Castle Fun Park, Abbotsford: Go-Karts and Indoor Mini Golf (Prices and Rules)
About an hour east of Vancouver, in Abbotsford, there is a building that looks like a castle. That’s Castle Fun Park — a name most families in the Lower Mainland have heard at least once.
We went with two things on the list: go-karts and indoor mini golf. This post is what we learned about those two — prices, height and age rules, and the Playcard system that catches first-timers out.
The two dragons at the front door. The kids were already excited here.
Where it is and when it’s open
The address is 36165 North Parallel Road, Abbotsford, right off Highway 1 at Exit 95 (Whatcom Road). You’re in the parking lot within a minute of leaving the highway, which makes it a very easy stop if you’re driving out toward Chilliwack or Hope and the kids have run out of patience.
Hours are 10:00 AM to 10:00 PM, every day of the week — the same on weekends as on weekdays. Closing at 10 PM means an after-dinner visit is realistic. (Check the official site before statutory holidays.)
Admission and parking are free. You only pay for the attractions you actually ride.
The go-kart building is separate from the main park, across the parking lot.
Start with the Playcard — this is where people get caught
Castle Fun Park does not take cash or card at each attraction. You load money onto a rechargeable Playcard, and everything — go-karts, mini golf, arcade games — is deducted from that balance.
Two things worth knowing before you load it:
- Loaded money is non-refundable. Put $10 on, spend $7, and the $3 stays on the card. You can’t cash it out.
- But the balance never expires. Once loaded, a card doesn’t time out — come back next year and the leftover is still there. So don’t throw the card away.
That combination makes the amount you load a real decision. Load exactly enough and you’ll end up with an awkward remainder anyway; load generously and the extra sits on a card in a drawer. If you expect to come back — and with a highway exit this convenient, you probably will — load generously. If you’re just passing through once, decide which rides you want first and load only that.
Buying online first pays a bonus. The official online store adds 5% on a $25 Playcard and 10% on a $100 one. If you’re going to spend it anyway, buy it on your phone in the parking lot.
Load it · Swipe it · Keep it. That last one matters.
Go-karts — $12, five minutes, and the rules that decide who rides
Price and ride length
$12 per kart for a 5-minute ride. It’s priced per kart, not per person, so two people in a double kart ride for $12 total.
Read this sign before you line up. Everything you need is on it.
Single vs. double kart requirements
If you’re bringing kids, check this first — it decides whether they can ride at all.
Single kart (riding alone)
- At least 54 inches (about 137 cm) tall
- At least 10 years old
Double kart — driver
- At least 54 inches (about 137 cm) tall
- At least 16 years old
Double kart — passenger
- At least 3 years old
- Must be able to support a helmet
In short: younger children can only ride as a passenger with an adult driving, and from age 10 they can drive their own kart. Helmets are mandatory for everyone.
A waiver is also required. There’s a QR code on the sign by the entrance, so you can sign on your phone right there — but with a group it’s much faster to do it in the parking lot than in the lineup.
Safety rules
The rules posted at the staging area include a few that catch people out:
- No backpacks, purses or large items — leave them in the car
- Cameras, phones, glasses, hats and loose jewelry must be secured
- Long hair must be tied back
- No photography or video recording while driving
- No bumping, swerving or reckless driving
- When the ride ends, stay seated with your seatbelt on until staff say otherwise
- Because of the seat and restraint design, some guests may not be able to ride
The rules board in the staging area. Nobody briefs you out loud.
What it was actually like
Five minutes is longer than it sounds. Waiting in line I thought it would be over in a blink, but once you’re on the track it’s a good number of laps and it felt like fair value for $12.
The one thing to prepare for is exhaust fumes in the waiting area. The karts idle in an enclosed staging bay, and the air gets noticeably harsh while you wait. If someone in your group has a sensitive chest, or you have a toddler, wait a little further back and step in when it’s your turn.
The indoor staging bay. Engines run while you wait, and you can smell it.
Double karts. Adult driving, child riding shotgun is the most common setup.
