The Party Superstore

I went here once to get about 4 helium balloons for my son (yes to show him how your voice goes funny on helium which I know is bad but it was sooo funny!).
It’s in a corner location (why do they do that with party shops all the time?) by some traffic lights and is quite difficult parking wise. They do have a very small carpark at the rear but it can be quite full, especially on weekends, and gets hard to turn around in if it is full.
The store looks a lot smaller on the inside than it does on the outside for some strange reason. And it is so cram packed in there. Just trying to see everything can be impossible.
Despite these things the store does have a rather good range of things you may need for any type of party as well as some specialty stuff at certain times of the year. Plus the wall of balloons behind the counter is almost as good as a lolly shop wall!

The lilac-​shelled Brighton Party Superstore is fun and cost-​effective. Aside from being accosted by the colour of the store’s façade, my first encounter with the place was for a mate’s engagement party. The would-​be bride (now a wife) wanted a little balloon bouquet/​centrepiece for her party and she took me here to get it.
The interior of the place is largely enclosed so I had no idea of what was in store (literally) for me. Despite it being blocked in, light quality is very good. Each row, and all stock, caters to every type of party you could imagine. I could imagine a Halloween party so bought inexpensive wall decals of skeletons and considered the various choices of tablecloth colours. Are you having a luau? Get your coconut cups here. Are you a five year old girl? Decide between a Princess or Mermaid piñata. All themes covered.
Being well over five, my then affianced friend was helped in creating precisely the centrepiece she wanted for her party. Even though she didn’t know exactly what that was when she walked in, the staff expertly guided her to silver and white helium balloons, a sign and a decorated weight which she put on order to be available that coming weekend – and so it was.
Some months later I bought a voucher for 100 helium-​filled balloons. I then had a party just so I could use said voucher. When I went to the store to use the gift certificate it was all really straightforward. There are so many types of balloons to choose from and you can see them in the pallet of jars behind the counter, and in bouquets by style behind your head if you’re facing the counter.
Eventually I chose metallic balloons in a collection of colours which were in the sample bouquet with a few colour exchanges. The staff also said for an extra $ 50 they could put a chemical in the balloons that would make them stay afloat for another week. I wanted them to last forever so I got the additional chemical, but they didn’t last one week… they lasted over two!
I don’t live so far away from this place so delivery was free. Even if it wasn’t, delivery looked pretty cheap. The store does have deals/​systems where you can DIY amounts of helium balloons but I once saw a guy out the front of the store trying to stuff giant star-​embossed balloons into his sedan and it looked hysterical for everyone but him.
100 helium balloons were cheap, really made a party and were so much fun. If you want to perk up your day, or make someone else’s, buying balloons from here is a great gift idea. You can buy vouchers or just hand someone a giant bunch of balloons. Running through a room of strings attached to 100 brightly coloured helium balloons is the most fun anyone could ever have. My house never once went to Brazil like in Up, but it looked like it could.