Took my 12 and 5 year old today to hang out with a family friend and their 11 year old son. The kids had a blast. Plenty of arcade style games that all cost 1 point. The menu for purchasing the play cards is a little confusing but basically, just buy the card for the minutes of play. it's the better option. meaning purchase however many minutes of time you want your kids to play. this means the child can swipe their card as much as they want until time is up on the card. it'll give them more opportunities to earn tickets that way. Chuckecheese is a bit pricey IMO, especially if you have more than 1 child and you plan to buy food, drinks and snacks, so I'd say be ready to spend a bit. I spent over $100 for a Lg pizza, 2 of the unlimited refill drink cups, 90 minutes of game play for each child, a large lollipop, and Lg Dippin dots for each. I had also checked out the new annual membership offers before I visited but kinda glad I didn't go that route because I think my kids ended up playing well over the amount of games that would have been included in the plan I was looking at. overall, fun, plenty of games and space to run around. the toddler car ride that normally takes a photo did not provide a photo and the sketch image photo booth said it was out of paper and inoperable, which was a bummer. i think only 1 or 2 other random arcade games were out of order, but that's it. there's also a cool dance floor for when Chuck e comes out and they do have a mini trampoline area that's supervised by an attendant that costs an additional $12 or $24 per child, depending on if you purchase fun passes, i believe. also plenty of tables for family seating. The temperature in the building is much cooler the further in you go. if you sit by the windows, it's a bit on the...
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We've been to this CeC now two times for a birthday party - one just last week. Now I wouldn't say that CeC is for every kid - but if your kid is one of those, OMG they LOVE this place.
The birthday boy was thrilled to be here - and when the BB (or BG) is having a great time, everyone else has a great time!
The staff is super-duper friendly, and pretty skilled at guiding little people through birthday celebration things (Like cheering and dancing) and very understanding with parents - since sometimes parties can be very hectic.
As an example, I got a soft drink, set it down for 2 seconds, and it was immediately hit by a bouncing ball and splashed everywhere. I worked in the service industry - stuff like that is embarrassing - I know, I've cleaned up thousands of spills. The staff member actually laughed when I told him I was sorry. "This was an easy one", he said (or something to that matter). It made me feel better.
The pizza was very good. Now this isn't an Italian restaurant, so you have to measure everything appropriately - but I was surprised at the quality and did have 3 pieces myself.
So the place was clean (for a place that currently had 30 kids running around in it), the food was good, all the machines were working - it's not that loud. Not if you've been around kids and their toys... If you've lived by yourself in the woods for 10 years - yeah, maybe it's a bit loud.
Over all, we had a fun time, and...
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