Tell me about the St. James
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This place looks AMAZING, but the website is totally overwhelming to me. For people that have been there, can you share your experience/advice? I have three kids (4, 7, and 10). There are any number of things they would love - from the climbing area to the splashpark to the sport courts. If you go as a non-member, do you only access one of those things at a time, or can you access the entire center? The day passes are in 1 or 2 hour blocks, which doesn't seem long enough. Does the center allow you to come try out the facility for a day if you are considering membership? We live in Vienna, so it seems a little bit far in terms of joining, but I haven't done a price breakdown yet.
Anyway, is it as nice as it looks? |
Anonymous
| We have been there a few times for play and birthday parties. It is not as big as I expected. It is definitely worth one visit. We have not been to the water area yet. |
Anonymous
| Pp again. The entire complex looks huge. The play area where they have jumping, climbing walls and ninja course are not that big compared to other places like sky zone and zava zone. I consider these places to be similar. |
Anonymous
Agree. I also love in Vienna and there is no way I’d join because there is no way we’d go any time other than weekends. It’s cool and all but it’s a hike. |
Anonymous
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I am a member. We live in Arlington and only go on the weekends. I have 1 little guy (5) and three older children who are in various stages of young adulthood from age 14-20, and they spend summer and holiday breaks with us. I like it because it comes with three free hours of childcare, and the childcare center is nice and includes free programs like parkour, dance, and rock climbing (which I think is now $10). The workout facilities and locker facilities are nice, and what I like is that they are big and spacious and don't seem crowded even on the weekends. The little guy also loves the water park, which is included in the membership. But he requires supervision there, so I don't like it that much haha!We also take him to the artificial turf (the "field house") to do T ball and run around. They have open gym in their gymnastics studio too, where he can bounce around.
My big kids absolutely love it. The 14 yo is a swimmer and loves the long course. The older two are 18 and 19, and they like the nice facilities for working out. They have an elementary kids area, called the Super Awesome Amazing. It's not free except for certain inconvenient times, so I haven't taken the 5 yo there, but now that he's a bit older I may start. The thing is, you have to watch your kids - you cannot just leave them there while you work out. They are a little loosey goosey on what the rules are, but when I inquired, they said you'd need to be 12. For my age kids, the St. James is awesome. It kind of functions like a country club for our family. We all exercise and do classes and get a nice meal at their restaurant. We bring guests. It's fun. For your age, you'll be doing everything WITH them- they are kind of too old for the daycare, but not old enough to be left on their own. If you want to bring them or rock climbing, basketball courts, ice skating, the field house, the water park, the super awesome amazing - there are lots of things to bring them to do, but you have to be with them, and some of the stuff isn't free even for members. Overall it works for us, but it might not be quite the right thing for everyone. You can absolutely check it out - make an appointment. It's a lot to take in - I made an appointment and took two girlfriends. We didn't ask for a tour and we just toured it ourselves and talked to the staff about what things cost. Tour it without the kids so you can get a real sense of it and enjoy a workout. Sorry I don't know the cost of day passes etc. |