Malibu Jack's Louisville

We have a toddler, so we really only do the Bounce Beach area. My son and our friends' kids ( five and under) all love it. Price is fair, and we love that it's separated from the gaming area and is enclosed. Highly recommend if you have a little one!

This is a large, clean, well organized money pit for kids. Set a budget and you can get out "alive". I took my grandkids for a day of miniature golf. At $10 a player, it. Wasn't overly expensive. The course was challenging without being demoralizing. Of course, after golf, it was "can we play this? How about this ". If you don't stick to your plan, you can drop $100 without trying. Fortunately, my grandkids respected the rules. So, they were rewarded with Icees at the snack bar.

Fun little place for some miniature golf. We didn't have time to play the rest but it was a cute little place for us to kill time after dinner for the family.

Today, we needed an indoor activity to help my little ones (ages 2 and 4) burn off some energy. It was a bit cold for a lot of our go-to activities and I found myself browsing the internet for options. It wasn't the first time I came across Malibu Jack's, but I've always felt a bit put off when trying to find online information. How does pricing work? What are tokens? How many tokens do you get per dollar? Are their activities for children as young as mine? If you've found yourself in a similar boat, hopefully I can help. There is a play area in the back of Malibu Jack's called Bounce Beach. Picture a much larger version of a fast food restaurant play space. There's tunnels, slides, bridges, rock climbing walls, bounce houses, and enough activity to entertain your children for hours. The back section is gated and reserved for children 3 and under. It also has a bounce house, some less extreme slides, and activities that are a less intimidating for smaller tots. It seems the pricing is slightly higher on weekends and approximately $10 per child on weekdays. Children receive a bracelet and enter through a gate. There's seating for parents, cubbies for shoes, and your children under 12 are able to play as long as they like for a flat rate. I felt like it was bargain. We stayed for hours. My children fell asleep on the way home; they never do that.Also inside, there are rides, arcade games, putt-putt, bowling, and food. It is easily one of the largest local entertainment spaces I've patronized. My children aren't tall/old enough to participate in a lot of the activities, but I think the Bounce Beach is more than enough. Moreover, the flat rate is a great value. We look forward to adding Malibu Jack's into our regular rotation.

My husband and came here on a last minute date night. We had a blast. It is a little pricey though. Lots of fun games. We didn't go on any of the ride though. We would love to bring our kids one day.

Oh my. Oh. Me. Oh. My.Man, this place is something. This place would be pretty awesome if you had free roam and were playing with someone else's money. But, let's be real: you won't be.We went on a Sunday and it was busy. I'm sure on a Friday or Saturday this place gets insane. Like, annoyingly so. We were lucky enough to not really have to wait in any lines, but you could notice the potential was there. My biggest complaint is the overall price. I think for 4 people we dropped almost 300 bucks for like 4 hours. The way their games are set up was just stupid. You play by credits and it's not in increments that make any sense. There's not a whole lot of interactive arcade style games to play it's mostly, hey, we'll take your credits with the thought you might win a prize game. Go kart track was small. And karts pretty slow.Laser tag was small too.Food was also expensive. However, the funnel fries are delicious.The staff is a bunch of teenagers who just really don't give a crap. I get it, that was me too. Somehow it was clean and well organized. There were a few games I stumbled upon that just took my money. oh well.I don't think I'd go back unless I was invited to a kids birthday party .

We did the 4 hour pass! My grandaughters had so much fun! They rode rides, played lazer tag and mini golf, some more than once. Their favorite were the go carts. The 4 hour pass is the way to go!

Malibu Jacks in Louisville Kentucky. Malibu Jacks is an indoor theme park that was built inside an old abandoned Walmart in 2019. The theme park has mini golf, go carts, arcade, huge kids area, lazer tag, bowling, restaurant/bar and even amusement park rides and a roller coaster. There is so much stuff to do here for the whole family.As you enter through the doors. You are greeted with a huge statue of a rabbit on a surfboard. On your right have the front desk and prize area. You walk through the queue line and you are greeted by the staff members. Malibu Jacks has special deals throughout the week so make sure you ask about them. It's a real simple process. You put money on a Malibu card and that is how much you have on the card for everything in the place beside the restaurant. Each game goes for $1 through $4 I believe and the attractions runs $5 through $10 each depending on the attractions.You take your Malibu card and swipe the card on each game. Every time you win tickets. The tickets get added on the same card you are using. When you want to go on an attraction like go carts or lazer tag. Just swipe you card and the money will be taken out the amount that the attraction cost. So if the attraction is $8.00 then $8.00 will be taken off you Malibu card.The arcade is in the center of the place and the attractions are surrounded the starve from around the arcade. It's really easy to navigate through the place. The arcade has some old favorites arcade games and some new modern games. The arcade can get a little messy on busy days but it's busy in a small area so it not too bad.The attractions are great! They have everything from mini golf to a roller coaster. They have about 11 attractions (not including kids area) My favorite is the wave rider thrill ride. It's a high speed thrill ride that goes in cycle like a roller coaster. It's such a blast! The rest of the attractions are fun too. Definitely the VR, Zombyte is the best game. You fight zombies that run and come for you every way you look. It looks so real when you are playing the game. Make sure to checkout the other attractions too. Definitely the coaster they have called Twist-N-Shout. So much fun!The food is like any other amusement park food in my opinion. Pizzas, burgers etc. It's good and delicious but kinda pricey definitely if you are a big family. They do have Canes chicken across the street and other food places outside of Malibu Jacks. I do recommend going out somewhere else to eat unless you want to spend an arm and a leg for food. Outside food and drinks are not allowed in Malibu Jacks. So please remember that and food and drinks can't go past the restaurant. They must stay in the restaurant area or bowling area.Bowling and the bar area is a great addition. You can use your Malibu card to go bowling. You don't have to pay unless you want to. You do have to buy shoes to bowl. The bowling area is not your typical bowling alley. The pins has strings on them so when you bowl the ball and hit the pins. Sometimes the pins get tangle or looks like it's flying around. You have to ask the bowling attendant for help if it does. It's a very unique bowling alley. They do have kids bowling dinosaurs available (helps kids bowl) They are the best for any small children. The bar is right next to the bowling alley. Anyone can drink if you are 21 and over. The drinks are average beer and alcohol. So whatever float your boat with drinking. They have it for you.The employees are great. It's mostly teenagers and adults. Sometimes you do see them on their phones or not paying attention while operating the rides which is kinda concerning in a way. Go carts are the most concerning for me! I just hope they put the best employees over there. Just my opinion!The place is clean but the bathrooms can get really dirty on the weekends and the rides can be closed often. I would go on a weekday because weekends can be really busy! Definitely since all the birthday parties are going on with the regular guest coming through the door.Overall 4.0/5

It's fun but.....when you first walk in, there's no one to explain what's going on, there's no signage and very little staff. Your only chance of finding out how to participate in activities is to find a staff. I wish there was a menu of the prices for tickets and how many tickets per activity and game. It's pretty much a guessing game. Some of the activity leaders don't even know how much their ride/game is. Once you get the hang of it, it's fun.

For older kids looked fine. I took our 2 year old and only has one bouncy house and one climbing toy. Not worth the 14 dollar charge