Mark Casey
October 20, 2017 11:20
This is a fantastic place to have a birthday party for a 4 or 5 year old. I've been to one such birthday party here and hosted another, and in each case the experience was amazing. A party will typically have two parts. First there will be 75 minutes or so during which the kids are allowed to use some of the equipment in the gymnasium. Then you all head upstairs to a back room for cake and snacks. They handle both parts well.
The party I threw had about 25 children at it, ages 3 to 6. It seemed to me that all of them had a good time. Children of every aged like the little "loop" that is set up where (1) you run the width of the gym on a trampoline (2) crash into a big blue crash pad at the end of the tramp run, (3) climb off the crash pad and up onto a different crash pad, (4) swing on a trapeze from that second crash pad onto a mat, (5) get up and run across a low to the ground padded balance beam, (6) repeat the whole thing over and over and over. This doesn't seem ever to get old for these little guys.
The rope swing was also a lot of fun for nearly everyone, though it's not for 3 year olds.
The zip line from the top of the bleachers down to the floor was a huge highlight for my 4 year old. He went on it half a dozen times. Frankly I wish I could have gone on it. You climb all the way up to the top of the bleachers in this old high school gym, get into a safety harness, and then zip down to the floor.
The other big highlight was a two seat bungee swing. Two children climb in and sit face to face. then one of the coaches raises the swing up in the air and bounces it all over the place. Huge fun. The only problem with this one is that the line can get a little long.
The back room where you have cake and such is a little on the cramped side, but big enough to get the job done. Open the windows if it gets a little warm in this greenhouse like environment.
The staff are very friendly and clean up in the back room after you leave. They are safety conscious, but not overly pedantic about it.