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Not a bad gym but lacks some machines like lat pull downs and deadlifting platforms. Also not a fan of the dumb reserve a swim lane. Every gym I’ve gone to has been first come first serve basis for the swim lanes. It takes away from the lifeguards ability to monitor the pool if they’re stuck checking people in lanes. Seems like an accident waiting to happen. Just let the people wait 10 mins for a lane to open up. That’s how most pools work. Other than that good gym but not really geared towards the hardcore crowd. Mostly the few days a week recreational crowd.

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Why even have basketball courts if they are always being taken up for volleyball or pickleball and even 3 year old golf, yes kindergarten golf this is real something that they feel deserves the basketball courts time more than actual basketball. There’s three courts and of my two days off only one of them is is open on one of my days off at a convenient time. Do not waste your money here if you wanna play basketball

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★ 4

Clean the court 🙏🙏🙏

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★ 5

Marion YMCA is a great resource for staying fit and healthy.

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We went to the YMCA and when we went upstairs to go in the treadmill this worker came up to us and said we were too young but we are both thirteen. She also kept on talking to us and giving us the dirty eye every time we walked past her. Girl with orange hair. She said that she will let it slide this time but never again even though again we are above age.!.!.!

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★ 5

a lot of fun

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Definitely would put a better review, but decent equipment. No lat pull-down machine, deadlift platforms, only 2 bench’s. And the dumbbells only go up to 100lbs. Doug at the front is the best! The true reason I’m leaving a lower review- the morning talk show radio BS is absolutely atrocious. I would like to work out to music at 7am, but I just hear a very annoying talk show that plays and I’m talking horrible, they play a recorder that sounds like nails on a chalk board and talk about the weather

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Had to drive around the parking lot for 10 minutes before a parking space was open

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★ 5

This is a new building. Open, sunny feel. Lots of class options. 3 basketball courts, full sized pool, pickle ball.

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NOT FAMILY FRIENDLY! honestly with their terrible hours and lack of access to the pool, just save your money and avoid it! We have 3 little kids under 4 and only wanted to use the splash pad and were kicked out by someone who isn’t even a staff member! Jill (Regina) who provides private swim lessons kept yelling at me and also threatened me! Cleanliness is subpar since the bathroom was covered in crap and for over 2 hours, it didn’t get cleaned! Granted who knows if it was actually cleaned after we told staff considering we didn’t stay after that. Avoid this place where they charge for memberships that members CANT EVEN ACCESS!

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★ 5

Very nice facility. Has a pool with an area for little kids, 3 basketball courts, a track, a large area for lifting weights, and a selection of treadmills, ellipticals, bikes, and rowers. They also have a number of group areas and a drop in day care area for kids.

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★ 4

Great big building . It's kept up nice , so nice and clean . The staff is very friendly and helpful .

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The refs who were in charge of the court today of the B-ball game did a great job of calling some plays and also help coach the girls while on the court. They obviously beings they were young kids didn't call every single thing . They did great and were VERY Patient.

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★ 5

Very nice people!

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Coming from a larger metro area this was one of the better kids swim programs (under 5 years old). Having other kids in a class can be helpful versus private lessons which may be more intimidating 1:1. I wished the kids pool was a bit warmer, but thankfully during the winter they adjusted the temperature a bit warmer (some of the kids looked blue), so not as bad but still colder than like a SwimKids or Goldfish pool. The facilities are clean and staff all friendly. I wish there were more afternoon lessons (just Thurs) since by evenings most kids are tired and have a harder time paying attention although I suspect more parents want evening lessons to deconflict with work. I also really wish I could just book open swim online (or look up the schedule) but instead I have to call in every day we want to swim (it's fine but I'm antisocial and it makes planning ahead harder). We got the family pass on the end of year promotional rate, and signing up for two programs a month breaks about even with the current fees. I'm looking forward to using more of the facilities/programs when my kids are older.

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★ 5

Pool is very watery and the weights are heavy

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★ 5

Fantastic place. Well laid out, has everything but is not overwhelming. Went there to play some pickleball, everyone was so nice. Cost me just $3! I also hit a few weights. The entire place is clean and bright, love it!

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Great facility. Nice and helpful staff. Clean.

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I always have a great time at ymca

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Great! The water is wet and the exercise is healthy!

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I have been a longtime member of YMCAs here and in other parts of the world. This is an excellent facility and a great addition to the community. I especially love that there is open swim access to an indoor pool over the winter. The reason I could only give it a three star review is, not everyone works a Mon-Fri/9-5. Since the reduction in hours during/after the pandemic, access to the pool is not offered for the late hours that it used to be.

