Upon approaching the building I was speaking with my son and a employee who was in their auto…read morementioned the sale on shirts. When approaching the door we see garbage which included food. Not a great first impression as I've not been to a Halloween Express Store prior. But walking in, that was super cool. This store has crazy, creepy electronic / automated items. In addition, several costumes and costume accessories. Not to mention home decor for indoors and outdoors.

Blech. Not even an…read moreOK store. On the day after Halloween, all of the costumes were only 25% off their incredibly high prices. We have the Halloween USA stores up in the northern parts of Illinois and their prices are definitely much lower and their selection of costumes better. I know it was the day after Halloween, so I wasn't that surprised that there wasn't much left... but it kind of looked like there hadn't been much there to begin with. I ended up purchasing a witch costume that was just a dress and a hat for almost $60. That is highly ridiculous, considering the costume shouldn't have cost that much to begin with, let alone after a sale. Blech. Almost everything was over $45, which is insane. I'm not sure I'd be happy with this as my only Halloween store in the area.

The party's over here! Balloons, steamers, and decorations of all colors deck the halls of this…read morestore. You can find nearly anything from 25 cent mustaches and candy to fifty dollar costumes for Halloween. They change certain aisles according to season and have recently gone to winter holiday. I say holiday because while they have tons of winter and Chrismas decorations, they seem to have conveniently left those celebrating Kwanzaa and Chanukah out in the cold ... brrrrrrr... The other aisles are arranged according to party color and theme - yes! You go there telling yourself that you are going to plan a super super bowl party and you head directly to the sports party decorations aisle to find table cloths, plastic bowls, streamers, colored chocolates, paper cups, and so much more! Party City in Bloomington, IL earns an A for fun, but a D- for multicultural/ethnic party support.

I see that the reviews are not good for this store. However, I feel the need to share my recent…read moreexperience, which didn't start out so great, but ended with excellent service. I placed an order online for a big balloon bouquet to surprise my son for his 21st birthday. The next day, I got an email stating half the order was canceled because some items were not in stock. I called and left a message for them to call me so I could change the order. Later that day, someone from the store called my son & asked what balloons he wanted. My son then called me - the surprise was blown! I talked to the manager, Susan, and she apologized profusely and went out of her way to make it right, even adding extra touches to the bouquet! It was delivered right on time - I think she even delivered it herself - and it looked great! Now that's just good customer service! I would suggest you give this store another chance, as maybe they changed management because Susan really stepped up to the plate!

SUCKS strap broke on costume as soon as we got it home. My child did not pull the strap and it just…read morebroke.

Love this store!!!!!!!!!!!!! Amazing Staff That really goes out of their way to help you!! Have…read morelots of choices!!!