it was a perfect place for my daughters second birthday! she was very nice and helpful and very…read moreunderstandin! the kids loved it and there was a perfect space for her younger sister who's 7 months old to roam!

From the owner: Playsynthesis is a children’s activity center located in Bloomington, Illinois. Our indoor play…read morespace is ideal for families with young children, with toys and equipment best suited for kids 8 years old and younger, though we do not have an official age limit. We’re always open to collaboration and love finding new ways to work together! For example, we’ve partnered with a local mom for birthday events, provided space for playdates, hosted a weekly moms’ meet-up with a family agency, offered parenting workshops, and taught music therapy classes at our facility.

This place is extremely understaffed and the few people that do work here seem completely…read moremiserable. Also the rides aren't even fun including the adult rides, which also seem to not have been safety checked in a long time. Another thing is the time of the rides is extremely short on top of them being expensive, it takes longer to load the ride then the ride actually lasts. Just terrible!

Pretty cool place for families to eat and have a little fun…read more Carnival rides and mini golf. Video games including a pinball machine. Pizza is delicious. Sweet sauce. Table Service is just so so. Seems like the waitresses have to walk a mile to get to the kitchen or simply refill a drink. Has a nice outdoor patio as well.

Adorable little shopping location for the kiddos! The staff help me pick out a gift for the kid I…read moream babysitting. Shoutout to employees for going above and beyond!

My daughter LOVES it here. It's most definitely worth the drive and fun in the summer time to stay…read morecool!

Best poll in town! Hands down!!! Not as busy as Fairview. Smaller so that you can have room to…read moremove. Trust me, its just better.

It's a super fun pool but it isn't perfectly cleaned. Leaves in water, hair at the bottom of the…read morepool, sticks, twigs. It's super fun to go down slides and swim but it isn't super clean. Fairview is definitely cleaner, but also overcrowded. It depends on what you care more about.

Good place to explore with children in Bloomington. It turns out to be a bigger place than it…read morelooks. Miller Park Zoo is the highlight of this big public park and one of the best things about the city as well. Bad thing is there's an admission price. This is worth it for looking around once, and you can also get a membership if planning to come more times. Even though it's kind of small, it feels there's a lot inside and you can be here awhile. It's got an interesting history. The beginnings of the zoo started when a circus lion cub was found on this site around 1900, and the city named him Big Jim. After he died in 1912, funds were raised to open the Koetthoefer Animal Building. The zoo began lots more expansion in 1960 with the building that became the Tropical Rainforest Exhibit, and pools were built for sea lions and otters. A lot of animals have come and gone. There's currently flamingos at the entrance, monkeys, the Koetthoefer Animal Building has gibbons, langurs, and snow leopards, giant anteaters, lots of birds including bald eagles, the ZooLab has frogs and insects, several tortoises and there's wolves. It's about $9 admission for adults. They have a program called Junior Zoo Keeper that students can start in 5th grade, and they volunteer to learn and train. Good experience. This is an opportunity for local students. Have to say it's a good zoo for the city. It's located in the middle of the park. This is particularly a good one for young children, but it's open for everyone, so it's also okay for adults or whoever.

All I have to say that I am so glad I had a zoo membership someplace else and was able to get in…read morehere for free. Not a very large zoo at all , there was trash outside of the exhibits for the large cats area. The large cats were not outside. The small rainforest area they had smelled atrocious. Definitely not worth the price. There is a nice playground with a splash pad just outside the zoo. We did not go on the paddle boats or mini golf. There is lots to do at the park. Just the zoo left a lot to be desired. I have seen road side tourist animal world places that were better kept and maintained white more variety than this zoo.

My grandson is in a class as a "Iron Ninja in training." He is 6 years old. This place is amazing…read more The coaches are fantastic. They really give these kids a work out. These kids ENJOY it is what's best of all! Great exercise and fun doing it. My grandson I like to call "A fart in a skillet" because he is everywhere all at once! He can out jump, run, climb...you name it!! This kid has enough energy for everyone. These coaches can actually handle this type of energy and love it!! My hats are off to them!!

