The first parachute was invented when Jack, tumbling haplessly from his titanium beanstalk, used a purloined pair of giant underpants to steady his fall. Glide to safely indoors with today's Groupon: for $37, you get the Earn Your Wings Package—which includes a training session, flight gear, personalized flight certificate, and assistance from a personal instructor ($59.95)—and two flights in iFly Hollywood's gravity-defying vertical wind-tunnel, plus a DVD of your session ($24.95). This Groupon is not valid on Saturdays.
iFly's technology, which is all-ages friendly, simulates the feeling of skydiving without plummeting toward the earth at 9.8 meters per second. iFly's wind-tunnel simulates skydiving by suspending you only a few feet off the ground sans parachute. This package gets you two flights in the tunnel—the time equivalent of three tandem-skydives—giving you plenty of time to practice your MJ-tribute moonwalk, rid the dust from your gaming cartridge, or pop the question to a significant other or a person who you'd like to make your significant other. The DVD lets you relive your tricks and maneuvers for years to come and your personalized flight certificate gets 2.5 hours of free valet parking. Call ahead to schedule your appointment.
Reviews
iFly Hollywood received a 4.5-star average from Yelpers, and 10 Citysearchers give it a solid five-star average:
- I bought this for my husband for his birthday! He had so much fun…Staff is nice and made him feel like a rock star. – Heather90019, Citysearch
- All the kids had a great time and even some of the parents flew and got to join in on the fun. – jessfue, Citysearch
Groupon Says
A Wish For Things That Work
The iFly experience is valuable for those who will be drafted in the millennium’s inevitable atmosphere wars, but how does it measure up to the real thing?
Peter Pan says:
- iFly is a great way for folks to experience realistic flight without thinking happy thoughts, which have been kind of hard to come by lately, what with accidentally closing Tinkerbell in the dryer last week.
Superman says:
- For the last time, I’m not Superman. Look, my name is Kal-I mean, Clark Kent, I’m a reporter for a newspaper, I forget what they’re called. The Daily something, you can Google it. I’m a real reporter there, who does reporter things. Can’t you see that I’m wearing glasses? Name one time that Superman wore glasses, besides last week when I accidentally…I have to go, there’s a volcano erupting in Guadalajara. No, I won’t explain how I know that.
Mary Poppins says:
- iFly is the perfect place to hold a tea party on the ceiling, or simply float unencumbered by your mouthy umbrella, for a change. Now if you’re done asking silly questions, I’ve written a song for you, it’s called “The Times They Are A-Changin’.”
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