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| - Aloha Shores is an OK park, but nothing special. It does need some TLC in some areas, but it isn't too bad. It is in a convenient area being right next to Rainbow Library. You can get a 2 for 1 with your kids and save some gas, which is always a good thing.
There are actually a ton of activities here that you wouldn't notice just driving by. The activity areas include tennis courts, a roller hockey rink, a horseshoe game area, sandy volleyball court with a net, and a playground.
There are also several areas with picnic tables and BBQ grills in the center of the park. There was 1 water fountain that I saw, but it didn't work at all, so bring your own drinks if you are going to play there. There are also bathrooms in the center of the park. People we were cleaning them when we were there, so they were nice and clean, at least today.
There is one playground area here. It is ok, but small. They have several slides and things to climb on, but that is it. There is also a weird sand digger thing, but it seems quite broken. It is ok for little ones, but it can get crowded quick due to its small size and lack of activities.
There is a lot of room to run around though and several hills to climb up and down. My daughter had more fun just exploring than playing on the playground today. It would be a good place to bring a ball to kick around.
As for the TLC it needs... There are some dead spots out in the grass that need a little love. I know it is Vegas and it is hard to grow grass, but the dead spots were muddy and yucky today from the recent rain and just messy. The water fountain needs to be fixed or replaced, especially before it gets to summer time, in case kids are there without their own water. The play area could use a couple more things to play on. I don't know why so many parks don't have swings any more. Swings were always the best thing at the park in my day. Who knows on that though. The sand digger really needs to be replaced because I think a kid could get hurt trying to play with it.
So it isn't the best park in the area, but it isn't bad either.
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