Vegas Indoor Skydiving Details
- Hours of operation:
Open daily, 10 a.m. - 8 p.m.
- Cost: Single flight is $75; repeat flight is $40; 15-minute "family" block is $350 and five flights for one person is $200.
- Payment options: Cash, traveler's checks, MasterCard, Visa, American Express and Discover.
- Reservations: Reservations are available with payment in full at least 48 hours in advance.
- Location: Located just off the Las Vegas Strip, south of the Riviera Hotel & Casino on Convention Center Drive.
- Age/Height/Weight restrictions: Those under 18 years of age must be accompanied by a parent. Participants' height and weight must be proportional and they need to be in good physical condition with no medical, drug or alcohol problems. Socks and soft-soled shoes are a must. No sandals or open-toed shoes are allowed to be worn in the wind tunnel for safety reasons.
Vegas Indoor Skydiving Description
If you always wanted to experience the thrill of skydiving but the
thought of jumping out of a plane frightens you, there's hope.
Vegas
Indoor Skydiving simulates the free fall aspect of skydiving. When you
jump out of a plane, the fall lasts about 30 to 45 seconds. Here, you'll
get more time and experience the same feeling. While the view may not
be the same, you will never have to worry about bad weather or
terrifying heights. It's a win-win situation.
"There is nothing like the sensation of floating on air," said Brad Hess, general manager of Vegas Indoor Skydiving.
Instead
of taking a plunge high from the ground, you'll be in a padded room,
similar to a bouncy castle at a birthday party. In the center underneath
the wire netting, you'll see a DC-3 propeller. This "fan" generates
winds up to 120 miles per hour. Once the propeller kicks into full gear,
you'll float up to seven feet above the net. And if you look up during
your flight, it intensifies your experience that much more. You'll have
R. Kelly's song, "I Believe I Can Fly" playing in your head in no time.
After
checking in on the first floor, your guide will take your group
upstairs. After watching a brief safety video and demonstration, you'll
be fitted into your jumpsuit, helmet and gloves. We recommend wearing
comfortable clothing, a short-sleeved shirt (it gets hot in there!) and
tennis shoes.
The guide takes small groups of five, so you don't
have to wait long between turns. Once you enter the padded room, you'll
practice your "tuck and roll" landing. It's important to form into a
ball when you land and not on your feet. Your guide will signal when
your turn is done, so you'll have time to curl up. Since the walls are
soft and bouncy, you won't feel any pain as long as you land properly.
Each
person has a total of three turns to fly. On your first turn, your
guide helps adjust your form. You'll lie on your belly on top of the net
and before you know it, you're up in the air. On the second turn,
you'll have more of an idea what to expect. This time, you'll jump to
the center and fly up. And if you do really well on your third round,
your guide will spin you in circles, flip you over on your back and even
fly with you. If you want to achieve your best flight, the most
important thing to remember is relax. And keep your head up --
you'll see people from the outside observation area snapping photos. For
a moment, you'll feel like a celebrity. Who doesn't like this type of
attention?
Total flight time is about three minutes per person,
an average of a minute per round. Don't worry if you've never done
anything like this before. No experience is necessary and your guide
will help you the entire time.
After your experience, your hair
will be a hot mess. But who cares? You had the time of your life. After
you remove your flight gear, head back downstairs and see your photos
taken during the flight. DVDs, custom photos and flash drives with your
pictures are available for purchase.
The following day, your body
might be a little sore. But it's a feel-good, just-worked-out type of
sore. We believe it's worth every bit of it.
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