Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I took a trial class with my toddler today. The space is fine, parking bit of a pain. Instructor had great energy. The toddler class is mostly free play to be honest, as they are too young to follow instructors and "learn" anything. But it's too expensive to be worthwhile - 50 dollars to register, 150 a month for the cheapest membership, and you only get one class a week! That averages to 40 dollars a class, 50 if you factor in the registration fee. I might reconsider when DC is older and can actually follow instructions. 40-50 for 45 min is too much for an indoor space to run and bounce around in.

Does the $150 a month include any open gym times? The price is comparable to MyGym but that’s a class a week plus unlimited open gym play (though
There’s only a few slots each week).

Anonymous wrote:My daughters take classes at the Capitol Hill location and it’s wonderful! I don’t know the franchise owner, but the staff members are some of the nicest people I’ve ever met. And they’re fantastic teachers too! The Bethesda location might not be like that, but it’s impossible to know before it even opens.

Anonymous wrote:I took a trial class with my toddler today. The space is fine, parking bit of a pain. Instructor had great energy. The toddler class is mostly free play to be honest, as they are too young to follow instructors and "learn" anything. But it's too expensive to be worthwhile - 50 dollars to register, 150 a month for the cheapest membership, and you only get one class a week! That averages to 40 dollars a class, 50 if you factor in the registration fee. I might reconsider when DC is older and can actually follow instructions. 40-50 for 45 min is too much for an indoor space to run and bounce around in.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I was a member when the switch happened. The classes, training, and quality of equiptment all tanked. Never going back. It is a money grab, think Chuckie Cheese standards of cleanliness and instructors, at high end prices.

I guess I don’t understand. This “switch” happened a year ago. No one has been fired or has quit my LittleGym in that time. Classes don’t appear to have been changed either. And quality of equipment - very doubtful that it was all being replaced multiple times a year under the old ownership structure. You’re saying all the equipment just happened to fail after it was bought by a new firm? Very suspicious.

I’m not a LittleGym devotee. I think it’s super expensive for what it is. But I also don’t like when people anonymously trash businesses online with literally no credible evidence to back up one’s claims. A generic “everything went downhill” is ridiculously vague.

Anonymous wrote:I was a member when the switch happened. The classes, training, and quality of equiptment all tanked. Never going back. It is a money grab, think Chuckie Cheese standards of cleanliness and instructors, at high end prices.