Dream Play Recreation, Chesterfield -PERMANENTLY DISCONTINUED

Location: 17373 Edison Ave, Chesterfield, MO 63005

Website: https://www.dreamplayrec.com/

 From their website:

"We have one of the largest and most customer-friendly retail indoor showrooms in the country. In our Chesterfield Showroom, you can explore our playsets, climb the rock walls, race down the slides and spin down our spiral slides! You can also enjoy shooting hoops on our top-of-the-line basketball goals and jump on our (3) revolutionary Springfree trampolines."

They have 12 large swingsets to play on, 3 enclosed trampolines, one smaller one that isn't enclosed, and a basketball area. They have restrooms with changing tables and drinking fountains also. This place is very similar to Rainbow but Rainbow has closed and now this place is the official retailer of Rainbow swingsets in the area. The floor is rubber mats so it's soft. There are a variety of different configurations of the swingsets, and there are plenty of rock walls, slides, tire swings, baby swings, trapeze bars, rope ladders, and sling swings to play on.

They don't have age restrictions but I think kids under 2 wouldn't be able to do much except swing and chase after the balls. $5 for 2 hours of play is great in my book and my kids love playing here!

Just a friendly reminder, they do close open play periodically when they get really busy. (Typically in the spring and sometimes early summer).

 Lots of basketballs and hoops. Only one is really low enough for the little guys though.

 This pirate ship one is awesome!

Olympia Gymnastics, Chesterfield

Location: 226 Chesterfield Industrial Blvd., Chesterfield, MO 63005

Website: http://olympiagymnastics.org/chesterfield.html

We went to their open gym and it was only $6 for each of my kids to play for an hour.  This is one of the more reasonable open gyms in town! They offer a ton of activities including the following:

• Instructional Gymnastics: Ages Toddler - 18 years
• Competitive Girls Team
• Ninja (ages 4 - teen)
• Tumbling (ages 4 - teen)
• Tumble Tykes/Mom's Day Out
• Field Trips
• Kid's Night Out
• Open Gym
• Summer and Day Camps
• Birthday Parties
• Private Lessons

Nice little room with toys for bored siblings of kids taking classes

Coach Evan was great with the kids and set up different things based on their requests. He engaged them and challenged them and made it fun, even though we don't take classes here. They have multiple locations around town and also own My Gym and a Ninja facility. I highly recommend checking them out!

Cactus Pete's Family Fun Center, Imperial

Location: 1045 Imperial Main St., Imperial, MO 63052    636-223-7206

Website: http://cactuspetesfamilyfuncenter.com/

Cactus Pete's opened in January of  2018. Their amenities include laser tag, a bounce house, maze, and video games. They also have a black light party room. They are closed on Monday and Tuesday, open evenings Wednesday through Friday, and open most of the day on Saturday and Sunday. Remember to bring socks for the bounce house!

This is a blurb from their website that explains their mission:
"Cactus Pete’s Family Fun Center was created by two guys from Jefferson County that were tired of driving their kids to South County, Fenton and St. Charles to play overpriced video and prize redemption games as well as laser tag. They decided to improve and expand on what a family fun center should be. Namely FUN, AFFORDABLE and MEMORABLE. Cactus Pete’s is the perfect place to bring your family or group – buy 4 or more game cards and receive 10% off your entire purchase. You can even bring your own food!!! Recommended ages 5 and up."

They do not serve food but they serve soda and BEER. They have more than 30 “top of the line” video, drivers, prize redemption, ticket & claw games. Featuring: Space Invaders, Despicable Me – Jelly Lab, Down The Clown, Jurassic Park, Aliens Armageddon, Big Bass Pro, Kung Fu Panda, Baseball Pro, Skee Ball, NBA Hoops, Sink It… All games are cleaned and disinfected after use and multiple times throughout the day. They also have a huge dodge-ball bounce house, and the Must See – “Area 51 – Alien Ooze Laser Tag”. Laser Tag is on the second floor and features the latest in technology. The “Cyber Blast Phaser” does not require a sweaty oversized vest and is light enough that kids of all ages can use it! Games are limited to 10 players per round so that participants can maneuver through the black light maze of effects and not spend all their time waiting for their phaser to activate after being shot! Over 50 computerized laser tag games to choose from.

All the games and attractions require credits to play. A credit equals roughly 25 cents and most of the games average between 4 – 6 credits. You purchase whatever number of credits you want. The credits are put on a card which you will simply swipe at the game or the attraction. The tickets you win are recorded on the game card. NO MORE LUGGING AROUND QUARTERS OR TOKENS! NO MORE STUFFING TICKETS INTO YOUR POCKETS AND UNLOADING THEM AT THE COUNTER. It’s all on our cloud based card reader system.

My impression is that this place is rather small but there's no other family fun center in the area so it's a nice addition for residents in the area.

Bounce house

Rewards area

Their claw machine has candy instead of stuffed animals