Review: Herr's Snack Factory Tour

The best thing about Herr's Snack Factory Tour is that it is completely FREE!

Although it is free, you must still make reservations by calling them up or doing it online. It can get crowded and they schedule your tour time accordingly. 

When you get there you watch a short film about the history, which is actually pretty interesting. Then they take you to see where they make the chips, pretzels, etc. At the end you get to taste warm chips right off the assembly line. They are sooooo tasty! They give you some free small bags of chips at the end and of course leave you in their gift shop. They have so many flavors you don't normally see in stores, and the prices are inexpensive. Plus you have options to fill a bag for a small amount of money and there is an ooops section where they are really cheap, because they were irregular in size, or amount of flavoring added. Still perfectly good snacks! 

 

Tri-State Hot Spots gives Herr's Snack Factory Tour
3 out of 3 thumbs up!

Review: Stratosphere Trampoline Park, Hainesport

We'd already tried out another trampoline park in South Jersey, Sky Zone, and the kids really loved it! So we thought we would check out Stratosphere. Me, my 9 year old son, and his best friend piled into the car and drove out for a day of fun.

Unlike SkyZone you do not have to purchase special socks, so that was a bonus. The kids had socks on. I did see some kids playing with out any socks on, though, and that's a bad idea. Too much bacteria and fungus in those indoor play places. Ick.

30 minutes of jump = $11
60 minutes of jump = $15
90 minutes of jump = $19
120 minutes of jump = $23

Luckily I had purchased tix from one of those deal sites and paid $18 for 2 kids to jump for an hour. Not too bad. But it wouldn't be something we do often, as the prices are a little steep in my humble opinion. To be fair, most of the trampoline places we have in our area are around the same price.

Stratosphere is smaller than SkyZone, but it also was a lot less crowded so there was hardly any wait time for ay activity. The kids loves literally bouncing off the walls, enjoyed some dodgeball, and adored jumping the foam pit. There were also a Ninja Obstacle Course, Laser Maze, Hurricane Simulator, and a couple more games, all of which cost extra, so we skipped it. 

Overall, they had fun. I was concerned about the staffing though. There was not a lot of staff and most of them spent their time staring off int space, chatting with other workers, or looking at their phones. I would think their main focus should be watching to make sure everyone was following the rules and not getting hurt. That really turned me off.

But the kids had a blast and I would take them again.

We went to the one in South Jersey., in Hainesport.

There are several other locations in Delaware and Maryland.

Tri-State Hot Spots gives Stratosphere
2 out of 3 thumbs up!