Bumping to 4 stars since we're past the organized birthday party phase with our kids.
Recent hit Vitense to hit some golf balls with my oldest son. We got the "bucket and breakfast" special, which is a GREAT deal. it's $12.75 for a "big Geroge" bucket alone. But for $12, you can get that AND a breakfast (around $8 value). We each got the special, which was way to many golf balls for what we were there for, but it was a super value.
In addition to the great special, we were sent off to a suite to hit our golf balls. The suites are very nice - with LED TVs (we didn't use, but nice to have it), comfortable seating, and most importantly - ball launch monitors. We hit just over half our buckets when another group started loitering in our suite. They were scheduled for the top of the hour and were 10 minutes early. I was very distracted with them exploring the suite while we were still using it. I didn't feel like a confrontation, so we picked up our stuff and left.
One note - they are more organized at the range now. There's a "front desk" where they assign you to a tee or suite. After we abandoned our suite, we checked back in with that kid and he put us on a tee with the common folk where we finished out our round. I enjoy that organization better than the "fend for yourself" mentality. I won't hold some peoples' rudeness against Vitense (the above-mentioned "squatting" in the suite).
I have high hopes of hitting the par 3 a lot this summer over lunch. I will keep the suites in mind for a group of guys that want to hit some balls and work on our swings...