Ft. Eustis Aquatic Center is an indoor competition pool and adventure water park located on the Ft…read more Eustis Army base. You must be military personnel, family, or in my case a sanctioned event where your invited. First the adventure pool area is in the newer section of the building. It features a 30 ft, 146 ft long triple loop slide. There is also a shallow end for toddlers with a maximum depth of 3.5 ft. This area by far is the best thing about the center. Minimal parking is located in front of the building. During an event it is quickly overwhelmed and over flow parking that is not too far away must be utilized. The competition pool is located in the older section and dates back to possibly the late 50's and looks its age. The competition pool is 11 lanes and 25 yards in length. It feature a balcony that holds 450-500 spectators to view swimming meets. Often the spectators are over heated even in the middle of winter. The balcony is not a place that I would ever want to be, it's down right miserable. The pool is a FAST due to it's size and depth. My 10 year old son got his first SCY record for his club in this pool swimming the 100 yard Butterfly as an 8 year old. The largest swim meet of the year held at the facility is the SEVA 12&U Christmas Champs. Around 800+ swimmers from around Virginia attend the Prelim/Finals format meet. It is considered a mid season short course championship and tune up to Age Group Champs held in March. The Aquatic center has locker rooms, showers and private changing areas for men and women. The building also has a multi purpose room and concessions. When the pool is not in use it is open for active military to utilize for laps. Swimming lessons are also offered for both children and adults. The center can also be used for birthday parties. Everything about the place except for the adventure area is old, old old. The pool serves the military community as well the swimming community who hold meets. The adventure area is great for families to enjoy. However, with the age and obvious maintenance issues in the competition pool area a three for this review is probably a stretch.

The lifeguard made my 10 year old who swims on a swim team cry and not able to use the pool without…read morean adult touching her at all times because she's short and an inch shy of 48 inches. The lifeguard is what I would call a pool Nazi. For the whole hour my 10 year old ended up crying on the sidelines because this guy treated her as if she was a 3 year old. He didn't even mention a swim test until we had 10 mins left to our hour slot.

A strong swim club based out of Williamsburg with home at Warhill Sports complex. The area has two…read moreUSA Swim clubs, the other is WAC. The club was able to purchase the pool from James City County a few years ago which was a brilliant move. The pool is SCY utilizing 10 lanes. If you're looking for swim programming that runs lessons to HS Seniors in Williamsburg this is a great choice. The club has enjoyed success in swim at the highest level of Olympic Trials.

Clean facility, affordable programs, attentive instructors. Has sufficient parking. I wish we had…read morestarted earlier. Easy to sign up.

Hanging out on this beach in October made me feel like I'd somehow stolen a secret summer. The…read moreweather was lovely, the sand was perfect, and the water was balmy. I refuse to comment on whether or not I ignore warning signs. ps. Sunset here is lovely too!

If you go to the waterfront of Cape Charles, but you've neglected to bring your swimsuit, just kick…read moreoff your shoes on the clean white sand, roll up your pants, and wade out about 100 feet. The slope of the beach is very gradual, the water temp in mid-October was fabulous, and there was only the occasional dog walker. Some big rocks are good to lay on, if you are the type to ignore warning signs (you know who you are!)

Only because I couldn't give zero stars. This establishment is trash, from the dilapidated exterior…read moreto poor management. My daughter worked here this summer and was never paid her last check, the check they gave the kids bounced and have yet to make good with paying them. They blame their BAD business on a high water bill...who cares!! That has nothing to do with these kids getting paid for their services, sorry but last time I checked slavery was abolished, there's no such thing as free labor!!! DISGUSTING

I was gonna write a good review but the lady(B) who was on the phone around 4pm was very rude today…read moreso forget about it. (Today is 4th of July) I talked on the phone yesterday with some lady(A) asking about the policy to visit and she was very kind and nice so I decided to visit today with my friends. I wanted to make sure if they take cards or cash only so I called a head on the way. The lady(B) said, there's no such a thing as one time visit and it works ONLY IF you're willing to buy a ticket for the summer($300~) with her bad attitude. She was telling me there's rules that I have to learn and have a tour with her before I use the pool. They didn't have all that training/ learning rules last year and I specifically asked the lady(A) from yesterday about that if I can still visit even though I visited once last year and she said "YES". So I asked the lady(B) why are you saying something differently than the lady(A). She said.."ah...cus we're different people?" I asked "is it crowded right now?" "Yes. We're having a party right now" "Would you say more than 30 ppl around?"(I wasn't gonna go if that was the case) "Can't even count" "Ok" That was our conversation on the phone and I already arrived at the pool by then so I wanted to check it out from outside since I'm already there if it's too crowded. There were about 15 people hanging on the chairs. I guess she didn't count how many people have entered. Look..this is definitely a neighborhood business. I live 5 minuets away from the pool. How can you assume that I won't be your future member? It's your choice if you wanna support this local business, go ahead but we aren't coming back. I hope the owner take this as a lesson and train THE employee to serve people with good customer service. She(B) wasn't professional or had any manners.

