Chandler Park — Attraction in Sand Springs

I took my kids (4 and 6) to the splash pad today as an extra birthday treat as my youngest just turned 4 (had her actual birthday party at case community splash pad in sand springs). It was really cool at first. The lady who did the tickets was very sweet and kind, she made my oldest smile asking her about starting first grade. But then we entered the actual splash pad. My 4 year old is developmentally delayed and has autism. She is unsure about new things, but has been doing well about trying new things. So when she showed interest in the smallest water slide, I helped her learn how to use it by walking her up the steps, showing her where to sit, and how to slide down. Clearly, I had to walk back down the steps to walk around and help her step out of the bottom of the slide, it literally took 7 seconds for me to walk back down and reach her to start helping her step out. The “lifeguard” at that slide was already yelling at my daughter when I walked up. She was very snotty and rude and had no reason to yell at a child who had just reached the bottom only seconds ago. She then got rude with me saying “mom can you just stay at the bottom so you can help her get out” and I said “yes but I had to show her how to use the slide first” and then she went on to call my kid slow and asked if she was so stupid she can’t use a slide on her own. The mom next to me even rolled her eyes and said that the “lifeguard” was being cruel and who does she think she is. I stayed because my kids did love the slides and park but there was absolutely no reason why that nasty girl should have been yelling at my non verbal autistic child and calling her stupid. She then went on to not even do her job, she just stood there as kids were pushing past others that were already in line, cutting in line, shoving kids out of the way, pushing kids down, etc and not obeying any of the rules. One very large kid pushed my 4 year old down and she scraped her knee and fell down two steps. The same kid also shoved a smaller boy down all the steps and he landed on his head on the ground. I don’t know where these parents were, from what I could tell, only myself and 3 other parents were present inside the splash pad. All the rest were in their cars or sitting at tables on their phones outside the fenced area. You should not have to parent other people’s kids at a public park. I’m only giving two stars because my kids did love the slides, and they had fun (until getting pushed off the side of the platform), and for only $1 you can’t find a better deal elsewhere (maybe the for show lifeguards who don’t actually promote safety is why it’s so cheap). But when your lifeguards aren’t doing their jobs or enforcing rules, why are you even paying them to be there? And most importantly, why is your lifeguard yelling at my child and calling her stupid? We ended up leaving halfway through our session because no one was helping provide a safe space to play, and I still am fuming over the girl calling my kid stupid. Maybe we will give it another try later, hopefully that lifeguard will no longer be there. All the other staff were kind or at least average. But I’m appalled by how this park will apparently just...

This is the first place I went to the Tulsa zoo. Now it's just a disk golf and water park for kid's.

Special Note: Okay maybe my folks pulled a fast makeup storyline for us five kids to make sure that the mastic alluring stories while continually repeating the same sentence inside their head's any time two parents take their children to unique wonder's of nature wear possible dangerous environmental features may pose built-in dangerous terrain or water features such as a lake or a river. They were continually counting and recounting one-two-three-four-five while attempting to heard five children through the landscapes and often times crowds during events like the fourth of July fireworks display. If I am misinformed by someone who knew how to tell a good story and that was my father.

For all those not familiar with the fact that an extremely long time ago to some folks that are too young to have life knowledge of the FACT: Chandler Park was in the past the original Tulsa Zoo location before it was later moved to the new location in Mohawk park where it remains to this day. You would think people would invest a little time and effort in researching the facts before attempting to correct someone with life's knowledge of what is really accurate posted information.

Really now guys and gals, do you think Tulsa Oklahoma is going to invest money to pay someone to list the former location of the Tulsa County Zoo? No, in fact there a great story of the social controversial move from Chandler location to the new location inside of...

We're not from Tulsa and it was our first time going there. We arrived to the park 30 minutes before the next session started. There's a sign that says they allow up to 100 people. Since we had to wait 30 minutes, we went to sit with our kids and had some popsicles. There wasn't a whole lot of people anyways. About 10 minutes before the session started, we went in line to buy tickets, we were in no rush because there were not 100 people waiting. So, when we got to the attendant to buy our tickets, she says sorry, it's sold out. Turns out not only they accept 75 people now, but they allow guests to buy as many tickets as they please. So although there were no more than 30 people, all 75 tickets had been sold out. Then I asked her, if I wanted the park for myself and my kids only, could I buy all 75 tickets and prevent the people behind me from being able to come in? She said yes, that's correct. What kind of stupid place is that? We couldn't wait another 2 hours so we ended up leaving after wasting 30 minutes waiting for out turn. The kids were crying, of course. I know they won't care about my review because it's a public place and they sell out anyways, but I think people need to know that it's a coin toss to get in. It all depends on who is before you and if they decide to...