barrel of monkeez

We were on a trip to Angels Camp for a week and decided to spend an afternoon at Barrel of Monkeez with our two daughters (5 and 10). We had a great time. Mini golf, human hamster bowling, inflatables, karaoke, dancing, laser tag, plasma car thingys - we probably spent over three hours there. My wife and I played a bit - and then sat back and read books on our iPads while the girls were greatly entertained (kinda dark, so if you're going to read, better have something that lights up). This is a great area for an outdoors vacation. But you can only visit so many old gold mining towns and once you've seen one cave... This was a welcome break for our kids who were looking to just be kids for the day. Another thing I loved? Everything is physical at Barrel of Monkeez. There are no video games. I'm kind of tired of that arcade vibe at every family entertainment place. This isn't a Chuck E Cheese or Dave and Busters. It's just a very creative, fun for everyone venue that we'll make sure we frequent every time we're in town.

The big attraction is the bounce houses, laser tag, miniature golf and the hamster ball bowling. This is by no means a top notch operation, but for $12 per kid and $6 per adult is it a good way to burn some energy, have some fun for not a lot of money. We spent over two hours with the kids running around, this is a socks only facility, no shoes or bare feet. I played laser tag with my daughter and grand kids. Miniature golf was only nine holes, but it was still a great activity. It was a lot of fun, they even have an adult friendly bounce house. They also have karaoke, a dance area, a computer game projector that has about 30 games it scrolls through and projects onto the floor, very unique. This is an all indoor facility, so rain is not an issue. It is located at the Calaveras County Fairgrounds. Our grand kids (8 and 9) had so munch fun, we will be back when we visit the area again.