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I didn't know about this place until recently, so I didn't know anything about the old version. That said, what I did see was pretty great. It was much bigger than I expected, with climbing areas going all the way to the ceiling, which was like 3 floors high. There was a Shrek movie playing in a little room where my daughter hung out to kind of recharge for 15min or so, and the cafe area looked bright and clean and the food prices were very fair. Which was surprising. We didn't eat there, but it looked promising.
I will say, the main play area was a bit too dark. I went into the cafe once just to get a dose of decent lighting because the dark was getting to be a bit much. There's an extra charge for the trampoline jump thing, but we didn't do that. Too much else to do.
My daughter is 2.5yrs old and a pretty good climber. However, we probably won't be back for another half a year until she's three simply because her skills aren't up to doing everything yet (though she tried!) and there are huge sections I couldn't see her in. My husband ended up following her through the last half of our visit just so we knew where she was (most areas are connected). I'd recommend ages 3+ for real play. There's a toddler corner, but big kids (6-10?) kept coming in and throwing the foam blocks and walls around and blocking off the slides. Maybe there should be a staff member assigned to that area?
4 stars because I was impressed by the cafe area, and while my daughter loved it at 2.5 I think she'll REALLY enjoy it at 3 and up.
One more thing. The website mentions socks being required. I wish someone would enforce this. My daughter's socked foot got squashed by someone's shoed foot a few times, and once in the face, and bare feet are kind of ick in this environment (lots of bare feet).
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