Pretty big pool! Relatively pricey at $18 a person, cash only. Very limited seating but lots of area to set up your own chairs. Bad choice of music playing on a holiday, not sure if it was just someone there playing music or the place itself but Nickelback and Travis Scott would not be my music choice for a day out. They do search your bags at the door and have quite a bit of warnings about their "dress code" both on the website and outside the building. I understand it is a family park but seems a little overkill. Also made me question the music choice more lol. read more

Kool Park Pool - Swimming Pools Near Me - Hickory, North Carolina

Me and my family arrived two hours after they were supposed to open but when we got there the gate was closed. We had checked their website before we left and it said they were open. We tried calling them multiple times and nobody picked up. After checking their facebook we saw a post that they had made 45 minutes ago that said they were closed and they didn't even leave an explanation as to why they were closed. We checked their website and it still said they were open. We had driven over an hour and a half to come here. Three hours of our day wasted. read more

This park is not open year round as the website implies... I'm not sure when it opens but I tried to go for Mother's Day and it was not open

Fun place to take the kids with plenty to do. They are doing some updates which is much needed but the pool has always been fun since my parents where kids. It's been around for a long time and we hope it's aground much much longer. We recommend for a family fun filled day! read more

Fun for the kids, they had a blast. Mens bathroom is horrible. No place to change, only 2 toilets with half walls and a urinal in a big room. I hope your not shy while changing. No soap or even a soap dispenser in the bathroom and no way to dry hands afterwards. read more

I've been here before but haven't been back for awhile, thought it very suspicious that all of us that went got head colds (4 people). This review is mainly for the customer service when I had called, everything I asked, the women would snap with a yes, no, or I don't know. You guys need to get it together. We (the customers)are the reason you get paid, show some respect. read more

OWNERS ARE RUDE! OR daughter and family members who they put in charge are very rude/unprofessional and will get in your kids face yell and scream at them nearly touching a child's nose with her pointer finger "the big girl" (owners daughter) is out-of-control! Flaunting she's the owner! We haven't been back since the middle of last summer, and I see nothing's changed. This used to be a great place to go! I have always made sure my kids and friends are very respectful. The last time we was there.. friends of the "owner's family" was watching everyone laughing and making fun of people. The girl that claimed to be owners daughter, full grown woman, told my sons friend he was too big to go down the slide that he was going to hurt the other children! Which was her children/grandkids holding up the slide and jumping over breaking all the rules. She repeatedly kept yelling I'm the owner! I'm the owner's daughter.Then went back over to friends of hers, watching and laughing at people. I've even witness the owners, watching her behavior,and do absolutely nothing. Not been back since last summer as we used to go every few weeks. By the reviews, I see, I'm not the only one. This place isn't like it used to be. read more

It was so fun that the diving boards had space for 3 but the life guards look like they don't care

kool park has a lot of fun stuff to do for all ages if you're wanting to deal with the all the bees and foul language music. i would imagine with the prices you pay to get in they could do something about abundant amount of bees. The bees was awful even when your in the water. they have a jukebox which is nice but the have songs like WAP on there that i don't want my 6 year olds to hear. read more

Deserves way more than a 2 rating. Could use some more out outside tables. But there were several! If you are planning a trip for just a few people or for more than 10 you need to go read the rules and regulations. You can bring your own floats. You can have pop up shade tents they just have to be in the grass. And that makes sense. The lifeguards have to see the swimmers. You can bring your own food and coolers!! They have outdoor "trailer bathrooms" with AC (or a really nice fan) fully stocked. It was a little crowded but the heat index was 100+ I wouldn't have assumed anything less. We had a great time 20+ in our group. I didn't take pics of the water slide.... But it is great for all ages! read more

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We have been going here since I was just a child back in the 90s. I like that it hasn't changed much.

I planned a trip to this establishment and called before arrival and confirmed that this establishment allows pets upon our arrival and after we pay for admission we were then followed to the restroom and very rudely told that they do not allow pets. And we're told we needed to leave or one of us would have to drive all the way back home which is 56 minutes away. Poor communication on their rules read more

Reading some of the Reviews is enough to scare anyone in not wanting to go, even though these reviews were over 3 yrs. old. The Rudeness of the owner and staff was so uncalled for. I and my sister and our kids went years and years ago and it was fine. Hope things are better now. read more

It's been years since I went to Kool Park with my children. Twice this summer we took two of my grandchildren. It's like a step back in time. Love that you can bring your picnic and snacks into the park. Definitely will return next summer. read more

