Anonymous
Post 06/11/2026 21:22     Subject: Longest pool waitlist you stayed on?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:This is bumming me out. I've been on a waitlist for a year and it seems like by the time I get an offer my kids won't care about going anymore!


Where are you located? Is there another nearby that doesn’t have a waitlist? We’ve been members of ours for 17 years and during that time there has never been anywhere close to a waitlist. We use it a lot and never once had to wait outside to get in either due to capacity.


I'm in NWDC but put my name down at two pools in MoCo because the pool we were supposed to be getting in our neighborhood was canceled. If the pace continues it will be 8 years until the pool we actually want has space, but the backup might be the year after next? Sigh.


What’s wrong with Upshur?
Anonymous
Post 06/11/2026 18:31     Subject: Re:Longest pool waitlist you stayed on?
Anonymous wrote:I am still on the waitlist at Vienna Woods but have had a summer membership for years. Not sure what I will do if they actually offer me a membership. My kids are in high school so we already use it less and won't use it at all in a few years.


How many years before you got a summer membership?
Anonymous
Post 06/11/2026 18:06     Subject: Longest pool waitlist you stayed on?
Our HOA has a beautiful uncrowded pool. I can't imagine being on a waitlist for years. That's terrible.
Anonymous
Post 06/11/2026 18:02     Subject: Re:Longest pool waitlist you stayed on?
I am still on the waitlist at Vienna Woods but have had a summer membership for years. Not sure what I will do if they actually offer me a membership. My kids are in high school so we already use it less and won't use it at all in a few years.
Anonymous
Post 06/11/2026 17:55     Subject: Longest pool waitlist you stayed on?
How long is Arlington Forest now?
Anonymous
Post 06/11/2026 17:54     Subject: Longest pool waitlist you stayed on?
Anonymous wrote:You all need to move to just outside the beltway in Northern Virginia. Areas that feed to high schools: Woodson, Lake Braddock, Robinson. There are nice pools to join. No waitlist.


Yeah, lot of people moving from McLean, FC City, and N. Arlington to Burke to avoid pool waitlists.
Anonymous
Post 06/11/2026 17:29     Subject: Longest pool waitlist you stayed on?
Anonymous wrote:I'm on a pool board with a highly sought after membership and long waitlist. Yes there are capacity limits, etc. But a lot of the pools operate in residential neighborhoods under zoning special exceptions and the County is the entity that limits the pool membership numbers. It's both capacity issues and regulatory restrictions.


I agree. I am on a club board and our total membership capacity allowed by the county is 400, although if we ever got close to 300 I think we would stop new memberships at that point. We are currently around 230.
Anonymous
Post 06/11/2026 17:20     Subject: Longest pool waitlist you stayed on?
I'm on a pool board with a highly sought after membership and long waitlist. Yes there are capacity limits, etc. But a lot of the pools operate in residential neighborhoods under zoning special exceptions and the County is the entity that limits the pool membership numbers. It's both capacity issues and regulatory restrictions.
Anonymous
Post 06/11/2026 17:01     Subject: Longest pool waitlist you stayed on?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:This is bumming me out. I've been on a waitlist for a year and it seems like by the time I get an offer my kids won't care about going anymore!


Where are you located? Is there another nearby that doesn’t have a waitlist? We’ve been members of ours for 17 years and during that time there has never been anywhere close to a waitlist. We use it a lot and never once had to wait outside to get in either due to capacity.


I'm in NWDC but put my name down at two pools in MoCo because the pool we were supposed to be getting in our neighborhood was canceled. If the pace continues it will be 8 years until the pool we actually want has space, but the backup might be the year after next? Sigh.


Are you in Takoma, just come to Daleview...they now have space.
Anonymous
Post 06/11/2026 17:00     Subject: Longest pool waitlist you stayed on?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:This is bumming me out. I've been on a waitlist for a year and it seems like by the time I get an offer my kids won't care about going anymore!


Where are you located? Is there another nearby that doesn’t have a waitlist? We’ve been members of ours for 17 years and during that time there has never been anywhere close to a waitlist. We use it a lot and never once had to wait outside to get in either due to capacity.


I'm in NWDC but put my name down at two pools in MoCo because the pool we were supposed to be getting in our neighborhood was canceled. If the pace continues it will be 8 years until the pool we actually want has space, but the backup might be the year after next? Sigh.
Anonymous
Post 06/11/2026 16:46     Subject: Re:Longest pool waitlist you stayed on?
Ours said 5-7 years and it was “only” 3. Of course we ended up moving out of the area soon after making it off the list.
Anonymous
Post 06/11/2026 12:59     Subject: Longest pool waitlist you stayed on?
10 years for PGP.

Although to be fair, we could've gotten a one summer only membership a couple years before we got the full offer. So probably could've started using the pool after maybe 8 years?
Anonymous
Post 06/11/2026 10:05     Subject: Longest pool waitlist you stayed on?
Anonymous wrote:You all need to move to just outside the beltway in Northern Virginia. Areas that feed to high schools: Woodson, Lake Braddock, Robinson. There are nice pools to join. No waitlist.


Exactly. And if you want a top tier team, OKM, Hunt Valley, Fair Oaks, Fox Hunt, Crosspointe, LRR, and Hiddenbrook don’t have waitlists (but several of these have boundary or HOA-only restrictions).
Anonymous
Post 06/11/2026 09:53     Subject: Longest pool waitlist you stayed on?
Anonymous wrote:Overlee - 10+ years.


The issue with pools like Overlee is that you can transfer your membership with the sale of your home which allows people who just move into the are to "jump" the waitlist.
Anonymous
Post 06/11/2026 09:01     Subject: Longest pool waitlist you stayed on?
Glenwood’s is insanely ling- 7* years I think