Hemlon
Contributor
I was wondering about all the hype concerning aquarena: you pay them a bunch of cash for them to train you to work their pool, and then you're allowed in under the condition that you'll be working the whole time? Doesn't exactly sound like fun to me, especially the pay-to-work part. If it were free, but they asked you to do a few things as part of your dive in exchange for admission, it seems they wouldn't have any problem getting divers, given the excellent conditions of their pool.
I used to think the same way. There was NO way that I was going to pay money in order to volunteer. Then I started to look at the situation differently. Given that there is no daily entrance fee for divers to enter this site, I would be saving money eventually. Plus the class allows you to dive in this pristine setting. And the volunteering part? That gives a warm, fuzzy feeling of doing something good. It's a win/win!