Parents Shocked Over Ridiculous Entry Fee at New Kids' Play Centre

Parents express shock over new $50 play centre opening in Melbourne

Parents have reacted online to a new play centre, which is in the process of opening in Glen Waverley, Victoria.

“Absolutely ridiculous prices. No way would I pay nearly $150 for my 3 kids to go to a play centre… You are not a theme park.”

A recent post shared by blogger, The Honest Mumma on Facebook has attracted attention after the entry price of the play centre was revealed.

“Rainbow Town Play Centre is now open and the kids are going to love it!” the post announced.

“Climb, bounce, swing, Ninja and more! There are 3 entry zones: Zones A – $38, entry Zone B – $28, Zone A & B $48.

Parents are in shock at the ridiculous prices

“Are the ball pits diamond encrusted for that price?” commented one person.

“The prices are disgusting. Only people with $$$$ can afford this. My son saw this post and really got his hopes up just to be disappointed again because mummy can’t afford an almost $50 entry fee plus lunch and petrol that $100 for a play center.”

“Looks like a fantastic play centre but I most certainly wouldn’t go for those entry prices,” commented another. “I’m a mum to three and that’s way overpriced. Plus then the cost of food/drinks on top of entry.”

“I’d love to go, but who the heck pays $50 to go to a play centre?”

“Wow why so expensive? How do you expect parents with more than 1 child to be able to afford that . Make the prices more family friendly .”

How much would you pay for a visit to your local play centre?

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34 Comments

- - meedee said
  - 23 Apr 2023
    11:03 am
I thought I posted here but my post has gone missing…..perhaps I posted in the wrong place….ooppss.
I checked and you can book for $35 for next wednesday. Perhaps prices have dropped but it still seems expensive.

- - Jbuttxx said
  - 25 Nov 2020
    6:33 am
Wonder if the prices ever came down haha

- - mish06 said
  - 25 Jul 2019
    6:31 pm
Wow. It has that o so flash new clean fresh look but I would not personally pay that price!

- - BrianaLouise said
  - 10 Jul 2019
    2:28 pm
Looks great! I think if I only had one child I would definitely look at taking her there. The price would probably deter a lot of people so it wouldn’t be flat out busy all the time.

- - mom119776 said
  - 01 Jul 2019
    9:42 pm
Looks awesome but there’s no way i would pay $50 per child.

- - becstalou said
  - 20 Jun 2019
    2:20 pm
Way more than I would be willing to pay and definitely unaffordable if you have multiple children.

- - mom19782016 said
  - 18 Jun 2019
    9:45 pm
Yeah, that’s a ridiculous entry fee

- - mumma said
  - 16 Jun 2019
    9:49 pm
Wow
The play centres in my area barely charge $15 per kid a even for a party to be hosted at the venue with food and a cake is still$25-$30 max

- - rovermum said
  - 12 Jun 2019
    9:20 am
Wow! That’s outrageous. I can’t imagine a time ever when I would think $50 would be okay.

- - sars_angelchik said
  - 11 Jun 2019
    10:52 am
As with a lot of things they will charge whatever they can get away with. If people will be pay it companies like this can charge whatever they like and the little guys suffer.

- - mom101628 said
  - 08 Jun 2019
    11:11 pm
I wouldn’t be taking my family of 4 to this park.

- - Gwen2620 said
  - 08 Jun 2019
    4:27 pm
Some interesting comments. If you consider what it costs to go to a theme park for the day then, if you stay there for many hours, these prices are okay and there seems to be quite a lot of activities to do. Personally, being on a tight budget, I would never have taken my children to a place like this, the council parks were just fine for us. We went to a water based Theme Park whilst on holiday once and stayed all day to get the most out of our money. We took our own food which we had to eat at the car!

- - tessie said
  - 08 Jun 2019
    12:52 pm
I can’t believe the prices. It’s what I’d call highway robbery

- - mom303889 said
  - 08 Jun 2019
    9:39 am
Wow! I will go if that’s a fee for an annual pass.

- - mom90758 said
  - 06 Jun 2019
    11:41 am
Absurd! I would pay a maximum of 25 dollars.

- - DaffyD said
  - 06 Jun 2019
    7:23 am
They won’t be open long with those prices

- - Ellen said
  - 06 Jun 2019
    4:13 am
No way, far too expensive !

- - Blossom said
  - 05 Jun 2019
    11:59 pm
Ball pits are known to be the worst play area healthwise
I know a family who had a child’s birthday at a Play cafe which is a lot larger than this appears to be. I am certain they didn’t pay that much per child. The play area was huge. The deal included entry fee, lunch (the hosts chose the food to be included, choice of party room. chips+ salad for the parents of toddlers invited to the party was extra. The food was ordered separately for one family member who has special dietary needs. The family supplied the birthday cake themselves because of the diet. They were able to stay all day if they wanted to. The little ones got too tired.

- - mom101628 said
  - 05 Jun 2019
    11:19 pm
I would never have been able to afford this – when my children were growing up there was no entry fee – the fact that parents were there with their children buying coffees and food more than made up the prices for the centre. Sounds like greed to me.

- - youngoldlady said
  - 05 Jun 2019
    11:11 pm
No way this would make for an expensive day as my youngest are six year old twins would have to take both, double the money. Looking at this it has balls so hard to keep clean anyway.
- mom93821 replied
  
  06 Jun 2019 , 6:29 am
  This price would not fit into our family budget for entertainment.