Came here with the family and it was definitely a cool experience. Very interactive. The staff at…read morethe front, and throughout the experience is very friendly. They tell you that you can touch the dinosaurs that you can reach without crossing the ropes. There's a big sandbox to "dig up" dinosaur bones with paintbrushes. I really didn't expect my teenager to enjoy himself, but he had fun too! That pleasantly surprised me. I think we all learned a few new things about where certain dinosaurs lived, and some dinosaur names we hadn't heard of before. The ONLY reason it's not getting a full 5 stars is because of a couple of reasons - 1 - A couple of the dinos could use maintenance. One of them has long claws that are a little broken. (You can see the inner structure poking out.) The small T-Rex looks like his eyes are having issues opening back up after it "blinks." 2 - The only staff member that wasn't very friendly was the cashier at the souvenir shop. He seemed like he really didn't enjoy his job. It's not the most fun position to have there, I'm sure, but it does have an effect on the full experience for customers. Definitely a place to check out for anyone that has kids that have any interest in dinosaurs.

Very cute exhibit. Restrooms are clean and fully stocked. I think more lighting should be added to…read morethe actual coloring area and other areas in the exhibit with better directions signs.. Also the marker need to be checked daily so the children will have multiple colors to color the dinosaurs. I won't hurt to redo the layout and completely close off areas guest should not be. Overall cute little place .

The few places that still have a merry go round for young children. It was great. I would highly…read moresuggest visiting this location.

A fantastic experience. The employees are friendly and seem happy to be there. The carousel is…read morecleaner than it's ever been and it's reassuring to hear it running like a well-maintained machine. The music is just right. Kids love it.

A very very nice popular build a bear place inside north point mall in awesome Alpharetta my girls…read morelove coming here & building there own bear it's very fun for kids of all ages even adults as well will luv this place

This was a very disappointing experience. This was our first time visiting Build-A-Bear, so we…read moreapproached an employee to ask about the birthday bear process. Before we could finish our question, we were abruptly interrupted with "the birthday bear is over there," then she briefly explained it to us. The interaction felt unwelcoming and dismissive. For a business that caters to children and families, the lack of warmth and customer service was surprising. If the employee was busy, simply communicating that and asking us to wait would have been completely understandable. Unfortunately, the attitude and interaction negatively impacted what was meant to be a special birthday experience

This is the best imaginable venue for your active school aged kids birthday…read more We went for an 8-year old boys birthday this past weekend, and it was a blast. The family run small business ran without missing a beat, kept the kids engaged and corralled, parents were able to mingle (except during the kids vs adults dodgeball game), and all the kids left nicely tired and with smiles on their face. The assortment of sports and games was great. Equipment in good condition. Plenty of space in the first floor of the mall. Easily able to get things in and out if you park back on the lower level and cart whatever in. Nice sized area to bring pizza and cake and drinks for the kids. No booze allowed, adults! The family set things up and cleaned up. The family could not have been nicer, chill, and attentive.

Hosted our twin 9 year olds birthday party at Hi Five yesterday and it was a great time!! The owner…read moreruns the party and keeps the kids engaged; they played dodgeball (even had a round of dads vs kids), and flag football. Coach engages with all kids and keeps them going. For parties they say to bring the kids and disposables and they take care of the rest. Great staff, very clean. Definitely recommend and will do again!

You make a reservation online weeks ahead just to get there at your scheduled time and placed in a…read more2 hour line by a over sized elf. This event is a SCAM and very unorganized. No child or parent should have to go through this. What is the point of making a reservation?

