Jump 'n Jammin

Address: Kaleidoscope Mall, 27741 Crown Valley Pkwy, Mission Viejo
Hours: Sunday-Thursday 10am-6pm, Friday & Saturday 10am-8pm
Ages: Crawling to teens
Admission: $12.95 for one child + one adult + one sibling under 2 years old, $5.49 for one toddler under 2 years old, $3 for an extra adult

There are so many reasons why I love this place. I have brought the kids here over a dozen times and each time, the play areas and bathrooms are clean. I often see employees in the play structures with a rag and what I can only assume to be some sort of disinfecting cleaner. It could just be water in that spray bottle. I'll give them the benefit of doubt. Also, there's something for every type of kid. My nephew was a little wary of the faster slides but loved the slide by the ball area since it was a lot slower. (It's so slow that you have to scooch yourself down near the end of the slide.) But if you've got an ambitious one, send him over to the rock climbing wall. It's more of horizontal rock climbing wall so you don't really have to worry about the kids going too high.

For younger kids, they put the "wristband" on the child's back

By far, though, the number one reason why I bring the kiddos here is that they cannot escape exit without you. With multiple kids, it can get a little difficult to keep an eye on all of them. With Jump 'n Jammin's system, you can rest assured that your child won't be walking down Crown Valley Parkway by himself. When you enter, you all are given a wristband with a matching number. The number corresponds with a bin that they provide for all of your shoes and belongings. The bin is kept safely tucked away until you are ready to exit. Once you decided that it is time to go (aka you've hit your limit), an employee, who is waiting at the exit gate, checks your wristbands and gives you your bin with your crap.

Jump 'n Jammin has it all.

Slides, obstacle courses, and more

Right when you walk in, you are surrounded by a monstrous structure filled with rope bridges, mazes made out of tubes, slides, and even a zip line. My kids spend the majority of their time here, which really wears them out (yes!). Technically, children under 3 years old are to be accompanied by an adult, but R keeps up really well with his sister. He's not quite tall enough to get up some of the tubular step ladders so sister gives him a little boost. It's hilarious.

Foam Ball Area

All kids love playing with balls. Sorry if that sounded weird. Here, they can gather up foam balls and take them up to the second level where they can shoot them out of ball launchers. Word of warning, if you are on the bottom level, you may be a target. Besides being a target on the lower level, you can fill up the "volcano" and press the button to make it explode. It is loud so younger kiddos may be frightened by it.

Bounce House

It's a little odd that it's called Jump 'n Jammin yet there's only one bounce house. Oh, well.

Toddler Area

In the back, there's a partially fenced off area specifically for the diaper wearing portion of your crew. There's lots of big, plush, building blocks for stacking, building, and knocking over. Recently, they added a fort-like structure with tiny, toddler size slides. It's the perfect play area for the younger ones.

Things to remember:

• Socks are required for everyone, even adults.
• Check the admission page of their website for discounts on their multiple entry pass.
• They have free wi-fi. 
• Clean bathrooms are drinking fountains are available inside.