Talk of The Villages Florida - Rentals, Entertainment & More
Talk of The Villages Florida - Rentals, Entertainment & More
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Could you be a little more specific! Seriously. we've only walked around the pool at the everglades recreation center anywhere from 6 p.m. To 7:30 p.m. and have only seen 1 person in the lap pool and one other in the open area. There was a monitor checking info but that's all we've noticed. |
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Mrs Fox and I have been twice and immediately got a lane each both times. Someone outside checking us in (via side gate) and someone inside keeping an eye on things. Time of entry is noted so if there are people waiting you will be asked to get out after your hour, otherwise you may carry on. We were told we could lap-swim in the open area as only one person was walking in it, but didn't need to as two lanes emptied as we arrived. Can't advise re which pool or which time to try, but I should think "first thing" might be the busiest as that is when serious lap swimmers used to attend.
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I'm trying to understand why, in a sports pool that has 10 lanes, only 4 lanes are being allocated for lap swimmers. Why not half the pool for lap swimmers and the other half for water walkers? As it is, only 4 swimmers can utilize the pool at one time and they have allocated space for 35 water walkers at one time. Doesn't seem fair to me but, I know......life is not fair. Please no snarky comments. Just would like a reasonable explanation as to why more space is allocated for the walkers vs the swimmers.
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Colony and Seabreeze each have 10 lanes. Lake Miona has 9 lanes. Those are the three sports pools I go to. Prior to this pandemic, Colony and Seabreeze always had 5 lanes in for the swimmers and the rest of the 5 lanes open for the walkers. Lake Miona always had 4 lanes in for the swimmers and 5 lanes open for the water walkers.
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Some pools 4 lanes is half the pool, gotta have that taint area taint lap or taint bobbing. |
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Wherever you choose to swim, go early - 0700 & you'll get a lane. I went in after noon & got the last lane. Others came after me & used the open area for "lane" swimming. No complications, no waiting.
Kudos to the attendants at Everglades - helpful, considerate, good humored. It can be a tough job, trying to enforce changes. |
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OP wouldn’t it just be easier to go yourself, then to rely on people who swam this morning, or are just guessing.
Since first day they open if you had no problems getting in a pool to swim laps. Course I go at different times to different pools, so answer really isn’t going to help you |
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I agree, at some pools it is illogical the way they give so much space to walkers, and just a few lanes for lap swimmers. I've been at the pool when there are 3 or 4 people waiting to lap swim, and you have 2 people walking in the section cordoned off for walkers - they easily could have put in a couple more lanes to accommodate everyone. It is especially aggravating when you have someone walking in a lap lane - they should be over in the walkers part of the pool, so serious swimmers have a place to swim.
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If it were me and the monitor gave me that answer, I would have asked the walker myself if he/she were swimming.
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