Kango Play Center and Academy

Today I once again got to spend some time in the morning with my family at Kango Play Center and Academy. Located in Henrietta*, Kango is an indoor playground/kid entertainment facility.



Similar to The Sandbox in Fairport, Kango offers lots of fun stuff to help you whittle down all of that extra energy your little one might have stored up. There's a bounce house with giant slide, a ginormous climbing gym, electronic games, slides, trikes and even a roller skating rink. They have a little cafe where you can get kid-friendly foods like pizza and burgers and the food's actually quite good.



But, the best part for parents: where ever your kid can go, you can go. That's right, done watching them have fun climbing up to the ceiling? No problemo, head on up and join 'em! Granted, the walkways up there are designed for kid-sized statures, but crawling around up there is just as much fun as running. Trust me. Just wear light clothes, it gets hot up there.



My wife and I ended up buying a membership ($80/year for a family, but save your receipts as they'll deduct previous admissions off of that) because Maeby just loves it there. We normally go during the mornings, so there aren't as many folks there, but even when it's crowded (like this morning for the Halloween party) it's not insane.



In the electronic gaming area, they have ski-ball and a number of other easy games that little kids can do well at. You get tickets for playing which can be turned in for those ever-so-valuable-when-you're-two little rubber bugs and dice that kids love so much. I really think it's one of her favorite parts of our visit to pick out her prize. Today she got a little blue ring that had googly eyes. :)



They also do day care and pre-school, so if you have need of services like that, I have to imagine it's a great place to put your kids. The staff is always present and the owners have been there every single time we have. They really do appear to love what they do, and it shows. It's a fun, safe place to let your kid be a kid for a few hours!

*Note: it's located in the Eagle's Landing office park which is a new one across from Bowl-A-Roll bowling. When you go in into the park, stay to your left and follow the road around the curve. When you get to the main parking lot, you'll see Paychex on the left, Kango's in the building on the right.