Theme & Amusement Parks in Portland

Funtrackers summons fun-seekers with a mother lode of scintillating attractions for guests of all ages. Drivers in tiny cars vanquish fellow racers with expert passing maneuvers and cloying drive-time radio jams across four different go-kart tracks, which range from a kiddie track built for drivers 3 aged and older to a pro track reserved for motorists with a valid driver’s license or permit. Floating in a 3-foot-deep pool, guests can douse each other with water from a squirt-gun turret built in to bumper boats, engaging comrades in a friendly rivalry to be continued at the 18-hole, tropical-themed miniature-golf course. Inside, buzzing sounds and whirring lights emanate from more than 50 arcade games, including skee-ball and air hockey, many of which reward success with tickets that can be redeemed for stuffed animals, bean bags, and lumps of coal.

Within Boing Boing Bounce's climate-controlled facility, sock-clad youngsters leap about in bounce castles and clamber up towering inflatables before plummeting down slides. Kids can also climb through brightly colored tubes, paint a masterwork at the art station, or read from the picture-book table's educational titles, such as Tanya Lee Stone's B is for Bunny and Friedrich Nietzsche's N is for Nihilism. Along with hosting energetic youths at open-play sessions, Boing Boing Bounce houses two party rooms for birthday soirees with optional entertainment such as face painting and balloon sculpting.

At Kidz Ultimate Party Zone, youngsters frolic through a climate-controlled play area stocked with inflatable slides and houses, taking occasional jaunts up the rock wall or plunges into the dunk tank. Children befriend critters at an outdoor petting zoo, and trained staffers oversee the hubbub, painting faces to resemble animals that happen to have mustaches. At onsite craft workshops, little ones can stuff their own teddy bears, and toddlers can safely explore a zone that caters exclusively to ages 3 and younger.

Chaperoning adults can bound through the inflatables alongside their children or retire to a private room to belt out heartfelt karaoke on adult themes such as love, loss, and itsy bitsy spiders. Free WiFi allows for frequent email checks, and adults can arrange to augment off-site events with rentals from the complex's stash of party equipment, such as the mechanical bull.