We just had a birthday here yesterday and I will sing my praises from the mountains! (Or at least the hills of Aliso Viejo).
I had originally picked National Gymnastics after calling around to all the local indoor birthday party places like mousey pizza, inflatable up, noisy play, imagination town, trampoline land, etc, and National Gymnastics was by far the most affordable! Like, by hundreds of dollars!
During the indoor gym play time, which is the first hour, we had three staff attending to our big group of kiddos. They were these three sweet teen girls that were so patient and warm with our active group. They took over all the work so that our parent friends could just chill and go on their phones.
I even like that one of the staff was a bit more assertive, and she quickly, professionally, (and still kindly) smoothed out some rowdy behavior amongst the energetic boys in our group when the parents hadn't stepped in.
They lead the kids in activities, kept them moving every moment, so that they were pretty exhausted after even just an hour. There was not one boring moment, but it was not overwhelming, either.
I was so relieved, because we had party guests on all ends of the sensory and energy spectrum and I wasn't sure that they would all be able to have fun. We also had a somewhat varied age group, from ages 3 up to 7. But it seemed like each and every child, even though so varied, had a fantastic time.
The second hour was in their waiting area in which they turned into a party area with tables and plenty of chairs. And their refrigerator was emptied for our use. It was so convenient to store our birthday cake and fruit and veggie trays in there. The bathrooms were clean, too.
It was a whale of a good time, with several children having meltdowns at the end because they didn't want to go home after so much fun. And I've had parents texting me that their kids want to have their birthday at National Gymnastics now.
The supervisor working was very kind, too. I forgot her name but she had short hair and a big smile. She made us feel welcome and important, from when we first arrived to set up, to when the last of us were reluctantly moving out at a snail's pace.
In a country that is beginning to experience poor customer service, National Gymnastics delivered and went above and beyond my expectations!
Thank you National Gymnastics for quite literally the best birthday party we've ever had!! I hope everyone chooses to have their next birthday here!
