This was a nice/cute little family oriented pirate themed water park. This park offered different swimming areas, water slides and a sectioned off area for the smaller children. They had changing rooms, showers and lockers. They also offered a snack bar and gift shop area, that had towels, swimwear, etc. Unfortunately, both were a little pricey. Overall, nice place to visit, children enjoyed it.

I have been there many times through the years and its a total blast. Its the ultimate place to go for fun. Check it out.

My five year old had a great time. A true “treasure” in the area.

Very family friendly place to go with the kids. Waterslides for the bigger kids and the adults, small pool area for little ones, sand pit which tge staff hide little treasure for the kids to find and redeem for a prize from a treasure box.The life guards are very well trained and responsible. On the day that I was there they were doing continuing training for the staff. It was really amazing to see the staff spring into action and quick response time from all staff members.The snack shack was reasonable priced and the food was good.

Not bad. Not great. Ok if you have little kids. The life guards are the best. But other areas are under staffed and the waterpark itself pretty basic for older kids and teens.

Went yesterday from 11-3pm with my 7 and 10 year old girls. Enjoyed the time and witnessed two incidents where kids needed assistance/rescue. The staff all responded accordingly and quickly. They seemed very well trained and handled themselves professionally. Unfortunately the big slides were not open so I cant review them.

Super fun. my kids love to go there.

Great place to take the kids.

Saturday was my familys first time there and we had a lot fun. The cost for the pool and food was reasonable. The only thing that caught me off guard was we had to pay $8 for parking. Other than that we had a great time and it was worth the drive.

Fun little water park that is cheap and full of activities for the younger kids!

This place is amazing....its especially great for family and kids. It costs just $8 to get in and kids under 2 are free. They offer free life jackets. There is a shallow section for kids and a mega section for adults. All in all, i would strongly recommend that you make this place one of your must-gos this summer.

Went here on July 4th and had a great time. We did arrive 15 minutes prior to opening and there were about 30-40 people already waiting in line. It didnt take long for us to get in and they had limited seating with shade so you have to get there early to get it. The pool itself was nice and the kids play area was separated from the big kids area which was a plus. You were also able to bring in coolers and food from outside.

Uncommon opinion, but food was little overpriced. But the rest of the trip was fine, except for when we found a dirty tampon in the deep end of the pool. I recommend checking the water before jumping in.

Much smaller than advertised, but still a great little park. The food was terrible (zero stars) and the help seemed a little off put when I kept trying to order the things they were out of... regardless, the kids loved the attraction. We didn’t make time to make use of the sand trap the kiddos can dig in- it looked amazing & we only noticed it on our way out of the park. Next time:)Bonus: make sure to check Groupon for special rates and pricing.

Fun for smaller children, not enough to entertain young teens. Fairly priced

Super far from anything. was closed when we arrived for so issue that happened. went last minute so not enough time to go to another one. kids were sad as hell. went to another waterpark the next day.

Even though you pay almost $9 to get in you are forced to get out of the pool for 15 minutes as an adult because the lifeguards are taking break. The joke is the deep end is only 4 and 1/2 feet.

With the BEST sand pit with a water table in the center, a fenced off kiddie pool and a great shallow pool with a water playground at the center... We have been to a few of the water parks in the NOVA Parks system and this definitely is the best among the smaller and cheaper ones (a few cost about twice as much and are geared for the older crowds I assume). The smaller ones like this are perfect for families with small children who cant go on big water slides yet but want more excitement than a regular pool has to offer.The sand pit has a LOT of shade and tons of sand toys. We could have stayed there all day with my 1.5 and 3 year old girls. They were fully occupied playing by themselves. The water table in the middle really is the icing on the cake. It has running water and helps to get wet sand for sandcastles or just do sensory play. There are a bunch of little table surfaces to play on too.Yes the food is terrible, cheap, and unhealthy, and the lines are long. Just plan ahead and bring a cooler with your own snacks (lots of people were doing this) or order pizza.

