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Pump It Up Tacoma

2.9 (111 reviews)
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Alan T.

Went here for a birthday party....not for me. Great experience. We were greeted, given a quick safety brief. Signed a few waivers for the kiddos. And let loose on the activities. I will say that the employee there was very engaging and did his best to get the kids going and having fun. And. He was not hovering or in the room which I liked. He led us to one room, set us loose. Led us to the other room after a period of time. Set us loose. Then led us to the birthday room. The birthday room was pretty small but it worked and what's important is that all the kids had a blast. I would go here again or recommend it to a friend with little ones. Adults cannot use the voice stuff but there are seats and massage chairs all around the area so you can sit and relax and watch kids go bonkers. The wave/wind machine is 2$ a pop I think? It's fun to go in once. But that's it.

Tim G.

Absolutely saved the day for my daughter's 7th birthday. Where to start... today we had planned to have my daughter Brooklyn's 7th birthday party at Defy in Tacoma. We pulled into the parking lot & were greeted with pretty much the worst possible thing for our situation- Water pouring out of the building down the street & firetrucks in the parking lot. A water main had just burst & flooded the building. What. A. Nightmare. So basically my daughter's day she'd been planning with 15 of her best friends was about to be scrapped. No one's fault but absolutely horrific luck. In a moment of frantic brainstorming we decided to call Pump It Up of Tacoma to see if by some miracle the kiddos could at least get some fun in together & the day could somehow be salvaged. They Saved. The. Day. With only about 30 minutes notice they were able to accommodate the entire party of about 30 people with a full jump package, a party room, pizza & drinks. Jalen & Ashley were PHENOMENAL with literally no time to prepare. My daughter & ALL her friends had an absolute blast & she's still walking on clouds. Pump It Up took what could've been a heartbreaking disaster & turned into the best birthday party ever. THANK YOU.

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Sheri H.

A really fun party place for kids! I came here with my step-son who was invited to attend a friend's birthday party. The staff moved the party along through a couple different rooms after so much time had passed. The adults were allowed to play with the kids. First there were slides that went from the floor to the ceiling to slide down. Then there was a boxing ring with gigantic, soft boxing gloves. They had a room with safety googles for the kids to shoot plastic balls at one another through air pumped toy guns. They also had air hockey, regular bounce houses, and more. All of the kids, from ages 6 on up to teenagers, had a blast. So did the parents! The last part was going into a room with a big "throne" for the birthday girl to be sung to where she received a tiara by the staff. They brought in pizza and cake, and she opened her presents. We weren't able to linger as another party was coming in behind us, but that's to be expected. A really great venue!

Bubbles don't cover room
Sharon N.

Fun place for the kids if you pay close attention to your kids some RANDOM man was watching in on our party for the first 15mins. Staff was IN And out of the room and never even questioned it nor did they address him after we told them we didn't know him. The pictures on the add show a room full of bubbles. In reality it's a small bubble machine and it only covers a very small area pretty disappointing actually.

Claw machines, video games,  arcade games also at pump it up
Allora Z.

This place is awesome! Sometimes I feel like I have trouble finding fun things to do with my child. It gets boring doing the same things every day, and since its Washington, most days it's too cold/ rainy to go to a park or do too many outside activities. This place was A GOLDEN FIND! Did I mention the adults can jump too? The blow up slides are big enough that I actually have fun too. Its cheap, theres 2 different rooms with inflatable fun. Always on the lookout for fun, budget friendly activities to do with my child

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Great, private, fun setting. Customer service was A+. Entire staff was super attentative and helpful.

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Pump It Up took what could've been a heartbreaking disaster & turned into the best birthday party ever.

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