Birthday Party Question

TheBub

I am thinking of holding DD's party at the YMCA. Their set time frame is 5:30-6:30 for swimming (splash pad) and 6:30-7:45 in the party room. The kids range in age from 8mos-7yo.

Would it be weird to only serve cupcakes and drinks in the party room? I know that it's at dinner time, but I'm thinking that kids may already have eaten since they know they will be swimming during "dinner time." Or should I order pizza to be delivered at 7? I'm sure it will take about 20-30 for everyone to get dried off and dressed.

Also, I really want to rent Anna and Elsa. It is $130 for 30 minutes for both characters. Is it weird to NOT serve dinner, but to pay extra to have princesses show up?

Thanks for any input!

theseaword

I would probably expect the kids would be served dinner if the party runs through dinner time. They'll probably also be pretty hungry after swimming, right? My kids are still little though so maybe I'm not as in tune with the child party scene yet.

BluepointToasted

I think you need to serve dinner

pearlofwisdom1

Parties without real food are odd to me. 

olp920

I would def expect pizza for the kids

TheBub

@Hawkward‌ Yes, I would indicate on the invite that it would be cake only. I'm just throwing ideas around right now.

I hate to do it, but I think I would have to order pizza. I generally like to do more than that, but I will be busy at the pool and not have time to get much else together.

clwheel

I don't think people meant for you to cook dinner pizza, cupcakes, pool party, can I have that for my next birthday?

TheBub

LOL @clwheel‌

Pizza and swimming it is!

BONUS...I just talked to my mom and she is going to pay for renting the princesses instead of the Frozen on Ice tickets that we originally talked about! More money for pizza I guess!

Spin313

Food is a must at that time.

Also, maybe it's me, but an end time of 7:45p might be late for a lot of people. (My kids go to bed by 7:15p)

TheBub

That is the only time frame that the Y offers. My kids go to bed anywhere from 7-8:30 depending on what we've got going on. I guess people could just leave if the kids can't hang. I wouldn't be offended.