From the moment you book with us, we take care of every detail, ensuring that the setup is completed with precision and safety in mind and that the takedown is efficient and hassle-free. Renting an inflatable castle from BounceMoore for your next party offers numerous advantages that go beyond simply providing entertainment for children and guests. First and foremost, it is essential to consider the number of expected participants as well as their age groups. From inflatable domes and themed inflatable castles to toddler inflatables and indoor bouncy setups, our selection caters to all preferences. The health benefits of playing in bounce houses go beyond providing sheer enjoyment.
This means you can trust us to deliver a safe, clean, and enjoyable experience for every guest.
At BounceMoore, we design our castles to be the centerpiece of any gathering, creating spaces where children can let loose and enjoy the moment. It's not just a rental; it's an opportunity to create an unforgettable experience for your guests. There's something special about the connections that form when kids are bouncing, sliding, and playing together.
We're dedicated to ensuring each customer enjoys a seamless rental experience, from booking to setup, and our inflatable amusement park offerings reflect our commitment to excellence and customer satisfaction. Picture kids gleefully bouncing, jumping, and sliding, their faces lighting up with excitement. Kids Inflatable
We adhere to the highest safety standards, from using durable materials to carefully inspecting each castle before every rental. Once an appropriate location is identified, ground tarps are used as a protective layer before the inflation process begins.
The basic bouncing castles evolved into larger, themed inflatables with vibrant colors, slides, tunnels, and other features that captivated children's imaginations. Inflatable decorations, indoor bouncy castles, and inflatable play centers cater to a wide range of preferences and add a unique flair to the ambiance of your event.
Transform your next gathering into a magical celebration with an inflatable castle rental from BounceMoore. Regular bouncing activities in moonwalks, jumping castles, and bouncing houses can improve cardiovascular health, enhance muscle strength, and develop better balance and coordination. Starting this business typically involves an initial investment in high-quality, durable inflatables such as large bounce houses, jumping castles with slides, and custom-themed structures like castle bouncers and obstacle courses. Each inflatable castle undergoes a rigorous inspection and thorough cleaning before it's delivered to your event, ensuring that every jump and bounce happens in a pristine and secure environment.
From birthday parties to school events, our inflatable castle rentals have added a touch of magic to countless celebrations. Proper setup and security of an inflatable castle are essential to ensuring a safe and enjoyable experience for all participants. Our extensive collection of inflatable castles features a variety of sizes and enchanting themes that cater to all types of parties and events.
With BounceMoore, getting started is not just easy-it's the beginning of an incredible experience. Outdoor Inflatable This type of combination is ideal for larger parties, school functions, community gatherings, and corporate events where organizers seek diverse forms of entertainment. Combining these engaging activities with thematic inflatables, such as an inflatable adventure park or an inflatable sports games area, ensures that your inflatable castle rental in Newport News, VA, from BounceMoore is not just an attraction but the highlight of a memorable, joy-filled gathering.
Our team goes to great lengths to ensure every rental is cleaned meticulously and thoroughly inspected for safety, giving you the peace of mind you need to truly focus on your event. Parents can rest assured knowing their children are playing in secure, commercial-grade bounce houses, jumping castles, moonwalks, and jolly jumps. It is equally important to establish clear rules for using the inflatables, such as removing shoes, restricting rough play, and prohibiting climbing on the sides of the bouncing structure.
At BounceMoore, we take pride in offering more than just inflatable castle rentals-we provide an experience. Creative use of water guns in conjunction with inflatable pool slides or inflatable islands provided by BounceMoore can make for a splash-filled, entertaining experience at summer parties. It is important to focus on disinfecting high-contact areas where bacteria and dirt are likely to accumulate.
This strategic combination of inflatables and meaningful interaction makes any fundraiser a standout event in Newport News.
While guests enjoy these engaging games, they can also take advantage of nearby attractions like bounce houses, inflatable slides, or an inflatable combo unit, ensuring a mix of physical and mental stimulation. We understand that hosting a party can be overwhelming, which is why we strive to make the process as easy and enjoyable as possible. Proper anchoring of inflatables is crucial, particularly for outdoor units exposed to wind and other environmental factors.
