WhirlyBall Vernon Hills

"Would not recommend Lazer tag party! Would rate 0 stars if I could. At $35\kid I was expecting the party to be really nice. Out of the hour we played laser tag we only had one game where all the lazer vests were working. A majority of the time we had 2 vests that didn’t work. The attendant didn’t seem to care that they weren’t working and if it weren’t for my husband trying to hunt down and find the kids that had defective vests the attendant wouldn’t have tried to fix it at all. In regards to the food and beverage, the sprite was flat and lemonade was watered down. The cupcakes came out and they honestly looked like they had scrapped off blue frosting and redecorated it with yellow frosting. I am not really sure but it was super tacky(See picture). We had to hunt down silverware, plates, and napkins. Some of this stuff I really wouldn’t have cared about but when you put it all together and were charged $35 a kid it is disappointing. Then…I reached out to the event coordinator(which by the way charges an additional $70 for coordinating the party) and let them know I was disappointed with the party and atleast thought they would respond with an apology. NOPE…complete radio silence from them. I suggest looking around at other places with lazer tag. I can’t imagine it would be more expensive or worse off than this place."

"The Whirlyball itself was very fun despite 2 slow cars only moving at half the speed of the other cars. A third car stalled frequently and had to be frequently bumped to stay in the game. Half the food menu was unavailable. (no handhelds at all) The pizza was very poor quality, doughy with minimal toppings and little Caesars puts it to shame. The nachos were good and very large. The pingpong table was broken and unable to be used. We were told the karaoke machine was also broken after paying for multiple songs, only to realize it wasn't actually broken but the manager wanted to listen to the Alabama football game instead despite being the only one watching the game. $674 for a group of 10 to play for 1.5 hours with a required $18 food and drink per person really makes it hard to go back due to the low quality of everything listed above."

"I am an event photographer and am at WhirlyBall often. The venue has a lot to offer including dance area, games, cars and laser tag. The staff are great and organized. Venue has easy parking and offers a variety of food items. Check it out."

"I always enjoyed whirly ball but this time my visit was not fully satisfied. We played more then one game and all my friends who were driving red go cats kept on getting stuck. It was super frustrating. It should have been fun rather turn out to be disappointing."

"This is where you can come to unwind after a busy day and drive around with toy cars and play whirlyball with given targets. The food spread is pretty standardized with pizzas, burgers, nachos, wings fries on offer. Quality of food is really good and so is the variety of drinks. One can play pool and table football too. Overall this place offers entertainment at low cost. The basement location is a little weird and gives a confining feeling."