Nowon indoor activity park for kids by height: Jump

After visiting so many similar kids’ cafés with the children, you start looking for somewhere a little different, don’t you? My older child is 9 now, and rather than a kids’ café that is just for running around, we prefer places where they can move their body and try a challenge themselves, so this time we went to Jump in Nowon.

More precisely, it is an indoor activity space that feels closer to an adventure theme park than a typical kids’ café. There were more experiences than I expected, from climbing and the Sky Trail to an arcade zone and game machines, so the children played for quite a long time. In particular, once we visited, I found that the facilities children could enjoy differed depending on whether they were over 120 cm or 140 cm tall, so I definitely recommend checking this before you go.

I drove there on a weekday, and parking was easier than I expected. When going out for activities with children, there is luggage to bring and lots of moving around, so I tend to prefer driving to public transit; that day, parking did not feel stressful at all. Weekends may be crowded, though.

How should you choose a Jump experience pass?

Rather than thinking of it as a single admission fee like a regular kids’ café, the passes vary by the Kids Ground, Activity Zone, and usage time, so it is best to check the visiting child’s height first. Jump is divided into the Kids Ground and Activity Zone, which you can think of as preschool and school-age sections. I used Jump’s Activity Zone with my 6- and 9-year-old children.

The passes can be a little confusing at first. There are 2-hour and 3-hour passes, and it is easiest to think of them broadly as Adventure Experience Passes and Play Experience Passes. The Adventure Experience Pass is, as the name says, for trying the activities directly. If you want to use facilities such as climbing or the Sky Trail yourself, buy this pass. Importantly, a guardian also needs an Adventure Experience Pass to use the facilities directly. On the other hand, if a guardian will only watch beside the child and will not climb onto equipment or do activities, a 2-hour or 3-hour Play Experience Pass is enough.

My shorter younger child came in with a Play Experience Pass because there were many Jump activities they could not use. When each child has a different purpose for visiting, you do not necessarily need to buy the same type of pass for everyone.

Activity facilities we tried at Jump

How many Sky Trail levels can you use by height?

The Sky Trail felt quite different looking at it from below versus actually going up. I thought it would be less scary because you are attached to a line, but once I got up there, it was higher than expected and even I found it a little frightening. The floors you can use on the Sky Trail also vary by height. Children under 140 cm can only use the first floor, while those 140 cm and over can use the second floor. Even the first floor makes your legs shake a little, so I do not think you need to push for more height, haha. Fearless friends, give it a try!

Climbing for children 120 cm and over

The climbing area is an activity space for school-age children 120 cm and over. When we went, the climbing area was what caught our eye most. My child was scared of the Sky Trail, but perhaps because they had tried climbing several times before, they wanted to do it right away!

The climbing routes were marked by difficulty, so children could choose a course that suited their level. It was nice that they could check the difficulty and choose routes one by one instead of tackling a hard one from the start. Above all, staff checked the safety gear themselves and explained how to use it, which made me feel a little more at ease as a parent.

There was also something like a slide(?), and my child loved this too and rode it for ages, haha. I tried it once too, and it is no secret that it took so much arm strength that I was sore the next day, haha.

Arcade zone for visitors 100 cm and over

The arcade zone on the second floor was available to visitors 100 cm and over. So even children under 120 cm can play in the arcade zone.

There were game machines that could be used for free, and the children worked at them more enthusiastically than I expected. Even after doing activities for a long time, they focused again in front of the game machines. The important thing here is that being over 100 cm does not mean you can use every facility at Jump. When we actually visited, my shorter younger child could use the arcade zone but was disappointed because they could not use the other activities, haha.

I thought that since the younger child was over 100 cm and could use the arcade zone, they would be fine, so I brought them along too. But once we were inside and they saw the older child climbing and trying the Sky Trail, I saw it differentlyㅠㅠ The younger child could use the arcade zone, but there were so many activities the older child could do that they could not, so they looked rather sulky..

Visit recommendations by child’s height and situation

• Children 120 cm and over → I recommend it most. This was the height where they could properly enjoy Jump’s activities.
• Children 140 cm and over → I recommend it even more. They can use the Sky Trail’s second floor and media sports, so there are more options.
• Children 100–119 cm → You can visit, but check the available facilities first. They can use the arcade zone, but activity access is limited.
• A child under 120 cm visiting with an older sibling → Think it over before visiting. The younger child can use the Kids Ground or arcade zone, but siblings moving around together may find their ranges of activities quite different.
• Guardians joining the activities → You need to buy an Adventure Experience Pass.
• Guardians only watching → A Play Experience Pass is enough.
• Active elementary school children → Recommended for children who prefer this kind of activity space to a regular kids’ café.

Second-floor food court closing time

Jump has a food court on the second floor, so it was convenient to sort out a meal without going outside. However, when I visited, the food court closed at 6 PM, so it is worth keeping in mind if you plan to play until late. If you will be there later, you could also consider the food court at the nearby Save Zone for a meal~!