Anonymous
Post 06/30/2020 22:55     Subject: Re:What will happen to indoor playspaces?
Chuck E Cheese filed for bankruptcy and the location in Gaithersburg is closed permanently. I feel bad for these places esp Nook in Bethesda. They were barely open before they had to close.

Where are parents going to host bday parties for their winter babies?!
Anonymous
Post 06/30/2020 20:59     Subject: What will happen to indoor playspaces?
A place like Jumping Joeys could get away with renting out one bounce house per family per hour. I'd be willing to do that if they were able to rope off each bounce house so kids weren't running from one to another.

Anonymous
Post 06/30/2020 20:57     Subject: What will happen to indoor playspaces?
Anonymous wrote:Mobu kids and JW tumbles in falls church and arlington have closed for good.


Oh what a bummer, my daughter loves JW Tumbles. Mobu sucked, so no great loss. I mean, they already went out of business once...
Anonymous
Post 06/30/2020 17:34     Subject: What will happen to indoor playspaces?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:We actually went to Jolly Yolly over the weekend (judge me all you want!) and they said they're fully opening 7/1 (or as much as they can per regulations). The past few weeks was a reservation-only and they only allowed 5 families in at a time, we were all separated in a different area and they "cleaned" as we cycled through the place. I don't doubt that play places will struggle until there's a vaccine, but I think long-term we'll be back to normal at places like that.


I rented the entire Jolly Yolly for $95 for myself, 3 of my friends, and our 6 kids (it’s $80 for 5 kids but we added on 1 more). We got it for an hour and a half. Adults have to wear masks the whole time but kids don’t. It was AMAZING and I would 100% go back. T


For $95 its not even worth it for them to hire staff with benefits for 90 minutes. Definitely going to close.
Anonymous
Post 06/30/2020 17:31     Subject: What will happen to indoor playspaces?
Anonymous wrote:They will go under. Unless they own their spaces or can work out a deal with their land lords. I don't see how they could possibly avoid it. Unless they figure out a different business model that is only ever for private rentals. Kids will not socially distance.


I thought the Lane in NE DC would go under in D.C. for different reasons anyway. But with COVID-19 its toast.
Anonymous
Post 06/30/2020 17:20     Subject: What will happen to indoor playspaces?
Anonymous wrote:We actually went to Jolly Yolly over the weekend (judge me all you want!) and they said they're fully opening 7/1 (or as much as they can per regulations). The past few weeks was a reservation-only and they only allowed 5 families in at a time, we were all separated in a different area and they "cleaned" as we cycled through the place. I don't doubt that play places will struggle until there's a vaccine, but I think long-term we'll be back to normal at places like that.


I rented the entire Jolly Yolly for $95 for myself, 3 of my friends, and our 6 kids (it’s $80 for 5 kids but we added on 1 more). We got it for an hour and a half. Adults have to wear masks the whole time but kids don’t. It was AMAZING and I would 100% go back. T
Anonymous
Post 06/30/2020 17:19     Subject: What will happen to indoor playspaces?
Anonymous wrote:Badlands gonna get screwed. They thought they had an amazing setup when they opened


They posted something on social media about a mo FH afi which made it sound like they were closing, at least in their current iteration. I have since seen posts about virtual camps but I don’t think they’re reopening the indoor play space.
Anonymous
Post 06/30/2020 16:43     Subject: What will happen to indoor playspaces?
We actually went to Jolly Yolly over the weekend (judge me all you want!) and they said they're fully opening 7/1 (or as much as they can per regulations). The past few weeks was a reservation-only and they only allowed 5 families in at a time, we were all separated in a different area and they "cleaned" as we cycled through the place. I don't doubt that play places will struggle until there's a vaccine, but I think long-term we'll be back to normal at places like that.
Anonymous
Post 06/29/2020 17:05     Subject: What will happen to indoor playspaces?
Anonymous wrote:Yeah there is no way I'm taking my 1 and 3 year old back any time soon. Scramble is a petri dish during normal times.


Scramble struck me as one of the less clean play places. For a young child, I am not a fan at all.
Anonymous
Post 06/29/2020 16:37     Subject: What will happen to indoor playspaces?
Badlands gonna get screwed. They thought they had an amazing setup when they opened
Anonymous
Post 06/29/2020 16:26     Subject: Re:What will happen to indoor playspaces?
Our indoor play places, trampoline parks and even Children’s Museum are open/about to open in Indy. We’re not setting foot in them. SUCKS as we just renewed our Children’s Museum membership in early February.