If you’re visiting (or living) in Taipei with kids, the Core Pacific City Mall (aka Living Mall) is a great place to visit as there’s so many children's activities suitable for all ages within one building. It’s a little away from the main city center, but still easily reachable by MRT, and even the building is pretty interesting for kids as the main part is a big sphere.
Address: No. 138, Section 4, Bade Rd, Songshan District, Taipei City, 105
12 Kid-Friendly Attractions at Taipei’s Living Mall:
1. Let Kids Role Play at Baby Boss
Baby Boss is a career-themed amusement center where kids can dress up and do activities related to different jobs. A play town is setup on the 7th floor of the Taipei Living Mall and kids can go to different store fronts to learn and participate in each occupation. Occupations include fireman, gold miner, pilot, construction worker, chef, and many more. There’s even a 747 airplane for kids to pretend to be pilots and flight attendants.
Tip - Do your research in advance, as a city guide listing jobs, activity times, and age requirements is online, and it will make arriving at Baby Boss less stressful!
Name in Chinese: BabyBoss 職業體驗任意城
Hours: 10AM - 8PM Fri-Tues, 10AM - 6PM Wed-Thurs
Phone: 08 0045 7888
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Recommended Age: 3-12 years old
Price:
Mon-Thu full day (10AM-6PM) price is NT$900 for children, and NT$500 for adults.
Holiday* full day (10AM-8PM) price is NT$1100 for children, and NT$500 for adults.
Holiday* morning (10AM-3PM) price is NT$900 for children, and NT$500 for adults.
Holiday* afternoon (3PM-8PM) price is NT$900 for children, and NT$500 for adults.
* Holiday is Fri-Sun, winter/summer vacations, national holidays, and long weekends.
Non-Taiwan citizens or foreign passport holders can enjoy 20% discount - just show your passport on site.
2. Play in the Huge Octopus Ball Pit and Slide Area at Kidsburgh
On the 7th Floor of the Taipei Living Mall is the ocean-themed branch of Kidsburgh. It’s an attractive and well maintained (but a little pricey) indoor play center for children under 12. The facility is ocean themed, and includes physically active, creative, and sensory focused activities. Kids can play in a huge ball pit and slide area, shoot foam cannons, play in a lego block building room, jump inside a bouncy castle, ride sea-themed carousels, visit a play market and cooking area, and more. (MORE PICS)
Name in Chinese: 騎士堡
Hours: 10:00AM – 8PM Mon-Thu, 10AM – 9 PM Fri-Sun
Phone: 02 3762 2236
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Recommended Age: Under 12 years old
Price: A day pass is NT$750 for 3 hours, which includes one adult admission. A pass for an extra adult is NT$150.
Annual membership and per entry packages (ex. 5 pack for NT$2,680) also available.
3. Visit Austin City at Austin Playland
Located on the 8th floor of the living mall is Austin Land, a fun play center with a big play town area called Austin City, where kids can use their imagination to role play at different occupations. In addition, the center has a large ball pit with slides and a nearby jump platform, to encourage physical play. They also have toys such as play kitchens, doll houses, and train sets. Older kids will be thrilled to discover a giant robot that they can ride inside, while younger kids can drive a little toy train around a track. Near the back of the play center, next to the onsite restaurant, is a sand box with dinosaur themed sand trucks - and an attendant to vacuum your feet once you're done playing. (MORE PICS)
Name in Chinese: 奧斯丁夢想樂園
Hours: 11 AM - 7:30 PM Mon-Thu & Sun / 11 AM - 8:30 PM Fri-Sat
Phone: 02 3762 1858
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Recommended Age: Under 12
Price: Price for 2hrs of play time is NT$350 for children 1-12 yrs, NT$200 for babies under 1, and NT$150 for adults. (On weekdays there’s a 100 coupon redeemable for meals.)
Ticket packages are available, contact Austin’s directly for current packages.
4. Walk the Fantasy Island Ropes Course
For some excitement, visit the Fantasy Island Discovery Paradise ropes course on level B2 of the Taipei Living Mall (京華城). Each level of the rope course has various obstacles for kids to overcome and coaches are on hand to help kids and congratulate them as they make it through the course. Kids wear ropes and harnesses, plus a helmet as they make their way through the ropes course. At the end is a shallow ball pool with a touchscreen activity. Also available next to the ropes course, but requiring a separate admission, is a Noah's Ark obstacle maze, which kids can walk through without ropes or harnesses. The maze is full of obstacles and stuffed animals, and includes a big red slide. (MORE PICS)
Name in Chinese: 奇幻島探索樂園
Hours: 11AM - 9PM Sun - Thur, 11AM - 10PM Fri-Sat
Phone: 02 3762 1861
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Recommended Age: 3+ (and at least 100cm tall)
Price: Price for children is NT$499 and adults is NT$150 for the ropes course, and a separate NT$499 for the ropes maze.
