I laid out by the free pools. It was perfectly sufficient. The lounge chairs are fine if you lay a towel on it. It crowds up quickly, so definitely get there early in the morning to snag a better positioned lounge chair(s). There are a lot of families with children, but there are also a lot of lifeguards on watch. For someone who does not like rowdy children, and especially not a lot of them together in one concentrated locale, I was surprisingly undisturbed by them as I just laid out reading my book and sipping on a savory cool bloody mary.
The water in the pool was quite cold, but it looked clean both days I went.