21 Nov 2024
My 9-year-old had been to Spyscape for a friend's birthday party and loved it, so my husband and I brought her again last weekend. We paid for the 50 minute game experience. We all had a ton of fun, but there were a few things Id' keep in mind before going back. First of all, we bought a timed ticket for 5 p.m. on a Friday. I thought that because the tickets were timed, there would be more thoughtful control over the number of people who'd be there, but once you're in, you're able to buy more time, so there were frankly just too many people when we first arrived. As a result, we waited on long lines for games that lasted 2 minutes. The most frustrating part was that a group of kids kept pushing in front of us. Ultimately, after playing only a few games, we felt pushed into buying more time. I feel like there are ways for the company to make money AND let patrons have a good experience. The games are genuinely good for people of all ages, especially as they increase in difficulty. But the lines that weave in front of doors that people open onto you as they exit the game rooms, and the relative chaos that comes with moderately supervised kids, made it such that we (New Yorkers who live close by) probably won't come back OFTEN, which we do for some experiences in our beautiful city. Maybe we'll just have to come back after hours or on a day other than a Friday.