Fun Slides Carpet Park | Pines Plaza Shopping Center, 1130 Perry Highway, Pittsburgh, PA 15237
As residents of Pennsylvania, we’re no stranger to indoor play. Whether we’re escaping the rain or hiding from snow, we always find somewhere to burn off a little energy. Pittsburgh offers some of the most amazing indoor fun, including awesome trampoline parks, bounce houses and our newest obsession… the carpet skate park located in the North Hills.
Fun Slides Carpet Skate Park
As with most indoor play spaces that involve any kind of high energy movement, you’ll have to sign a waiver before participating. You can either print the waiver off their website or simply sign a copy once you arrive (they have plenty). We were the first ones to arrive that day and were warmly greeted in the lobby. Our tab came to about $20. Here’s a break down of our receipt: $12 for 2 hours of skate time, $2.00 for skate rental, $1.50 for spectator pass and $2.50 for helmet rental (children ages 8 and under have to have a helmet, you can either rent one or bring your own from home).
There are also additional activities (for an additional cost):
- Xtra Activities: Tickets $2.99 each or buy 4 or more $2.49 each- Get a bonus hour of skating with any Xtra Activity Ticket purchase!
- Blacklight Dodgeball: 1 ticket/20 minutes
- Super Ninja Challenge obstacle course: 1 ticket/1 run age 6 and up 185 lb restriction
- Mini Golf: 1 ticket/9 hole game
- Bounce and Slide Inflatable Area: 1 ticket/20 minutes 55″ height restriction
Once we were ready, an instructor took us inside the skate park area and helped my son put on his equipment. Next, she brought him over to a smaller ramp area and walked him through some basic carpet skating instructions. The entire introduction lasted about 10 minutes and then he was off, free to roam throughout the skate park as he desired.
If you’re a parent, you have a couple options. If you’re not going to skate with your child, you can either sit in the “Parent Seating” on the side OR purchase a spectator pass ($1.50/adult) that allows you to walk on the designates areas within the skate park. I would highly suggest purchasing a spectator pass if you have younger children, otherwise you will not have access to help them. Also, note that all parts of the park are viewable from the spectator area.
Additional Fun Slides are available free of charge including the small “butt slide” and “belly slide” in case visitors want to try to go down the slides on something other than their feet.
My son already wants to plan our next visit. If you can’t tell by the pictures, he absolutely loved it. The Fun Slides staff members were so helpful and had such high energy. Throughout our entire visit, the staff members were skating, dancing and assisting visitors in the skate park. The atmosphere was fun; dozens of slides, black lights, good music and plenty of space. Benches along the middle of the aisles allow spectators to sit and watch comfortably (or allow skaters to take a much break).
Next to the lobby area, there’s also a lounge area with ample space and seating. Fun Slides Carpet Parks offers a small variety of menu options including candy, popcorn, drinks and pizza.
Know Before You Go
As with most high energy play, there were a few bumps and bruises (not the fault of Fun Slides Skate Park, rather my rambunctious little boy). Half way through we learned tucking his shirt in would help prevent brush burn on his sides and belly when he fell down. The option of having “butt slides” and “belly slides” are great for little ones who can’t quite get the hang of the foot slides… which can prove to be a little tricky.
