It’s summer sweat season in SoFlo, so here’s some cool indoor fun

Nope. It’s just too darn sticky icky hot.

If you’ve totally given up on leaving the air-conditioned comfort of your home to go out and have some fun, all is not lost.

We’ve gathered some options where you can find the feeling of al fresco fun here in our subtropical paradise … but without the oppressive heat.

NICE ICE BABY

Boca Ice, 900 Peninsula Corp Circle, Boca Raton, opens up the rink for a battlefield with bumper cars on ice with lasers. To score points, target your opponent’s sensor and watch them spin on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays. They also offer public skating, figure skating, and hockey leagues and classes, and alpine ski and snowboard lessons at the 73,000-square-foot facility. Visit bocaice.com.

Baptist Health IcePlex at FTL War Memorial, 800 NE Eighth St., Fort Lauderdale, offers two regulation-sized indoor ice rinks, one of which is open for youth and adult hockey programs, and public skating and figure skating for all ages. Come out on Friday nights for TGIF fun skates from 7 to 9 p.m. with music. The IcePlex is also the practice home of the two-time Stanley Cup-winning Florida Panthers and the Pantherland retail shop. Grab a bite to eat at The Federal restaurant or attend a concert at the newly renovated War Memorial Auditorium on site as well. Visit ftlwarmemorial.com.

Astro Skate Family Fun Center, 3100 Jog Road, Greenacres, offers camps, skating lessons, public and open skates, and teen, adult and family nights at its bright-pink building that was formerly home to Atlantis Skateway for 47 years. Pick your rental skates — regular, inline or trainers — to lace up and get out in the rink. Check out the weekly schedule, which offers themed days such as Christian Night, Free Pizza Skate, Family Hip Hop Skate and Adult Night Soul Roll, at astroskatingcenter.com/palm-beach-county.

Galaxy Skateway, 3737 Davie Road Extension, Davie, lets adults relive the skating days of their youth with Throwback Thursday for age 18 and older, featuring Shuffle Skate and Jam Skating. Other themed events under the disco ball and lights include Cheapskate Wednesday, R&B Night, All Request Night, Hip-Hop Skate and Family Night, among others. See the full schedule at galaxyskateway.net.

AIR-CONDITIONED AMUSEMENT

The Diadem Pickleball Complex, 1000 Coconut Creek Blvd., Coconut Creek, does not require a membership to reserve courts, take classes or join a league for players of all ages and skill levels at the indoor facility. Learn from the pros in clinic sessions or register for summer leagues. Sign up for daily open play, including Dinks and Drinks from 3 to 6 p.m. weekdays with half-priced beverages, at diadempickleballcomplex.com.

iFly 11690 W. State Road 84, Davie gives you the feeling of skydiving through 60-second intervals in a wind tunnel (four fans, each 450 horsepower) that allows you to float and whip around, replicating the sensation of parachute jumping out of an airplane in a free fall. Visit iflyworld.com.

Flying Squirrel Trampoline Park, 3305 Corporate Ave, Weston, is an indoor entertainment park with trampolines, dodgeball court, battle beam, climbing walls, ropes course, slack line, dunk hoops, ninja course arcade games, children’s areas (soft-play playground) and the Drey Café. Visit flyingsquirrelsports.us/weston-florida.

Xtreme Action Park, 5300 Powerline Road, Fort Lauderdale, is one-stop shopping for a day of fast-paced activities from kart racing and escape rooms to mini golf and laser tag. Xtreme also has a trampoline park (with hourly rates) and six full-sized bowling lanes with projection screens, LED lighting and touch-screen monitors. Hourly lane rentals for bowling for up to six players are available nights and weekends. Visit xtremeactionpark.com.

Sky Zone trampoline park features a variety of fun activities such as a Ninja Warrior Course, Zip Lines, a Toddler Zone, Ultimate Dodgeball and Parkour Blox. The attraction has South Florida locations in Palm Springs, Boynton Beach, Fort Lauderdale, Pembroke Pines (coming soon), Doral and Cutler Bay. Visit skyzone.com for information about promotions.

Cordial — Fun Depot, 2003 10th Ave. N., Lake Worth Beach, is a 20-lane bowling alley with hourly rates every day, featuring a full-service restaurant with local craft beers, among other drinks. After bowling, walk next door to Fun Depot for the arcade, go-karts and laser tag. Visit fundepot.com.

Project Rock, 3580 N. Andrews Ave., Oakland Park, is a 10,000-square-foot indoor venue with 16,000 square feet of vertical climbing, featuring rock-realistic walls that are between 40 and 60 feet high. Visitors will also find 1,800 square feet of bouldering where the challenges are about 16 feet tall. There is also rappelling, fitness sessions, climbing classes and kids camps.

