FunFlatables

My kids had a blast and I love the place. I will go back again and recommend it to everyone. The young man that was working in the room was very attentive and when I bumped my arm on one of the games he politely came to make sure I was ok. I was very impressed at that, for a teenage boy. The one and only thing I could say to improve the place would be the front desk workers seem to be sitting around socializing like they are at home hanging out. Other than that, I don’t have any other complaints. Fun for the kids and parties

There’s a magical little children’s world nestled somewhere between the quality of a Chuck-​E-​Cheese and a Jumpzone, they call it Funflatables. The high school aged staff meet the expectations of high schoolers running the counter at a funflatables, and the price point is great (not having to pay for adults is completely logical to me).
The complete lack of supervision on the inflatables was actually a high point, as the 15 kids in the room were not jerks, and they all seemed to be having a blast together. Had the place been overrun with unsupervised pushy kids, I might have a different opinion on the lack of lifeguards in the ‘pool’. Parental attentiveness can make or break the experience for everybody there.
This was an affordable and memorable great time for my kids, and therefore by me as well. We will be back.

Nice set up here. I have been to the Merrillville and Hebron locations and this is my favorite. It has 3 rooms of fun for the kids and even play areas that your younger kids can play with. Everyone was in good shape, unlike the Merrillville location and there is a lot more room, unlike the Hebron location. Makes it work your money. Word of advice to the moms… don’t bring your purse in or bring a light one. I brought my big one and it was a bad decision.

I visited Funflatables today to celebrate my nephew’s 7^th birthday party. I had heard about this place before by my sister, and they are big fans of this place. It was no surprise that they chose Funflatables to celebrate this year.
I must say that I was pretty impressed with Funflatables. My sister’s private party package included 1.5 hours of fun filled bouncing time split between 3 different play rooms, and 45 minutes in one of two (or maybe three) «celebration» rooms.
This place was well thought out. When we entered the first play room, we removed our shoes and placed them on a wheeled cart. The kids were then able to run around and play on inflatables and other play stations.
Each room had three inflates. They had slides and bouncy rooms and and obstacle courses, oh my!
After 30 minutes of play time a «bouncer» announced it was time to move on and opened a door leading to an adjacent room full of three different inflatables. The bouncer also wheeled the shoe cart into the next room and closed the door behind the group. I presume another party group followed behind us into the room we just vacated.
The second room was the largest room and had more area to run around in. It also had play stations for younger kids and infants. Some of the play stations were wall mounted toys, others were foam block configurations — one had a slide — and another play station was a small school bus shaped activity station. The third room was about the same size as the first, but it also had a school bus activity station.
After our play time was over everyone was directed to the «celebration» room, where we ate cake (self provided). The «celebration» room also included an inflatable chair for the kid of the hour. I think at one point five kids jammed together on the chair.
That’s pretty much the skinny, but here is a bit of additional information… The daily rates are $ 5 or $ 7 per child for open play time, and get this… Parents can play too!!! Yup, you heard me! So long as you are «supervising» your child, you can run around and enjoy the fun too! I was buried in odd spots taking photos, but other grown ups were playing tag, hide-​and-​go-​seek, and racing with the kids, along with just bouncing around and sliding down the slides.
I didn’t notice any supervision during the private party, but during open play time they did have a staff person in each room. During open play time, all of the doors were open so that all rooms were accessible. Each room also had chairs for the parents to sit and supervise their children.
They also seem to be very germ conscience. I found a wall mounted hand sanitizer outside one of the rooms and they had kid friendly sanitation signs in the restrooms. Next to the rest rooms were two water fountains. The one I tried had great water pressure, so I was pretty happy.
My only complaint is that despite all of the money my sister paid, and all of the additional business she gave Funflatables after the party (many of the kids wanted to say for open play following the party), they would not give her a break with the bill for open play. She paid for 15 kids for the private party, but only 12 kids made it in time for the party, so the 3 which where late had to pay again. Everyone had to play again, but considering they couldn’t participate for the private party, it would have been nice if they waved the $ 7 fee for them. It would have have hurt the company, and would have just made everyone like them more. I think it was pretty cheap on their part (which is why I knocked a star off of the rating); though I really should have dropped two stars off. My sister did ask to speak with the supervisor, but it was the same 18 year old that was working at that cash register. That didn’t sit well with me either. I would have hoped that at least one adult was on full time staff; in case of emergencies or other problems. My sister is going to call back to leave a complaint. I’ll update if anything positive comes from that, but as far as my sister is concerned, that is a deal breaker; and I quote «there are plenty of other inflatable places to go to.»