Kids Empire

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On the main climbing structure here, adults are allowed up alongside their children, and parents mention it often enough that it is plainly the point. One parent of a two- and a four-year-old describes going through it after both of them rather than watching from a bench — which, at the age when the younger one bolts, is worth more than any attraction on its own. Around it sit two slides, a jumbo block-building area, a sled-riding ramp and a room that lights up as a dance floor.

The baby area is watched by staff, and parents of the smallest children single that out: bigger kids are kept out of it rather than merely asked. Cleanliness comes up in review after review, and one ticket runs the whole day with re-entry on the same receipt, so lunch elsewhere costs you nothing. The claw machines are set to pay out every time, which is either charming or expensive depending on the child. Ages one to twelve, with a separate toddler zone at the quiet end.