Hoopla! — Local services in New York

I took my 10 year old. The place was very clean & staff members were kind and responsive. The initial price was within reasonable range for Brooklyn, but can quickly add up if you go with a few kids. I like that there is no entry fee for adults, but keep in mind that toddlers as young as 18 months need to pay full price. At the time I went, it was $17 for non-school days, and that only includes entry; access to the ball pit, climbing wall, foam pit, and slide. You need to buy a game card separately. The cheapest option is $10 for 88 play credits. The Maxperience 7D ride costs an additional $6. They have a special running where you get entry, 100 play credits & 1 Maxperience ride for $27. Bear in mind that you can't split those play credits over 2 cards, so it's for a single child to use. The place is not so big, but the layout is smart and maximizes the space without feeling cluttered. There are about 20 different arcade games, with multiples of some of them, so there are more than 20 in total. The arcade games cost between 10 and 50 play credits to play, which comes out to $1.14 - $5.68 per play if you buy the cheapest game card. There are very few games that cost 10 or 12 credits; most cost in the 20ish credit range, some in the 30s & only 3 or 4 go as high as 50 credits. If you want to go crazy with the arcades, it adds up quickly. My daughter had a great time! She really enjoyed the ball pit when she met friends there, but expressed that she wished it was deeper. She also liked the rings that are suspended over the foam pit. The foam pit is on the small side, so once 4 kids are in there, it gets cluttered. (For a foam pit that size, it would be smart if they'd put a balance beam across the length and have 2 vinyl/foam joust sticks so it becomes a fun activity for 2 where kids can wrestle each other on the balance beam to try to get their opponent to fall in. That would turn it into a fun activity as opposed to a small foam pit that gets boring after 5 minutes.) My daughter especially loved the Maxperience ride. She said it was so scary and felt real. There's a big screen that the riders view through 3d glasses, the seats move, fans blow air, & water gets misted at the riders at specific times during the ride. The ride lasts for 5 minutes. It's worth the $6 price. The climbing wall is very small, & though it has a rotating function so you can continuously keep climbing, they keep it shut off for child safety purposes. So my daughter, who loves to climb, was done with that in about 30 secs. When my daughter played the arcade games, some of them malfunctioned in the middle; one didn't award her tickets, another one with a ball got stuck, etc. The staff was super helpful and immediately fixed the issue and swiped their game card to give her another play. With the machine that had a ticket error, they manually added those tickets to her card. My daughter was also really happy with the selection of prizes she was able to get with the points she earned from playing the arcades. Make sure your child knows what they want before making their selection bec they won't allow you to switch the prize once they begin helping the next customer. When my daughter found a game card in the ball pit, she remembered that earlier, a girl had said she lost her card in the balls, but she didn't remember who it was. So we asked the staff if there's any way to find the owner by matching the barcode to the credit card used to purchase it. They said they can't really trace it, so if you find a card, it's your lucky day. We said that if the person that lost it is still there, we want to give it to them. They helped us find the person that lost it. But then the employee remembered that they replaced that person's card for them, so they said that now we need to give it to them. I felt that it was a bit unfair & hypocritical - if it causes a loss only to the customer that lost it, you can keep it, but if it effects them because they know they replaced the card, you need to turn it in. But it is nice that they replaced a...

Walk in on Sunday is not worth it. Entrance fee itself is 5-8$ which doesn’t include a thing. You pay additional $ for vr, to play in balls/foams, arcades… Maybe reservations are worth it but walk ins, nopes Front desk receptionist wasn’t clear...

We rented this place for a private family affair and the kids had a blast! Oh, and the adults too! We had the room next to the arcades where tables and chairs were set up for us to have our party. The place was nice and clean and so were...