I am looking for a play centre to have my daughters 4th birthday party in and just happened to drive past the Jungle play centre, so I stopped and went in to enquire.
When we entered there was no one at the counter so after 5 mins I went in and thought I would just have a quick look at the party rooms until I could find an employee. An employee did eventually come running over not to ask if we needed any assistance but to inform me that I would have to pay the entry fee for my daughter. I informed her that we were only there to enquire about booking a party. I was then told that regardless of how long we were going to be there or why we were there was of no consequence we would still have to pay the $7 or $8 entry fee. I was taken aback to say the least.
In the last few weeks we have been to a few play centers in the area enquiring about birthday parties and hadn't encountered this problem. The employee then went on to tell us about their birthday parties while my daughter stood there crying because she wasn't aloud to play for the 5 mins it took to explain. I left the play centre completely disgusted and needless to say will not be booking my daughters party there.
For the sake of $7 the jungle play centre just cost themselves anywhere from $500 to $1000 I would have potentially spent on my daughters birthday party.