5. Run Around the Dinosaur-themed FEBO Play Center
On the 6th Floor of the Taipei Living Mall is a dinosaur-themed play center called FEBO, which is a very physically active center with a big climbing area, ball pit, slides, trampoline, and even a zip line. The 4 person slide, which leads to the ball pit, has a projector that decorates the slide with different patterns. Nearby is a fun device that turns around, which kids can swing on (or little kids can ride). There’s also push cars kids can drive around, and a sand pit area. Kids can have fun running and crawling around various climbing structures, and the trampoline and zip line can be found in the climbing area. (MORE PICS)
Name in Chinese: 台北京華城館
Hours: 11AM - 8:30PM Sun - Thurs, 11AM - 9:30PM Fri-Sat
Phone: 02 3762 1501
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Recommended Age: 2 -12.
Price: Price for 1 child and 1 adult is NT$350 for non-members and NT$280 for members. (3hr time limit on weekends, no time limit on weekdays)
6. Drive Go Karts at Crazy Kart
On the 6th floor of the Taipei Living Mall is Crazy Kart (formerly Kiwan Kids Car), which has a tire race track where kids and adults can drive karts around a track to simulate race car driving. (MORE PICS)
Name in Chinese: 小學堂兒童交通主題館
Hours: 11:00AM – 9:30PM Sun to Thurs, 11AM – 10:30 PM Fri-Sat
Phone: 02 3762 1599
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Recommended Age: Kids 6+ can drive their own kart, those under 6 must ride with an adult.
Price: NT$150 for 6.5 minutes.
7. Jump Around Leap Frog Play Center
On the 2nd Floor of the Taipei Living Mall is the children's fitness play center Leap Frog, which was formerly located at the Taipei Water Park in Gongguan. The center has jump platforms, horizontal bars, a giant inflatable wheel kids can get inside, rock climbing wall, basketball court, push cars, a toddler roller coaster, and a variety of other activities to encourage physical play. There's also an onsite cafe that aims to serve healthy meals.
Name in Chinese: 跳跳蛙親子運動餐廳
Hours: 11AM – 9PM, Mon-Sun
Phone: 02 3762 1686
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Recommended Age: 0-8 years old
Price: Price for children (under 2 yrs) is NT$210 on weekdays, NT$300 on weekends. Price for children (2-8 yrs old) is NT$280 on weekdays, NT$400 on weekends.Price for adults is NT$100. Play sessions are 3 hours.
8. Pretend and Imagine with Wooden Toys at Hape Playground
On the 5th Floor of the Taipei Living Mall is the Hape play center, which showcases a huge variety of Hape toys (they’re the largest producer of wooden toys). Most of the toys are wooden, eco-friendly, and adhere to international safety guidelines. The center includes a large sand play area with slides, sand toys, and geometric climbing structures. There’s also lots of wooden play food, kitchen sets, teepees, puzzles, a train set, building toys, and a variety of other educational toys. For those with babies, there's a section especially for babies.
Name in Chinese: 木樂地-兒童木製遊樂天地
Hours: 11AM - 9:30PM Sun - Thu, 11AM - 10:30PM Fri-Sat
Phone: 02 3762 1966
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Recommended Age: 0-8 years old.
Price: Price is NT$400 for 2 hours on weekdays for 1 adult and 1 child, and NT$450 for 2 hours on weekends for 1 adult + 1 child. Price for babies 0-6 months is NT$100 for 2 hours. Price for extra adult is NT$100.
9. Shop on the Children’s Floor
There’s a wide range of children's clothing, baby supplies, books, toys, and maternity items for sale on the 5th floor of the Living Mall. Items aren’t cheap, but you’ll find some popular name brands. Also on this floor are activity areas where kids can do crafts, like sand painting, or other various games for a nominal fee.
Hours: 11AM - 9:30PM Sun - Thurs, 11AM - 10:30PM Fri-Sat
Phone: 02 3762 1888
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10. Play Games at Tom’s World
On the 5th floor of the Living Mall and on level B3 are Tom’s World game centers. The game centers are filled with coin operated games and amusements that light up, move, and make noises. There are various cars, planes, trains, and robots that young kids can get inside, plus a variety of other video game type amusements. Just fyi, it can get noisy!
Name in Chinese: 京華城店
Hours: 11AM - 9:30PM Sun-Thu, 11AM- 10:30PM Fri-Sat
Phone: 02 3762 2001
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Recommended Age: Any
Price: Varied, usually between 10-30NT per game.
11. Have a Meal and Play Games at Double Circle
Game night? Try Double Circle on the 2nd floor of the Taipei Living Mall. They have over 400 games available for families to play while enjoying a meal together. The games seem suitable for all ages, as it's not just traditional board game - but also modern games for young kids. (MORE PICS)
Also, menu is in Chinese only at present … not sure if this will change in the future.
Name in Chinese: 桌遊主題餐廳
Hours: 11AM - 9:30PM Sun-Thu / 11AM - 10:30PM Fri-Sat
Phone: 02 3762 1137
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Recommended Age: Any
Price: There are two choices for dining - each person pays a minimum consumption amount and can play games for 2 hours, or else get drinks and pay 60NT per person.
12. Watch a Movie
Besides all the other kid-friendly activities at the Living Mall, there’s also a Cinemark theater with an entrance on level B1.
Name in Chinese: 喜滿客京華影城(股)
Hours: 10AM - 3AM, Mon-Sun
Phone: 02 3752 2001
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Recommended Age: Any
Price: Varied (Check website for specific prices)
