

PostRe: What is the best swimming pool you have ever been to?
by SchminkyPinky » Mon Jun 20, 2011 7:52 pm

The Time Capsule :o That brings back some memories although I'm sure it's now pretty different to what I remember. I think the last time I went there was on a school trip about 16 or 17 years ago :lol:

The best pool I've ever been to is probably Wet N Wild in Florida but Typhoon Lagoon was pretty fantastic too.

Image
User avatar
NBK
Member
Joined in 2008

PostRe: What is the best swimming pool you have ever been to?
by NBK » Mon Jun 20, 2011 8:57 pm

StayDead wrote:
NBK wrote:
Dr Cottle wrote:
Mafro wrote:
smurphy wrote:Image

My local. Captian Kil works there.

Came to say this :lol:


Where is this? Is this in Scotland by any chance?

Because that looks like a swimming place I've been to before. Funnily enough, I never learned to actually swim :fp:


Is that Perth Leisure Centre?


I think that's where Kil works, he lives in Perth so I'd guess it is.


Thought I recognised it!

smurphy wrote:
TimeGhost wrote:Cryptosporidium, neds, and terrible musak. Can you still swim under the 'flaps' to get outside?


I don't know, not been in years. Those flaps always disgusted me though.


Having just been there a few weeks ago on holiday, I can confirm that, yes, you can still swim under the flaps. And yes, they are still disgusting.

Image

Return to “Stuff”

Who is online

Users browsing this forum: Dowbocop, Gideon, Godzilla, Grumpy David, Monkey Man, PuppetBoy and 390 guests