Very nice park...lots of things to keep ever entertained!! Unfortunately the bathroom ( women's)…read morewas disgusting. Toilet paper not filled, trash on the floor, and no soap to wash your hands. The other issue was the bridge over to the umbrellas was so hot it gave us blisters on our feet.

Lifeguards are friendly, facilities are clean, water slides are awesome. My grand-kids had a blast…read moreall day. Admission seems a little pricey, but we had a great day! There is an area for toddlers, but overall the pool and the slides seem geared for 7 year olds thru teen-age.

My daughter was here for a swim meet. The pool was super dirty so was the blocks! I would give it a…read morethree just cause of the dirty pool! But everything else was ok! The locker rooms were a little dirty!!

Found a pool this Summa!!!!…read more Review during COVID19: Birdland pool is like a hidden gem for Central Des Moines this summer! Never been here before but we've been here twice now. No FRILLS pool. They have 1 slide and 3 diving boards. A wading pool that goes 2.5'; very large size too. The pool is clean water and the environment is clean. The price is great too! $2.00 for kids; $4.00 for adult. Free for 3 and under. People around us do not wear masks. There are different ethnic families that live near and visit this pool. They play very loud music. A different variety but I think they play most recent rap and hip hop the most. Staff here is great! They also have two local officers inside the pool to keep things safe. The pool is located by North High school so that's probably why they have officers; it's a little rough neighborhood. The two times we visited we have watched the pool capacity website before arriving. This pool stays under the capacity limit every day and have found it to be very compliant to COVID social distancing regulations. The staff wipe surfaces every hour. At the end of the swim session they are cleaning everything immediately. They also wear masks when they are around people. There's a snack bar open but we've never visited. The water slide is the highlight of the visit for the kids. Young jumpers must go through a swim test before allowed on the diving boards. I recommend visiting this pool this summer. I'm not too sure during any other year as they may be a lot more full but I've enjoyed our visits so far. We will be returning more this summer as we feel safe coming here and seeing how the staff and the people around us are abiding to social distancing rules.

Fun in past and still today, when open that is…read more Visited on the first day of opening on 2021 and it was BUSY!! The line to get in was 15/20 min due to patrons signing up for their summer passes. When we finally were in, it looked like a normal amount of people that enjoys this pool, pre pandemic years. All patrons were not masked. Employees were not masked. Ok to be masked if comfortable. Social distancing was not enforced but most people were spaced out naturally. Lazy River line is tightly packed and water tubes are used, so there is closer contact. This aquatic center has a water playground in the center, another pool is the deeper pool with water slides, and another pool with the lazy river. Lots of entertainment for many ages! Snack bar offers snacks and drinks and shaded area to eat. Cost for admission for ages 12 and under is $6 Over 13 is $9 Unfortunately, our visit ended quickly because the kid pool closed after low visibility in the water and pH level was off. It was closed the rest of our afternoon to allow the filters to clear out the water. Overall it's a fun pool to go to, when it's open to all. There probably will be more of these kinks with visits in the future because the pandemic closed this pool in the fall 2019 till summer 2021. 4 stars for fun and options, clean and spacious, esthetically cool looking, and customer service. Lost star for management being unprepared for summer pass lines, kid pool shut down, and no refund on admission after our 30 min visit. (Obviously they had no control over the pool shut down! But I haven't seen a refund yet)

Has a nice splash pad, the pool was a good size, lifeguards are really watching all the kids. They…read morehad family bathrooms but as to be expected at a pool not super clean by any means. My kids had a ton of fun they had a large area for kids to swim with zero entry.

I'm really happy I ended up here! I had intended to go to another scuba shop in town that is closer…read moreto my home but they were closed. I made the longer drive and wasn't sure about the place from the outside of the building. Didn't look like anything special. I was greeted as soon as I entered by two different people. A woman, I'm guessing an owner, helped me find a snorkel set for an upcoming trip. She didn't try to upsell me a bunch of things I didn't need but did give me outstanding advice on a thing or two that would make my snorkeling much better. She even offered to keep the mask for a few days and apply anti-fog something-or-other a few times! I was thoroughly impressed. I would whole-heartedly recommend this shop!

So what do you do with the kiddos when it's the 1st icky, hot weekend and start of summer break?…read moreThe pool!! The mini me convinced me to take her to the pool and we decided to hit up this pool. Super disappointed the slide was closed today but we did manage to snag a spot with easy access to shade. We got there a bit before they opened and paid the admission ($2 kid, $4 adult). Not that bad of a public pool with several shady areas by trees and canopies. One complaint I have is that the mini me was trying to do her swim test but other swimmers kept getting in the way for her to complete it. I asked the life guard if they ever clear the pool out for the swim tests, and I got a big fat No from the teenage lifeguard. So my little nugget wasthis close to accomplishing it but didn't pass the test because of another swimmer in her way. There is a snack area where they offer the usual: hot dogs, nachos, pretzels, ice cream and pizza. It looked like the pizza was from Pappa Johns ( we saw the delivery). Of course, no food near the pool area. Overall, the pool cooled us off on this hot summer day. I'm sure we will be back again.

This place is RACIST. I'm coming into town with a few colleagues and asked my business…read morepartners(Asian) to set up some tee times for us. They booked online and then got a call from the golf course saying that they're going to cancel it. My goodness, what load of crap is that? I've been to some really strict golf courses out here in CA but this is the first time I've heard of a golf course canceling your tee time with no explanation. Wow Norwalk, Iowa, what a trash place you have.

I have been playing this course the last few years. The course is well maintained and one of the…read morebest in the Des Moines area. The staff has always been highly courteous. Highly recommend!

Came here after trying an escape room for the first time in Minnesota. We opted for The Cellar…read more I must say that I was a little dissapounted in the room as it felt like there was very little intuitive direction with clues or what to do next. There were very little clues to figure out in order to get out of the room. The whole point was to escape the room, but the attention to detail and searching for putting two and two together was poorly executed. When we figured out the room, we felt like... this was it...? There's got to be more than this... it was just too simple for what we had been used to in our first room at another venue. Maybe try another room at a different time, but I don't know that we will be back anytime soon with their being other escape rooms in the area.

I really had a blast here! I hosted a party in the "Party"…read moreroom which I find out later is the hardest room to get out of! But we had a great group full of smart minds and we actually were like 5 seconds from getting out of the room, apparently our group was the closest ever! I bet they say that to all the groups:) Anyway it kinda exciting! You sign a waver, that no one has ever read most likely (but it is online if you want to pre read it) and then you are lead as a group to your room! You get instructions.. The first being NO CELL PHONES... but if you like ESCAPE CHAMBERS facebook page before you go in you earn 1 clue from the game Masters who are watching your every move though cameras and can speak to you through a tiny speaker.. (which is pretty quiet, so you need to act as a team and shhhhhush everyone so you can here! At first glance the rooms are simple and not to exciting, but if you solve a few riddles and puzzles the next thing you know things will appear on the wall from black light, walls with move, and things will maybe start making a bit more sense! I highly recommend doing this as group sometime, you can have up to 12 people and the more the merrier in a situation like this! This place also has a little shop of games to buy, and lazor tag, so it's fun for all ages! I want to go back and try again already!