Operated by DreamWorks, this is North Point Mall's Shrek-themed Santa experience from Nov. 8 - Dec…read more 24, 2014. It's an adventure in a multi-room gingerbread house in the lower-level center court of the mall. We recently took our 14-month-old so that he could meet Santa. Because I think this is probably really cool if you have older kids, I almost gave it three stars, but because it ends up being a commercialized racket, I dropped it to two stars at the end of writing this review. Brief description: At no cost, you make an appointment to go on what they claim is a 15-minute adventure to see Santa. Before entering the house, you take a family photo with Shrek, Fiona, and Donkey outside. Then the adventure entails visiting four different rooms in the house as you journey to the North Pole. It's an elf-guided interactive experience that involves about three families at a time, depending on the number of family members. Eventually, you reach the end of the journey to meet and have pictures taken with Santa in a private room. After that, you are ushered out to the gift shop to wait for your pictures and select a photo package. Now for the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly. (1) You have an appointment. Good: You get to plan your schedule without the hassle of a long line filled with other germy children. Bad: If you show up without an appointment because you didn't know you needed one, you end up like my cousin with two dressed up kids in tow who find out that they won't be meeting Santa because all of the slots are full that day. Ugly: You have an appointment but the entire experience lasts more than 15 minutes. Case in point: We had an appointment for 1:46, started the adventure around 1:50, and didn't meet Santa until about 2:25. (2) You go on an adventure. Good: It's an interactive experience as you wander the gingerbread house with your guide. In one room, each family uses a computer screen to design a sleigh on which to travel to the North Pole. Depending on family size, the elf puts you in an area with enough screens to (hopefully) accommodate each member. In the next room, you board the sleigh and go on a ride (i.e., watch a motion-inducing movie with special effects of slight vibration and a gentle wind machine) to the North Pole. In the final room before meeting Santa, you wait in an area with a few seats and a handful of computer screens with a game for the kids to play as the elves call you back by family to meet Santa. Bad: While the activities were awesome for older kids, my little guy couldn't appreciate them, and my husband and I didn't know what to expect based on the limited description on the North Point Mall website. It doesn't seem like there is a way to skip the interactive experience and go straight to Santa because there are groups in each room at any given time. Ugly: If you are claustrophobic, this is NOT for you. The rooms are dark and very small with many people crammed inside. Also, it gets hot in that little house. My child was sweating by the time we met Santa. (3) You don't know what you will pay. Good: There's no up-front cost for the adventure, so you could just hit this up for the experience and little ornament they give you at the end. Bad: You don't know what you will end up paying. At the end, an elf rattles off the photo package "options" so quickly that it's impossible to really understand what you're getting, other than the fact that for $30, it sounds like you get two 5x7s of what the staff deemed was your child's best photo with Santa. For $50, you walk away with the option of digitally downloading all of the pictures with Santa (for us, about six or seven), your family photo, and a picture of the sleigh you designed. I could have lived without the latter items, but it was our only option to get all of the pictures with Santa. Ugly: YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU WILL END UP PAYING. I cannot stress how much this part sucks. First, the only picture they let you actually see is the one they decide is the best. They print it for you, so you can't even look at a computer to pick the one you think best represents your child's Santa experience. For us, they picked a photo where my son was wide-eyed with fear only because it was the one picture in which he was looking at the camera. Second, your older child is likely to pitch a fit if you decide you don't want to buy the package that includes the picture of the sleigh. This happened to the family behind us. It wasn't pretty. Third, you walk out from seeing Santa into a gift shop to wait for your pictures. A GIFT SHOP. A Shrek-filled gift shop right before Christmas. Good luck saying no to your child while you wait another 10 minutes to see your picture and then another 10 minutes while you wait to pay. Best part? They declined our credit card, but we later learned via e-mail from American Express that it was declined because Adventure to Santa doesn't accept American Express. Maybe somebody should tell the employees.

