Otta Posted September 22, 2012 Share Posted September 22, 2012 Fucking Hell!!!! Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/25808-i-just-did-gambados-for-the-first-time/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sanne Panne Posted September 22, 2012 Share Posted September 22, 2012 Yeah. Don't. You don't need to give up your entire sense of self worth for your kids. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/25808-i-just-did-gambados-for-the-first-time/#findComment-579520 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Otta Posted September 22, 2012 Author Share Posted September 22, 2012 It was the sensory overload that got me, I wanted to shoot myself in the head! Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/25808-i-just-did-gambados-for-the-first-time/#findComment-579523 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pickle Posted September 22, 2012 Share Posted September 22, 2012 You're brave. I went once, never again. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/25808-i-just-did-gambados-for-the-first-time/#findComment-579526 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs TP Posted September 22, 2012 Share Posted September 22, 2012 If they are old enough you can just 'chill' in the cafe area with a coffee - slightly more pleasant. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/25808-i-just-did-gambados-for-the-first-time/#findComment-579529 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Otta Posted September 22, 2012 Author Share Posted September 22, 2012 Alas mine are too little for that. I certainly won't be doing that on a hangover again! Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/25808-i-just-did-gambados-for-the-first-time/#findComment-579536 Share on other sites More sharing options...
crystal7 Posted September 22, 2012 Share Posted September 22, 2012 Yep. Pure hell. My daughter's favourite place in the world though so we go now and then. Okish just after it opens on Sat am. Went once is school hols and it was awful. Was also 8 months pregnant and kept wondering if I'd be the first person to give birth there... Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/25808-i-just-did-gambados-for-the-first-time/#findComment-579542 Share on other sites More sharing options...
hellosailor Posted September 22, 2012 Share Posted September 22, 2012 crystal7 Wrote:-------------------------------------------------------> Yep. Pure hell. My daughter's favourite place in> the world though so we go now and then. Okish just> after it opens on Sat am. Went once is school hols> and it was awful. Was also 8 months pregnant and> kept wondering if I'd be the first person to give> birth there...hahahahhahahahaha! Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/25808-i-just-did-gambados-for-the-first-time/#findComment-579543 Share on other sites More sharing options...
midivydale Posted September 22, 2012 Share Posted September 22, 2012 I have been once with my friends toddler, ha ha not sure our friendship was worth it:)My son is 6 1/2 months now, at what age do you think is a good time to take them? Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/25808-i-just-did-gambados-for-the-first-time/#findComment-579554 Share on other sites More sharing options...
dulwichgirl2 Posted September 22, 2012 Share Posted September 22, 2012 Gambado. Yes good fun.You have to go around with them until you are prepared to see them knocked over without getting upset. Do they still have a baby area, in response to midivydale? Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/25808-i-just-did-gambados-for-the-first-time/#findComment-579581 Share on other sites More sharing options...
citizenED Posted September 22, 2012 Share Posted September 22, 2012 Otto, change the title of the thread to "I just "did" Gambardos with a hangover...." and I'd understand why it was such hell. Without the hangover, it's only hell in the shellsuit sense. For kids, without the sociological snobbery, it's heaven. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/25808-i-just-did-gambados-for-the-first-time/#findComment-579588 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryedalema Posted September 23, 2012 Share Posted September 23, 2012 I love Gambados - but have to remember not to wear a skirt each time I go and to put the girls in leggings (they go faster down the slides) :)It's like a workout with a bit of *ahem* legitimate fun clambering after our munsters.I do agree that it's a bit much at busy times and def wouldn't try it with a hangover - but is the best around here I think.Kew Gardens also has a fun inside space if you want it slightly less frenetic (approx 40 mins drive).It's the food at Gambados that I found really grim, and that parents stick their stuff on all the available chairs- whether they are eating or not, so you have to clamber over everything to try and find an 'unused' seat, while trying to get kids to sit at a table, and carry the food... grrrr. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/25808-i-just-did-gambados-for-the-first-time/#findComment-579596 Share on other sites More sharing options...
crystal7 Posted September 23, 2012 Share Posted September 23, 2012 Midivydale there is an under threes area but I personally wouldn't bother until baby I is s bit older. It's so huge and noisy baby E was overwhelmed in spite of enjoying lots of rough Iplay from little E and being confident crawler/cruiser. He didn't enjoy it much. Plus the coffee is horrid and service at the cafe is awful. Try Peckham Pulse, smaller, closer and cheaper! Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/25808-i-just-did-gambados-for-the-first-time/#findComment-579609 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Otta Posted September 23, 2012 Author Share Posted September 23, 2012 citizenED Wrote:-------------------------------------------------------> Otto, change the title of the thread to "I just> "did" Gambardos with a hangover...." and I'd> understand why it was such hell. Without the> hangover, it's only hell in the shellsuit sense.> For kids, without the sociological snobbery, it's> heaven.Don't get me wrong, for the kids it's amazing, but even hangover free I think I'd still find it hellish, it's just the noise. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/25808-i-just-did-gambados-for-the-first-time/#findComment-579610 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saffron Posted September 23, 2012 Share Posted September 23, 2012 Hangover: Hair of the dog! Gambos sells beer and wine!! Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/25808-i-just-did-gambados-for-the-first-time/#findComment-579613 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peckhamgatecrasher Posted September 23, 2012 Share Posted September 23, 2012 Try walking to the top of the Monument with a hangover. Then I'll be impressed. (I just about managed it without puking. My daughter had missed the class trip due to illness and I had promised to take her.) Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/25808-i-just-did-gambados-for-the-first-time/#findComment-579616 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jessie Posted September 23, 2012 Share Posted September 23, 2012 Do people still wear shellsuits?? Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/25808-i-just-did-gambados-for-the-first-time/#findComment-579621 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Otta Posted September 23, 2012 Author Share Posted September 23, 2012 Saffron Wrote:-------------------------------------------------------> Hangover: Hair of the dog! Gambos sells beer and> wine!!Really?!?!?Damn, missed a trick there. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/25808-i-just-did-gambados-for-the-first-time/#findComment-579622 Share on other sites More sharing options...
buggie Posted September 23, 2012 Share Posted September 23, 2012 We did Gambado's a few wks back - because it was so hot the place was really empty (according to staff). Mr Buggie & I alternated 1/2hr shifts with Bugglet while the other sat, read the papers & chilled - was first time since having her that I was able to read all the papers in 1 day :)Kid's lunchboxes were good, but the adult food was rubbish (tolerable because Bugglet was so entertained!). Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/25808-i-just-did-gambados-for-the-first-time/#findComment-579664 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bouncy Posted September 23, 2012 Share Posted September 23, 2012 Yes, Peckham for babies, or the nice low-level, baby-friendly soft play at the Museum of Docklands... Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/25808-i-just-did-gambados-for-the-first-time/#findComment-579670 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moos Posted September 24, 2012 Share Posted September 24, 2012 Obviously I'm bonkers, cos I rather enjoy Gambado!No.1 is almost too old to want to play with me, would rather gambol about with friends. Twosling still likes me ar Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/25808-i-just-did-gambados-for-the-first-time/#findComment-579780 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moos Posted September 24, 2012 Share Posted September 24, 2012 Obviously I'm bonkers, cos I rather enjoy Gambado!No.1 is almost too old to want to play with me, would rather gambol about with friends. Twosling still likes me around, huzzah.Any form of child care with a hangover = impossible torture. Never again. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/25808-i-just-did-gambados-for-the-first-time/#findComment-579781 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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