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Kartbahn Indoor Karting

  • May 21, 2007
  • Rated 4 of 5 by grannola from Dartmouth, Nova Scotia
Kartbahn Indoor Karting is, as the name implies, an indoor go-kart racing track. It's located in the Bayers Lake Industrial Park, in Halifax.

A birthday party here costs about $160 for 7 children. That's the birthday child +6. You can add on more groups of six invitees for an additional fee. This includes about one hour on the race track, then an hour in the party room. It also includes pizza, drinks, ice cream cake, utensils, plates, napkins and decorations.

In order to ride the karts, the children must be at least 42". They started off by doing a slow 'yellow flag' lap, then they could go faster. My 9-year-old is apparently a bit of a speed demon, and he ran into the tire walls at least a few times. Because it's not the Indy 500, the 'racing' is done by lap speed. There is an automatic timer that keeps track of everyone's lap speeds. At the end of the racing, the children all received a copy of everyone's lap times.

There was an observation window upstairs so the parents could catch a glimpse of their Mario Andretti in the making. The karts the children used were all electric, so the racetrack was much quieter than you might expect.

After the racing (and after some of the parents got a turn on the karts), the kids headed up for the food. They loved getting to go pick a beverage out of the pop cooler (each kid got a 500ml bottle of soda, whichever flavour looked good). The pizza was actually two large Pizza Hut pizzas, enough for all the kids and some left for the dads. The cake was an ice cream cake from Dairy Queen. Again, it was large enough for everyone to get a slice.

This party was great from a kids perspective. Anytime 9-year-olds get to drive, they are bound to have fun. In NS, 8-year-olds are still in booster seats in the family car, so this is especially cool. Picking your own soda, lots of pizza, all good. It would be great for kids aged about 8 up, anyone tall enough to drive a kart, but not old enough to drive a car. (Or old enough to want to be a kids again, like the dads.)

The party was even better from a parent's perspective. The kids all had a great time, but the mom didn't have to do any of the work. The food was provided, the cake was there, the room was pre-decorated. The only thing the parents had to bring was the treat bags for the guests. The parents even got to have a ride in the Karts (for an extra fee). If you have little ones to look after, or Grandma can't make it to help out, having very little to worry about is extremely important.

Kartbahn has a website, but as of now it doesn't have much info on it: www.kartbahn.ca

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