Fisher-Price Cruise and Groove Ballapalooza

My twins love this toy. It has music and a little light show. Very easy to assemble and very well made. The idea of this toy is brilliant and is equipped for babies from 6 months and on!! Any child that can sit, crawl or stand this toy is the best! The down side is that it does take up a bit of space and there is no way to fold it. The balls included are hallow hard plastic, but if they were aimed at your head it will give you a wake up call, lol. :) They are safe but if your toddler is prone to throwing things it's a good idea to supervise a little more. :)

We purchased this for my 10mo old for Christmas. He can stand assisted and is starting to cruise along furniture. We also have a 6yr old so you can imagine the toys that are available to our little guy. Packaging- This is quite a large box. I chose the regular packaging instead of the frustration free packaging. There were three boxes total. The Amazon box, inside that was the suppliers box and inside that was the toy box. When you open it, there’s a ton of parts, directions and a small packet of screws (which we were missing three). The directions are easy enough to follow but do get confusing towards the end. For some reason they wanted you to put a piece on one side/pole and then switch to the other. Why they couldn’t just have you build the entire ramp on one pole is what I was wondering. I was able to build it in about 30 minutes but I was also doing other things. I wasn’t hard, you just have to pay attention. Now for the product- This is large, as you can read on other reviews. I’m 5’4” on a tall day and this was quite a bit taller than me when I was sitting. The is an on/off switch that also has two volume levels (thank you manufacturer!) The music is actually decent, compared to other kids toys. It sounds like a musical version of something you’d hear on the radio. The baby loves it and I don’t mind it. (granted We’ve only had it a day) There a multiple balls that come with it, I believe 8. Several are scattered around the house at this point so I can only see 5 on the toy. There’s two different ramps the balls can go down. No matter what ramp they use, they end up collecting on a ramp/tray at the bottom. Very easy to the kids to get to. The yellow thing at the top has a hole on the side to put the ball in and it spits it out onto a “trampoline” that bounces into the tallest ramp. It actually works and the balls end up where they should. I had my doubts and was happy it works. You can also put the balls on this ramp yourself. To those that complain that there’s only two ramps, most kids don’t put the ball at the beginning, they stick the ball wherever they can reach. There are several things on this that turn the music and lights (lights are on the main post in middle) on when the balls passes by. The balls included are a little heavier than the plastic balls we have for other toys but they all work on this toy (HUGE BONUS!) There is also a gate, a spinny thing (yellow thing on the blue pole) and a “beach” ball with a smaller ball inside that has a bell in it) (6yr old love boxing this and it hasn’t show signs of breaking) This toy is sturdy enough that my little guy can pull himself up on and it doesn’t wiggle too much. I’m glad we got this toy and would buy it again. I like to sit down with my boys, I help my baby by showing him where things can go; the 6yr old tries different trick with it.

Its toy is GREAT, it keeps my son busy. The sound affects are not annoying as most toys are and you can adjust the volume from loud to soft or off! Make a great addition to any child around the age of 1 or older. Only downfall I have is that my son likes to try and bite the balls and he has really gotten into them fairly good, granted it took months for one to finally become destroyed, but the balls with this toy are better than the other ball toys i have gotten for my son. We have had this toy in use for 8 months now and is still working fabulously and my son never gets bored with it.

I just bought this toy for my son's first birthday. And he loves it and has been entertained by it. The only downside in my opinion is the assembly. It does take a bit of time assembling it. But all the pieces had numbers on the back of the pieces corresponding to the directions. Overall the directions were easy to follow. Just need a Philips screwdriver and three C batteries. My son enjoys playing with the balls and crawling through the door/gate. This toy does take up space. It comes with eight plastic balls, and an inflatable ball with a jingle ball inside. The tones/ music reminds me of dance, clubbing /techno. music. The music plays once it is turned on, it has two levels of volume. The music and lights are activiated when the balls are dropped down the spiral slides and go through the spinners. So far it has held up and works well. My older 5 year old daughter also will play along with my son. And she enjoys it also. It is fun,fun, fun toy! I found that Amazon has the best price on this, I also looked at Wallmart and Toys R us and their prices were around $70.00.

We babysit our 15 month old grandbabies at a minimum of two days a week, as a retired couple, we need all the help we can get to keep the twins entertained. This is a BIG item, takes up a lot of floor space. A little confuseing putting it together. all worthwhile, babies love it!! With all the flashing lights, & trying to trace the ball's travel through the shoots...it keeps them well entertained & there"s plenty of room for more that one child to play at the same time.

Yes, it took a good hour to put together, but this is the price you pay for the thing being quite sturdy. And it is. Which - I think - is important, particularly since the kids will climb into and onto it every possible way. Yes, it is big, takes up quite a bit of room. I would not recommend this for small apartments. Sorry. Yes, it 'gets old' quickly. But - at least our son - does go back to it later and plays with it again. And again. And next day again. And again. This is for toddlers, don't forget. And he loves the music, had learned to turn the switch himself, plays with the switches, tries other balls and items in the chutes, etc. It is a toy he experiments with because it is solid enough. (So that one hour build time does pay off.) My biggest negative is that the regular price - around $60 - is just too high. I got it he on amazon at a special sale for $30 and woot was selling the other day for that price again. For $30 this is a great toy, for $60, I would think about it twice before jumping.

This toy first came in a cardboard box NOT from Fisher Price, just a box with pieces thrown in there, no plastic around pieces, like it was a return that was sent out again. Then one of the pieces was broke, had to return it and reorder the whole thing.

This is a great product, especially for a child who walks or stands late. My daughter was a late walker and by the time she was getting ready to do a lot of play standing up, conventional play tables and similar toys were too short. The Ballapalooza is also surprisingly sturdy, which was great for a child who was really quite unsteady on her feet. This toy also encourages kids to squat down and go back up to standing. This is a really great activity to help strengthen little legs. Finally, we were always amused by my son (5) and his friends, who would comment on how this was a baby toy and then happily play with it. The only major drawback, as others have mentioned, is that this toy is massive, and it doesn't easily collapse for storage. If you don't have a garage where you can store and then take it back out occasionally, it may get relegated to a corner by the time your child is 2. Even with that drawback, I do feel like this toy was worth it for our child.

Absolutely mint toy. I think I like it more than the baby! I am sure it will be used and abused for a long time to come. Comes generously with 8 balls of which I have hidden 4 for when the others go missing! Very sturdy, the baby is pulling on it to stand up and biting it etc which hasn't caused it any trouble yet. Only negative is that it takes up a lot of space, but more than worth it.

Looked online for this and it ranged in price starting at 140.00 wasnt sure if this would be really cheap version for the price I paid but my daughter loves it and really good quality. Needed build but no issues with any missing parts or fixings.

It is expensive for a kid's toy but it's worth it. It is very well made and durable. Installation instructions are concise & I estimate it takes around 30 to 45 minutes to put together. Once assembled it was larger than I thought it would be so make sure you have adequate space for your child to play with it. I would also assemble it in the room you intend it to stay in as getting it around door frames is a little tricky and requires some forethought. Don't forget to purchase 3 x 'C' type batteries as they are not supplied.

Took me 2 hours to put it together. Overall good.