Reactions in our family split completely. I had a great time with our older child. My wife spent the entire ride tense about clipping the kart beside her and got out relieved it was over — while the younger one sitting next to her was delighted the whole way. If someone doesn’t enjoy driving, this reads less like a ride and more like a test.
One more thing worth saying. A kid who looked about elementary-school age was cutting across lines like it was a racing game. Deliberate contact and reckless driving are against the posted rules, but nobody was pulled off the track for it while we were there. If you have a small child riding beside you, take the outside line and give yourself room.
The track is outdoors, and bigger than it looks from the building.
Indoor mini golf — $18 adults, $12 kids, under 4 free
Prices
- Adults $18
- Children $12 (from age 4)
- Ages 3 and under free
Unlike the go-karts, mini golf is priced per person. For a family, this is the bigger line item of the day.
There is no outdoor course anymore
If you’ve been here before, you may remember an outdoor mini golf course. Only the indoor course runs now — the official attractions list shows just Underwater Adventure Golf. Some older travel write-ups still describe the outdoor course, so don’t plan around it.
Under the sea, and rather humid
The whole course is an underwater world. A beluga floats over your head, sharks cross the ceiling, and one hole runs under an arch shaped like a whale’s rib. The lighting is dark and heavy on blues and purples, and it photographs beautifully.
The beluga overhead, with rippling blue light running across the ceiling.
The shark section. Set pieces like this keep coming, hole after hole.
One thing to expect: it’s humid and warm inside. With that many water features the air feels heavy. Leave jackets in the car or a locker.
Hole in one on 18, and a free game (sort of)
Score a hole in one on the final 18th hole, tell staff, and they hand you a card for a free round next time. We managed it twice and walked out with two free game cards.
The funny part is that there’s no way for anyone to verify it. No camera, no scorecard check — you just say so. It runs on the honour system, which with kids in tow turns out to be a decent conversation: is a free card you didn’t really earn actually a win?
The whale-bone arch hole. The angle keeps adults standing there thinking.
What age can actually play
We all played together, and a six-year-old follows the rules perfectly well. Ours was trading first and second place with an adult who plays real golf — and you could see that adult’s competitive streak rising every time a grandchild came out ahead.
Four is too young for scoring. We took our four-year-old out of the scorecard and let them putt freely, which kept both the child happy and the game moving. Since under-4s are free anyway, decide before you start that the youngest plays along without being scored.
What else is there
We only did two things, but there’s much more inside:
- Arcade — a large two-floor arcade, with a separate Wonder Farm kids’ zone for the preschool crowd
- Bowling
- Laser maze
- Typhoon simulator
- Celebration Room — birthday and group packages with a dedicated table, pizza and pop, and a Playcard per guest
Wonder Farm. Preschoolers get stuck here for a while.
The Celebration Room. Birthday bookings looked busy.
Checklist before you go
- Hours 10 AM – 10 PM daily. Admission and parking free
- Everything runs on a Playcard. Loaded money is non-refundable but never expires — keep the card
- Buying the Playcard online adds a bonus ($25 +5% / $100 +10%)
- Sign the go-kart waiver by QR in the parking lot, not in line
- Go-kart rules — single: 54″ and 10+ / double driver: 54″ and 16+ / double passenger: 3+
- No large bags on the karts, and tie long hair back
- Mini golf is indoor only — the outdoor course is gone
- The mini golf room is warm and humid — leave jackets behind
- With small children, agree on the scoring rules before hole 1
Worth it?
Castle Fun Park isn’t a destination you build a day around, and its position right beside the highway exit says exactly what it is. It works best on a rainy weekend when the kids are about to detonate at home, or as a two-to-three-hour stop on the way out to the Fraser Valley.
On cost: a family of four doing one round of mini golf plus two karts is already $80–90. It isn’t a cheap outing. What you get for it is total independence from the weather, and a game that an adult and a four-year-old can genuinely play together — which is rarer than it sounds at this price.
If you’re looking for more day trips near Vancouver, see Alouette Lake at Golden Ears (going without a day-use pass), Glamping at Fort Langley oTENTik, and the Sunshine Coast day trip.
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