Jump

You know how kids go stir crazy when they can’t get out and run about? Jump is the answer. The kids are still crazy, or possibly crazier but in a controlled environment. Or at least not in your sitting room. So instead of leaping from sofa to sofa and swinging on the IKEA lampshades they can go to Jump and, well, jump. It’s like soft play, ball pools, climbing frames, slides and tunnels all melded into one enormous thing.
The trick is to bring ear-​plugs or your iPod, sit in the café (free internet), and let your little ones go wild. The staff will pick them up off the floor if there is any mishap.
Very busy on rainy days in the holidays so be prepared to queue.

At 27,000 square feet, the Cardiff Jump centre is the largest dedicated indoor soft play centre in the UK.
That might sound slightly alarming if you find this type of place a bit of a nightmare, but for parents looking for an all-​weather space where their children can let off steam, Jump offers just that.
Packed with brightly-​coloured equipment such as inflatables and play frames, the whole place is designed to encourage children to be energetic, develop social skills, and improve physical skills such as coordination and balance — while having plenty of fun.
The Cardiff branch has enormous adventure play-​frames including a space zone, a galleon and an enchanted castle, creating plenty of fun role playing scenarios.
There are also huge inflatables, an indoor football pitch, ten pin bowling and an enormous zone just for toddlers. They can also host themed children’s parties in separate, private rooms, and there’s a café there for refreshments as well as daily activities.
Might be worth parents arming themselves with some ear plugs before visiting, though?

I took my little niece to Jump last week. on arrival I found Kerry on reception to be very friendly and helpful. There is a large café with a large selection of hot and cold food.
There were ball pits, trampolines, inflatables, slides, and what was particularly useful for me was a toddlers soft play area which my niece loved (so no tantrums that day)! This area was well supervised and had a trampoline designed for under 3s.
There was a large seating area where parents would watch their children at play.
I also noticed that there were specially designed part rooms including a disco room, a dinosaur room and a space room with special effects lighting. I was very impressed by Jump and I wish they’d have had stuff like this when I was little (it almost makes me want to be four again)!

I am not really a fan of children so I don’t know what possessed me to say yes to looking after my best friends 5 years old. I thought it would be best for the child if I took them somewhere that I didn’t have to entertain them and I found this place on the internet.
I really wish that there had been places like this when i was a kid. Its basically a massive place full of inflatable things, ball pools and fun stuff, and what’s more I was aloud to take the kid on there myself!
It cost less than a tenner for me and her to get in, which was well worth it from my point of view. It is big so I can kinda see it would be easy to lose the kids but there were plenty of staff around keeping an eye out too for any upset looking littleun’s and it was reassuring for me as the non parent that I wasn’t going to upset my best friends kid.
Its open for children under 12, and they hold themes parties and even better they do adult parties as well with lasers which sounds like great fun!

We took my daughter today and stayed for three hours. This is the second of these indoor play centres I’ve visited and this one stood out a mile. It’s massive there are two jungle type things over 4 – 5 floors each. One is themed to a pirate ship and one to space. There’s also another enchanted castle one which seems to be aimed at younger children. There are big signs saying that adults are welcome to go on too (as long as you take your shoes off) which is nice. They also do adult parties with laser tag which is tempting! There’s a separate section for under 4s (although they can use the bigger stuff too) with a climbing frame, a bouncy castle and also a sensory room which is not always open. There’s one trampoline in this section for the little ones and a bigger one elsewhere for older kids. The café isn’t cheap but I didn’t think it was too bad. We ordered a children’s ‘1 sausage with chips’ for £2.75. My partner and I had panninis at £3.50 each which was a bit expensive but they were nice. They offer what looks like a great party service. There’s a series of themed rooms to choose from the castle looked very cool as did the space room. There’s also a soft-​play football area where the staff were running games for kids with parties. On top of that there was a children’s bowling alley which can be hired at extra cost. Whilst it was pretty busy the children were spread out over a large area so it didn’t feel too crazy. Having parking immediately outside for free was great. We had a great time, my daughter is now exhausted, and we’ll definitely be going again.