I dont know about snakes and needles, sounds quite ridiculous to me... Although I can assure all of you that some of these play area are FILTHY. My ex has a 5 years old girl and we stopped at a Harvey's in Quebec once. They didnt had the ball pitts, but tubular plastic structures to climb in. I got in with her since i was small enough to find out gum stuck all around, a dirty old sock, rather mysterious 'sticky stains' that im hoping was just cola that spilled, and all kinds of stuff. Trully not hygienic, maybe not to the point of killing a child but still pretty gross.
