Spongebob @ Gurney Paragon Mall

Gurney Paragon Mall's theme for Christmas this year is SpongeBob SquarePants and like many other kids, my elder two are big fans (Heidi probably influenced by Hannah!). When we told them about the big SpongeBob inflatable playground at Gurney Paragon Mall and the meet and greet sessions with SpongeBob and Patrick, they couldn't wait to go.

So we went there for the meet and greet session, and got in line to queue up for a picture with SpongeBob and Patrick. Heidi has this thing against people in costumes (she's even terrified of Santas in suits) so I asked her several times if she really wanted to take a picture and she insisted that she did. But when it got to our turn, she suddenly panicked and wanted out, but it was too late, so she clung so tightly to my neck I thought I would sprain it lol.

Here's our picture with SpongeBob and Patrick with a very panicky little girl.

While waiting in line, the girls took a picture with the inflatable playground at the back, We did not go in as we had to spend RM200 in a single receipt at the mall to get two tickets, or otherwise pay RM50 to buy a mini figurine which would entitle us to get one ticket.

After we took our picture however, a nice lady handed us two tickets which she didn't want anymore, so the girls excitedly thought they could go in to play. But when we wanted to go in, the crew told us that since they are under 7 years old, an adult needed to accompany them, and even the adult needed a ticket! I wasn't prepared to pay RM50 for a ticket, so they could only go and watch a half hour movie at the mini theatre which didn't need any adult to accompany. I just waited for them outside.

These were the tickets:

The girls were a bit disappointed that they couldn't go and play inside the playground, but as the saying goes, good things come to those who wait! :) A few days later, Hubby needed to buy something for his cousin from Samsung which cost RM299. So we decided to get it from the Samsung store at Gurney Paragon, which would entitle us to get two tickets. So in total we had 4 tickets. When we told the girls we now had enough tickets to go in to the playground, they were super excited and they enjoyed themselves thoroughly.

The SpongeBob inflatable playground and mini theatre will be at Gurney Paragon Mall until 4 January 2015, so if your kids are big SpongeBob fans, it's worth checking out :)