Been here twice now. Best waterpark food Ive ever had. Impressed how clean the bathroom stalls were. They do need to fix or change out the shower chains. Some were broken and not user friendly. My grandson had a birthday party this weekend. The staff is attentive and friendly. I would have given a 5 star rating. I get to the pool area early because I want to get a view of my grandchildren playing in front of me. I chose to be under the the facilities umbrella. As it starts to get crowed and everyone wants to be under the umbrella, people start pulling the lounge chairs in the back and position them in front of you. They are backed up in front of you and they give you one feet from my lounge chair. I know there will be people who are inconsiderate and have no etiquette pool manners. These inconsiderate people were 5 feet from the pool, yet the staff just walked by. I strongly suggest that you enforce and implement a painted bright colored line that states that no lounge chair can be parked pass this Line. Sooner or later I can foresee confrontation between pool loungers. Aside from this I would have given a 5 star. Thank you.

Price is great, the only catch is that if you don’t have an address within the surrounding vicinity, you have to pay an $8 entrance charge first. Then you pay the water park fee at the water park entrance. But worth it. Only reason I give it a 4 out of 5 stars is because the kiddy pool is small and it has 1 small size slide, if it was a little bigger kiddy pool you could add more attractions for the little ones. All in all great place to go, entry fee to main park, entry fee to water park and food for a family of five I paid in total less then $100 while children under 2 are free for the day and the kids had a blast. Thank you for the great time Pirate’s Cove Waterpark.

Great place to take the kids. Clean and affordable. Gets busy around 2pm but otherwise is very chill.

Best for young children. Our kid loved it there.

Is a clean pool and had fun. I find it crazy we had to pay $8 just to park then the fees for the pool. I also dont understand why the adults have to get out during break time when the deepest end is 4.5 feet.

It was crazy, kids every where, parents every where. My 2 year old got in for free and had a blast. If you have a small child I would say it is a must to have your own life vest. But had fun, concessions stand always had a line. I would say from 0- 5 years would really have fun in this water park. You pay $8 to get in the park after 4 pm you pay $5.25 to get in the water park.

Went with my summer camp, had lots of fun! the staff were very attentive and kind.

Great life guards. Multiple swimming levels and a great space to lay and get some sun!

POOL RASH!!!! I visited the park on Saturday 8/17/19 for the first time. Right off the bat I was not very impressed with the park. It just didn’t quite live up to the photos on it’s site. Right off the bat we were notified that the main pool was closed for cleaning for the next 1.5 hours in the middle of the day. Not sure what kind of cleaning they did. The life guards lazily moved around the pool chatting with nets hardly scooping up anything. The next thing I notice is all the sandin the bottom of the pool. Whose bright idea was it to put a play sand pit next to a pool. Finally the pool opens up. The kiddo goes in and finds a friend. Fingers crossed I don’t actually have to get into the pool. No such luck. New friend leaves. So I go swim for a couple hours. After the pool we go to the locker room to wash up. We shower which is gross as the drain is clogged. I even use a chlorine specific shampoo and conditioner. Then comes my biggest issue. I wake up the next day and what the heck I am covered in POOL RASH. I look like I have chicken pox and it is sooooo itchy. Guess that cleaning wasn’t quite long enough or done correctly. Never again!!!! Not sure why anyone likes this place.

This is a hidden gem! We were invited to a birthday party and it was so much fun! Theres a lot to do and see but the water isnt too deep for preschoolers who cant swim.

I went there today with my 12 year old and his two friends. We love Pirates Cove but the girl working the register around 6pm at the concession stand was very rude to me and the children. I asked her if the hamburgers were beef and she said I think so. I asked if she could check because my boys only eat beef she was not happy. She got our initial order wrong and when one of my boys went up to ask how much the dipping dots cost, she made a rude comment and then slammed the sliding door on him. He is 12 years old and was afraid to go back up, after getting the money from me and ordering anything else. That employee needs to realize that they are dealing with the public and children. Management needs to speak with her as I’m sure we weren’t the only ones she had an attitude with. The other employee that gave us our correct items was very helpful and sweet.

It was a great place, staff and lifeguards were really helpful and friendly. I would recommend to everybody to go there on weekdays.

Awesome water park, very fun to visit. Life guards are extremely well trained and professional.

