Cool De Sac

Indoor playgrounds are quite the savior for burning out their energy as well as refuge in the madness hot weather. Ideally it is will be one safe enough to use only eye power on them otherwise it is even more exhausting going after them, rather stay at home then.

Heard and seen Cool De Sac at Suntec City for a while. We passed by the place several times and peep in once. From the entrance we peep in, it appear to be really a small place but how wrong are we! In actual fact the area stretch all the way in which is pretty much out of sight from the entrance. 

Our exploration to Cool De Sac was a real quick and impromptu one, ponder about where to go, check details, change and GO! We took a train down again so the daddy could fetch us later and we met someone nice on the train who gave up his seat for Zethan while the lady in the priority seat looked on and act blur. It was quite a big mistake as we got down on the wrong station and took a long walk to the convention tower. To make mater worst, major refurbishment is going on at Suntec City so we had to walk outside of it, safety compromised big time! 

Reaching the place, I had to warn Zethan that he would have to be left alone most of the time since Zelyn would be playing in the toddlers area which will be out of sight from the play gym area. Had to remind and assure him repeatedly that he is fine within the confined area but never ever walked out of the gate (main entrance) and never ever to follow any strangers. If anyone attempt to take him away, just shout loudly for help. Very paranoid mummy counting on last minute education here!

Honestly the place is rather cool almost like the name imply. It is made up of several play areas e.g. Arts, Blocks, Tots, Treehouse etc just to name a few. It is quite neat as the whole place carter to the different age group in the family and even parents could have a cuppa and relax while watching over the kids! Let's explore....

Tots play area was full of toys, fixture or movables included. It's meant for babies and toddlers under 2 years old if I'm right. Zethan could not help it but had some fun here despite my best trying to shoo him off since there are quite a handful of toddlers around. Zelyn was a little wary when I encourage her to climb the steps to the mini slide. Sliding down took a fair bit of encouragement too. However I spoke too soon, once she got the hang of it, she could hardly stop! Trust me, no exaggeration here if I say she climb and slide at least 30 times! I had to lure her away to try out the other play areas!

 The Arts and Blocks play areas are too cool to be missed. Simply love the way the bricks are kept, well organized and double up as fantastic wall decoration. If only we have the space at home to do so! There are lots of craft materials on the long table to promote creativity craft work. With some help, my young man created his very own monsters on stick! 

It's a shame that during our visit, the Treehouse was partially condoned off for maintenance thus we missed out on the suspension bridge, though it would be so fun. Since it is not functional, Treehouse is boring as they could only utilise certain section such as like climbing up the steps only having to come down the steps again. Zelyn had real fun though as her current fav is climbing up and down steps! 

There is a big carpeted area here with hula hoops for kids to run around with a flying fox at the side. One complain I have is that staff are only properly trained to handle kids. They ignore young children trying to climb the steps to flying fox, not judging if the children are of sufficient height to try out. I was at a distance but witness that the staff did not assist Zethan on the flying fox and he fell off mid air. Though the height is not that great, say roughly 1 metre, the staff did not even bother to check on him and asked if he is okay or hurt himself. I checked with Zethan and he did hurt himself on the bum, thankfully it's minor and no fracture. 

Tweens section where there are several Wii and Playstations for the older kids. Zethan was quite lost here and I had to ask the staff for help who apparently was not that helpful as well.

The Centrestage was supposed to be for role play with the costumes on the rack. There are face painting, manicure for the girls too. Zethan isn't big on the costumes and face painting so we gave it a miss. Zelyn on the other hand love the centre stage purely for her to climb up and down the steps, walk around, with her new found friend she brought everywhere she go.

Lastly the Play Area with slide and all for older kids. Zelyn tried once and was hooked but due to exhaustion, mine that is, I had to once again distract her off to other areas.

With that basically sum up our first trip to Cool De Sac but that is not all. How could we end the day without having a try on the food served by the Bistro. Ordered a kids meal of Chicken Nuggets for Zethan and he polish all of. Either it is really delicious or he must be hungry from all the running and climbing around. We shared a pizza, was it some chicken and bacon pizza which we like it thin crust but nothing to shout about. Truffles fries was also sold out so no luck on that.

Oh one major complain or disadvantage of the place. Washroom is only outside thus it's very inconvenient thus I had to put on shoes for Zelyn and lug her along with me to the washroom leaving Zethan alone in the playground which I do not feel good totally!