3a: Times and Timing
Our party programme is designed to fit into 90 minutes – but sometimes, if there’s more children than its possible to get through in the 90 minutes, its worth considering adding 30 minutes on to give 2 hours solid driving time. A caveat though – don’t choose this as an upgrade for a normal sized party – only consider it if you are pushing the boundaries (ie 30 kids for a 5 jeep party) as normally 90 mins is ample…
Our normal party times are 10.30 in the morning, and 2.30 in the afternoon. In general that gives us enough time after our morning party to get to our afternoon party. Of course, we may have to adjust things a little if the distance between the two are such that we need more time. But suffice to say, if you want a party that starts earlier than 10.30 or later then 2.30 it’s pretty much a given that we can accommodate it.
However, if you want a morning party to start later than 10.30am, or an afternoon party to start earlier than 2.30pm then all is not lost – we have options! But first – something to consider, particularly for those booking an afternoon party: the more time we have to get to your party, the more likely it will start on time. We’ll be honest and say our record in this department is exceptional : we have been late for perhaps 3 parties in 18 years, once due to a breakdown and twice due to a standstill on the M25 – and even then we managed to get all parties going!
So what are your options?
1: If you are hard and fast on a party time that would mean it wouldn’t be possible to hold a second party that day, then we reserve the right to make a surcharge equal to the value of 50% of your party (excluding extras like medals, bunting, travel time etc).
2: if you wanted a time not far off our normal time, say 11am instead of 10,30, we would do a shorter party so that we could leave at the normal time, but to compensate we would add an extra jeep. So if you booked a 5 Jeep party, we’d provide a 6th Jeep and cut the time, but charge for a 5 Jeep.
One last note about times. We recommend you think about lunch, and the time kids normally eat, which in general is at about 12. If you start a party at 10.30, they would eat at 12! Bingo! But push the party back and you end up with hungry kids during the driving session. Years ago we didn’t specify a start time, and very often had to stop the driving early by request of the parents so the kids could eat.
Yes of course! We would charge the same as a 90 minute party though – but in compensation add an extra jeep (foc) so that you get more children on the track at any one time than you would have, so that it works out that they have a similar driving time to than they would have in a longer party. We may also cut out some of the finale items too. We do recommend that everyone is there early though – to make sure we start on time!
5: Product Options Questions
Our party programme is designed to fit into 90 minutes – but sometimes, if there’s more children than its possible to get through in the 90 minutes, its worth considering adding 30 minutes on to give 2 hours solid driving time. A caveat though – don’t choose this as an upgrade for a normal sized party – only consider it if you are pushing the boundaries (ie 30 kids for a 5 jeep party) as normally 90 mins is ample…