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Soft play £35 for 40 minutes for 2 kids

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GlummyMcGlummerson · 18/08/2020 11:10

Most of the local soft plays are still closed, preparing to reopen shortly, and the only one open is part of a farm park. There's a soft play inside and outside you can feed and stroke animals and usually do things like crazy golf, quad bikes, tractor rides, zip wire etc. Right now due to COVID the outdoor activities are off, and the only animals you can see now are the horses but not to touch or feed. The soft play is limited to 40 minutes per family.

They've actually raised admission prices (which were extortionate anyway BUT on a normal day you can stay 10am-5pm and get your money's worth). They charge for adults too, so for the 2 kids to play in soft play and then for us to go and stare at horses will be £35. Then you have to take into account drinks, money for the little arcade cars (the kind you get in supermarkets) etc.

AIBU to think this is daylight robbery? I know they will have taken a hit due to COVID but I think this is actually taking the loss. Almost £1 a minute to enjoy the soft play!

OP posts:
Celestine70 · 20/08/2020 03:12

YANBU. I wouldn't pay it, I would just go to the park.

WaltzfortheMars · 20/08/2020 10:10

It's all subjective. As a family of 2 adults and a child, I always feel it's really expensive to go on to any places. We are doing it for a child not for us. So, it's up to us to pay or go somewhere else. That is why I think your title is misleading. I could have written, £ 11 x 2 + £12 = £ 34 for a child. But it's not really true, is it?

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