There for a swim meet. It was okay I experienced racism with two employees at the pool deck. I…read morewanted to get a massage to grandchild I asked two employees a question and they looked at me strange. I thought since they were standing there and it was two of them perhaps one of them could get a massage to the coach. So sad that they didn't have any concerns about helping out, why are you assisting if you can't assist with the matter. Get employees/volunteers who are willing to assist with the event.

BMAC as it is most affectionately known, is an indoor swimming pool ran by the city of Newport…read moreNews. It offers more than just a pool in the building as I will further go into. The day to day operation has a staff of city of NN employees. The location of the facility sets on the Newport News/Hampton border and is off the Mercury/Jefferson corridor close to the James River Bridge. The parking lot can easily accommodate many visitors, however when large swim meets are taking place it fills. The staff take great strides to keep the building clean and well maintained. The guards are all Red Cross certified and in my experience very competent and care about the safety of those that participant in their programs. The pool itself is a 50 meter competition pool with movable bulk heads for conversion to 25 yards (basically splitting the 50 in half). The pool for Short Course season (25 yards) keeps the bulkhead in the middle. The deck around pool has three rows of spectator seating. Visitors are NOT allowed to bring in food, or swim back packs inside the aquatic area. The pool features two 3 meter diving boards. Restrooms and locker rooms are available. As well deck showers are outside the locker rooms. Two year around clubs utilize the pool. The Coastguards Blue Devils and the SEVA Seahawks. At the times these clubs would conduct practice part of the pool would be closed off, but lanes would be made available for pass members etc. The building also offers a gym with a full basketball court, a daycare, multi-pourpose rooms for dance, yoga, etc. There is a room that offers a kitchen with sink, stove and refrigerator. A large under cover outside area features three basketball courts. You can rent out the multi-purpose rooms and pool for parties. Daily passes ($3-$5), punch cards ($19-$24), annual and collegiate passes ($50-$70) are available for both Newport News and non residents at an up charge. All of these prices in my experience are very reasonable. The facility itself is in the red every year. The city of NN subsidizes to a great degree which is wonderful for those that utilize this very nice aquatic facility. It would be hard to believe if you are a Newport News, or Hampton resident that you do not know about this facility. This is a major asset to not only the Newport News, but to Hampton Roads. This Aquatic Center offers the ONLY 50 meter pool used for Long Course competition. I encourage you to check it out if this is something that you, or family can utilize.

This is a good size pool with one slide and a fenced in baby pool. I enjoy going there with my…read moreprincess because it's never crowded and I can always find a spot to chill. They have an ample chairs (you know, for laying out kind) shaded areas, tables and chairs, and picnic tables, separate picnic area in the back as well as a beautiful lawn area. This is not a water park but for a pool, it's got more than the usual amenities. For two bucks I really can't complain at all! It's a bargain! They have a vendor who cooks hot dogs and burgers on the side and I believe he sells sodas, water, ice cream, chips, and other snacks. There are bathrooms and a single shower. They have a ton of life guard watching your every move but you know it's for a good reason ;) They even have two diving boards on the deep side of the pool. Keep in mind, you cannot use any inflatable items in the big pool. I think the floaties are allowed in the baby pool only.

Good place to cool down from the VA humidity. Only $2 entrance and DOD card holders can sign in up…read moreto 4 guests. You can bring food and drinks in since there is no snack bar. Just be sure that drinks are in plastic bottles, no glass allowed. You can rent the pavilion for parties for $30. There is a sand volleyball court in the facility for those who want to play ball. Lots of lounge chairs.

We attended a Mother's Day brunch here. The setting is beautiful. The inside dining room was well…read morelit with white table cloths. Our waiter was kind and efficient. I felt who I presume was the manager did a good job at organizing and she was dressed impeccably on top of that. The food was simply okay. They truly need to work on temperature control as nothing was actually hot and honestly barely warm. The second issue was the entrance to the buffet is a BIG choke point. Visibility is impossible to see people starting to coming out and it does not flow smoothly. If their intention is to keep the buffet there they really need to wide the entrance significantly to more than a doorway. They offered a flower at the close of the meal which was a lovely gesture. The staff would receive 4.5 stars. Food-2.5. Function of the buffet-2

9.24.25 Update My wife and I slept very well last night --…read morethe bed was very comfortable. We made bacon, eggs, and coffee in the morning (I forgot the bread at home, so no toast this trip). After breakfast, we enjoyed some time on the patio before heading out for a walk. We stopped by the pool area at the main building. Staff told us that the pools are heated at the main building, we were surprised to learn the pool we loved on previous visits (with the great kids' area) is no longer heated. That was disappointing since we really enjoyed it before. I tested the main pool water -- it was cold, and even the indoor pool was chilly. It showed in the turnout too: only one person in the outdoor pool and nobody in the indoor pool, compared to how busy the other heated pool used to be. It's surprising that Marriott wouldn't keep the pools consistently warm, especially when guests clearly used them more when heated. I guess we'll have to see about going somewhere else. We'll see what happens tomorrow with our presentation -- though it still feels strange to have to sit through one when we paid for this package.