Things to Do in Limerick

Linfield National Golf Club's 18 holes keep golfers on the edge of their cleats with landscape features and obstacles borrowed from various styles of course. The links-style sand bunkers are plentiful and deep. Traditional distractions, such as water hazards and dense lines of trees, demand shrewd club choices. The 6,164-yard course's undulating fairways force golfers to leave their unicycles at the clubhouse as well as figure slope into every swing calculation.

At Monkey Joe’s, bright, wall-to-wall inflatables invite gravity-defying leaps and bounces from kids aged 12 and younger as they scamper beneath the watchful eyes of a trained staff. Toddlers younger than 3 roam inside their own Mini Monkey Zone, and parents relax amid the adult lounge’s flat-screen TVs, WiFi, and computer stations. During birthday parties, the guest of honor sits atop a throne issuing no-homework edicts while friends enjoy servings of pizza and cake. The staff takes several precautions to ensure a clean, safe environment, including video monitoring, identity bracelets, and sanitizing all surfaces with germ-destroying Swisher Hygiene.

After undergoing renovations in 2007, Jay Lanes Bowling emerged with 24 freshly resurfaced lanes, brand-new furniture, and electronic scoring monitors. Patrons slip into bright-orange and highlighter-yellow bowling shoes before hurling three-holed balls conveniently color-coded by weight—6 to 16 pounds—and body mass index. Jay Lanes Bowling also hosts Friday- and Saturday-night glow bowling and houses a pro shop with for-sale balls and shoes.

Golf is a sport of physical precision and aerial dynamics, won and lost upon the pendulum of your swing. Use today's Groupon to brush up on your golf physics and practice blasting balls with your refined stroke. For $30, you get a 30-minute video swing analysis (normally $50) and large bucket of balls ($10) from Par Breakers Golf Academy, a $60 total value. This comprehensive indoor golf facility is a short 30-minute golf-cart trip from Philly in Oaks.

Arnold's Family Fun Center's 200,000-square foot facility buzzes with flashing lights, bright colors, and adrenaline-fueled activities suitable for all ages. Guests use softball-sized bowling balls to bust birds masquerading as pins during rounds of duckpin bowling, and black-light mini golf plunges putters into the depths of an ocean reef as they fight radiant octopi and pirates. More than 75 go-karts speed around two racetracks, and bumper cars let drivers explore the safer side of road rage. Inside one of the largest arcades in the area, guests try their luck at more than 200 arcade games, including favorites such as Deal or No Deal, Big Buck Hunter Safari, and Guitar Hero. A bounce area keeps young feet busy, and a pizza and salad buffet refuel energy reserves before rigorous games of laser tag.