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I've had my oldest son's last three birthday parties here and just celebrated my young son's 8th birthday here. My boys love it. I always let Stratum do everything. Pizza, drinks, cake, balloons, tokens and goodie bags. You give them a $50 deposit which is always scary as kids get sick but luckily I've never had a problem.
The birthday package I get gives you a nice room decorated in fun colors. The room has tables with tablecloths, chairs, plates and cups, if you order balloon bouquets you get a couple balloons with ribbons and sand bag.
The party is typically for 10 kids which feels like you might lose one or two in the chaos but they give them all color coordinated wristbands and somehow no one gets lost. The host takes care of everything from corralling the kids when it's time to play tag, lining them up, counting, serving food & drink etc. The kids go off and play to give you 20 minutes to relax, play games or they have WiFi (it doesn't work well) for your phone. Then the pizza comes(it actually tastes very good) and the kids are comparing scores and eating. The birthday kid miraculously scores incredibly high every game(I love it).
The kids play in the arcade and then their second game, then it's cake and opening presents. I believe the cake comes from Costco - they are awesome.
The arcade is always fun (Ms. Pac Man & Galaxia for me) the kids get tickets which they redeem for cheap little things just like Peter Piper etc. The games are a bit expensive at 2 tokens for most. You do get an option to purchase more tokens at discounted price that I highly recommend taking advantage of.
The host then brings the goodie bags which are usually filled with lots of toys and are geared to boys or girls. They are nice presentation.
My bill typically comes to $300 then I'm really happy I put down the $50 a month ago makes it a bit less painful. (Which is silly if you watch The Real Housewives of Bravo where they shell out $40k ha.ha.) Then I tip my host what I hope to be considered generous because they really do a great job. I typically leave with lots of extra cake, very happy and tired kids.
I can't review the actual laser tag from a user perspective but my kids have fun!
I always get great, caring customer service and happy kids!
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