My 10- and 12- year boys and I headed here when we needed some time to kill with another kid at an all weekend tournament. We are from Virginia with several ropes course parks near us and I always know they are a good choice for my very active and athletic kiddos. I have to say, this park is one of the best we have been to. The harness and clicker systems work really well; better than some others I have tried. Easy to understand and feels very safe. We had an amazing time on Saturday for a couple of hours and had just tested the kids into the bypass system that allowed them to move up a level. This is a GREAT system that lets confident kids do more -- and gives grownups a break because the kids can do more on their own. I was just about to have the kids try the next level up (my oldest had even charmed a couple of adults to let him go with them on the double black diamond, since I didn't think I could, more on that later) when thunder shut down the park. They offered rain vouchers so we could come back the next day, which was pretty unexpected. Since we were only in Raleigh for the weekend we went back on Sunday for another visit in the heat. This is where our experience really shone. After gaining confidence on a second trip on the single black diamond with my ten-year-old zipping across it, I told my oldest son we could try the double black diamond. Wow, that is a TOUGH course. They aren't kidding when they say you need exceptional strength and agility....and I didn't have it. I got four obstacles in before I had to call it out of pure exhaustion, then to be rescued by the very kind Rashaun and Kendy, who were extremely nice about having to come get me from a platform and lower me down. I know the course is not impossible, though, because in the time it took for me to decide I needed rescuing, my son had gone on ahead and finished it, leaving himself wildly proud of his accomplishment. All in all, we spent about five hours here in a blazing hot weekend and loved every minute of it. The park is shaded to protect from the sun, and there are cold drinks for sale (though personally I think access to water and an ice machine would be a good upgrade). The staff is phenomenal, and their policies make a good blend of flexibility and safety. read more