To think this policy is very sad

[ILikeMyChickenFried]

Yesterday my son went to the Legoland discovery centre in Manchester. He went in with his Granddad whilst my husband popped into a shop aiming to join them later (we're annual pass holders)
Anyway, when DH got to Legoland he wasn't allowed in as a lone adult. They've a policy which bans lone adults from attending even of they're meeting up with family inside. No one was free to escort him through to his DF and DS so he had to spend half an hour (FIL isn't great at picking up!) Calling his DF to get them to.come back to the entrance so they could all go in together.
This was obviously a huge nuisance for him but it got me thinking how tragic it is than we can't trust lone adults within a facility aimed at children. Obviously it's for safeguarding and is probably a good thing but it's so sad that it's even needed.

Most play equipment will have an physically based age range attached to it, so as it is a soft play centre I do see that people with adult bodies aren't going to be able to do much there apart from supervise DC. Soft play isn't set up for adults usually regardless of the branding it is wrapped in.

They do have adult only evenings here so there's obviously.something for adults to do.

That ride needs an adult on it as you have to pedal your arse off, as I remember it. It is not a ride that would really appeal to adults and an adult wouldn't be allowed on without a child.

YABU and so is your dh - half an hour in the homesense next door without children would have been a fantastic use of his time! I’m glad they stick to their policy, it’s nice to have somewhere to go that is just for kids and is not appropriated by adults.

Do they use the space differently on adult only evenings? I can't imagine a bunch on adults rushing to use slobbered over soft play stuff, but maybe that's just me!

@daytripper28
Yes I did read the OP and I was commenting on the general policy and no I wasn't trying to get anything 'in' near the top of the thread

Well you didn't read it properly because you asked "Why would a lone adult want to be around kids in such an environment?" when the OP clearly states he was going in to meet the grandfather and his child who had already entered earlier while he was in another shop.

did you mean to be so rude?

Yes.

They have expert builders and building challenges on the adult nights, according to the website. No one would be allowed near the play equipment or ride.

Meh - whatever.

Choose not to understand the bleedin' obvious of what I've just said

Enjoy being rude to complete strangers - whatever floats your boat.

doyoumind that is what I suspected, so the adult evenings don't indicate that there is anything much for lone adults to do during standard soft play hours. Lone adults wouldn't be allowed into any soft play venues where I live.

Enjoy being rude to complete strangers - whatever floats your boat.

Pot.
Kettle.
Black.

@FranticallyPeaceful

@UserV you would go to a kids softplay for nostalgia reasons? Jesus Christ! It’s not like showing up to legoland in Windsor, or even CBeebies land in Alton towers - Legoland discovery centre is a room for young kids. It’s like trying to get into a kids sized jungle gym! It’s just Lego themed.

I repeat, It’s not a theme park! Its not just kiddy themed, it’s actually for young kids. It has nothing that an adult can go on, so unless the adult will be stood there watching then honestly it’s pointless.

Calm the fuck down will you?!

I know this is the soft play thing! But many posters are on about many other places not allowing lone adults too.

Read the fucking thread properly before you go off on a rant!

FranticallyPeaceful

Man or woman, if you try go in just to watch kids playing with Lego when they aren’t your kids then it’s weird - I’m not saying sexual predator weird, I’m just saying generally weird.

That says a lot more about you than anyone else to be honest.

Sounds like you have ishoos hun. Have you sought help?

As I said AND as a few others have said, you are fucking deluded if you think it's only a LONE adult (with no children with them,) who would assault a child.

@ILikeMyChickenFried no, there is an adult workshop, in the workshop, not an adult day for adults to fuck around on the slide and ball pit like kids

There's more to the place than soft play. It wouldn't be my idea of a fun day out (hence not even going with DS and DH). You could go on the terrible laser ride which doesn't work, admire the Lego models, watch the 4d cinema thing and then just try out some of the Lego attractions.

I wouldn't want to go there but it isn't impossible to see how an adult could want to go without wanting to abuse a child.

It's just very sad that the threat of child abuse is so real that places like this ban adults from going in.

@UserV here we go ‘hav u got isoos hun?’
Haha! Good one. So clever. I must have issues because I think it’s weird to pay a considerable amount of money to access a kids-only softplay to watch them play. Yes, you sound very level headed indeed.

And assault a child?? Why did you say that? I specifically said NOT sexual predator, I said ISSUES. So You haven’t read my post correctly at all. You sound like you’re harbouring a few issues yourself there love

Ahhhh

So when one posts in Am I Being Unreasonable?

And others post that You Are Being Unreasonable - this is considered to be rude

Righto - will bear that in mind

Sorry, I just don't agree there's anything there for an adult without a child.

As I said before it's designed for 3-10 year olds. They make that clear because a 13 year old who likes Lego is basically going to have a shit time there, never mind an adult.

No one said being a lone adult is being a pervert or that being a parent accompanied by children means you're not a pervert

But that is exactly what it's saying. It might not to explicit, but that is what they're saying.

Strange we are pass holders too and I met my dh in the sea life centre next door. He had already gone in and nobody had a problem with it. They let me bypass the intrucfory talk and go straight in via another entrance.

I wonder if it’s ok for lone adults to look at fish but not play with Lego!!!
Perhaps it has something to do with fact I am female?

@daytripper28 others manage to say YABU without rudeness. I wouldn't have commented if you hadn't ironically turned on the other poster.

QuestionableMouse it's about mitigating risk. They can't not let adults in at all can they? Bit of a shit business model. There is a risk associated with lone adults that outweighs the benefit of the money they would make from them.

Plus it's a place designed for 3-10 year olds!

I suppose it is a safeguarding thing so try to see it as that rather than the inconvenience of it.

It's obviously safeguarding, as I acknowledged in my OP. It was meant as more of a what a the world coming to...

I believe it is a sad policy too. I cannot imagine myself going solo into Legoland, but I have, at times, sat on a bench in a playground in my home country. I like the noise of the kids playing, the safety of the environment mainly occupied by women.

I would never ever take a seat in a British playground. I don't have any unhealthy feeling towards children, no interested in the least of what any of them are particularly doing (very sad I have to explain this too). I like the atmosphere in a sunny day; I feel safe and relaxed. I also like spending time in the gardens of a nursery home for the elderly in my mother's small village; walking without any particular direction in a new city or treating myself to a film in a local movie theater. I am not any danger to the children, the elderly, the locals of any city or fellow film-watchers.

would it have been the same if the lone adult was a female I wonder?

I see your point OP, but I also think what is the world coming to when people argue about their right as adults (with the mental capacity of adults) to visit a place aimed solely at young children.