Alley Oop Gymnastics Center

My daughter has had lessons here for 3 months so we booked a winter birthday party for her 7^th. The kids had a great time. They got mostly free-​play and had the gym to themselves, with a few structured games towards the end of the hour of gymnastics. They especially liked playing with the parachute. The party room isn’t particularly cute, but the people running the party (you get 2!) did a great job with keeping kids engaged and being an extra set of hands. Plenty of room for parents AND kids. I just wish that the gymnastics building didn’t always smell like stinky feet, but what can you do about that?

This review is for birthday parties at Alley Oop.
Let me start off by saying that I am no stranger to this gymnastics center. I have a 14 and 11 year old who have had several birthday parties here when they were younger. We havent been for many years but my third child was turning 3 so I thought it would be a fun place to take my daughter for her bday party.
THINGS HAVE CHANGED AND NOT FOR THE BETTER.
Back when my older kids had bday parties it was hard to get a reservation because it was such a popular and fun place to have a bday party. I see now why I had no problem picking a date or time and why no one else had a party on the Saturday I did.
I completely understand safety issues, liability and rules but these people are RIDICULOUS. There were so many rules that 10 minutes into the party I knew I had just wasted 125 for the party.
The two girls supervising the party were rude, abrupt, and yelled at the kids. I won’t go into everything but lets just suffice it to say that there really inst a lot of stuff to do there with all of the crazy over the top rules. Again, I understand safety issues but these rules were way beyond safety. The party was nothing like parties had been in the past and the older kids got bored because they were limited to very few things.
One parent was playing in the foam pit in a very safe manner with their 2 year old and was told they couldn’t be in the pit. Seriously? He was sitting in the pit playing with his child. Another parent was told that they could not run along the running trampoline with their two year old «because parents cant be on the equipment». When I asked why, if we were being safe and had signed waiver, I was told, «Dont worry we will offer adult gymnastics classes soon so you will have a chance to play on the equipment». Really???
Let me also mention that the party room was FILTHY when we got there. There were food particles all over the table along with a hair tie (gross), the floor was disgusting and there was a shop vac and other tools in the room. The temperature was freezing as if they hadnt turned on any heat. There were no chairs set up around the table. I began setting up for the party and had to clean the room basically.
After we had cupcakes and opened presents there was about 20 minutes left of the party. I asked if the kids could go back out on the floor as we were told was part of the party. The girl working said, «as soon as you clean up the room» as I was her friggin kid. YEAH, duh, I am gonna pick up but the kids can go play?
One of the kids asked if they could play capture the flag and she said «no, I dont want you bouncing around after eating cake». UMMMM REALLY??? What the hell? So, I said, «Yeah I think they can». After all I paid for the party not to mention that I am actually a parent and know my kids arent going to get sick playing capture the flag after eating one SMALL cupcake.
The party ended… wait for it… with the girl YELLING INTO A MEGAPHONE «PARTY IS OVER! PARTY IS OVER. TIME TO LEAVE». Wow. Just wow.
We had to put the chairs back and clean the room, which was no big deal, but the room was definitely a lot cleaner than we got there.
The water fountain barely worked so the kids were not able to drink water when they were thirsty.
This place was really disappointing and I will never go back.
The party room is gross, cold, and dirty. The rules are never ending on the floor.
Go somewhere else and spend your 125.00 in a better way than I did.