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National Aquatic Centre

  • 29-04-2014 12:39pm
    #1
    Eircom_Sucks
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,193 ✭✭✭


    €14 for an adult , just to take a 3 year old

    Granted u can stay as long as you can but nobody ever stays more than an hr surely ?


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  • #2
    _Brian
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,721 ✭✭✭✭_Brian


    Eircom_Sucks wrote: »
    €14 for an adult , just to take a 3 year old

    Granted u can stay as long as you can but nobody ever stays more than an hr surely ?

    Bad value for that OK..
    Ours were 4 and 10 and we stayed in about 4 hours.. Is good value at that, plus I think herself had got discount vouchers somewhere.


  • #3
    Eircom_Sucks
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,193 ✭✭✭Eircom_Sucks


    _Brian wrote: »
    Bad value for that OK..
    Ours were 4 and 10 and we stayed in about 4 hours.. Is good value at that, plus I think herself had got discount vouchers somewhere.

    Still they'd be busier at cheaper rates


  • #4
    Nanazolie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 867 ✭✭✭Nanazolie


    My 2 only stay in the small pool with the pirate ship, I have to pay 14€ for the privilege of sitting on the side, freezing.

    I get the tickets through Tesco Clubcard deals.

    Running a pool this size is hugely expensive, though. Between the heating, the staff, the cleaning, the water, chemicals, etc... Considering I pay 6€ to go to the local pool, with each kid paying 3€, I don't think it's that expensive. The local pool has nothing special, just the pool itself. The changing rooms are freezing and not too clean. There are just 3 showers. All considered, it's worse value than the Aquatic Centre


  • #5
    donegal.
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,635 ✭✭✭donegal.


    My local pools in Derry. Theres slides and waves and its a beach style pool (starts at an inch of water and gradually gets deeper, like on a beach)
    For the me, the missus and 4 kids its £7.60 an hour.


  • #6
    run_Forrest_run
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,463 ✭✭✭run_Forrest_run


    donegal. wrote: »
    My local pools in Derry. Theres slides and waves and its a beach style pool (starts at an inch of water and gradually gets deeper, like on a beach)
    For the me, the missus and 4 kids its £7.60 an hour.

    this forum is called Rip Off Ireland ;)


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  • #7
    L1011
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 71,186 ✭✭✭✭L1011


    donegal. wrote: »
    My local pools in Derry. Theres slides and waves and its a beach style pool (starts at an inch of water and gradually gets deeper, like on a beach)
    For the me, the missus and 4 kids its £7.60 an hour.

    And I'd imagine its subsidised heavily by the local council, with their property taxes that make ours look insignificant.


  • #8
    donegal.
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,635 ✭✭✭donegal.


    run_Forrest_run wrote: »
    this forum is called Rip Off Ireland ;)
    say that at my local pool and you'll start a fight :D


  • #9
    brian_gall85
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 456 ✭✭brian_gall85


    Probably heavily subsidised by the USC and Property taxes we pay in the south, just like the road tax we pay going towards the A5 in NI, with still no road to show for it...


  • #10
    893bet
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,378 ✭✭✭893bet


    brian_gall85 wrote: »
    road tax

    Never heard of road tax......


  • #11
    ben.schlomo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,399 ✭✭✭✭ben.schlomo


    893bet wrote: »
    Never heard of road tax......

    Its a rip off apparently.;)


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  • #12
    crazyderk
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,059 ✭✭✭crazyderk


    I was there today and it was 14.40 for three adults, the pirate ship was open, the wave pool (with no waves) and everything else was closed it was fine as we had a 2 year old so it was mainly for him.

    The little lad really enjoyed it and I was thinking of using the tesco vouchers and going on a saturday or a sunday morning. Does anyone know how busy it is first thing in the morning?


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