Buying and using a season pass for The Cove at Fretz Park.

In detail

How the Dallas Aquatics season pass works, from purchase to the gate.

1. Choose the Cove pass.

   Three passes exist: Neighborhood, Community ($60) and The Cove ($85). Only The Cove Season Pass includes the Cove centers, Fretz among them.

2. Buy it.

   Before the summer season, passes are sold online, or after March 1st at a Dallas recreation center. Once the season starts they are also sold at any aquatic center during operating hours.

3. Buy one per person.

   Passes are sold and assigned to individual family members. There is no family pass, and passes are non-transferable.

4. Pick up the card.

   Bring the receipt to an aquatic center once the season starts and staff produce the pass: a bar-coded plastic card with the holder's picture. Without the receipt, staff can look up the account.

5. Use it on Wednesdays elsewhere.

   Each facility is closed one day a week, so the pass also covers other locations. Fretz is closed Wednesdays.

Tip. A lost pass is replaced for a $5 administrative fee, at aquatic centers only.