Timezone Christchurch Central — Attraction in Christchurch

When we booked a birthday party for our son, we were nervous about sensory overload for the adults! But imagine that we actually had a total blast! The 2hr package meant each kid had a lanyard and swipe card to play to their heart’s content (basically anything except the claw games) and a dedicated party host making sure every child could figure out how to play and had fun. Meanwhile we had a corner of the venue with tables and stools to ourselves, we were able to bring our own cake, food and drinks and with kids asking us every two seconds for permission or money or how to play, we were free to wander around, enjoy watching them have fun, and even have a go ourselves! Jack (our amazing host) set up a scavenger hunt too and handed out lollies for winning a game. In the last 30 mins we brought the kids together for some refreshments, sang happy birthday and had cake, and the kids finished off by spending their tokens (400 per child and 1400 for the birthday boy) in the shop on things like fidgets, bouncy balls and candy. Not a drop of stress. Just fun. No cleanup and we didn’t even have to stress about tidying up our house! 100% glad we saved for this party and did it. Lovely staff. Great memories! Thanks team TimeZone...

The staff was not welcoming @ all. I didn’t know about the camera policy, the man came up to us (staff, orange beard and bold head) about filming policy which we don’t actually know. We are sorry for not asking, it wasn’t polite for me to what i did (vlogging taking photos) However it seemed like he didn’t like us and wanted problems. We were very receptive and was respectful when he told us off. We acknowledged what he said, and we stopped when got asked, but he just kept going on how impolite it was which actually kills the whole vibes for us in there and we he wasn’t polite with us. We’re only here for a day for the industry awards. Just trying to find some stuff to do to kill time. But it seems like CHC isn’t a vibe @ all. Bless his soul I hope he heals from whatever who’s going through. Hopefully he can approach other people with better manners something along with “hey excuse, I see that you are recording here is out recording/camera policies”, instead of coming up to us and be like “it’s not polite to take pictures and recording without asking” which is fair i am accountable for that. We’re just trying capture the moments while we’re here since he ain’t here for long, so we apologise for not askin too. Wish the...

Max (6 years old): My favourite game was Dinosaur Era and also the bowling and the big Space Invaders. The Timezone man was very nice. I got a lollipop. Timezone is one of my favourite places to go. I like the bit in Dinosaur Era where the dinosaurs are jumping on you and you shoot them with the water pistols.

Nick (46 years old): What Max said. We love coming here to play the Dinosaur Era water pistol game and the air hockey. It's centrally located, the Timezone guy is indeed lovely, and it's a great spot to entertain the boy. Clean, well-lit, and friendly - the polar opposite of the dank arcade cesspits of...