Activate, 10350 Pines Blvd., Unit D106, Pembroke Pines, is expected to open in mid-July and will bring its signature immersive digital gameplay and variety of physical challenges to SoFlo. The14 high-tech game rooms include options such as Mega Grid, Mega Laser, Strike, Control and more. Visit playactivate.com/pembroke-pines.

OTHER REALLY COOL (INDOOR) STUFF TO DO

Air-conditioned gyms await pickleball players of all ages and abilities at three public recreation locations in Palm Beach County this summer. Sign in at the front desk and pay the $5 per day fee to play. (Players under 18 must be signed in by a legal guardian.) You’ll find three courts set up by the Palm Beach County Parks and Recreation Department inside each of these spots: West Boynton Recreation Center, 6000 Northtree Blvd., Lake Worth Beach, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturdays through Aug. 2; Westgate Recreation Center, 3691 Oswego Ave., West Palm Beach, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sundays through Aug. 3; and West Jupiter Recreation Center, 6401 Indiantown Road, Jupiter (call 561-694-5430 to reserve).

The AutoNation IMAX 3D Theater at the Museum of Discovery & Science, 401 SW Second St., Fort Lauderdale, has a six-story screen showing movies daily, including 2D and 3D IMAX laser projection. Featured this summer is “F1 The Movie,” “Superman,” “The Fantastic Four: First Steps” and the documentary “Shark Kingdom.” If you pay the museum fee, you can also check out the hands-on, family-friendly exhibits at the museum. Visit mods.org/showtimes.

Cox Science Center and Aquarium, 4801 Dreher Trail N., West Palm Beach, will have Shark Preservation Week July 7-11 in a partnership with the American Shark Conservancy. There will be feedings, presentations, daily touch tank sesssions, ocean-themed crafts and more at a 10,000-gallon aquarium. Visit coxsciencecenter.org.

CMX Cinemas Wellington, 10300 Forest Hill Blvd., Wellington, is hosting Summer Fun Fest, which are special family-favorite movie showings running through Aug. 7. Screenings will take place Tuesdays through Thursdays at 10 a.m. and tickets are $1.99 for both children and adults. Some of the titles include “The Spongebob Squarepants Movie,” “Sonic the Hedgehog 3,” “Clifford The Big Red Dog” and more. Visit shopwellingtongreen.com/deal/summer-fun-fest or cmxcinemas.com.

Zenova Spa & Wellness, 2301 SE 17th St., Fort Lauderdale, is inside the recently remodeled Pier Sixty-Six and has what the resort is billing as the region’s first snow room, where you can enjoy 10- to 14-degree temperatures and alpine forest scents in experiences ranging from 10 minutes to three hours. Zenova says that snow rooms are comparable to a cold plunge and can reduce inflammation and swelling, accelerate muscle recovery, increase blood flow and boost immunity. Visit piersixtysix.com/luxury-spa-fort-lauderdale.

History Fort Lauderdale, 231 SW Second Ave., Fort Lauderdale, will have an art exhibit titled  “Paradise Under Palmettos” from July 10 through Sept. 7. The free exhibit highlights Florida’s wildlife and natural beauty. Visit historyfortlauderdale.org.

Candlelight Concerts is a series of pop-up concerts this summer spotlighting professional musicians performing a variety of genres such as classical, jazz, pop and movie soundtracks.at venues in Fort Lauderdale, Boca Raton, Miami, West Palm Beach and Pembroke Pines. Each venue’s architecture is illuminated by thousands of candles as part of the experience. Musical themes for the concerts will include tributes to Coldplay, Bad Bunny, Adele, Drake, Queen, Imagine Dragons, Whitney Houston, the Beatles, ABBA, Hans Zimmer and Vivaldi. For a full schedule visit candlelightexperience.com. And our own South Florida Symphony Orchestra is also performing in candlelit venues with their Summer with the Symphony chamber music series in Fort Lauderdale and Miami through July 25. For the full schedule visit southfloridasymphony.org/summer-with-the-symphony.

The Bulk Candy Store, 235 N. Jog Road, West Palm Beach, takes visitors through the history of candy on 40-minute tours available weekdays and Saturdays. The journey begins in the retail shop with candy samples, then a guide shows how candy is made and packaged and leads a walk through decorated rooms with two-story ceilings as well as one room covered in candy. Tour participants receive store discounts for candies, chocolate-covered treats, fudge and more than 50 flavors of gourmet popcorn. Admission is $12.95 for guests age 13 and older, $8.95 for guests age 4 to 12, and free for children age 3 and younger. Reservations are required at bulkcandystore.com/tours.

Originally Published: June 25, 2025 at 8:15 AM EDT