Something for everyone at new trampoline park in Warner Robins. Come & see

It’s clear to see there are options for anyone looking for entertainment at the new Xtreme Air Mega Park Warner Robins.

Co-owner Todd Buckelew took a running jump and completed a double flip with ease on the trampoline main court, and also took on Telegraph breaking news reporter Jesse Fraga on the battle beam.

“I couldn’t even get a knock in,” Fraga said with a laugh.

Fraga and Telegraph visual journalist Katie Tucker shot some hoops on the air track dunk court and tried their hand at dodgeball.

All the fun was part of a recent tour Buckelew gave The Telegraph of the new trampoline park at 705 Osigian Blvd., the first of three to open in Warner Robins.

Buckelew and his brother, Brad, grew up jumping on their backyard trampoline in the small community of Wicksburg, Alabama.

The discovery of a trampoline park on a family vacation led the brothers to open their first Xtreme Air Mega Park in nearby Dothan, Alabama, in 2018.

The 40,000-square-foot, three-story trampoline park in Warner Robins is their third location. Their other park is in Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia, about 6 miles south of Chattanooga, Tennessee.

“I think my favorite part was the basketball court because it felt like you were walking without gravity, sort of jumping without gravity, like you’re in space,” Fraga said of the air track dunk court.

“And then when you get off and step on the ground, your legs are still in that weird motion of having to take large steps. But you don’t realize it’s such a workout. I’m out of breath.”

Come along on the tour of the Xtreme Air Mega Park

Walking in the front door, the main registration desk is straight ahead where guests sign a waiver, pay for a pass and buy reusable socks. Waivers also may be signed and passes purchased ahead of time online.

To the immediate left is event registration for birthday parties and such. The individual party rooms line up behind this registration desk.

Also to the left is an 18-hole, mini-golf course with themed holes that include cornhole, skee ball, bowling, cup pong, pool and baseball.

Follow the mini-golf course to its end and guests will find kiddie rides that were once common outside Walmart locations and grocery stores. The kiddie rides include a police car, motorcycle and train.

“Kids still love stuff like that,” Buckelew said. “You don’t see it anymore.”

The cost is $1 a ride.

The kiddie rides are next to a three-story inflatable playground for children 65 inches and below. The playground includes five slides, including one that features an artificial snow tube slide.

Underneath the slides is a ball pit for little ones and a toddler area with a bouncing ball floor, board activities and four swing horses to ride on.

When coming in the front doors, guests also will see several tables across from the snack bar that serves up snacks and drinks on weekdays and then also pizza, soft pretzels, pretzel bites, cheese nachos, and chili cheese nachos on weekends.

The facility can seat up to 100 people at the tables scattered throughout. Lockers as well as free shelves for shoes and belongings can be found between the restrooms and snack bar.

Just beyond the first set of tables is the air track dunk court for guests 60 inches and taller. This popular attraction allows basketball players to bounce 2 to 3 feet up in the air to attempt dunks on a basketball hoop.

“This is the hot spot Friday and Saturday nights … you’ll have a whole team of kids here,” Buckelew said. “We usually do five on five, and we’ll let them play ‘til 10, switch out. That way everybody gets a chance to play.”

Another air track dunk court for guests 55 inches and below is down a few feet on the right. A trampoline park monitor can help determine which of the courts are best for individual players.

Just beyond the second air track dunk court is an arcade full of activities, from air hockey to a big claw to a motorcycle race. Arcade prizes may be picked up at a counter near the snack bar and main registration.

“And what’s cool is we have a lot of games you automatically win, and so little kids that want to get a prize for sure, a lot of these games that you see ‘winner every time,’ you’re going to get a winner every time,” Buckelew said.

The arcade games are not included in the admission pass, but can be played with a preloaded card available to purchase at a kiosk in the arcade area.

Above the arcade is a ropes course for guests 65 inches and below.

The remaining attractions are for all ages with no size restrictions, including the trampoline main court that’s up the stairs and to the left.

“Those springs, they get you like way up in the air,” Fraga said of his experience jumping and flipping on the trampoline main court. “You don’t even realize how high you are.

“I was probably like, I don’t know, 10 feet in the air maybe.”

Nearby, guests will find massage chairs that cost $5 to operate and offer a view of the trampoline main court and the dodgeball court behind it.

Lynn Carter of Warner Robins and her sister, Janna Adams, of Rochelle, were relaxing in the massage chairs as their children, Chance Carter and Kaylynn Adams bounced on the main trampoline court and then played dodgeball.

“They loved it,” Lynn Carter said later by telephone of their visit. “They enjoyed it tremendously.

“They just said that it was a lot of fun going. Because there wasn’t a lot of people there, they kind of had the place to themselves, so they were able to do everything they wanted to as many times as they wanted to.”

The sisters, who came to check out the facility ahead of Chance’s 11th birthday party at the trampoline park, not only relaxed in the chairs but also took advantage of the massage.

“I loved it,” Carter said of the massage. “I wanted to do it two or three more times, but I didn’t.”

The dodgeball court allows players to divide into two teams for referee or free-for-all games.

“I think we both missed each other both times,” Tucker said of trying out the dodgeball court with Fraga.

Fraga interjected, “Yeah, dodgeball was not successful, but it was a good time.”

“It was fun,” Tucker added.

Fraga noted that playing dodgeball on the trampoline court is harder than it looks.

“You have to jump between the trampolines because they’re each separated,” he said. “So you’re not only trying to throw the ball but you’re also trying to jump through without falling.”

The entrance to the 12,000-square-foot inflatable with multiple attractions is to the left of the trampoline main court.

Billed as the second largest in the world, the inflatable is akin to a giant bouncy house, Buckelew said.

Attractions within the giant inflatable offer lots of challenges

Here’s a list of the attractions within the inflatable:

• A 17-foot rock wall climbing tower
• A 140-foot obstacle course
• A 23-foot-tall giant slide
• Wipe out balls where guests jump across the balls and fall on an inflatable mat.
• Three Ninja warrior warp walls
• The battle beam
• A quadruple slide
• A King of the Hill “mountain” where guests scurry to the top and attempt to knock each other off into the inflatable mat.
• A bouncing bubble floor

‘Neon Nights’ are coming

Something new coming to Xtreme Air Mega Park in Warner Robins is “Neon Nights” from 9 to 10 p.m. on Friday and Saturday when the main lights will be cut off and the facility will light up with neon colors.

Buckelew noted that the facility won’t go dark and the guests will still be able to see clear clearly. The neon lighting will just create a different and neat lighting effect.

“So it’s still a fun, safe environment,” he said.

Hours are 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday through Thursday, 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 1 p.m. to 7 p.m. Sunday. The number is 478-333-1624.