Jumbo Park opens on East Side with fun, inflatables for all ages

Oct 16, 2024

El Pasoans have a new indoor adventure park to take their children to, with the opening of Jumbo Park Texas Adventure on the East Side.

The park celebrated its grand opening with giveaways and special activities Oct. 4-6 at 11180 Rojas Drive, Building A.

Aline and Fernando Alio are the owners who have had similar businesses in other parts of the country. When they came to El Paso seven years ago, they liked it and decided to live in the area to raise their three children.

"I really felt at home here. I am from Mexico City, so I have always felt the warmth from people here. People are very welcoming, and I love the vibe," Aline Alio said.

They have had previous businesses, such as Nopal Nation, an outdoor patio and grill that opened at the Outlet Shoppes at Canutillo in 2022 and lasted 1 1/2 years.

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Now, the couple is focusing on their indoor inflatable park, which is a spacious 60,000-square-foot park with different inflatable attractions, an obstacle course for teens and adults, a gyroscope, a human claw machine, a zipline, a toddler fun zone, and a toddler obstacle course. The largest inflatable includes a climbing wall and a free-fall area.

The park also has seven party rooms with varying capacities for private parties and events, including candy bars. One room leads to a VIP balcony lounge with a large TV and a special slide. They have partnered with Xtreme Pizza in El Paso for the family's pizza catering needs.

It also has an outdoor space where they bring animals on weekends from their private petting zoo at home. The couple owns a variety of people-friendly animals, from mini donkeys and alpacas to llamas.

During the fall, they have added a pumpkin patch area with a small inflatable maze, barrel train ride and other activities for families to pick and carve pumpkins. Pumpkin patch bracelets are $15 plus the purchase of the pumpkin.

The park will offer bracelets at various prices for the attractions. Planned hours of operation through December are 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Mondays and Thursdays, 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Fridays, 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. Saturdays and 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Sundays.

Here are the current Jumbo Park pass prices, excluding tax. Note that Jumbo socks will be required, $4.99 each:

Funbox, billed as the world's biggest bounce park, is coming to Cielo Vista Mall parking lot on weekends from Oct. 18 through Nov. 24. Hours will be 3 to 9 p.m. Fridays, and 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays.

The 20,000 square-foot inflatable playground, which will be in the parking lot across from Red Lobster, will be filled with 10 fun play zones and an obstacle course.

General admission tickets start at $19 for approximately 90-minute jumping sessions. Toddlers from ages 0-2 and seniors over 65 years are free when accompanied by a ticketed customer.

For more information: funbox.com

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María Cortés González may be reached at 915-546-6150; [email protected], @EPTMaria on Twitter; eptmariacg on Instagram, eptmariacg on TikTok.