Wow, Chuck E. Cheese. Somehow, I've managed to avoid this childhood rite of passage. Yes, I know,…read moreI've been deprived. My strict Asian parents probably thought this place would distract me from my studies. Why let your kid have fun when you can just force them to do Kumon and go to Saturday school? I walked in with some pretty classic stereotypes about Chuck E. Cheese: mostly involving a mess of food, sticky floors, and suspiciously germy walls. I mean, what's a childhood without exposure to some sort of questionable bacteria, right? But shockingly, it wasn't nearly as chaotic as I imagined. It was actually... clean. Tidy even. Now, when you walk in, you've got two options for play: time-based or per-game. If you're smart, you go with the time-based option. Unlimited game plays for a specific time because if you're here for any reason other than to play endless arcade games and waste your kids' energy, are you even really at Chuck E. Cheese? Plus, you get a one-time "pause" when you need to eat, which is a nice move. Speaking of food, let's talk about the pizza. Now, I know you didn't come here for a gourmet meal, but let's just say the pizza is... adequate. I wouldn't go as far as calling it "delicious," but hey, it's pizza. It's there to keep your kids from collapsing from hunger while they endlessly bang on skee-ball machines, pretend to play basketball, and kill video game zombies. You're not exactly going to find a slice on par with Di Fara's in Brooklyn, but who needs that? This is Chuck E. Cheese, where kids can be kids, and kids will eat anything that resembles pizza, even if it's basically frozen dough with cheese. Speaking of arcade games, they've got all the classics: skeeball, basketball hoops, the usual suspects. But here's the thing that really breaks my heart: no more physical tickets. Instead, it's all digital now. You don't even get the satisfying feeling of hoarding a massive pile of tickets that smell faintly of mystery germs. The kids these days will never know the joy and disgust of collecting those little slips of paper, only to exchange them for a plastic trinket worth less than a peso. Shakes cane. It's all on your card now. Now, if you're thinking about bringing toddlers or kids under 5, I'd say skip it. The games are mostly too advanced for them, and they'll probably just wander around aimlessly, wondering why they're surrounded by flashing lights and a hyperactive rodent mascot. But somehow, my 4-year-old managed to have fun, probably just from sheer sensory overload. So maybe it's fine? Or maybe they just get distracted by the colors. Oh, and about those creepy animatronic puppets? Gone. Now it's just a TV screen. No more watching a slightly off-key Chuck E. Cheese stumble through a song with that weird, unblinking stare. I guess kids today don't need to be psychologically scarred by animatronics that are clearly malfunctioning after being used a few thousand times. They'll have to find new ways to be haunted in their sleep. There is, however, a bounce house. But it's an extra cost, and you have to reserve it. The bounce house is like the VIP section of Chuck E. Cheese. Don't even think about trying to sneak in there unless you've made a reservation. All in all, I think Chuck E. Cheese is a pretty solid choice for kids ages 5 and up. It's a great birthday party venue or a place to let your kids burn off all that excess energy. Just don't expect much in the way of quality food or profound life experiences. You can't even scar them with the scary animatronic puppets anymore. Oh well. Welcome to 2025.

we spent almost 50 dollars on cars and didn't even get anything but that doesn't what was upsetting…read moreMy little sister ordered a giant warm sugar cookie and it came out as a chocolate chip cookie but it was also very undercooked. the edges were burnt and the middle was slush. and there was so much oil in the cookie it was disgusting. we ended up using almost 8 napkins just trying to soak up all the oil that was on top of the cookie. The service was okay. however There was only 1 person on the register and that was very upsetting because we had to wait in line for almost 20 minutes and it was only 1 person in front of us

For an easy and hands off children's party. You have about an hour and a half for the kids to play…read more There are pretty good options with slides and trampoline squares. The other items are more crawl spaces or a decorated jumping pads. There is also a small zip line. Pizza/Drinks are provided (paid option of course) and their staff handle the serving. You can bring cake/cupcakes. A room or individual table is provided for your group. There are no elevators with a flight of stairs so keep that in mind based on guest or request a room on the bottom floor. You don't go to your table until about 30-45 mins after the kids play so adults walk around or there is limited seating.

Today was our first time here and we will be back! They have a nice variety of activities, so you…read morearen't limited to just the basic trampolines. My kids enjoyed the slides, zip line, ninja area, Wipeout and basketball area. I felt safe and comfortable here as well. The staff was present and engaging. They were clearly watching to make sure rules were being followed and everyone was safe. Unlike other places, the staff here is not on their phones and ignoring you. They are actually looking at the children and paying attention. There are a few seating areas for parents placed throughout the facility. That made it easy to keep an eye on them, regardless of which activity they went to next. The signage isn't the greatest, so it could be tough to find. I'm not sure what this building used to be, but it currently says pickleball above the main entrance.