If you've ever wanted to cavort about in a bouncy castle half the size of the White House, now is your chance: The Big Bounce America is bringing the world's largest bounce house to the Austin area.
It will be set up from Friday, April 4 through Sunday, April 6 at Manor TX Fairgrounds in Manor, about 20 miles from the center of Austin.
Standing 32 feet tall and with 24,000 square feet of inflatable jumping space, the world's largest bounce house contains slides, ball pits, towers to climb, basketball hoops, and a ballroom (jumproom?) in the center manned by a DJ. The construction is a marvel of the whimsical arts, dwarfing anything that visitors have seen before at their local birthday parties and carnivals.
"We need more fun in the world, and what better way to bring that into 2025 than with a 24,000-square-foot bounce house," says Noa Visnich, tour manager of parent company The Big Bounce America. "The Big Bounce America is the perfect event for kids and adults alike to get out of the house and enjoy an outdoor event like they’ve never experienced."
The world's largest bounce house is only one of several attractions The Big Bounce America is bringing to the city. Families can tackle a 900-foot obstacle course themed around fighting a kaiju that ends with a massive monster slide.
Gamers will enjoy the Sports Slam area, where a variety of ball games pit teams against each other. The airSPACE combines bottomless ball pits with inflatable alien menaces to create an immersive interstellar experience, while the Octopath is an undersea foam party.
When CultureMap covered the arrival of the world's largest bounce house in Houston three years ago, it was only a mere 16,000 square feet. Now it's 50 percent larger and, presumably, bouncier. The exact scientific relationship between the size and enjoyability of expanding an inflatable attraction to a historic degree is unknown, but playful kids should have a wild time exploring the possibilities.
"We invite all kids, and kids at heart, to kick those sneakers off and party on," says Visnich.
Tickets are available from the official website as follows: $22 for Toddler Sessions (for ages 3 and younger); $35 for Junior Sessions (for ages 7 and younger); $35 for Bigger Kids Sessions (for ages 15 and younger); $45 for Adults Only Sessions (for ages 16 and older). Check the FAQ for more details and helpful hints.
