Top 2 courtesy of Google Map. Notice fake bird on sign and appeared to look real bamboo up there!
Found this photo online months ago but I did not get who that came from and so.. credit to someone. This looks like it was being renovated back in 1990s or something like that because of the vehicles and new canopy is about to replace that old stain brown shingles.
Both courtesy of Google Map. After renovation.
Four photos above are from fans on Google Images. Interesting carpet! Like a jungle! That is a wild cat stripes. Tiger stripes. Really stands out well. I think the rink was where the playground is now. There is till a rink but I could not find a good photo of it! I saw one close up of a girl on her skates but the focus was on her, not on the rink. Anyone has a better pic of rink without any people?
Four above all are Google Map. The layout of Mini-Golf. I noticed a confusion after if I was going to take a trip through 18 holes of mini-golf, it splits at 6th hole (walk counterclockwise from bottom of photo and go through it yourself. Finishing at 6th hole, you end up seeing it goes both ways or even 3 ways. I think there is a sign telling you to go 7th hole on the left from 6th hole. then its a loop there then walk all the way toward 18th hole.
Jungle Jym's Family Fun Center 3124 N Oak St Ext Valdosta, GA*
Skate 'n Play Family Fun Center 3124 N Oak St Ext Valdosta, GA (Current)
Skate 'n Play Family Fun Center 3124 N Oak St Ext Valdosta, GA (Current)
Jungle Jym's Family Fun Center was around since 1980 but in 2018, the owner had to sell because of his legal trouble with the law. This is touchy issue and it has an asterisk You remember what they did with the record breaking home-run that was done by a player who was on steroids breaking Hank Aaron's record and reaching closer to Sadaharu Oh's home-runs records (his was 868). This one here I put Asterisk because of bad mark on the owner of Jungle Jym's because of his branding his gun to a customer and her son who were late for a birthday party and all went lose. Please read links I have below in source section.
The rink owner, Roy Taylor, 79, was arrested on March 27, 2018 on the charges with one count of pointing a pistol at another (misdemeanor) and one count of reckless conduct (misdemeanor). WTXL.
Someone said it was not only time but done many times to customers with gun brandishing and likely Roy had Dementia.
I am not sure if Roy had to serve time in jail but because of misdemeanors charges, likely probation if no priors in his jacket.
Previously before Roy, the owner of Jungle Jym's was Ben Schnake.
It was interesting that Roy sold the building in 2015 according to Loop Net.
The Interior.
Besides the rink, it has indoor playground and for outdoors, mini-golf course (18 holes). It has Sky Blue Polyurethane coated concrete floor to skate on and the steel rails around the rink itself.
The Exterior.
It is a Mansard Free-Span Steel Truss 1970s Convention Center-style Building. It appeared to be of darker Salmon color on the roof and walls with some white on it. There is an out-built or extension of the building that houses another business. At one time was a cleaning store.
Old photo by someone showed that the canopy had wood stained shingles on the canopy so likely it was all around. Very 1970s when it was first opened.
As for the mini-golf, the top view of course showed too many straight greens. In golfing, the term for green means where you putting the ball toward the hole. In regulation golf (the one you see near you or you saw Jack, Arnold, Gary, Tiger, Greg, Larry, and others won the Masters tournaments on TV, well. they call three parts tee-off, fairways, and greens. In
The only major changes on the outside so far was the signs both free-standing and on the building.
The Stats:
Rink Size: N/A. Floor: N/A. Floor Layout: N/A.
Building Size: 21,000 SF. Built: 1980. Demolished: Still standing.
Type of Building: Free-Span Steel Truss Steel-Walled Warehouse Building.
Roof: Mansard.
Acres: 2.20 Acres.
Operated: 1980 to present
Jungle Jym's Family Fun Center: 1980 to 2018.
Skate 'n Play Family Fun Center: 2018 to present.
Reason for Closure: N/A.
Jungle Jym's Family Fun Center: legal problems forced owner to sell due to reputation.*
Skate 'n Play Family Fun Center: Currently operated.
Wanted: Information regarding exact date of open and closed. Was owner forced to close by lawyers or city?
Anyone has pictures and/or information please let me know at [email protected]. Thank you.
Sources: WTXL, Manta, Trip Advisor, Valdosta Daily Times - new mini-golf course, Valdosta Daily Times - owner arrested, Zillow, Loop Net,
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The rink owner, Roy Taylor, 79, was arrested on March 27, 2018 on the charges with one count of pointing a pistol at another (misdemeanor) and one count of reckless conduct (misdemeanor). WTXL.
Someone said it was not only time but done many times to customers with gun brandishing and likely Roy had Dementia.
I am not sure if Roy had to serve time in jail but because of misdemeanors charges, likely probation if no priors in his jacket.
Previously before Roy, the owner of Jungle Jym's was Ben Schnake.
It was interesting that Roy sold the building in 2015 according to Loop Net.
The Interior.
Besides the rink, it has indoor playground and for outdoors, mini-golf course (18 holes). It has Sky Blue Polyurethane coated concrete floor to skate on and the steel rails around the rink itself.
The Exterior.
It is a Mansard Free-Span Steel Truss 1970s Convention Center-style Building. It appeared to be of darker Salmon color on the roof and walls with some white on it. There is an out-built or extension of the building that houses another business. At one time was a cleaning store.
Old photo by someone showed that the canopy had wood stained shingles on the canopy so likely it was all around. Very 1970s when it was first opened.
As for the mini-golf, the top view of course showed too many straight greens. In golfing, the term for green means where you putting the ball toward the hole. In regulation golf (the one you see near you or you saw Jack, Arnold, Gary, Tiger, Greg, Larry, and others won the Masters tournaments on TV, well. they call three parts tee-off, fairways, and greens. In
The only major changes on the outside so far was the signs both free-standing and on the building.
The Stats:
Rink Size: N/A. Floor: N/A. Floor Layout: N/A.
Building Size: 21,000 SF. Built: 1980. Demolished: Still standing.
Type of Building: Free-Span Steel Truss Steel-Walled Warehouse Building.
Roof: Mansard.
Acres: 2.20 Acres.
Operated: 1980 to present
Jungle Jym's Family Fun Center: 1980 to 2018.
Skate 'n Play Family Fun Center: 2018 to present.
Reason for Closure: N/A.
Jungle Jym's Family Fun Center: legal problems forced owner to sell due to reputation.*
Skate 'n Play Family Fun Center: Currently operated.
Wanted: Information regarding exact date of open and closed. Was owner forced to close by lawyers or city?
Anyone has pictures and/or information please let me know at [email protected]. Thank you.
Sources: WTXL, Manta, Trip Advisor, Valdosta Daily Times - new mini-golf course, Valdosta Daily Times - owner arrested, Zillow, Loop Net,
© 2019-2020 Copyrighted by Dead-Rinks. All Rights Reserved.