Kiwanis Sprayground — Local services in Dunedin

It's the absolute best time your young child or toddler will have + IT'S FREE! You can smell the chlorine sometimes, not strong, just a little wiff so that gives you peace of mind as far as the cleanliness.Just be mindful you need a reservation until mid June and that ticket reserves a one hour block of time, however, if you're 15 minutes late they will give your ticket away! At 1st this really upset me because we were stuck in 3:50 Curlew traffic and arrived 22 minutes late. I let a golf cart pull in in front of me not realizing they were going to end up snatching my ticket. My 4 yr old cried the whole way home not understanding why they wouldn't let us in when we have a ticket (maximum capacity) but the people in front of us were able to go in. Heartbreaking. So the next time I had tickets I literally walked out on a customer leaving work at my scheduled time, more aggressive in traffic and my son had a much needed amazing time! As far as the 15 minutes late ticket give away thing- yeah it's a little not fair to the people who did schedule a reservation, but you have to understand they get a lot of no show's and that's kind of wasting water and there's a kid right there ready to have the time of their life! We've ALL had a tough & challenging year and everyone deserves a little fun now. If you can't make it within 15 minutes of your scheduled time, you might as well let a patiently awaiting kid...

There are no signs posted saying if there is a birthday party, no one else is allowed in. Nothing is posted on the “back” gate that says “do not enter“ it only lists the hours of operation. (ha, the gate everyone sees from the parking lot 👍) so if you go in the back way, instead of telling you that you came in the “wrong” way, they tell you they’re “cleaning” the spray ground, wait for you to walk out and then shut the gate behind you and say “we’re at capacity. You can’t come in.” Why even lie about it? You could explain it like an adult so I can explain it to my children, instead of telling an autistic child he can come back in 5 minutes, and then locking him out to cry because he doesn’t understand what he did wrong. I realize these “life guards” are teenagers but you’d think they would have common decency.

There is also no sign posting what capacity is. 🙄 I understand why the rule exists, my complaint is them lying about it instead of telling us why.

Pic for reference, looking real at capacity. 👍 Wasn’t more than 15 people in there. They had a birthday party under the shelter that MIGHT all use the spray ground at once, which would make it at capacity.

Nothing in the rules about making a reservation. “First come first serve” apparently isn’t true. Nothing on the back gate saying it’s the wrong...

The park is fenced-in, which is great for smaller kids. There's a decent amount of parking, seating surrounding the splash pad area, and a playground just outside the splash pad. The slide is the main attraction here. The kids LOVE it. There are also water features for younger kids and one interactive feature too. It's a nice little area for hot days. Plus, it's free, so you can't beat that. There's a slushie truck outside the fence, but I hardly ever see it open during school time. I'm sure it's packed here in the...