Dalplex - Rock Court

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Dalplex - Rock Court

by grannola

Dartmouth, Nova Scotia

May 17, 2007

Best of IgoUgo The now 9-year-old wanted to go rock-climbing for his birthday ever since visiting the Rock Court at Dalplex with his cousins last year for March Break. The cost for the party was $165 for a maximum of 12 kids. That price included 1½ hours at the ...Read more The now 9-year-old wanted to go rock-climbing for his birthday ever since visiting the Rock Court at Dalplex with his cousins last year for March Break.

The cost for the party was $165 for a maximum of 12 kids. That price included 1½ hours at the rock wall, and then an hour in a small party room. It also included napkins, paper plates, plastic cutlery, decorations, and a balloon for each child.

We arrived 15 minutes before the party was to begin, as per the instruction I received when I made the booking. Most of the guests were in the lobby of Dalplex waiting for us. (Dalplex is the athletics complex at Dalhousie University). We waited a couple of minutes for some more kids, and my mom went to check on where we should be. After waiting for about 10 minutes, she came back to where we were gathered, with a staff member to take us to the rock wall, and with two of our missing birthday kids (who had somehow made it to the rock court).

I should clarify, the Rock Court and the Rock Wall are two different places. The Rock Wall is near the birthday rooms on the main floor of the building. The Rock Court is downstairs, and is made from a converted squash or racquetball court.

So, now, five minutes after the party was to begin, we finally get into the Rock Wall. We have one staff member, but we should have two because there are 12 kids. One of them apparently just didn't show up The one fellow who was there was very polite and apologetic, but there were still a few problems.

After a few minutes of climbing without the ropes (they were allowed up to a 'red line' on the wall), the staff member called the Rock Court for back-up. The Rock Court staff couldn't come up because there were people down there too, but they decided to take half of the kids down there. Seemed like a good plan to them, and really wasn't awful, but they didn't let us know what was going on, they just started taking off with half the kids. Not a great plan.

The Rock Court staff offered to let the kids continue climbing after the time was up, but the fellow at the Rock Wall didn't. Add the fact that parents were going to arrive on time, and the kids didn't get to climb as long as they should have.

The party room was tight for the 12 kids, but it worked. There was a small fridge and a microwave in there, but the fridge did not seem to be turned on so it was rather pointless to bother with it.

The other problem was that because it is an athletics club, you need a membership card to get in/out. Mom should have received one at the beginning but didn't, causing more problems. Anytime we needed to go to the car, we needed staff help. Close

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