We've Moved our Youtube Channel

Videos of our inflatable bounce houses and party rental items are very important to showing people how fun our rentals are.  A&S especially appreciates all the great reviews we have on Google and Facebook.It's great to know that people appreciate our efforts and we love making you happy!  Unfortunately, with all the different accounts we have with Google and Youtube, we have to consolidate them, and the Youtube channel will have to go.  We are just relocating them though, so if you want to give our videos a view to catch up on what all we've got, head over to www.youtube.com/asplayzoneohio.

How Soon Do I Need To Reserve A Bounce House / Inflatable

I frequently get the question on the phone, "When do I need to reserve my item?" or "How late can I get my bounce house?"  There is not perfect answer for that question.  There are a lot of variables that could affect the answer I give.  Some items we have multiples of, while others we only have one.  Other than graduation time, when I would suggest you call as soon as you know what day your party is, you can usually get by with a week to a week and a half before.  Again, I have to reiterate that this might not always be the case, but often times it can be.  If you have your eye on a specific item, and have a few days you want to check on, don't hesitate to call us here at A&S Play Zone and run those days by us!

A & S Play Zone

www.asplayzone.com

937-885-5454

513-315-9110

820 Pleasant Valley Dr.

Springboro, Ohio 45066

Website Work

Thanks to everyone who answered my question yesterday, or will answer it in the upcoming Facebook poll!  Me, being the master of questions, has another query for you all.  What would you like us to improve about our website?  Personally, I think we could add a search box, and we are considering doing that soon!  I think the online system could synchronize well with our office computers so we could be more in touch with our customers.  On that note, we could integrate our social media more as well, from YouTube, to Facebook, to this very blog.  In the most simplest of terms, how can A&S Play Zone serve you better?  If you haven’t visited our website in a while, it is www.asplayzone.com. 

A & S Play Zone

www.asplayzone.com

937-885-5454

513-315-9110

820 Pleasant Valley Dr.

Springboro, Ohio 45066

What’s Next?

Hello everyone!  As the summertime nears its halfway point, people have had plenty opportunities to see inflatables in action all around, and hopefully you have seen some of ours!  As we continue to serve people’s inflatable needs and party needs, we wonder what some of costumers think of the job we’ve been doing.  There are many many places to review A&S Play Zone online.  Of course, we do love it when people call us directly to thank us for the job we do, but posting online can help lead others to a similar experience!  Now to those places online.  The big ones include Google, Yahoo, Yellow Pages, and Angie’s List.  I’m sure there are plenty more, but these are the few that immediately come to mind.  Please let us know what you thought of our service.  If you loved it, fantastic!  We appreciate good reviews.  If not, we check these frequently, so we will soon respond to any concerns and possibly contact you to resolve any issues!  Thanks again everyone, and I’ll be coming to you with a new question tomorrow!

Google Reviews - https://plus.google.com/117188469142616111776/about?hl=en

Yahoo Reviews - http://local.yahoo.com/info-44795841-a-s-play-zone-springboro

Yellow Pages - http://www.yellowpages.com/springboro-oh/mip/a-s-playzone-party-rental-459206893?lid=459206893 

A & S Play Zone

www.asplayzone.com

937-885-5454

513-315-9110

820 Pleasant Valley Dr.

Springboro, Ohio 45066

Wipeout! 19' Inflatable Slide

As I told you in the previous post, A&S has seen the need for new water items and responded!  We decided to add a water slide that splits the heights of our other slides perfectly.  It is a great mid range item for size and prize, but has the highest rating for fun!  I personally like this slide because it is fast.  The straight design along with the bump in the slope downward creates a lot of speed!  Check out this picture of it!

A&S Play Zone's New Slide

One of the best parts about Wipeout is that it works wet or dry!  So in the hot summer months, this inflatable slide is perfect for some fun on a hot summer day.  In the winter though, you can blow it up indoors at an event and have just as good a time!  Here is a picture of what it looks like to sit in the perch area above the slide.

The View From Wipeout's Upper Level

Do you see the little ridge in the slide?  That’s what helps give it such great velocity on the way down.  Don’t worry about going to fast though, because the inflatable bumper will shield you from any harm!  Doesn’t reading this just wanna make you go outside and slip and slide?  Give A & S Play Zone a call, and in the next post, I’ll talk about our fantastic new Slip and Slide!

Wipeout’s listing on our website - http://asplayzone.com/index.php?p=showitem&i=216

Wipeout’s YouTube video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6WdNc3SZjJQ

A & S Play Zone

www.asplayzone.com

937-885-5454

513-315-9110

820 Pleasant Valley Dr.

Springboro, Ohio 45066

Summer Training!

The management of A&S Playzone invited its attendant staff into their newly opened training room for a night of reviewing safety policies and regulations.  The evening began with the owner of A&S Playzone, Tammy Chapman, describing specific features and requirements of the over fifty inflatables that A&S has to offer.  The items fall into many categories, such as bounce houses (or moonwalks), wet and dry slides, and obstacle courses.

Attendants Listening to Safety Training Instructions from Tammy

Tammy first elaborated on safety policies designed by A&S itself, which strictly adhere to and exceed the state requirements and recommendations.  Some of the rules involve common sense, such as no flips in moonwalks, and no shoes, glasses or jewelry.  Attendants were taught these rules, as well as how to handle roughhousing in the inflatables.  The instruction included finite warnings that only a seasoned safety expert would know, such as to ensure that older kids were warned not to jump or push others into the mesh walls surrounding all bounce houses, to remove the risk of an individual tearing through the mesh. Continuing along the theme of moonwalk safety, the attendants in training were shown a fully inflated 15 x 15 moonwalk.

Tammy Gives a Hands-On Demonstration of Attending a Moonwalk

As the trainees gathered around one of our more popular bounce houses, Tammy began demonstrating specific safety checks that the attendants would be required to perform.  Depending on what surface the inflatable needs to be anchored to, attendants learned that they would have to check sandbags or stakes for proper anchoring to the ground and to the item.  Ensuring proper anchoring means ensuring that the inflatable will be able to handle winds without leaving the ground and endangering those in the bounce house.  Attendants did learn how to detect if wind speeds were approaching an unsafe level, and were told to deflate the moonwalk if this happened, reducing the object’s surface area so it could not be blown away.  In addition to learning safety measures, A&S staff described how to comply with state regulations.  This involves having a sheet with each inflatable that states the Ohio Revised Code, and a fire extinguisher.  When providing an inflatable to events, A&S also provides instruction manuals for all inflatables, along with copies of their dimensions.  Among many other topics that were covered that night, potential attendants discovered the difference between inflatable moonwalks, obstacle courses, slides (both wet and dry), and many other unique party equipment.

Overall, the safety training night was a fantastic success, and A&S Playzone and its entire team look forward to a fun and safe summer!!