Funderdome Kids Play Place in Ft Lauderdale

A Review of Funderdome located at 1455 SE 17 Street, Ft Lauderdale, FL. Dated August 17th, 2012.

Funderdome is a 9000 square foot indoor play area for children ages 6 months to 12 years old. I have two children, ages 9 (girl) and 10 (boy) so I am always looking for something fun for us to do.

Funderdome has a climbing wall, a sky trail ropes course, ball blasting area, a laser maze, a three level play structure, basket ball area and a toddler area.

My Overall Impressions Were As Follows:

Clean

Fun

Physically active environment for kids to play

Supervision is provided for activities that require it

Air conditioned

Seating area for adults

WIFI was supposed to be available, however on the day I was there it was not working.

Café with good selection of food and drinks, priced pretty much how one would expect for this type of business.

Loud. The sound of children’s voices is very loud and the high ceilings magnify it. There was also loud music playing part of the time I was there.

Admission seems pricey for a kids play place, but there is nothing like it around. Businesses like this need to stay in business because there aren’t enough of them. My children each brought a coupon from school, for buy 1, get one admission for free, so with one coupon, the price was good. Regular admission on Friday was approximately $21.00 including tax for each child. (free for adults)

One thing I really appreciated about this play location was that there were NO arcade game machines and no redemption games. Children go through money so fast at places like Chuck E. Cheeses, Boomers, and Kabooms. I really appreciated having NONE of those games. Keep in mind those type of games bring in additional revenue, so children’s play places that do not have those games must charge more for admission and food because that, and birthday parties are their entire revenue source. My son attended a birthday party there last year that went on for several hours and he still wasn’t ready to leave because he was having so much fun!

I recommend Funderdome as a place to take your children to play. How many times have you typed into to your computer “what to do in Ft Lauderdale with kids”?

You will be required to sign a waiver agreement, which is normal for this type of place.

Have your children wear comfortable, physical activity type clothes.

Feed them before you go so that they won’t be hungry the minute you walk in.

Expect to stay at least 2 or 4 hours. One hour is not enough time, especially if it is busy on the day you go, because your child will probably wait in a short line for things like the rock wall and the ropes course.

Expect to purchase some food or drink there. No outside food or drink is allowed, which is pretty standard for this type of center.

I really had no complaints about the place, other than the loudness inside. It feels a little cramped when busy. However if it were bigger, it would be harder to keep track of your children, so the size is really okay.