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| - We've got multiple punch cards to this place. It's a fun place to go burn a couple hours, especially if you have very hyper kids. I'm a neat freak, am always inspecting base boards, counter-tops etc everywhere I go, giving each place a mental "cleanliness grade" (yeah I should probably be medicated). This place is always clean considering the chaos it contains on a daily bases. There breakfast sandwiches aren't anything to write home on, a little greasy (buttered bread when there is bacon and cheese involved as is). I'd buy the kids food but either not eat or buy food else where. Drinks are okay. OWNER IS ALWAYS PRESENT WHICH IS AWESOME!
The downfall (Otherwise-non 5 star):
This place gets crowded, I've seen some parents not keeping track of their sometimes multiple kids, and they nearly always end up in the "toddler area", especially if they are still toddlers and it's a bit of a gray area.
I am guilty of this, my 2 year old looks like he is 3.5, and is crazy when let loose in a brightly lit establishment made just for rolling, running, climbing and screaming mad. Especially since mom calls it the "play area".
Well, I was getting the stink eye from one particular mom of a crawling infant. I tried controlling my wild child, but only a little since I also had his 4 year old brother to keep track of, who was on the other side of the place. He wasn't mauling her child, but rolling around in the tube close by, nearly mauling him a few times. I couldn't help but think, why is there a crawling infant within the general population of crazy running, jumping kids?
No negativity towards stink eye, but something needs to be done about the management of ages. I think they need a "infant room". Something off to the side, gated and (loosely) managed by an employee. Possibly with a infant changing area, a bottle warmer, nursing area etc. This is why I love Ikea, but it's so far.
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