Justin was amazing! Got us all checked in for the party we reserved. Let the boys get started and…read morelet us finish up. He could see they were getting antsy. He was attentive and took care of us really well. Lillie was our personal party assistant. I was pretty needy and kept asking for things. She did nothing but smile and was more than happy to make sure we were taken care of as well. She came and checked in with us before she clocked out for the night to make sure we didn't need anything else before she left. We will definitely be back and I truly hope they're there!

our daughter tried the Urban Ski. she has severed skied before. Jason did a great job giving her…read moreinstructions and building confidence.

The laser tag was fun and the staff was great!…read more I took a few coworkers here after work one evening to have some fun and the laser tag did not disappoint. They were very flexible in letting us choose how we wanted to play (free-for-all or teams) and seemed invested in making sure we were having a good time.

I had 5 bored teenagers on a really cold snowy Saturday January 10, about 4 weeks ago and they…read morewanted to go to Urban Air to play. I had never been there before , so I agreed and took the kids to Urban Air, Normal, Illinois. We arrived approximately 11 am an hour after the park opened. There was a sign on the door that the zip line was not in operation that day so that was a disappointment. Didn't realize that we needed to get the releases all done beforehand so took us a while to check-in and get all the releases we needed. While I was waiting on some info I was speaking to the person at the counter and asking which package they recommended for my teenagers? She basically read the menu to me without recommending or explaining anything. Decided not to get platinum but everyone purchased the next step down for $28 each. 4 of the 5 kids needed the special socks at $5 each. I didn't know it until later but for $33 discounted socks are included in premium pkg. While checking out, I started to notice most of the players running about were shorties, approx age 4-6? Needless to say, my teenagers stood out! We headed into the park and the kids quickly found out that all the "good" activities were Premium and not available to them. They tried everything available and within an hour were sitting with me in a booth playing on their phones. I offered to bump up everyone to Premium but no one wanted to stay as they were hungry and wanted to leave. Decided not to eat at Urban Air as I had already checked out the ladies room and other areas of the park. The ladies room was already a mess after being open an hour with only one barely functioning sink. The working sink only had one working handle that took some work to figure out how to actually shut off the water. The door to the lady's room was disgusting with fingerprints over 5 ft high and obviously not cleaned recently. Tables in the snack area had not been wiped. Very disappointed at our experience at Urban Air, I stopped a person in the blue management t-shirt and asked to speak with a manager. She wasn't able to assist and I asked a manager to speak with me and pointed to where we were sitting. Kids went to play while I waited 30 minutes. No one came over so we left to get lunch elsewhere. I feel that I shouldn't have let the kids pick the location or maybe done more research before we set out but overall, this park was a disappointment for anyone over 5 years old. My advice would be Urban Air great for little kids but find something else for teens. As far as the park itself goes, dirty, dingy and in need of some important repairs. Management communication terrible/ nonexistent. I would not recommend Urban Air, Normal, Illinois. P.S. Sorry this review was not done promptly but when you sign up to play at Urban Air, you agree to communication and every time I get another Urban Air email, I am disappointed all over again. I couldn't just unsubscribe without commenting on our terrible experience.

Got my grandson a monthly membership to this big indoor activity park. A one day pass for…read moreeverything is like $36. A monthly membership is $18. The membership includes discounts and unlimited amount of time at the facility. This place is great for the very active child. It gets them out of the house and off the tablet. Great time for the family.

Best rock climbing gym ever outdoor bouldering ever Isaiah deserves a raise same with Wilson and…read moreOlivia!!! Highly recommend!

I decided to stop by this climbing gym while traveling from Chicago to St. Louis because of the…read morepositive reviews here on Yelp. When I read that I would be able to climb inside a silo, that really got me excited. However, when I finally got there, my initial excitement quickly diminished. First of all, I didn't like the idea of being charged for taking a belay test. Also, the locker room/bathroom was rather small for changing. Although the outdoor bouldering space sounded appealing, you are required to either bring your own crash pad or rent one from the gym. The route markers were also quite small. If you think you would enjoy top-roping inside a silo, then you will be quite satisfied with this place.

The line coming in was pretty long, however, I would say we had a pretty great time! It was pretty…read moreclean & not busy.

We always love to take our grandchildren here. The staff is super friendly and helpful. There are…read moreso many activities to do for all ages from preschool to teenagers. We come here several times a year and will continue to do so.