Recently had my daughter's 9th birthday party here, and I'm giving a one star review for the establishment/management, NOT for the party or the employees who provided us with service. I was glad that my daughter and her friends had a mostly wonderful time - I mean, they're kids and it's a jumpy place, so, all good for them. What I was extremely displeased with and frustrated about was the experienced adult management on site, or lack thereof I should say. On a busy Saturday, there did not appear to be one adult employee over the age of very early 20's in the place, at all. The check in situation was a disaster, thankfully I anticipated that and ensured most of my guests parents completed the waiver online ahead of time. First issue - and keep in mind this is a trampoline park geared towards young kids - the place had NO SOCKS available in children's sizes. Not only were there no children's sizes available, but the only adult size available was XL. Then, once everyone was checked in, we were not directed by anyone to go anywhere or do anything specific, we were only told that the associate who would be working with us was busy with another party. Thankfully, again because I have been there before, I knew what to do. While our group was jumping, the associate assigned to us approached, profusely and very politely apologized for the delay, and told us there were THIRTY THREE PARTIES scheduled that day. He then told us there was a further delay for us to go into the party room, because the group before us was "refusing to leave". Again, fine for the kids because more time for fun - not so great for the adults who were relying on scheduled times to pick up their kids afterwards.
I need to back up here and mention that I had some simple wall decorations and balloons for the party room. I called ahead several days before my party to ask if the decorations were allowed, if I needed to set up, if they would set it up, etc. I was told CLEARLY that the decorations were allowed, that there would be adequate time to set up the room, that we would have access 15 minutes prior to set up and that while their staff would hang our decorations and balloons, we were welcome to do it also with or without their assistance, whatever we preferred. As I said, when we arrived, no one properly checked in with us. No one even knew we had decorations, so the room went undecorated, and the ice cream we brought to serve with the cake went in the trash, melted. We also paid for laser tag for our party, and two of the kids were upset about not being able to play due to lack of equipment (we only had 12 kids, which was the number I confirmed). There was no assistance with anything at all in regards to serving food or cake, gifts were mixed up, and I actually had to return to Launch a few days later to bring back a birthday gift for another little girl that made it's way somehow to our cart of stuff. While it was horrifyingly disorganized and terribly executed, I cannot blame the super pleasant, A+ for effort, young adult employees working the day of our party. Perhaps management should consider either being present to actually MANAGE the establishment, or not overbooking parties in such numbers that the young, enthusiastic, but inexperienced employees simply cannot handle without support. LASTLY - I did in fact call Launch, twice, because of the mixup with the gift. I was told both times that messages would be left for a manager to return my call ad hear all of these concerns, and no one ever called me back. Apparently, this is typical, because the young woman I spoke to actually asked me to please follow up on the second call, saying this happens "all the time" and that managers need to hear it from the customers. Bottom line, while it might be a great place to bring your own child(ren) or a small group for some fun (I personally won't even do that because I'm disgusted by the way the place operates and treats their workers), DO NOT HAVE A PARTY AT LAUNCH!!! read more