Good times and very affordable. Tucked away in the woods and has a great atmosphere.Fun for the whole family so dont hesitate give it a try

Overall waterpark offers something for everyone. Price to enter is great, standing in line in the hot sun for 25-30 mins needs improvement. The food is hit or miss. When there is a line, food comes out under cooked or burnt. I’ve witness lifeguards reacting twice to an emergency within an hour, very professional. Sadly there seems to be a lot of inattentive parents, and it’s always packed.

Alot of fun for little kids. Great little play area and water slides.

Super cute water park in the middle of nowhere (in my opinion) my god children love to come here. Its very cheap and its similar to the waterpark at greatwolfe lodge. My family of 4 got in for only $45 . the only downside to the park is the concession stand they need to come up with a more efficient way to serve the food.

Great family fun AND amazingly long lines/wait times. We arrived at 1107. We didn’t enter until 1143. I went to grab a bite to eat at 1307; we didn’t receive our food until 1418. The “funny” thing about it all, is that after waiting almost an hour to order food in the blazing 90 degree sun, you still have to wait 12 minutes for them to fix it. Moreover, the staff walks around the line at the entrance telling people that they can skip the lines with a membership. No one should have to wait in the sun for over 30 minutes to enter, anywhere, regardless if they have a membership or not. It seemed like nothing but teenagers running things. This place definitely needs a grown up to intervene, manage, and slash the wait times.

Pros: The pool and attractions are great. Great pool depth, perfecf midage stuff and slides, great tot pool, fun water slides for big kids. The lifeguards, while you can’t understand anything they yell, have always been nice to my son when directing turns on the slides.Cons: The line to get in can take an hour. No family bathroom/ dressing room. Then, there are NO dressing rooms in the women’s ( my husband says that there are some in men’s.). Then EVERY SINGLE TIME I’ve gone for two years, there have been grown men in the women’s locker room! Teenage boys, a middle aged man.. you name it! Staff do not police this. It’s a huge issue when you need to get dressed in the open. Then the condensation dripping onto your stuff while trying to dress is horrible. You can’t change the baby in there because nasty pipe water could get into his mouth or eyes!Don’t bother going for food. It’s a 45 minute wait in line for a 45 minute cook time. If they’re not at capacity, just go back to your car for food then go back to swim.While a fun place, I think this will be our last year buying season passes. The stress just isn’t worth it.

Great time with the the kids. I would definitely recommend it!!

The restrooms were out of everything. The pool was nice but designed for smaller children.

My first experience there. Wondering water spot to spend with family and friends.

Price for entrance is good but it was crowded with school trips. Otherwise it was good

I can never get lost anymore ever ever in my life and I can find easy pool

Im really impressed with this place, especially for a state run establishment. Theres a whole day of fun for the whole family and the entry fee seems reasonable. Especially, if you compair the seasonal pass to the cost of an annual community pool. The food is comfort food and the hot dogs were good, but the rest of the food is decent too. Plan to spend about $20 for a family of 4 for the food. The kids really enjoy the sand play area.

The best for kids

Laid back on a hot day and enjoyed the sun and water! Life guard saved a little kid too!

Great pool for ALL ages! Slides, sand pit and big island of slides makes it inviting for the kids. The management is super friendly and helpful. Wish they would allow your own food in but they do have an outside picnic area. Food is ok but Im a health nut so pool food probably wouldnt be my first choice

Park was real nice. Great if you have kids and Dont want a BEER! Alcohol prohibited!! WTH, this old navy retired squid likes a couple beers and a Cigar when camping! Dinged one star for no beer!Facilities were awesome, water park, park, trails!

I enjoyed myself. It was nice. I love the diversity. Water was clean and staff was friendly. I also love the fake drills for the life guards because it keeps them on there toes. Oh you guys need to keep it tidy around the food area thats all.

It was a great experience was there with my grandsons we had a ball we truly looking forward to return!!!!!!

Amazing for kids and is extremely fun and a waterslide for all different ages

Very clear public water park. Classy visitors.

Family of 5 and we spent less than $80 for the whole day including food. Great park, just wished the kiddie pool had more activities than just a slide.

Very nice waterpark. Clean and lots of shade.

Bathroom are disgusting... didnt like the showers. only cold setting...and I was bit by a huge moth type bug in the bathroom

Clean and great staff. More for younger kids.

Wow. What a great place and value for the price of admission. Only negative was being surprised by an additional $8 parking fee that isnt posted on the website.

