Zero Gravity

My kids love it here. It’s a great way to burn off energy and have a good time as a family. We usually go when there is a Groupon because they have great deals. There have been times when they’ve had crabby teens working who seem to have an issue being nice to kids, but most of it’s not an issue.
Update:
Had to take away a star. Recently we went with a Groupon and one of our friends couldn’t make it so we had an extra pass. Since we had already paid for it we tried to give it to the next person coming in to jump. The nice guy at the counter was OK with that and acted like he did it all the time, but then another boy came from the back and said they wouldn’t do it because this person was going to put actual money into the establishment. Um,…I did too, through Groupon. There were 5 of us jumping and we were also paying for arcade games, etc. How does that not qualify as putting money into the establishment? Needless to say I was able to give my extra pass to the young man wanting to jump, but not without debating it with the kid behind the counter for a while first. That was ridiculous in my opinion, we already paid for it, plain and simple. Maybe Groupon isn’t the best way for this company to advertise if they have trouble with people using them. Not impressed.

5 minutes after signing the waiver, my 13 year old nephew bent his ankle to a 90° angle on the divider between the trampolines. I could not believe how unsafe this place was. Hiring teenagers as «safety officers» is ridiculous! We spent my nephews birthday in the ER. No refund was offered, but the manager said «if the boys want to come back, just tell me. They will be free» um yeah, never ever going there again. Ever! And they have the Allina Ambulance building attached, now it all makes sense!

Let the kids bounce off all the cooped up winter madness! Noisy kid madness in the perfect environment for it. Groupon offers regularly and great weekend specials for pre-​teens and teens.

Jumping on a trampoline for exercise — sure why not! AdmittedlyI was nervous as I haven’t jumped on one since I was 16 and doing my best to steal all my friends bounces. I am still in shock we all didn’t walk away with concussions and torn ligaments. Now 14 years later those are the thoughts that go through my mind. Anyways, a friend invited me to join her for the classes which are held twice a week. For $ 8 a session I thought why not. The class was 45 minutes long and was a lot of fun. It was a bit repetitive but overall a good workout.
Not sure if it burns 1000 calories as I have read other gyms claim this workout will do for you, but hey I’ll take a few. We were all sweating at the end and sore the next day. The instructor was great at letting everyone go at their own pace but pushing people to do their best. I am planning to go again this week!
The only downside is if you come from work there isn’t much of a changing room. Other than that it was a great experience.

POOR GOUPON CHOICE!
Groupon doesn’t say you cannot make a reservation, but management would not take a reservation and would not say why until we arrived. They said no reservation needed, since they didn’t think they would be busy over MEA vacation… REALLY?!
We won’t return, their competition does a FAR better job with coupons, ads, and specials. Poor management here.

FUN!!!
I went to Zero Gravity with my 6 year old niece and we had a great time. $ 12 per hour, per person ($ 16 for two hours) is a bit steep, but you get ‘free’ socks that have little grippers on the bottom and say «Zero Gravity».
Trust me, one hour is plenty of time; you don’t need two if you are an adult, but the kids might want another hour. There is a horn that sounds every half hour to help you keep track of time, so you don’t have to watch the clock. They don’t shoo you out immediately, but they do watch to make sure you don’t go over your time.
There happened to be a birthday party there when we arrived just after 11am on a Saturday. I recommend not going during this type of event if you can help it, too many little rug-​rats running around unattended. My niece and I made the best of it and jumped until our hearts were content, trying to stay away from the unruly ones.
They don’t have as much jumping space as I thought there would be, but there still is plenty to choose from. There are basketball and dodge ball ‘courts’ and a foam pit to jump into (forewarning for adults, you sink far and its kinda hard to get out of the pit).
They have ample sitting areas for any non jumpers (or jumpers that need to rest) and some vending machines and stupid crane games that will end up costing you $ 15 to try to win something and then end up have a sad kid because you didn’t win, because those machines are stupid and you can’t win.
There are lockers for your use that cost 75 cents, but I don’t really think that you would need them, you could leave your stuff out and it seemed very safe. Everyone is worried about jumping and having fun, not stealing your stuff.
The location is easy to get to, but you need to watch road names because you can’t see Zero Gravity from the road. So just watch for Woodale off 10 and you are good to go.
Happy Jumping!!!

Of course there’s a ton of kids, but go earlier and there is fewer. Definitely fun and a great workout.