Remembering Aquasplash, the child-swallowing deathtrap you couldn’t get enough of
Remembering Aquasplash, the child-swallowing deathtrap you couldn’t get enough of
Ahhh, my childhood. (Except my Tammy takini was blue, not pink.)
Out of curiousity, I went poking around the TripAdvisor reviews for this place in order to get some sense of how hilariously godawful going here must have been for my parents. Some highlights:
When we got out of the pool there was
one child fully dressed who had been sent in by his parent to clean his
dirty crocs – he did this be stepping into the swimming pool where
everybody was swimming, again in front of staff !
Plasters, dirty hair ties galore were
literally all over the place. I have never seen so many plasters lying
around on the floors. It is difficult to explain on here, and obviously
without photographic evidence, but if you are fussy about pool
cleanliness, I would give this one a miss.
The grim hole that is Aqua Splash Hemel
Hempstead, I mean honestly its so grim, its good, its fun, but boy is it
grim. If it was a 90’s warehouse rave it would be called Grimnesia, if
it had a rowing machine in it, it would be classified as a Grymnasium [This one is by far my favourite]
What a dump. Lockers don’t work , they
were only 20p but lost a £1 trying!peeling paint and for me the worst
was the disinterested lifeguards! One was playing with papers for a full
10 mins not even looking up at the children!! Overcrowded and two of
the kids cut themselves on sharp tiles in the lazy river.
Ah, memories. Bonus round: George Ezra.