Adult supervision is critical in this regard, as having a responsible person nearby ensures that any issues are quickly addressed and safety guidelines are followed. Keeping children entertained in an inflatable castle is a straightforward yet highly rewarding task, thanks to the vast range of creative play and engaging activities they offer.
Start by assessing your specific needs and event logistics, including venue size, age of attendees, and the desired theme or decorations.
Inflatable castles (also called bounce houses, bouncing houses, jumpy house, bouncing castles, bouncy houses, jumping castles, jumpers, jolly jumps, bouncy castles, moon bounces, closed inflatable trampolines [CITs], or moonwalks) are temporary inflatable structures and buildings and similar items. They are rented for backyard and block party functions, school and church festivals and village fetes and used for recreational purposes. The growth in the use of such devices has led to a rental industry that includes inflatable slides, inflatable water slides, obstacle courses, and giant games, carnival games, and more.
Inflatable castles have been suggested as having some therapeutic value for children with certain sensory impairments, similar to ball pits.[1]
American engineer John Scurlock is credited as inventor of the modern inflatable tent design,[2] in 1958.[3] Scurlock, a plastics specialist who taught at Tulane University and worked for NASA, later also invented the Space Walk safety air cushion used by stunt performers and fire brigades responding to high-rise fires. According to his family, he was inspired in the late 1950s while designing inflatable tent covers for tennis courts. Scurlock's original design was known as the "Space Pillow", it had very little in common with modern bounce houses. In 1958 he also founded Space Walk Inc. In the 1980s the family business operated an indoor amusement park, The Fun Factory, in Metairie, LA, and today continues to rent heavy-duty inflatables for occasions ranging from county fairs to children's birthday parties.[3] The idea to rent inflatables for parties is attributed to Scurlock's wife[2] Frances, who was running a rental business by 1969.[4]
Bob Regehr is also credited for inventing the bouncy house in 1968, under the brand name Moon Walk.[5]
As part of the space-themed toy trend sparked by the space race, 'The Moon Walk', a closed inflatable trampoline with a plastic roof designed for children's safety, was available for mail order in the 1975 Neiman Marcus catalog.[6]
The original bouncy house was essentially an air pillow with a roof, but the hundreds of modern models include inflatable waterslides, basketball gyms, a game in which players attempt to knock each other over with a large inflatable wrecking ball, and characters licensed from multimedia franchises such as Frozen. Thousands of companies now rent inflatable castles in the United States. The market has also diversified to include lighter retail designs. By 2014, the industry was estimated to be worth $100 million.[3]
The world's largest inflatable castle, The Big Bounce America, was certified in 2018 at 1,062.252 square metres (11,433.99 sq ft). It includes multiple zones, such as ball pits, an obstacle course, a slide, a basketball court, and a DJ booth.[7][8] It was designed as an inflatable theme park for all ages, and started touring the United States in the summer of 2019 as a traveling festival.[9]
With adult play a growing trend,[9] bouncy castle rentals have also seen increased popularity at weddings.[10]
Inflatable bouncy houses, slides, pools, and other large outdoor toys for retail home use became more popular in the summer of 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, providing a means for parents to entertain their children while maintaining social distancing.[11] With schools and daycares closed, parents bought inflatables to occupy their children while conducting remote work.[12]
The surfaces are typically composed of thick, strong PVC or vinyl and nylon, and the castle is inflated using an electric or petrol-powered blower. The principle is one of constant leakage, meaning small punctures are not a problem – a medium-size "bouncy castle" requires a fan with a mechanical output of about two horsepower (about 1.5 kW) and consumes around 2 kW of electrical power, allowing for the efficiency of the motor.
UK and Australian bouncy castles have specifications calling for fully inflated walls on three sides with an open front and foam "crash mats" to catch children who may jump or fall out of the structure.
Modern moonwalks in the US are typically supported by inflatable columns and enclosed with netting. The netting allows for supervision as adults can see in from all sides.
In 2005, the most stringent standards in the construction of an inflatable amusement were adopted nationally in Australia, forming Federal Standard AS3533.4. This was a landmark safety standard bringing the toughest design/construction/operation standards to the inflatable industry of Australia. In 2006 the European Union (EU) followed and introduced similar standards throughout EU called EN14960:2006 which was then updated in 2013 to EN14960:2013.
