Under about eight
The indoor playground. Three levels of structure, slides, a Kids Village of playhouses and a separate toddler area for the ones who are not ready for the big stuff. Two-hour sessions are $16.99 a child and parents go in free.
A Fort Rock guide
Things to do with kids
in Fort Myers.
Two different days out at one address on Alico Road: an indoor climbing center for older children and adults, and a five thousand square foot indoor playground for the younger ones. All of it air conditioned.
The short answer
Two different days out,
one address.
Fort Myers has plenty for children when the weather behaves. The harder question is what to do at two in the afternoon in August, or on the third straight day of rain, or when one child is four and the other is eleven and they want opposite things.
Fort Rock is ten thousand square feet on Alico Road, split down the middle. One side is a climbing center with walls up to thirty-two feet. The other is a five thousand square foot indoor playground with three levels, a Kids Village and a toddler area. Both are air conditioned, which between June and September is most of the point.
The split matters more than it sounds. A four year old and an eleven year old want genuinely different things, and most places make you pick one. Here the younger one can be in the playground while the older one climbs, and the adults are not paying to watch a child be bored.
Eight and up
The climbing side. Auto-belay walls let a child climb without a partner holding the rope, which is how most first visits start. A kids' day pass is $20.
A whole mixed-age group
Both, on the same visit. Birthday parties run on either side, and groups and school trips can book a weekday slot on either.
Rain, heat, or a school break
All of it is indoors and air conditioned. No part of a visit depends on the weather, which is why the place fills up on wet afternoons.
What it costs
Prices, without
hunting for them.
Published prices, so you can work out a visit before you drive over.
Indoor playground: a two-hour play session is $16.99 a child, Saturday Toddler Time is $10, and memberships start at $49.99. Parents and guardians go in free, so the cost of a visit is the number of children, not the number of people.
Climbing: a day pass is $30 for adults and $20 for children. A monthly membership is $75, off-peak is $50, a kids' membership is $49, and a ten-visit punch card is $220. Gear rental is available at the desk if you do not own shoes or a harness.
Everyone needs a completed waiver before their first visit, and it is quicker to do it online than at the desk. See playground prices
Before you come
Quick
answers.
Anything else, just call. We would rather talk it through than have you guess.
Ask the teamWhat is there to do with kids in Fort Myers when it rains?
Indoor options are what hold up, and most of what is advertised outdoors does not. Fort Rock is entirely indoors and air conditioned, with a climbing center on one side and an indoor playground on the other, so a wet afternoon does not change the plan.
What ages is it for?
The playground suits roughly eight and under, with a separate toddler area inside it. The climbing walls work from about eight right through the teens and into adults. Families with children at both ends use both sides on the same visit.
Do parents have to pay?
Not on the playground side. Parents and guardians enter free; you pay per child. On the climbing side an adult who wants to climb needs their own day pass.
Do we need to book?
Reservations are recommended for the playground, particularly at weekends and during school breaks. Call the playground on (239) 922-7158 or the climbing center on (239) 990-7430.
Where is it?
7131 Alico Road, Suite 130, Fort Myers, FL 33912. The playground is open nine to five daily; the climbing center opens later and closes later, and the full hours for both sides are on the hours page.
Pick a side, or do both