Epic Entertainment
Rating
Family of 4
This is a paid attraction and the exact number depends on which ticket type you pick, so check epicoh.
Duration
2 to 3 hours is the standard visit, and that lines up with how the venue is structured, since memberships are described as including a two-hour pass per visit. With 20-plus attractions across 58,000 square feet, a big kid who wants to try everything will use every minute of three hours. If you are coming mainly for the arcade and the toddler playground with a preschooler, 90 minutes is plenty.
Best Ages
The core is 5 to 14, and that band gets full value. Big kids and tweens are the target audience for the electric go-kart track, the ninja obstacle course, the ropes course, the zip line, trampoline dodgeball and the air bag jump lanes, and a 10 year old can genuinely fill three hours without repeating an attraction. Teens stay engaged through the go-karts, bumper cars, battle beam and the arcade, which is unusual for a family entertainment center. Toddlers are covered but in a smaller way: there is a dedicated toddler playground and the four-level play structure, so a three year old has real ground to cover, just not the headline attractions. Infants have nothing to do here, and most attractions will have height or age minimums, so check epicoh.com before you buy a ticket for a preschooler.
About
Epic Entertainment on Colerain Ave is the big indoor answer for the northwest side of Cincinnati, and the reason it works is scale: 58,000 square feet with more than 20 attractions under one roof, which means you are not driving to a trampoline park and then a go-kart track on separate weekends.
The headline is the multi-level electric go-kart track. That is the attraction the 8 to 14 crowd comes for and the one that draws the longest line on a busy Saturday. Bumper cars are the other real queue. Everything else tends to stay walk-on.
Around that sits an unusually deep list. There is a four-level playground with a volcano slide, plus a donut slide, and those two are what kids describe first when they get home. Trampoline dodgeball, air bag jump lanes, a battle beam, climbing walls, a ninja obstacle course, a wipe out obstacle course, basketball hoops, a ropes course and a zip line cover the big-kid and tween range.
More than 50 arcade games handle the wind-down. Crucially for parents with a mixed-age group, there is a dedicated toddler playground, so a three year old has somewhere real to be while a ten year old is on the ropes course.
The practical planning notes matter more here than at a park. Check epicoh.com for height and age minimums before you buy, because a preschooler who cannot ride the go-karts should not be on the same ticket as an older sibling who can. Confirm the sock policy while you are there, since trampoline attractions typically require grip socks and venues usually sell rather than lend them.
Food is a firm rule: outside food and drink are not allowed. There is an Epic Cafe on site, and if you book a birthday party anywhere other than through Epic, you cannot bring in outside food or cake. Feed everyone before you arrive if you want to control the spend, and note that arcade play sits outside admission entirely, which is where most families blow their budget.
Set that number out loud in the parking lot.
On pricing, individual tickets, passes, memberships and party packages are all offered, and memberships are described as including a two-hour pass every visit. If you expect more than two or three visits a year, run that math on the website rather than defaulting to single tickets. Check epicoh.com for current pricing before you go.
Timing: weekday afternoons during the school year are quiet and close to walk-on. Rainy Saturdays and school breaks are the opposite. Parking on Colerain Ave is free and plentiful. Google reviewers give it 4.5 stars across 167 reviews.
Age Suitability
Parent Logistics
Stroller-Friendly
Yes
Nursing / Changing
Unknown
Kid Meals
Available
Setting
Indoor
Rainy Day
Great option!
Plan Your Visit
Best Time to Visit
Weekday afternoons during the school year are the quiet window, when the go-kart track and bumper cars run with almost no line. Weekends, school breaks and rainy Saturdays are the busiest by a wide margin, because this is the default indoor answer for the whole Colerain and northwest Cincinnati side of town when the weather turns. If you have a younger kid who gets overwhelmed by noise and crowds, a weekday right after opening is a completely different experience than a Saturday afternoon. Check current hours at epicoh.com, since family entertainment centers commonly run reduced weekday hours.
