I was really excited to get this for my son who is 2 1/2. He loves playing outside and in water so I thought he would love this. My first issue with it is how hard it is to blow it up if you don’t have a compressor. You will absolutely never blow it out, but just blowing air with your mouth into it. I ended up rigging a hairdryer, and that’s how I blew it up. When you put the water in it comes out the edges kind of like a splash pad, and then the water sits in the middle to make the pool. my son liked it until he started getting wet. I think the water on the edges shocked him. That being said, he absolutely loved the little accessories that came with it. He has the turtle in his trampoline with him every day.