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Staff is unwelcoming, rude, and lazy. "Welcoming" staff is a joke in every aspect from dress attire, laziness, customer service and does not represent a gym attmosohere. They are more interested in their personal needs and next break or meal than those of their customers. No help with getting you set up and how to use equipment, do classes ect. I felt very out of place and un comfortable. I was also told 2 different cancel by dates for my membership and ended up being charged for another month when I canceled by 1 said date I was told. I'd never spend my $$ there again and they are the EXACT reason why people don't go to the gym! Would not recommend if you are new to exercising, working out or the community.

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They don't sell day passes at this location, when most other YMCA branches do. They don’t allow you to “try out” their facility unless you outright join or are a member at another YMCA.

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★ 5

Large facility for all your fitness needs. If you want to play basketball, there’s three full courts. If you want to swim a couple laps in da pool, you can (gotta reserve a lane though). Maybe you had a long day at work, and just want to wind down, well they’ve got a hot-tub! If you want to get a massive pump in the gym, there’s a variety of machines, free weights, pull up bars, benches, and squat racks. If you’re looking to practice volleyball, or play racquetball or handball, they’ve got two racquetball courts. The YMCA’s hours are super easy to incorporate into any schedule. The facility’s staff is super nice too. If I could give more stars, I would.

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★ 5

Very clean and nice people

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Great environment, staff is super friendly and helpful. Great family environment. Not a great selection on weight machines, but the free weights are great. Usually busy when I go, early morning

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★ 5

Thank you Claire for being awesome!

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★ 5

The pool was so cool I loved the gym

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Used this brand new facility this winter to work out in over winter break. Was incredibly impressed by the kind and helpful service, the cleanliness of the equipment and spaces, and the beautiful facility that lets in tons of light. Was a highlight of my day each time I went. The pool is clean and the scheduling for it is organized. So glad this facility can be a spot for our community to gather and grow in wellness.

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Huge waste of time to come here I would not recommend the pool is most likely closed anyways. The Y in cedar rapids is much better ran even though it's smaller. You don't have to reserve a spot in the pool like it's a restaurant or something like you do here. Who uses the pool area for a meeting area too???

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Horrible weight room. A million treadmills but little workout equipment. Workout equipment such as chairs for lifting and preacher curle benches are too small, made for children. Very uncomfortable to use.

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This facility should really just change its name to “Teen Daycare Facility”.

Went to get a membership and watched as groups and groups of children started pouring in. Most went straight to the free weights area or grabbed basketballs to go sit on their phones in the basketball court. When I asked the guy at the front desk what the minimum age in the weights area was, “oh, there’s a sign at the top of the stairs, I honestly can’t tell you…” “wait, you work here?” “Yeah, there’s normally a supervisor up there”

Even still, 13? 13 is the appropriate age to be unsupervised in the free weights area? With the amount of “over 13” children up there, I deemed trying to get an actual lift in with their limited equipment wasn’t going to viable. Oh, never saw the “supervisor” either. I’ll drive the extra 8 minutes to go somewhere else.

So, if you’re looking for a cheaper daycare facility for your teen near Linn-Mar high, just sign them up here.

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★ 5

What an incredible facility!

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★ 5

Pool, whirlpool, basketball, racquetball, weights, cardio. It has it all!

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★ 5

Beautiful new YMCA with great equipment and 3 group fitness rooms

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This is my second consecutive year in YMCA - I’m surprised they still haven’t figured out how to organize the league games so they can have adequate parking in the facility. I don’t want to do rounds around the area to park on grass.

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★ 5

I just joined and am extremely happy

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Friendly staff. Mostly clean facility. Only 2 of the 6 showers in the men's locker room have good water pressure.

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★ 5

Great facility and great staff

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Fun

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Very nice facility—with a pool that is rarely available. The large pool is only available for lap swim by sign up only, and it’s difficult to reserve a spot. The smaller, shallower pool is usually full and it’s not great for adults and teenagers. We would appreciate if you’d make the large pool available for a family swim from time to time.

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Beautiful facility!!

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Terribley rude front desk staff, lady was reading a book making people wait for her. Not very accommodating at this location and not friendly. My daughter has mental health issues and the staff weren't able to even be nice or polite very snappy. Definitely don't recommend going unless the get new staff.

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The staff is very helpful, accommodating and friendly. It is very clean and inviting. Just an all around good-vibe environment. I’m loving it.

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If you are a hooper, don't sign up here, EVER. There are so many other options that have more hoopers to play in anyways. The courts are constantly closed to "youth activities", and even the court schedules on their website are often erroneous. On weekends you'd be lucky to have 1 hour of open gym court to the public.

