This YMCA is so dirty. The locker rooms have mold everywhere, but especially in each of their showers. It never smells or looks clean. We were gifted swim lessons for our toddler. The lessons were fun for little ones getting used to the water with song and toys. The instructor was nice. Would we sign up again? Probably not. The size of the pool is about three lap lanes, that's all. No area for parents to watch other then have everyone crowed the door. There is no kids play area like the one in Westport. Would not recommend this ymca. Look elsewhere. read more

All they want is your money. The women's locker room looks like it's from the 1940s. I paid for a class and found out that I can't make up classes that I have to miss. The only thing that is positive is the number of lap times. So if you are not into swimming, save your money and look elsewhere. Fairfield deserves far better than this. read more

We love our local YMCA! Our three-year-old has benefited tremendously from the excellent preschool and although the facilities are not exactly "state of the art" they are certainly well-maintained, clean and never really busy. This YMCA is run by efficient and friendly staff who obviously care about what they do and love doing it. Value for money. I don't think you can beat it. read more

I have my daughter registered for swim classes at the Fairfield Y, and I am very pleased with the staff and facility. She has made so much progress in swimming in less than a year. I would highly recommend the Fairfield Y for the youth swim classes. I find it is worth the money. read more

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I have recently been learning how to swim at Wings Over Water in Fairfield - a bit later in life than most - and needed to find a pool that had an open swim after work so that I could practice. First impressions were lackluster at best. The women's lockers were old and worn and felt unclean. There were plastic lawn chairs in each of the showers with brown stains from rust or goodness knows what else. The changing rooms were just cubicles with curtains. The one time I went, there was a camp letting out. The 30+ girls in this camp were being chaperoned by three clueless teenagers. Glass was broken, children ran around bothering other patrons, and these chaperones just sort of stood close together at the door. Kids are going to be kids, and I'm not faulting them - but there was no adult supervision. Full disclosure: I'm not sure whether or not this group was part of the Y or part of an outside camp. The pool itself was so chlorinated that my eyes watered through my goggles before I even got in the water. It was brutal, but I was grateful for it as clumps of hair and a used bandaid floated by. I only lasted about 30 minutes before I had to leave. Because of the gender separation of locker rooms (adding doors to the changing room would solve the need for this!), mothers with boys felt more comfortable bringing them into the women's lockers instead of letting them in the men's. I totally understand this, but I feel less comfortable with a bunch of boys running about with just curtains as dividers in the changing rooms! I'm a fool for not checking this out before signing up - and even more of a fool because, at the YMCA, you have to pay an extra month after you cancel. I signed up and paid and visited that first time in July, paid for August, and will now have to pay for September. To cancel, one must go to the facility and fill out a form. (Please note: information about how to cancel and the extra month membership fee came from a different YMCA location. Fairfield and its parent Y group does not seem to have this information on the website at all, though I may have missed it. I will amend this review if I find out otherwise when I attempt to cancel.) Please don't make my mistake and get locked in to something gross and uncomfortable; this location may have other redeeming qualities, but I just wanted a nice pool to swim in after work, and there was nothing nice about swimming in the pool at the Y. read more

Very disappointed with the first impression of Discovery Camp. Counselors are extremely bored, I'm wondering if someone is forcing them to be there. Kids are wandering around in the room and no one is engaging them in some sort of activity. I had some questions at drop off, and while speaking to one of them, she got distracted and started to wave and talk to someone walking by in the hallway. When she realized I'm still talking to her she asked a rude "what". Is so sad we are entrusting our kids to people who don't even know manners. As for the plan of the day, they have no idea what's happening. I asked if they were taking the kids outside. They said it was going to rain. Half hour later, it's sunny. I call to ask them to put sunscreen on. Now they say it's too hot anyway to take them out. (75 degree) I'll let my daughter go for the week I paid for, but we are never coming back to YMCA. read more

I love this place. Basic down home place to work out, swim, play basketball and meet other folks in the area.

I LOVE working out at the Fairfield Y. The classes are exactly what I needed and the facilities are constantly improving. The friendliness of the staff and the other members is the best I've ever experienced. If you're overweight, don't worry. This is a judgement-free zone full of encouragement. read more

They did make good and ran the class!!

Very disappointed in this establishment. I am moving back to town after several year of being away, we were hoping to join the swim team there! We were greeted with 2 women at the front desk both of whom were very polite and eager to help, although I was given very much conflicting messages about the swim program. The one one staff member said the swim coach was there and available to meet him and discuss the program. She took us to the pool where he was in the middle of a class that we were in-aware of. It was not great timing due to his class, however his behavior and rudeness to us all was shocking! He carried on about us walking into the pool deck and berated us about his class, and looked at my 9yr old daughter and said we were going to have to just wait if we were interested. Again I understand we were most likely not to be there during his lesson, but we were not made aware of that. Very rude, very dysfunctional, and very unorganized! Needless to say the Westport YMCA was beyond accommodating and very well run and organized! Guess we will be swimming there next year! read more

We have had several bad experiences with the swimming monitors and lifeguards here. They are rude.

Some of the swim teachers are very good and nice. But some of them especially mans are very bad and rude. Manager Maureen is not there most of the time i guess thats the reason everybody is very rude. Some of the teachers not even getting in the water with the children. They claim they can teach them out side of the water it is just fine. Kids are in the water and teachers talking to each other. I think it is just lazy. And very dangerous. read more

If I could give negative points to this place, I would.We signed up our 4.5 yr old for swim lessons here last week and today he almost drowned!! You cannot trust their instructors,the front desk doesn't even know their last names,forget about checking their credentials or licenses. We signed up for FFD Pike program which is the beginner program.First of all, its very easy to sign up online but can't trust if there would be an actual class. We showed up at our scheduled time,showered and waiting but since there were no other kids signed up,they cancelled the program without notifying us.We called and they promised us a make up class. I chose a weekend class so I can see how the lessons are. They kept up their poor communication skills since no one knew that we were scheduled for a class. A lifeguard finally took our name down and told us to go see an instructor at the other end of the pool. The instructor was rude to begin with, rolled her eyes and said OKAY and asked us to wait by a bench. Before the class started,I reinforced to the instructor that my son doesn't know how to swim at all. Another OKAY later, she took him towards the center of the pool on some kind of pedestal and left him there. She went on to the next child not paying attention to my son who started walking off the pedestal,slipped off and went down in the water when I started yelling. The instructor returned,grabbed him by the hand and helped him to the edge acting like nothing happened. My son from that point on was so scared, he doesn't ever want to go swimming again. Its going to be a challenge for us now to get him to learn to swim because its such an important skill to have for kids. Thanks to the Y for shattering our confidence. read more

Front desk is nice, but the swim area employees are not they are rude in person they are rude at the e mails.. They are not trying to make it work for the members, they are NOT there to improve things.. There is no age appropriate teen swim classes at all.. Once your kid comes over the age 11-12 they are sugesting to sign your kids to 8:30 at night adult classes. Age 12 is still too young to be at the adult classes at night! or too old to be in a class with 8 years olds. My kids can swim very well, but still good to keep them exercise swimming but unfortunately we cant take our children to age and time appropriate classes in our neighborhood YMCA.. They are not open to new ideas they are not helpfull at all! Also i think it is very dangerous that boys have to go tru mens lockers room alone, take shower and get dress . I am a mom i cant take my son to the mens locker room, if my husband not around to take him to swimm classes i am worried for him to be alone there... Until the certain age children have to have their own dressing room not to dress in front of the strangers.. We will cancel our full membership sadly it is not working for us. read more