YMCA of Alaska Lake Otis | Anchorage Municipality, AK
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Gabby Bocko
I love the facility and the sense of community that the YMCA has more than anything. However, the best part of the YMCA is how wonderful and caring the Child Watch workers are. I don’t know what I would’ve done as a new mom without them being so kind, both to me and my son. My son adores them, and it feels really good knowing he has more adults in his life that look after him and he can trust. They’re the gem of the YMCA.
Posted on: June 03, 2025
Brooke Vigorito
Terrible! The staff don’t help at all. I asked the front where the “youth workout room was” because the lady at the front told me my kids could workout in the “youth room.” I literally just signed in as a guest and it was my first day. They told me “go upstairs” I asked the guy upstairs at the desk “where is the youth area for my kids to workout?” Told him that it was our first day and that the lady at the front told me to come upstairs for the youth room. He told me “go downstairs and talk to the front” at this point it was completely just frustrating that no one would help or actually tell me where said “youth room” for my kids to workout in was and or show me where it was. Literally my kids and I just left without working out. Extremely frustrating to come to a place to workout and the staff won’t get off their butts to actually tell you and show you where stuff is. We never found the “youth area” that they told us about since no one would show us after asking 3 staff members about it.
Posted on: July 11, 2025
Keith Washburn
Overcrowded dirty locker rooms , if you want to lap swim forget it the pool caters to water aerobics swimmer are just out of luck even though we pay the same. Equipment is frequently out of service especially the tread mills and they are slow to fix. On the bright side the the employees are very pleasant and helpful to bad they are stuck dealing with the mess given to them by the management that could care less about the people that actually pay to use the facilities.
Posted on: April 02, 2025
Mariana Rivera Gonzalez
I just experienced such an awful situation at the YMCA of Anchorage in Lake Otis. My son, who is autistic, and his neurotypical sister were both enrolled in the preschool swimming class. The first class was last Monday, June 2nd, at 6 p.m. My autistic son was very excited, and yes, I admitted he didn’t have the best listening ears, but he loves the water. So we showed up today to the class after talking to him about the importance of listening due to safety. He was ready to listen this time. We arrived 15 minutes early, and he sat quietly and waited for his lesson to start. As we walked to his instructor to take them to the pool, she told us that we needed to see the manager, Steve, who showed up right there at the poolside and started to talk. He told us that we needed to get him into a private lesson because the other 2 parents complained, and they were about to pull the kids out of the class. Remind you I have both kids right there in front of him while he says that, both in swimsuits and ready to go to their class. The YMCA team couldn’t call me or email me earlier; they couldn’t do this in private, even when they had 48 hours to do so. The other two parents were right there too, smiling and taking pictures of their children while they were in the pool. They didn’t give my son another chance. The manager, Steve, didn’t even want to observe the class to see if my son was listening. There were no signs, there were no prior emails or phone calls, there was no privacy, and he spoke those words in front of my ready-to-swim children. I’m hurt, I might be overreacting, but this could have been handled so much better.
Posted on: June 05, 2025
Emma Vandermeer
Big windows with beautiful view of the mountains and lot of natural light in the weight/cardio room! They have a good amount of cardio and weightlifting equipment. I went here for over four years. It was getting too crowded, especially during the after school/work crowd. Nearly every piece of equipment is in use at that time. There is always broken equipment that takes far too long to repair. Also didn’t like that they have group fitness classes in the main workout area at prime times. They use a large portion of the equipment for those classes and will kick you off.
Posted on: March 15, 2025
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