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Bad with communication. I take my son for swim lessons and they don’t even care to let us know about cancellations.

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★ 5

My social center. It is a place to enjoy socializing, swimming laps, treadmill.

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Nice place to workout

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Senior sneakers was just what I was looking for

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★ 5

Awesome facility......something for everyone.....runners, swimmers, weight lifting, basketball courts, enough equipment to work out with for all ages. Staff is friendly and helpful.

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★ 5

Brand new facility. ! Stop in and see it. Swimming, fitness classes, cardio machines, weight machines and more !

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It’s always something with the pool time there. Every time I call someone says one thing and another person says another. I can never just go swimming.

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Beautiful new facility with clean, easy to use machines.

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Very nice ymca! Staff is great!

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It's a nice new place.

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★ 4

Way better than the previous YMCA in Marion.

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I have really enjoyed amyexperience at the YMCA, except for one person. I talked to Jason, fantastic person, and it seems that this person has been working out or 13 years. All he is does is weights, never cardio and he is constantly grunting and making all kinds of horrible sounds. You would think that he is about to have a heart attach. The staff at the YMCA has asked him to stop, but he will not. So, be aware if this person is there and you can hear him everywhere, your at at the YMCA will not be that enjoyable, I know Planet fitness does not allow this kind of behavior.

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Too small and the courts are almost always occupied. It's not like you have a dozens other options to play basketball in this type of weather. If you're not signed up for something it's almost pointless to come here.
The weekend hours are terrible.

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Large, clean areas. Many machines to use. Basketball, racquetball, pickleball, child care, pool.
Crowded parking, very busy after work.

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Just joined last weekend. So far I've only played racquetball a few times and done a spinning class. The facility is really nice and the class registration system is pretty easy to figure out.

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I play volleyball here. The courts are big without ceiling obstructions (like basketball poles) and has lots of room to change/put on gear. It's a very nice facility.

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First time at this one, it's amazing. Huge, clean, lots of parking. A little too bright because of all the white walls, but overall, very nice.

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★ 5

Good value for the whole family to work out. Staff is friendly and helpful.

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Inviting atmosphere, professional and friendly staff, updated equipment. All this makes going to the Marion YMCA very enjoyable.

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So disappointed in the pool.... Only ladders to get in and out of pool!!! Come on, why weren't there steps put in like the old Y? Would like to be able to go back to Water Aerobics but can't because having weak knees and cannot do the ladders... Pretty poor designing of the pool.

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★ 5

Very modern ,plenty of room to accommodate all activities,will visit as often as possible !!!

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The new facility is top notch. Walking track, 1/16(?) of a mile weight area, swimming pool. Classrooms a spin bike class set up. Love also that unlike most other workout facilities, there is a shower area. Perfect to grab a workout in the way to the daily grind.

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Rock on bröthers

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★ 5

Fantastic place for the family workout. Good quality equipment, friendly staff, easy on the pocket, good coaches for swimming, basketball etc, group fitness and many more. Highly recommend.

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First Class facility.

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Great new facility. Lots to do and friendly staff.

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Ok

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My normal Y is the one in downtown CR so I'll be comparing the two. This was a 20min drive as opposed to a 5min drive but not the reason for the 3 stars

Pros:
Brand new equipment, and facility, and looks really nice. 2 pools, one for lap swimming and one shallow for kids and other activities. The cardio equipment is brand new and looks very nice and I would love to see the downtown one get some new equipment, didn't see any stair machines there but I wasn't there for cardio so I might have just missed them. The crossfit equipment is open for anyone to use, unlike the downtown one where it's locked and the only way to use it is for you to be with a trainer. The squart racks, for me, were the highlight because of the adjustable safety bar on them. Also the parking is 10x better than the parking at the downtown Y.

