Theme & Amusement Parks in Mount Juliet

Monkey Joe's inflatable play center entertains kids aged 2–12 with a soft, yielding landscape of bouncy slides and jumps. Although you won’t find any textbooks, the indoor fun zone helps develop young minds with activities that encourage problem solving via games, climbing walls, and an obstacle course. A separate Mini Monkey Zone designed for tykes aged 3 and younger stations toddler-friendly toys and games on a soft landing area.

As children play and learn, Monkey Joe—the eponymous purple primate—circulates throughout both play areas, slapping fur-covered high-fives and teaching children to say “hello” in both gorilla and chimpanzee. Meanwhile, an adult area succors caregivers (who get in free) with flat-screen TVs and free WiFi as kids gambol across the well-lit, sanitized play areas overseen by trained staffers.

Monkey Joe’s namesake, a fuzzy purple monkey, emigrated from Coco-nutty Island to the play center, where he occasionally pops out to delight bouncing children. The young visitors play on his center’s wall-to-wall inflatable slides, jumps, and obstacle courses, while trained staffers ensure that everyone plays safely and avoids confusing their playmates with bouncy balls. Although the center as a whole welcomes youngsters 12 and younger, a Mini Monkey Zone hosts play structures appropriate for toddlers 3 and younger. Parents chaperoning their kids can join the fun or retire to the adult area to check email at computer stations with high-speed Internet or watch flat-screen TVs. The center welcomes walk-ins, but families can also bring along cakes and celebrate youngsters’ birthdays with hassle-free party packages.

If they're in the right place at the right time, visitors to Monkey Joe's indoor playground might actually meet Monkey Joe—an ape mascot in a yellow T-shirt whose fuzzy face flashes a constant smile. He and a team of expert staffers keep watch over children aged 12 and younger as they glide down wall-to-wall inflated slides, jump in bright-red and yellow bounce castles, and navigate inflated obstacle courses. Small explorers race through padded walls and swinging inflatable pillars and grab a hanging strap to keep their balance while walking atop an inflated log. Toddlers 3 years old and younger frolic safely in a separate play area where they gather to devise new ways of pretending to eat all their vegetables, and adults recline in a separate lounge in front of flat-screen TVs and computer stations. At the end of each day, Monkey Joe's staffers sanitize all playground surfaces using Swisher hygiene products.

Inflated structures, slides, and games fill the climate-controlled environs of BounceU of Nashville's location. Staff members closely monitor all activities as little ones traverse obstacle courses or pull on oversized inflatable boxing gloves. The crew also invites parents to join in on the fun, letting them bounce alongside their kids or make sweeping edicts from atop a bouncy-castle throne.

In addition to open sessions, the indoor play haven sets the stage for Daily Create and Bounce Summer Camps programs that teach art lessons and group activities. Special events include parent's night out, which lets parents spend an evening away from their kids, and cosmic bounce, which turns the facility into a black-lit arena to illuminate any lost socks.