Finally, the new gym is open! As a long time time member of Inner Peaks, I've been excited about the Southend location since they started talking about it. It is an amazing facility! The Crown Pointe location is great too, but the new one is better, obviously. It's taller and shinier and has amazing variety for indoor fake rock climbing. The atmosphere is great and over the years we've made a lot of friends and climbing partners.
But, it has long been a pet peave of mine that they start vaccuuming an hour before they close. I suppose they have to clean up, but they always seem to get right up behind you, even underneath you. They crossed the line when they literally vaccuumed over my rope the other night. Can't they wait until morning when no one is there? The music selection is good sometimes, terrible sometimes, but that's a matter of taste. It is always too loud in the new gym. It is impossible to hear your climber when they are more than halfway up the wall. I feel like this is a bit unsafe. And then there is the price. Our membership for a family of 5 went from $84/mo to $155/mo. When family visits, we like to go to the gym, but now it costs close to $60 for two cousins to climb for two hours. Kind of crazy.
All in all, I love both Inner Peaks locations but they get on my nerves sometimes and we can't afford it anymore, which really gets on my nerves.