Nightlife...with family

[feysul]

I will be with my family and was wondering if there are any fun places in the evening for drinks? i am with my two kids so it cant be anything real late etc.

just a fun atmosphere for drinks and apps???

ANy rooftop bars? any tiki bars that are fun???

[January Guy]

Bad boys on Thurs/Sat from 5-9. Kids can play in the sand while you listen to tunes

Luna Blue on Tues/Wed/Fri from 8-11. Kids love the swings and you can hear some great tunes.

My kids love those places.

[Wilfam]

Just walk around you will find lots on 5th as well as along the beach and the streets around Playa.

There is a fire show on the beach and different types of artists doing there thing around the Square (by the church on the South end of 5th Ave) that we stop and watch while wandering around.

I am not sure which place does the fire show or if it just goes up and down the beach, but there is always something fun to do and somewhere that has a great happy hour. Kids are not frowned upon, we often had ours with us when they were little and now as older teens. We always have a nice time and are fully entertained.

If you search around the forum, there is alot of info on this subject where you will probably find days of the week where bands play at certain businesses etc

[Nene]

Originally Posted by Wilfam

I am not sure which place does the fire show or if it just goes up and down the beach,

There is one at Fusion and one at Blue Parrot. I have never seen the one at Fusion, but the one at Blue Parrot is AMAZING!

[Shammy]

Originally Posted by January Guy

Luna Blue on Tues/Wed/Fri from 8-11. Kids love the swings and you can hear some great tunes.

My kids love those places.

Just want to chime in on this...

If I went to Luna Blue and there were kids on the swings and no other place to sit at the bar, I'd be asking those kids or their parents to have them moved off the swings. Kids don't belong at the bar to begin with but I personally have no issue with them sitting there as long as there isn't an adult without a seat. If an adult has to stand while a kid is on a swing, that's not right. I have taken my kids to Luna Blue many times and they have sat at the bar. But if people start coming in and there are no swings left, I tell them to get off and go sit at a table or in the lobby area.

[duffey]

Originally Posted by Shammy

Just want to chime in on this...

If I went to Luna Blue and there were kids on the swings and no other place to sit at the bar, I'd be asking those kids or their parents to have them moved off the swings. Kids don't belong at the bar to begin with but I personally have no issue with them sitting there as long as there isn't an adult without a seat. If an adult has to stand while a kid is on a swing, that's not right. I have taken my kids to Luna Blue many times and they have sat at the bar. But if people start coming in and there are no swings left, I tell them to get off and go sit at a table or in the lobby area.

I agree.
If the kiddies aren't going to give up the seat for an adult then the parents should have to buy a round

[January Guy]

Originally Posted by Shammy

Just want to chime in on this...

If I went to Luna Blue and there were kids on the swings and no other place to sit at the bar, I'd be asking those kids or their parents to have them moved off the swings. Kids don't belong at the bar to begin with but I personally have no issue with them sitting there as long as there isn't an adult without a seat. If an adult has to stand while a kid is on a swing, that's not right. I have taken my kids to Luna Blue many times and they have sat at the bar. But if people start coming in and there are no swings left, I tell them to get off and go sit at a table or in the lobby area.

I largely agree (and have told my kids to get off the seats when move adults arrive), but I am a bit confused by the parts I bolded. You say that kids don't belong at the bar but then yours have sat there many times? I guess I don't get the kids don't belong at the bar to begin with comment.

[absoluteAL]

Originally Posted by Shammy

Just want to chime in on this...

Kids don't belong at the bar to begin

Having owned bars, ain't that the truth.....not unless they are in training. Take them to Senor Frog's for that true Mexican tourist experience.

[Shammy]

Originally Posted by January Guy

I largely agree (and have told my kids to get off the seats when move adults arrive), but I am a bit confused by the parts I bolded. You say that kids don't belong at the bar but then yours have sat there many times? I guess I don't get the kids don't belong at the bar to begin with comment.

Well, it's Luna Blue. I know the owners, my kids know them, they know us, so I let them sit there as long as it's not crowded. In another bar, a place where I wasn't known and/or I didn't know them, I wouldn't let my kids sit at a bar. I've worked in bars and restaurants for many years, my husband still does. It's a big peeve in that industry when kids sit at a bar.

I actually need to ammend some of that - because my oldest is 19 now so I don't have to tell him to get off the swing. But I would anyway, if he wasn't drinking and someone else wanted to!

[playa 2010]

You could do the Captain Cook Pirate assault thing. They give you a boat ride, a show, drinks and food. It's an evening thing.

[Spartangal]

Originally Posted by absoluteAL

Having owned bars, ain't that the truth.....not unless they are in training. Take them to Senor Frog's for that true Mexican tourist experience.

I have to agree with this, lol! Very excited...we're leaving @ 3:15am for Detroit Metro Airport. Flying out @ 6:45. All packed and I'm having a glass of wine, trying to make myself tired! Should be @ Playa Maya by 11:30-Noon.

[hypnomom]

Depends how old your kids are-mine are 19, 21 & 25! LOL

[absoluteAL]

Originally Posted by Spartangal

I have to agree with this, lol! Very excited...we're leaving @ 3:15am for Detroit Metro Airport. Flying out @ 6:45. All packed and I'm having a glass of wine, trying to make myself tired! Should be @ Playa Maya by 11:30-Noon.

I would be excited just to get out of Detroit. PERIOD. Enjoy your vacation here.

[jevans]

There for awhile, shammy's kids and my kids had been in almost every bar in playa.

[Spartangal]

Originally Posted by absoluteAL

I would be excited just to get out of Detroit. PERIOD. Enjoy your vacation here.

Yes, no kidding. Pretty dismal here on alot of fronts. Husband's job still tied here though. Anyway, on a more positive note...we're sitting at the gate in the airport!