Frances Meadows Aquatic Center

Went here with the family for a day of fun. Had a good time and overall would go back.

From the view of a 5 year old:
Frances Meadows is my favorite place! I like it better than Lake Lanier Islands because you don’t have to walk around so much! The pools are right next to each other! (The exclamation marks are serious excitement!) They have a park too! That park is AWESOME! The slide is too big for me to go down because I’m too short, but I’m getting taller now!
From the view of an adult:
It’s cheap! If you live in the area and you have children, Frances Meadows is the place to go! I wouldn’t travel very far to go there. It’s very convenient for me since I’m only 15 minutes away.
Safe to say, WE LIKE IT!

I made the mistake of booking my children’s birthday party here even though I had the gut feeling not to. My kids have winter birthdays (age 5 and 7) and they wanted a swim party, so I reluctantly booked the party. My gut feeling was correct. The staff are neither friendly nor professional. The party was held in what appeared to be a staff breakroom. The only thing the party host did to help was to take us to the room and have the food on the table. She did not help cut or pass out the birthday cake and she did not help in anyway with the gifts. She did bring us a cart to transport the gifts to the car, however, the cart was WET. The facility does not allow you to use masks (even though this is not listed in their rules for the indoor pool). The manager was more intent on proving us wrong than working with us on this issue. The manager was clearly a hired hand with no true management or customer service training. The issues go on and on. What is most important for parents to know is that our experience was so bad that my children ASKED to leave. Both kids told me they never wanted to go back there.

The aquatic center is not very large but sports two well-​maintained indoor pools. One heated and one cool water. The locker rooms are small but seem to be maintained well too. It’s definitely a small scale facility and doesn’t have much in the way of bells and whistles. It’s not a gym and doesn’t have workout equipment although they do offer some «dry land» fitness classes like Zumba in addition to water sports. They also have a great outdoor splash zone that kids enjoy. So far I have really just used this facility for lap swims, and I pay per visit ($ 2.14 for Hall County residents) because at only once or twice a week that is still cheaper than the annual water pass ($ 175 + tax). They also offer a more expensive version that includes the dry land classes.
Anyhow for what this facility is, it does it well. If you’re looking for a fancy place with bells and whistles though, keep looking.