While bouncy castle manufacturers adhere to voluntary standards, no national safety standards exist in the U.S., although some states such as Pennsylvania and New Jersey require that inflatables pass engineering and safety standards before allowing the equipment to be rented out.[13] In 2017, roughly 25 U.S. states had regulations governing permits, inspections and insurance, although a private investigation by the Pew Charitable Trust has shown significant shortcomings by industry operators and regulators to do their part.[14] North Carolina requires amusements rides, including inflatables, to be inspected annually by the North Carolina Department of Labor (NCDOL).[15][16] For inflatables to pass inspection, operators in North Carolina are required to have all training records, a current certificate of insurance, and device manuals. Inflatables that are damaged and not safe will not pass inspection until they are repaired.[17]
There are also inflatable obstacle courses that allow for participants to have races and sword fights and compete against one another. These are commonly rectangular in shape, but they can also be square if the course is maze-like. Most obstacle courses have two lanes, but some can have three or four. They feature various such as pop-up obstacles, climbing areas, slides, and tunnels. These are the best choice for very large events since participants move through them quickly.
The phrase "inflatable park" may refer to both a collection of portable inflatables set up temporarily as one attraction,[18][19] or a permanent attraction consisting of inflatables.[20][21]
Some inflatables are designed to allow games such as boxing rings, water football, penalty shootouts, basketball, rumbling, tug of war, and gladiator duels. These interactive inflatable games are made out of the same material that a continuous airflow bounce house is made of. Quad tracks are also popular and provide the perimeter for quad bike racing.
Injuries are common. According to Jim Barber, spokesman for the National Association of Amusement Ride Safety Officials, "It happens all the time. These are probably the most dangerous amusement devices they have. You see more injuries on inflatables than almost any other amusement ride you can think of – more than roller coasters."[22] In 2010, "as many as 31 U.S. children per day were treated for injuries sustained in a bounce house, or one child every 46 minutes". An estimated 65,000 children under the age of 17 were injured from 1990 to 2010.[23] In May 2001, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission released a bulletin outlining the dangers and recommended safety precautions for operating an inflatable structure.[24]
Injuries caused by inflatable rides were rising in the United States, according to a 2012 study published in the journal Pediatrics, which found a 15-fold increase from 1995 to 2010,[23] a trend corroborated in the 2003–2012 period by a 2015 U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission report.[25] Frank Scurlock, son of inventor John Scurlock and manager of bouncy inflatable rental company Space Walk, ascribes the increase to rising non-commercial use of inexpensive retail "backyard" units,[2] while bounce houses have also become more common overall.[26] Although rising, the number of injuries related to inflatable amusements is small when compared to the more everyday hazards of playgrounds and skateboards, which respectively were linked to an estimated 270,000 and 114,000 injuries in 2012.[2] In 2015, after studying the incidence of injury the commission released a revised bulletin for the recommended safety precautions for operating an inflatable device.[27]
In a survey spanning 2003–2013, the most common injuries were fractures, strains, sprains, dislocations, contusions, abrasions, and lacerations. An estimated 88% of the injured were less than 15 years old.[25] Most injuries occur due to falls or collisions with another child. Some severe fall injuries occur after wind lifts bouncy castles skyward.[2]
From 2000 to early 2016, there were 64 bounce house accidents worldwide caused by wind, resulting in 271 injuries and 10 deaths.[28] Some more notable incidents have included:
You can book an inflatable by visiting our website and selecting your desired rental, or by contacting us directly.
Deliveries are made between 6 and 9 am on the day of your event.
Yes, the listed price includes setup and breakdown, as well as delivery within the first 10 miles. Beyond 10 miles, an additional delivery charge per mile will apply.
Extra fees may apply depending on how far you are outside our service area.
Yes, we are happy to serve all of Hampton Roads.
We serve Poquoson, Newport News, Yorktown, Williamsburg, Tabb, and all areas in between. If your location is beyond this radius, please let us know, and we can usually make special accommodations.
We do not provide attendants. Adult supervision is required at all times during inflatable use.