With the migration back to Singapore and another month before her school starts in January 2013, I set the determination to bring her to at least 4 play centers in Singapore.
First Week of December
Tickle Tickle @ Delta Sport Center
http://tickletickle.sg/
- Entrance fee (non member) $12 - Unlimited Play (weekdays and weekends)
- Locker: Open concept (aka No Key) Free
- Pretend Play (High level)
- Active Play (medium level)
- Cafe: None - and the closest food available place is a good 10 mins walk
- Re-entry: Not Allowed
- Changing Table: None - so you have to walk to the Ladies Changing room to change and the only thing in there is wooden bench. So prepared on this if you are a person who needs a changing table to change your kids diaper.
- Car Park: Free parking or coupon cark parking
- Bus Stop: Right in front of the playcenter, though you have to walk a little to the playcenter but not much fuss eventhough without a stroller. However, to return home, you need to cross a bridge to the other side of the bus stop
Verdict:
The way they structure the place is quite different from other playcenters. They made it into a little house. So there is one house for Kitchen, one house for Supermarket, one house for servicing Cars and one house for Cafe. The active play area has a slide which I as an adult find it quite "fast" though tigerbaby after 45 mins of warm up finally have the courage to try and enjoy it.
Overall:
I won't be going again unless there are other mummies wanting to go together. As there is not much people there so there won't be much interaction with other kids. Though if you want a peace and quiet play time for your kid, then thats the place to be. Cheaper entrance fee and you can have pretty much the whole place to yourself! And if you just want to go and play and straight head off somewhere else to EAT ..
Second Week of December
None as she went for vaccination - Hep A and a booster of Prenar
Third Week of December
Hokey Pokey @ Suntec Tower
https://www.facebook.com/sghokeypokey
- Entrance fee (non member) $25 - (members) $15 -Unlimited Play (weekdays only)
- Locker: Free and comes with a Key :)
- Pretend Play (High level)
- Active Play (Low level)
- Cafe: None - but due to you can reentry so it is much easy to go out and get something you like and go back in
- Re-entry: Allowed
- Changing Table: Yes
- Car Park: Suntec Carpark Rates.
- Bus Stop: Have to walk a fair bit from bus stop.
- MRT: Pomerande MRT - so take the MRT if you can than to take the bus.
- Hygiene: Staff would sanitise kids hands, check kids legs before letting them in. Which I quite like this part. And there is a bin for parents to put in toys that their kids put in their mouth so the staff can clean them up.
- Customer Service: Good
- Bonus: Bubbles blowing out for about 15 mins with hip hop song so kids just went GAGA over it. Though tigerbaby just stood and watched but was all excited when I carry her and she tried grabbing them ... *lazy girl*
Verdict:
When You first enter you find it kinda messy but hey its a kids play area. what you expect? And on my vist there was at least 10 kids there. Tigerbaby pretty much enjoy her pretend play kitchen sets *as usual* and her ball pit. Refuse to try on slides. As for pretend play, this place has it good varietes. Kitchen sets, Hairdressing set, BBQ Set are available. Little toys house are also available but not as pretty as <tickle tickle>. I guess they didn't much invest on toy house as it is good to see but hard to manage I guess. Neways, there are definitely much other toys to play with suitable for toodlers. A bit of regret not bringing tigerbaby in when she was below 1. There is a section where you can play mini pianos which I find it quite nice as to buy one would cost a bomb.
Tigerbaby liked the "Twin Wagon" a lot. pretty much is a stroller in my perspective and you pull or push the kid around. but due to the space and other kids and mum sitting around its quite hard to move around but tigerbaby and her friend Rena got a good 15 min ride..~~ *biceps in the making for mummies* Staff would come in to put toys away on and off so I find it quite nice.
Overall: I definitely don't mind coming back again. One top reason is there is food for us to eat after a play and we can go back in if we want to. For that price of $25 and can't re-entry I definitely would not go for it but with the re-entry policy it is consider FAIR for that price charge. Locker is Free compare to some place charge $1 for the locker for the same entrance fee which I think is not right. How can a locker be easily spoilt?? though if pay $1 for deposit then its reasonable but am glad hokey pokey doesn't charge anything for a locket. Thumbs up on that ! *probraly place is small and the locker is right infront of the reception so staff can watch out easily haha*
If Tigerbaby ain't starting school next month, I would have join membership. As logically calculated SAHM, if weekdays she goes school, I hardly would go. If weekends i find it to be too crowded and I most likely have other "events" or errands to attend so I hardly would go.
however the membership is $50 , you do get One Free Entry per sign up and One Free Entry During Birthday Month, so I guess it covers up the membership fee. So if I do go again in 2013 I would sign up for sure. though I don't think I would be going again due to tigerbaby 2013 scedules .. haha
4th Week of December - To Be Continued..
Amazonia @ Great World City
http://www.amazoniafun.com/
- Entrance fee (non member) $22 - (members) $17
- Locker: ??
- Pretend Play (level)
- Active Play (level)
- Cafe: Yes - heard that it is pretty good menu they have..
- Re-entry: ??
- Changing Table:??
- Car Park: Great World Carpark Rates.
- Bus Stop: have to cross a road if you on Zion Road but need to cross a bridge if you on the other side.
- MRT: None but there is shuttle bus from Orchard MRT .
- Hygiene: ??
- Customer Service: ??
- Bonus: ??
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