Ever wonder if Medley is maintaining their pool properly? How about Adventure Island? Good news, you can go to https://www.floridahealth.gov/statistics-and-data/eh-tracking-and-reporting/swimming-pools.html and view water quality reports, inspection results, etc.

Ever wonder why you can’t see your feet in the splash pad area of the lagoon? Because it’s not a pool, it’s a bath house. Yup, I didn’t know those still existed either.

Ok, so there might be bright side somewhere. When I started annoying the Department of Health a couple of years ago, no one knew anything about man-made lagoons except they were exempt from swimming pool standards.

Now the laws have been updated to include these lagoons popping up all over Florida. https://www.floridahealth.gov/environmental-health/swimming-pools/index.html I’ll have to investigate this before summer break when I take the kids to the Lagoon.

Like any business, complaining to the underpaid, overworked staff doesn’t do anyone any good. If you have a comment or complaint, direct it to the correct personnel. (813) 444-5221 is their call center. From there they can make sure it gets ignored properly.

It appears Metro may finally be trying to make good on the lagoon, rather than just letting it dilapidate at the speed of sound, trying to get as many Goupon takers as possible. We’ll see if they finally want to give residents something in return for the money we have to give them.

The event calendar is located at: https://www.metrolagoons.com/?lagoon=southshore-bay/event-calendar

They started up a Resident Loyalty program. Ask for a card at the entrance. You’ll get a discount on food & beverages, and earn points.

Eat before leaving home, I have thrown away everything I’ve ordered from their food truck.

The bartenders may be slow sometimes, but they are by far the friendliest employees at the lagoon. Be sure to treat them well.

By law, they’re allowed to close off the lagoon to residents (for private events and such) three times a year, this doesn’t include closing for maintenance, weather, holidays, etc.

You can bring your own drink cannister into the lagoon, but it has to be empty.

If you go up to the bar, they will fill your drink cannister with ice and/or water for free. There’s also a chilled water dispenser at the end of the bar.