PLEASE SHARE!!!! So today my mother, sister, and all of our kids rushed to have a family outing at KOOL PARK in hickory. Upon arrival my mother who is disabled parked in a handicap and put up her handicap tag as she is required to. The owner came to her window pointing at the handicap sign yelling "can you read? It says no parking" My mother opened the door and said, "yes sir, it says handicap". He then yells, "well your not handicapped". My mother say, " yes sir, i am" and pulls the tag down for him to look at. He then says, " well its not on your tag". My mother tells him its not required to be on her tag, never has been and she has never had an issue. The owner then says, "well ill let you get away with it this time" and walks off. Confused and offended, my mother went to speak with someone. This is when we learned that the disrespectful man was the owner. He comes up again as we tried to speak with a woman that refused to address it. We again explained that my mother is handicap and there was no need for him to talk to her the way he did. He looks at her and asks, "well whats your handicap?". Since when did people have to disclose such personal information in a public place? That is totally inappropriate and disrespectful that she had to be treated this way trying to have an outing with her family just because her disability cant always be seen. It makes her struggle or hurt no less. When we told them that this was wrong and discrimination of the disabled, a young boy came out getting up in my families face saying, " its not discrimination". But yes it is! So we were being told that the next time we went there, my mother would be denied handicap parking. She was only going to get away with it this time. Then she was going to be made to disclose her disability in order to prove her handicap. She had worked since the age of 15. Working both in government, and in the private sector, and it took everything away from her when she had to give up her career, swallow her pride, and except her diabilities. To make her prove herself after all the pain and suffering she endures in order to access the privileges that she already has a right to is simply absurd. What should have been a fun family outing, turned into a unneccesary scene causing only hurt and embarrassment. I will never again support such an establishment. I hope the family that owns Kool Park better educate themselves on the laws that protect the disabled and their responsibilty to them as a licensed public recreational facility in North Carloina. After posting this on wbtv news it was shocking to see that within the over 1000 responses, the multiple stories of similar experiences others and those they know have had. Not only addressing expierneces of disrespect amd discrimination against the disabled but against other races as well. This is unacceptable! read more

The extremely rude old lady that claims she owns the place kicked me out because my bathing suit did not cover my entire butt. I was wearing normal bathing suit bottoms just like all the other girls there. She told me I needed to put pants on or leave. I only had jean shorts with me and I told her I wasn't going to swim in those so she told me I had to leave. She said there were too many married men there for me to be wearing that bathing suit. I asked for a refund and she said that they don't give refunds. I walked out of the place in tears because of how rude she was to me to the point I felt like she was either body shaming or slut shaming me for no reason. There was probably a hundred other girls wearing the same bottoms as me and she didn't say anything to them. read more

Rude employees and manager. Got to swim 5 minutes before they got everyone out of the water. Multiple families asked if they could stay for the night swim since they didn't get to swim. Management said no. One family paid $80 and didn't get to swim. Manager bragged about how a family came in last week and didn't get to swim and didn't ask to stay for the night swim. I was warned before we went but my father really wanted to go read more

Really fun and has some really cool areas they had diving borads which were so fun and the water slide was aaaaaaaaamazing

Awful employees and owners that are down right rude to children and their paying parents!! Don't waste your money on this over priced establishment!! read more

Today I took Jeremiah and his friend and mom came with us. They swam and did the slide and jumped in for a while. At the diving boards there are no rules posted but there are life guards watching. My sons friend went to jump off the medium board and got nervous. He sat down and dropped off. The life guard didn't say anything. Friend was proud of himself for being able to jump and everyone cheered him on. He got in line and went again. He was still nervous but he did it. A teenage boy named Cody acting as life guard looked at me and said "do not let him go back up there". Friend may have been nervous but he jumped and swam. He is a good swimmer and new to boards. I told Cody that if friend wanted to jump again then he would. He told me no and was rude, I asked him his name and went to management. I asked to speak to whoever was in charge of the lifeguards. A woman spoke to me. I asked her what the policy was on kids being nervous. We were within the parameters of what they allow. She advised me someone would be speaking with Cody. Owner came and spoke with Cody and then left the area. Cody then comes to me and tells me owner wants to speak with me. I go to speak with the owner and he asks me what happened and then doesn't allow me to finish, telling me we broke rules. I asked which rule and he did not give me any specific, I had enough and told him they were crazy and we were leaving. On my way out they refused to refund my money but were not allowing the kids to do what they wished. Before we ever entered the park the owner was extremely rude but I did not know who he was. So unless you are a professional and your kids don't get nervous it is a waste of money and time. The pool itself is awesome and I'd like to go back if ownership changes. read more

This is an older park that is celebrating its 80th anniversary, so the changing rooms/concessions are dated. The pool is great! Water slide, jumping rocks, shallow area for small kids, larger area with depths between 1.5 - 5ft, and a roped off 15ft deep diving area with diving boards ranging from 2-15ft high. This park also has an outdoor pool table and allows Birthday parties. It is located pretty far off the road, so if you feel like you are about to drive into someone's backyard, keep going! A little pricey ($15) during the day, but we went on a weekday after 3pm and the price drops to $8. Definitely worth a trip and not crowded! read more

I just wanted to say that I am so upset by all the controversy over this handicap situation. I'm upset by the responses!! I have been going to Kool Park for at least the past 8 years since I've moved here, I have taken my daughter, my nieces, my nephew and now my granddaughter for the first time yesterday. I love this park and the lady owner was and has always been very sweet, she was exceptionally sweet yesterday to my grandbaby. I'm sorry for the terrible experience you had, but it WILL NOT stop me from making more memories there with my loved ones. We have all had bad experiences places, I have had several bad experiences at sonic in Conover but I go back because they have the best drinks and onion rings. Kool Park will always get good reviews from me. Thank you Kool Park for allowing me to make memories there with my loved ones. read more