Cons:
Missing a lot of amenities that the downtown Y has.
1. No lockers by weight equipment. Not so much in the summer time but in the winter time it's a hassle. The only lockers that they have are the ones by the basketball courts and swimming pool. Normally this wouldn't be a huge issue but since I can normally store my things in a locker that is within eye shot the majority of the time I'm there I don't carry a lock on me. So just so I could keep an eye on my things I put them in a pile on the floor.
2. No cable station. The Y downtown has a cable station that you can do rows, lat pulldown, triceps, and a lot other exercises that the new Y doesn't have. As stated before they have the for crossfit equipment that is similar, but if you've never used it before it can be intimidating to use. They do have a small cable station but it's made for 2 people to use but is no where near the amount of exercises to the original.
3. No assisted dip or pull station. I use this as a warm up whenever I am doing pull ups or dips. Just another piece of equipment that is missing.
4. No mirrors in front of the squat racks. All the mirrors are in front of the dumbbells.
5. No place to do core workouts. They do have machines that focus on core but I like to do floor workouts for core, like planks. They have mats available to do floor workouts but I felt that no matter where I would do my workouts, I felt I was in the way of some equipment or machines.
6. Masks. Before I start, I am NOT opposed to wearing a mask. I wear a mask in before my workout and I wear one when I finished and I'm ready to leave without any fuss or complaint. But if you forget your mask in the locker room and you need to use the bathroom, the staff are not afraid to jump down your throat about you not wearing a mask. This is something new to me since this isn't an issue with the Y downtown, I use the bathroom, wash my hands, and get back to my workout without any issue. This rule wouldn't be so bad if they had lockers up by the equipment so it's more easily accessable in case you forget.

Recommend:
I would say if this Y is not your normal Y or is not the closet one, I would not go. The extra travel is not worth it for the few good things about it.

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★ 5

Brand new and beautiful

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Awesome new facility!

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I love the new facility with all new equipment!!

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The new Marion Y is AMAZING!!!

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The new facility is huge, brand new equipment with a wide range of machines and equipment. Only wish is that they put in a deadlift/olympic lifting platform with bumper plates to spare the floor and the regular plates.

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★ 5

very nice

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Love the Marion YMCA. The people are so friendly. Come and join us

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This place is great, last time I was here (which was a long time ago) it was great. there is a great daycare, and the building is really good maintenanced.

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The locker room is awful, outdated. There is no sauna.

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★ 5

The staffs are awesome. The building is old but well maintained. Indoor basketball courts, swimming pool, fitness center and child care too.

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Cancelled our membership long ago when a very rude lifeguard yelled at my son!

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I love coming here... Always friendly staff and things for the whole family and individuals... The facility is older... A bad thing is the early morning pool swimmers refuse to share lanes but the rest of the day I enjoy swimming... Todd and Diane are excellent aquatic instructors...highly highly recommend

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Small facilities and pool isn't the greatest.

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First of all they have no signage outside the building to indicate that this was the Y. This is one of the scariest places I have ever been. The whole building is very dark, and the ladies locker room is NOT SECURED. I immediately felt very uncomfortable and unsafe after walking into the ladies locker room... It is just a large, open area with a door propped open and anyone could just walk in. The area was dirty, there were several community hairbrushes on the counter filled with hair, a showerhead being held on by pink duct tape, and empty crumpled plastic grocery bags all over the place. There were no paper towels at the sinks so they provided Kleenex to dry your hands with instead.. Against my better judgement I went to the weight room and found run down and broken and STICKY equipment, broken mirrors patched with electrical tape and no place to stretch or warm up. Some woman was doing yoga in a tiny dark corner while a teenaged employee stood and watched her. The only other person there was an old and sweaty man who did not wipe down a single piece of equipment that he used. At that point I had had enough and left after only a few minutes. I would not suggest anyone actually go here unless you want to risk to be assaulted or worse, raped, in a dark locker room where probably nobody would hear/care if you screamed. Rather workout in a dark alley downtown at midnight. It's probably safer.

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★ 5

It is the best place to visit 4 my kids

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Its usually pretty quiet compared to the other branches and i dont like to have an audience while i workout

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I would never recommend this place to anyone. I went there with my sister and I put my son in daycare. When I waked in one of the daycare providers right away stated that they don't change diapers, feed them. Ok great, like I want you to do any of that for my child. He said rudely as well. When I walked Into the room I didn't see any toys on the floor and there was a kid about 5 years old who kept running out of the room and back into the room. He was the only child before I dropped my son off and there were TWO workers. I was gone for 45 minutes before I heard my son screaming in pain. I ran into the room and asked what happened. The girl who was holding my son said "he was trying to stand up and fell on his face." My son can't stand up on his, and when I looked around there weren't any toys on the floor for him to play with. The room was spot clean. I made a report of what happened and when I spoke to the director she told me that the daycare provider stated that my son was "crawling for a toy and slipped on his face." Why would I get two different contradicting stories? I want to know what my son was doing for 45 minutes without any toys on the floor. The director also said that when a kid puts a toy into his mouth they take it and put it into a bin for it to be disinfected. So she basically said that every time my son put a toy in his mouth the provider took it from his hand and put it into a bin to be disinfected. I've never had an issue with the downtown Y and every time I go there they always have toys on the floor and they are always on the floor playing with the kids.

Seriously though I still want to know what my son was doing for 45 minutes without any toys on the floor for him to play with??????

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