Clean and great lifeguards. Food is over priced and kinda generic. However its a great day for the price.

They had to close the pool as soon as we arrived because someone was sick in the pool. It was a Saturday and they ran out of pizza. The place seems overcrowded as well.

Good place to take young children, its mostly kiddie slides.

Got in after 4 pm and paid 5$ and stayed until 7 our family of 7 had a blast. It was busy but we enjoyed every minute

Great fun for my daughter (and me). The price is a little high but that seems to keep the place from being too overwhelmed. There are only about 6 big umbrellas covering areas of chairs, so unless you want to sit/lay in the sun or have your stuff bake while you play you need to get there when they open.The restrooms are clean enough, perhaps could be updated but it is what it is. The slides were all functional, from the toddler slide to the big swirly adult slides. Interestingly they made my daughter take her flotation device (coast guard approved) OFF to use a slide... apparently to protect the surface of the slide. So that was weird, but overall the lifeguards are on point and seem very attentive.Be aware if someone has an accident in the pool they will shut it down for an hour for cleaning. there is also a toddler/kiddie pool area and my 2 year old thought it was great. near that is a sand-play area that can probably hold about 15 kids, with showers to rinse off before going back to the pools.The snack shop was about what youd expect; burgers, fries, hot dogs, ice cream. They advertise pizzas but didnt have any each time Ive been there.While Im on multiple trips Ill say there was a big difference between trips in clientele. During the weekdays after 4pm discount time you will be crowded and maybe even overwhelmed, but during the weekend at full-price it was very pleasurable.No smoking in the gates but you can walk to the car and re-enter.

It was really Good my kids likes it

Terrific for younger kids. Older kids always want more.

Great park! Crowded in the weekends. Staff is well trained and lifeguards are very diciplined and observant. Bring the family and everyone will have a great time.

My kids favorite place now its camping time

This is a great park for kids. They have areas for toddlers (kiddie pool and sand play area), elementary age (fountains and slides in the 3.5 pool area and big slides for those over 42), and teenagers (the big slides and deeper pool area).They only sell overpriced carnival food aside from a grilled chicken salad. If you want to eat healthy, youll need to bring your own and keep it in a cooler in your car as they wont allow outside food in the park. You can exit and re-enter with a hand stamp.Parking is limited so arrive early. Similarly, there are limited lounge chairs in shaded areas (plenty in the sun though).On hot days the park can fill up which will leave you waiting in line in the blazing sun without cover. Be prepared. When I went the staff waited until 30 people left to let another 30 in.They have small lockers for .75 so take quarters.The mens locker room floor was very dirty, but the rest of the park was clean.

I am a little apprehensive to leave a good review in fear of drawing attention to this seemingly underutilized hideaway in Pohick Bay. Very nice. No long lines or overcrowding. Clean with very attentive staff and lifeguards. Safe and professional. Tim S. went out of his way to exceed expectations in all aspects of guest service in the food gallery as well as front desk. Very impressed with Tims anticipatory judgement during guest relations with a smile, and more than happy, willing to do it. We had a great time and look forward to further exploring the remainder of the park. Thanks.

We brought our son for family night and had a blast! Great value! We will definitely be back.

Excellent water park! We stayed in the campground and got a discount. This park was perfect for our 2 and 4 year old both with the wade pool great for the little ones. Definitely recommended and we will be back in the future.

Great place to take the kids during the summer.

Excellent place for enjoying with family

The pools were fantastic. The food was sorely lacking. My hotdogs was like warm. The fries no better. My daughter wanted a hamburger, no cheese. The first one she unwrapped had cheese as did the second one. When she asked for lettuce and tomato, the lettuce looked as if it had been chopped yesterday, placed in a styrofoam container and left out all night. If you are going to keep people from bringing in their own food you need to step up the quality of yours.

I took off 2 stars because no where on the website does it say you have to pay $8 to enter the gate to get into Pirates Cove, if you arent a Virginia resident.

It is what it is. When we went in the afternoon on a day in July. There was a crazy long line to get in at 3pm. Turns out the one girl working the counter had to hunt for change on a $100 bill. Meanwhile, another family went on through the Exit door and walked right in for free. I know its park-run, but they could use better training or an additional staff member at the front.Otherwise, its good for kids. The lifeguards were very attentive, which is really the most important thing at a place like this.

