To ask whether bouncy castles a "thing" where you are?

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Just that really - have good sight of neighbouring back gardens - just the way houses are laid out - and have seen three bouncy castles in space of a weekend. Some hired maybe and some seem permanent features. My DC are older now - so just wondering if this is a new thing or it's just a coincidence? Trampolines seem to have disappeared though which is odd as BCs would seem to take a lot more maintenance/electric. Anyone else noticed this?

I dunno but i deffo want a bouncy castle for my 40th in 3 years time.

Edit post - To ask whether bouncy castles are a "thing" where you are?"!

Sorry

I haven’t seen any in real life but I’m being stalked on Facebook and other sites with adverts for them so perhaps it’s a thing at the moment.

I think just hired round here for parties (remember those)
Don't know of anyone who has a permanent fixture.

Not for anything other than parties. I want one now...but I'd probably wee myself.

Lots have hired them locally as a birthday treat during lockdown as a bit of fun in place of a party.

Mine had a little one we used to use in the garden when they where little about 15 years ago - think it was from ELC

My neighbours have one

My neighbours have a small one. They also have a big play set with swings, slide etc. My kids are very jealous

These are pretty large ones - so guess some must be hired (think school fair size) - they always give me palpitations as I fretted about kids falling off and cracking their heads (worrier!) I'd pee myself before I even got on it!

They're very popular were I live in Liverpool. There's special rates for three day hire. We bought a medium sized one some years ago.

Yeh my neighbours have one, other side hired one the other week, Newcastle

I think they're more popular at the moment than normal due to covid - same with hot tubs hired for the weekend. Just something different to break up the monotony

@allthequeenshorsesandmen

I dunno but i deffo want a bouncy castle for my 40th in 3 years time.

Hope you've got a good bra and a sturdy pelvic floor. In answer to the OP, no, only trampolines.

I’ve occasionally seen them in gardens, but they’ve always been a temporary thing. I was assuming they were hired for a day or two for birthdays, parties etc.

Had one for a birthday for our oldest but don't own one. I can't imagine many people owning them.

The hired ones having being popping up everywhere in people’s gardens near me. There was one, a huge one, in front of a small terrace house last week. They could hardly get in and out their front door!

Yep thanks to lock downs- if I had a bigger garden I would have bought or hired one a year ago. You can only meet people outdoors, you’ve exhausted parks, and soft plays are shut....hardly rocket science is it!

We hired one for a lockdown birthday. I might do it again in the summer holidays just to keep the kids busy for a day! They loved having a bouncy castle to themselves.

What size are you seeing?

We bought my boys one from Smyths last year and it's brilliant but it is only really for 2-3 children. One of our best lockdown buys!

@OnlyFoolsnMothers You can only meet people outdoors, you’ve exhausted parks, and soft plays are shut....hardly rocket science is it!

I don’t recall suggesting it was! No need to be snippy - was a question re what was fashionable or trending locally

I would imagine that as we are banned from entering other people's houses, people are hiring them for outdoor parties for their kids.

We live in trampoline and bouncy Castle Central.

No. But I don’t live in an area with gardens.

My friends DC have one for the garden because their Dad ordered it online after a few wines.