Marlborough Mall - Family Park Rest Area

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Note: Marlborough Mall is making some changes to their Family Park play area. A temporary setup will be there beginning Nov 13, 2011. The expect to have their new design ready in early 2012

Location              http://www.marlboroughmall.com/               

Community: Marlborough - 515 Marlborough Way NE.

                              (by Sears)

Gordie's Review (18  months old) - Appletrees!

 

Cost: Free

Supervision: Unsupervised. It is monitored by security video recording equipment though.

Age Range: Children must be under 42" to go inside the maze.  I would recommend it most for children 2 - 7.

Surface: Carpet. I'm not sure if it is a safe fall surface, but there is nothing to climb on.

Footwear: Shoes.

Play Area Features: Children's maze with two peek-a-boo domes; 3 panels on the outside of the maze; 4 panels on a box at the front of the maze.

Security Features: The maze has three entrances/exits all at the front of the play area so it is easy to keep an eye on your kids.

Additional Kid Friendly Services: Family washroom with nursing station in the food court; Diapers available at customer service for $1; Kiddie Kabs available free at customer service; Children's entertainment at the Family Park Rest Area on the third Saturday of every month.

 

Overall Assessment:

This play space is billed as more of a rest area than a playground and this is probably appropriate. It is a perfect place for parents to take a break and let the kids run around, but it isn't going to hold their attention for a particularly long time. However, the maze design was a nice change of pace from the typical mall play area. Gordie was a little young for the maze but he could still go through it independently. His favourite thing was walking around the outside of the maze looking at the apples.

 

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