Dan the host arrived in plenty of time and set up quickly. He engaged well with my two children. However before the party guests arrived he retreated to his van. He was not around when the children arrived so there was no initial welcome from him or discussion of games available - my husband and I got the children set up on games as best we could. After 10 minutes we had a technical difficulty and I went in search of Dan - he was having a nap in his van. He came into the house and said “what’s the problem” ie indication by he saw his role as simply to fix problems which was not what I anticipated from our party host. He did then stay for the duration of the party but with minimal interaction with the children. I’m not sure they knew the full range of games available and he didn’t make sure they all had a game to play (my husband and I did this). I was disappointed and having read other reviews it sounds as though the party host really adds to the success of the party. That was not the case for us, the children enjoyed the party because they played games not because of anything in particular that Dan added.