InnerActive Playground — is an indoor park for all, with 25,000 square feet of indoor space, there is something for everybody!
Ted and Stacy Anderson of Golden Valley (parents to two boys), run the super-size indoor park.
It includes a large playground area for older children, a separate toddler area for ages 5 and younger, a giant jumping pillow, a full-size basketball court, a full-size turf field and large building blocks from Imagination Playground.
There’s a cafeteria with vending machines and private party rooms. Outside food is welcome. Bonus!
The Andersons are able to keep the facility open 364 days a year — similar to an outdoor playground — because of its self-service nature.
“That means that we will not have staff on site at all times,” Stacy Anderson said. “Our guests purchase their play passes or memberships online, and then receive a five-digit code to enter the park.”
Parents like the facility because they can sit in the cafeteria and see all the play areas for all ages, Stacy Anderson said.
A 2-year-old can be playing with building blocks while a 4-year-old can be on the bouncer while the 7-year-old is shooting hoops.
There is a separate toddler playground for children 5 and under.
InnerActive Playground
⊲ 2240 Woodale Drive, Mounds View MN 55112
⊲ 7:30 a.m.– 7:30 p.m. daily (364 days a year)
⊲ Daily admission – check website for current fees (infants and adults can visit for free). Memberships are available to purchase.
⊲ Online at inneractiveplayground.com
INDOOR PLAY SPACES IN THE TWIN CITIES
Check out these places of all types and sizes when it’s time for the kids to burn off a little energy (and you can’t — or don’t want to — go outside)!
The Fun Lab, Blaine
Adventure Peak in Edinborough Park, Edina
AirMaxx, Eden Prairie
Eagle’s Nest, New Brighton
Good Times Park, Eagan
InnerActive, Mounds View
Lookout Ridge, Woodbury
Maple Maze, Maple Grove
Plymouth K.U.B.E.
Pump It Up, Twin Cities
Sky Zone, Twin Cities
The Blast, Eagan
Tropical Adventure, Shoreview
Turf Tots and Pavilion Play Place
Vertical Endeavors, Minneapolis, St. Paul and Duluth
Williston Treehouse, Minnetonka
Tina Mortimer lives in White Bear Lake with her husband and two children. Follow her work at tinamortimer.contently.com.