Wait Times
The attraction-by-attraction wait is what matters here, not entry. The multi-level electric go-kart track and the bumper cars are the two that queue, and on a busy weekend or rainy Saturday those can run 20 to 40 minutes while the climbing walls, trampolines and arcade stay walk-on. Weekday afternoons in the school year are close to no wait anywhere. Buying tickets online ahead of time is worth doing on a weekend to skip the front-counter line.
Nearby Food
There is an Epic Cafe on site, and outside food and drink are not allowed, so that or eating beforehand are your two options during the visit. Colerain Ave around 9471 is a full commercial corridor, which makes the before-and-after easy. Cheddar's Scratch Kitchen is the nearest restaurant in our data and is a reliable sit-down option with a kids menu. Beyond that you have the usual Colerain Ave range of chain sit-down restaurants, fast food and drive-throughs within a few minutes in either direction, so a cheap post-go-kart meal is never more than a short drive away. West Fork Park is nearby if you want to burn off whatever energy somehow survived.
Why Kids Love It
It is the volume of things to do that lands. A kid walks into 58,000 square feet and sees a multi-level electric go-kart track, a four-level playground with a volcano slide, a zip line and a ropes course overhead, and the decision paralysis alone buys you ten minutes. The volcano slide and the donut slide are the two that come up first when kids describe it afterward.
For the 8 to 13 crowd, the combination of go-karts and trampoline dodgeball in one building is the pitch, because it is normally two separate trips.
Pro Tips from Parents
- Check epicoh.com for height and age minimums before you buy, especially for the go-kart track and the ropes course. Buying a full-price ticket for a four year old who cannot ride the headline attraction is the most common way to waste money at a venue like this.
- Outside food and drink are not allowed. Feed everyone before you arrive or plan to buy at the on-site Epic Cafe, and know that if you book a birthday party somewhere other than through Epic, you cannot bring outside food or cake.
- Trampoline and jump attractions usually require grip socks, and venues typically sell them rather than lend them. Confirm the sock policy at epicoh.com so you are not surprised by an add-on charge at the counter for every kid.
- Go on a weekday afternoon during the school year if you have a sensitive or younger kid. Rainy Saturdays turn this into the default indoor destination for the northwest side and the noise level changes completely.
- Set the arcade budget before you walk in. There are 50-plus arcade games and that spend sits entirely outside admission, which is where most families blow past what they planned.
- If you are coming more than twice a year, run the membership numbers. A membership is described as including a two-hour pass every visit, which is a meaningful difference from paying per visit.
What to Bring
- Grip socks if you already own them, since trampoline attractions commonly require them and buying at the counter costs extra
- Water bottles filled before you arrive, since outside food and drink are not allowed inside
- Athletic clothes and no dresses or skirts, because of the slides, climbing walls and jump lanes
- Hair ties for long hair before the trampolines and ropes course
- A card or cash set aside specifically as the arcade budget
- A light jacket for the drive home, since kids come out of this place overheated
Cost Info
Estimated Cost (Family of 4)
This is a paid attraction and the exact number depends on which ticket type you pick, so check epicoh.
com for current pricing rather than budgeting a guess.
Three things shape the total.
First, ticket structure: individual attraction tickets, all-access style passes and memberships are all offered, and memberships are described as including a two-hour pass per visit, which changes the math fast for a family that comes more than a couple of times a year.
Second, food: outside food and drink are not allowed, so plan to buy at the on-site Epic Cafe or eat before you arrive.
Third, arcade play, which is a separate spend from admission and is where the budget usually leaks.
Parking on Colerain Ave is free.
Call (216) 223-5170 or check the website for current ticket, membership and party package pricing.
Tips to Save
- Buy tickets online in advance and check for any weekday or off-peak rate before you go, since family entertainment centers commonly price weekdays lower than weekends.
- Do the membership math honestly: memberships are described as including a two-hour pass per visit, so if you expect to come more than two or three times in a year, price a membership against single visits at epicoh.
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- Eat before you arrive, because outside food and drink are not allowed and cafe food for four adds up quickly.
- Set an arcade budget out loud before you walk in, since the 50-plus arcade games are a separate spend from admission and are where most families overshoot.
- If you are booking a birthday, compare the party packages directly, and note that parties not booked through Epic cannot bring outside food or cake.
