Cione pool schedule 2012

I would like to see the adult swim as a regular feature M-F 6-7pm or, barring that, at least a friday night adult swim--switch to MWF 6-7pm adult swim.

Not this adult - hard to get over there from West Philly.

I LOVE to swim (grew up in Florida, after all) and do it pretty much every day at my gym but a question here: Does Cione "lane off" areas so adults can swim laps unobstructed? Gotta say, much as I love the water if I can't actually swim it would drive me nuts.

The only public pool I ever saw with lanes was the Jack Kelly pool out by Memorial Hall.

Some of the suburban ones are HUGE (and very nice) with dedicated lanes for adult swimmers but I guess it's a lot rarer in the city with budget restraints, etc.

I just can't sit in a pool bobbing around. I need to swim and get frustrated if I can't. My gym doesn't have lanes, either, but the pool is so underutilized that it's never an issue and I usually have it to myself.

That's good to hear. There's definitely a "swimmers etiquette" in sharing space if you can. Happy swimming!

i only ever saw one woman swimming laps at cione. she swam short ones - across the pool's width, versus up and down the length - but most folks (young and old alike) were very respe l and gave her a wide berth.

i hesitated using the pool for YEARS until it finally got so hot last summer i thought i was going to melt. i was pleasantly surprised by how clean it is, the politeness/behavior of the swimmers, and how perfectly cold it was. and FREE. way better than the arrow swim club joke.

I used to pay to use the pool and sauna at the Sheraton on Dock Street. MANY a time I would get in there and there would be a ton of kids raising hell. Sometimes I would just start swimming and hope for the best, but that usually didn;t work out very well with a lot of sudden stops and near misses (plus parents who so very thoughtfully didn't believe in any lessons about 'sharing' with their little angels).

The gym situation is a LOT better even if it's a little bit pricey. I'm a bit swimming obsessed if you haven't guessed but it beats a heroin addiction or sitting around listening to Celine Dion records, y'know?

Those are actually the same things.

I don't even need a pool, just access to a hot tub and a sauna for hangover relief.

I always got a kick out of people who would get out of the pool when it started to rain. Like the addition of rain had somehow put them over the threshold of just how wet they were willing to be at a given time.

Isn't that the truth? SO weird. I get it when there's lightning, but I've seen people literally RUN out of a pool when it starts raining. No idea what the thought process is there.

I have no problem just sitting in the rain, in lieu of a pool.

Same here. It's very Zen.

I also still throw mud pies at passing motorists.

Bought a large galvanized apple bucket yesterday. Just sitting with my feet in the water was nice (since I'm not allowed in Coder's pool).

No one is allowed in Coders pool.

What's "free swim"? Both sexes? During what times?

Do you know what the hours are? Thanks.

Yeah, and as long as the lifeguards don't feel like sitting at their post, you need to sit there in the hot sun until they decide to do the job they are paid for.

What I loved yesterday was they counted the people first, then told us neighborhood folks that they already had the limit allowed so we'd have to wait another hour. Meanwhile, at least 15 kids and their fat mama's that don't even live around here have been inside since the pool opened. Not to mentioned the local folks that fit the same description who want to hog the pool all afternoon.

Bingo.

I think people are often confused or misinformed about this. These are city facilities open to ALL residents. Being from the same neighborhood a pool is located in means absolutely zilch.

Hi, I believe you and I were chatting in the pool today? :)

Nah, hubby went, and I stayed home and sewed. :)

Can't have noth'n nice.

had a nice adult swim at the swimmo yesterday, 6-7pm. very chill. I think the location behind the 26th tends to eliminate the riff raff.

so wish the swimmo would do some remodeling. It is pretty run down...