Its a really nice spot for kids. I love the way the life guards where very attentive and aware of everything

This is one of the smaller Fairfax County water parks, but a very nice one. It gets filled up on the weekends! Theres a large sand play area and a baby pool with small slide, each well-gated to help prevent runaway toddlers :) In the middle of a large 3 foot deep pool is a multi-level play structure with slides, splash features, and a dumping bucket. At the far corner are two large water slides for those thrill-seekers 40 and up. No food is allowed to be brought inside the park, although Ive never seen anyone get stopped for trying. The park has a small concession stand with the usual snack/picnic foods. My family of young children like this park for its compact nature and for the sand play area. Once they get older, they will likely want to travel to a water park with taller rides and a wave pool, but this is great for now!

Great price. Loved it!

Great area for family camping, bathrooms could have been cleaner and better kept. The pool was awesome.

DO NOT GET FOOD HERE!!! The kitchen is really slow and disorganized. They called my order but I could not hear them, even though I waited right by the window. Then, they gave my order to someone else. Plus, I had to ask for the other hot dog I ordered. There was no cheese on the cheeseburger we ordered. Plus, they forgot our fries, and then told me when I asked for them they were out. What a mess! It seemed like no one was in charge running the kitchen making sure orders were made or correct. They need a manager in there.

A great waterpark! Never seems crowded

Jumping in the pool and sliding down the water slopes was quite fun for a family of 5. Didnt really like ordering food with limited condiments and sides with a dirty eating area. Paying over $40 for food, im expecting at least clean tables to eat on.

We had an enjoyable time... a few years back. Just wondering have they gotten control of the bee issue. Its an reasonable size park for PARENTS to maintain VISIBLE contact of their children.

Great value, great fun for the entire family

The pool and slides are great. The food was not. It took 45 to get through a short line (only 6 people ahead of me) and when our food came the corn dogs were ice cold. Had to wait another 20 minutes to get new corn dogs. They seemed to be very disorganized and/or untrained in food service. We will come back but wont be eating again.

Horrible experience, lifeguard nearly ran me off the road on the way in. There seating as arranged poorly. Couldn’t relax with all the constant whistling.... like seriously put a guard by the slide! I will never go here again.

I have been to this place a many of times for in the past I have taken my center there for swimming but I do have several concerns that need to be addressed #1 I saw several people on there cellphones now they could of been on a break but I doubt it when your working, yesterday August 22 at 615 PM at the baby pool I noticed all the guards was holding their hands up pointing to each other I asked whats going on the lifeguard responds was the pool water needs to be checked but wasnt nor was the other pools checked to make sure the quality of the water is safe.. and also before we could get to the bathroom to rinse off the water was cut off so you couldnt use the shower now mind you its 7 and its a lot of people texting to leave like who does that and lastly I wasnt happy they I just to pay when it was only less then a hour to swim I was there with my daughter and grandbaby and someone should make sure the life jackets are being clean and pur back on the hangers

Good place for younger kids

Kids love this place

Kids had a great time

Kids had a lot of fun. Get there early, parking fills up quick and the place gets crowded in the afternoon.

Great time. More than enough life guards.

Waited in line for an hour and half in the heat to just get into the waterpark and the moment we get 6 people away from the door which was 530pm we were told the pool would be closed for an hour because it needed cleaned and it would take an hour which would put it at 630pm when they close at 7pm. Didnt offer us anything to come back or no apologise.

Good place to take children, needs to expand always packed.

Waited in hot line for food for almost an hour! Cant bring your own food or drinks in but they have only one snack bar with one order window open. Extremely overpriced food. Got sunburnt waiting in the long scorching hot line. Not enough parking. People in the water in their underwear, bras, denim shorts, cut off yoga pants, etc. Gross. Will never go back

Great place for kids!

Kids loved it. They have been asking all year when the pool opens again so we can go. Hopefully they have as much fun this time.

The slides were fun, The showers gave ice cold water, There was no lazy river, and the library is bigger then this place

My kids love it here. We spent 5.5h

Great water park, only thing thats needs attention is chlorine amount in the pool.

A little dirty and dated, but my kids had fun.