Heathur,
We were going to look at the Child's Learning Adventure, but never got around to it. We have had both our kids at Kid's Playce off and on for the last 5 years. (Off and on because we went to the East Coast for a few months, and tried in-home day-care, etc.). Our almost 3 year old daughter and almost 6 year old son are both there now (our son is in Kindergarten, but goes to the after school program). We are really happy with Kid's Playce, and our kids really enjoy it. It doesn't seem like there is a lot of turn-over with the staff, as a lot of the same people have been there since we have started taking our kids there. Same with the kids, our son has some friends there, that have been there since the beginning. As far as Price, Neither are cheap, but I think CLA is about $25 more a week.
I know Kid's Playce does field trips each week for the over the age of 5 group. This will be our son's first Summer that he gets to do this, so I know he's excited.
Also, our almost 3 year old has been going for about 4 months now, and he has changed so much - she got potty trained in only 3 days, and has learned a lot of Spanish, and her (English) vocabulary has increased ten-fold.
So, in short, we are really happy with Kid's Playce.