Chuck E. Cheese

Had a lot of good experiences here as a kid with my 8th birthday party among other visits. I really loved the helicopter bike game and the roller coaster simulation game. That was back in 2011 and other years around that age. I came here again around November last year and May of this year. Many of the games weren’t there anymore and the skytubes were gone. I also noticed the 3 stage animatronics that were originally used for the ShowBiz Pizza Place animatronics were nowhere to be found on stage and instead was replaced with a single Chuck E animatronic on center stage with curtains covering the stages that once held Pasqually and Chuck E. It was still nice to see that the old stage itself was there. After all, it is a 42 year old stage from a store with a rich history. This store used to be a ShowBiz Pizza Place with the iconic Rockafire Explosion animatronics in which that stage once held. Unfortunately, in recent days, they’ve undergone a remodel and have since gutted this historic stage and have added an interactive dance floor and are in the process of installing a video wall in place of the stage. As much as it might look nicer and will add more new games, it just sucks that it’s at the expense of 1980’s history and vintage robotic technology. However, I will always have memories, videos, and pictures of the place when I was a kid and can say, I enjoyed it back then. So, I will give my thanks to the people that made my experience there as a kid great. I just wish CEC Entertainment cared more about their history and would view their animatronics as more than just depreciating assets. One man’s trash is another man’s treasure.