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Chuck E Cheese Hell - Chuckie Cheese Coupons

By beth
Executive Editor
Published: Tue Feb 14, 2006 10:04 pm

Chuck E Cheese Hell

I am convinced if Hell exists, its at the Friendly center inside of Chuckie Cheese. Today we took the kids there because we were tired of parenting and this is the closest thing to Day Care by the hour in Greensboro. The first thing about Chuckie Cheese is for some reason, even though I've been there like a half of dozen times in the last year I can never find it. I know its in Friendly center. but the whole center is one single tan nightmare, and for some reason Chuckie Cheese is in the Bermuda triangle of the center. Eventually I did find it. We went inside and get stamped by a middle aged man who acts way to happy to be the manager of an overpriced arcade. This is all done since 9/11 to make sure no one swaps kids in the fun tunnel and leaves with the wrong kid. Either that or they just wanted to get black lights like the bar has.

I go up to the counter at peruse the menu. Expensive pizza and tokens. Expensive Pizza and more tokens. I chose the cheap option which only included 2 drinks even though they're 4 of us. The unlimited refill station meant we would take our drinking in shifts. Even though this was the cheapest Chuckie. Pizza option, the total still came to about $40.00! That's right $40.00 for food. Holy crap.

So I set the kids loose with the tokens, to which they mindlessly stick into machines that spit out a couple tickets. These tickets entitle you to prizes. Do you know what the $40.00 deal allowed my kids to have? Sweet tarts, and a Captain America water toy. The guy working the toy center was ultra cool and hooked the kids up with a second Captain America toy at no charge. Now that's customer service.

My biggest complaint about Chuckie Cheese is how there really isn't any games anymore. It used to be packed wall to wall with games, but now its filled with a play-land, and some 80's arcade games with a few other machines that simply suck your tokens and spit out tickets. What a load of crap this is. At least they didn't take away skee-ball. I'd be really upset if they got rid of skee-ball. Skee-ball should be an Olympic sport in my opinion.

Remember the animatronic show? They don't close the curtains anymore. Why? What happened to the anticipation and the peaking under the curtain to see if Chuck E. goes off stage to kiss Delila the duck? And whats with the sports bar TV on the stage... my god this place has gone to the dogs.

My recommendation is take your kids when your highly medicated, and can push the bratty girl with pig tails out of the way and you yourself can jump in the ball pit.
By Matt
The Voice of Reason and Dissension
Published: Wed Feb 15, 2006 8:38 am

I'm no germ-o-phobe but ever look in the ball-crawl pit or at the game controls and wonder what kind of germs must be lurking on them?
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By beth
Executive Editor
Published: Wed Feb 15, 2006 11:08 am

There was a gummy bear in the ball pit yesterday. My son picked it up and said look Mommy.
By caramichele
Guest Columnist
Published: Wed Feb 15, 2006 3:12 pm

Beth, we have Chuck E Cheese coupons coming out of our ears. Feed four plus tons of tokens for about $28.00. Let me know if you ever want any. I'd be glad to share. My youngest is a teen now, but we still love Skeeball so we go every once in a while. The trick is to save up your tickets over several visits and then buy something big. Last time we got a disco ball with colored lights. Quite cool. Of course, when mine were little, they didn't quite get the concept of saving for something better. Very Happy

PS - Celebration Station is still our favorite. If you haven't tried it, you should.
By beth
Executive Editor
Published: Wed Feb 15, 2006 9:24 pm

Thanks... hopefully that will be enough Chucky till birthdays role around. We like Celebration station too, but all the games there cost so much more money.
By ke4sbe
Guest Columnist
Published: Wed Mar 08, 2006 11:26 pm

At least you got a way with you health, I was a tech manager and became very sick as a result of working at CEC. I have not fully recovered and it has been over a year. I can not do the things I use to do I have to take shots every week, and I am unable to drive or work.

Thanks for Reading...
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By beth
Executive Editor
Published: Thu Apr 20, 2006 6:12 pm

Chuckie Cheese Coupons

Today was Chancey's birthday so we went over to friendly center. Luckily ahead of time I found the mother of all Chuckie Cheese Coupons:

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While the staff at Chuck E. Cheese is very nice. The place still is a horrible atrocity. The ball pit was closed because some fat kid fell through the bottom. Most of the games did not work, because children consistently try to shove birthday cake in the coin slots, and the Skee Ball machines that are supposed to contain 9 balls, either contain 3 or 22. Worst yet the air hockey table had no puck, and only took your tokens, then blew air.

For some reason the place was mad busy despite its a Thursday, and we arrived at 11am. I knew something was up when we saw 30 some mini-vans parked out front. Then there was a Rockingham County School's head start bus too.??? They don't have Chucky in Rockingham?

Anyways if there's one issue in Greensboro that needs attention its Chucky. Forget Homelessness, Toyota plants, or even the Wachovia building. Someone needs to regulate Chucky. Maybe a coupon special like 2 prozac's and 40 tokens?
By deftones1868
Guest Columnist
Published: Thu Jun 15, 2006 5:11 pm

so... this is coming from a chuck e cheese employee... yes things are overpriced there... and yes they try to make as much money as they can.... but its not as bad as you try to make it out... i get coupons daily for 1 large pizza with 2 toppings, 100 game tokens, and 4 drinks for 39.99.... which in my mind isnt that bad at all.... and if you buy like candy or mac and cheese... you can find coupons on there too... as for cleaniness... Minus the tokens, that place is probably the cleaniest public place you can find.... Ball pits are detail cleaned atleast once a week.... Which means Every ball comes out... and sterilized, and the whole bottom is swept out and sterilized.... Each game is cleaned atleast twice a day.... and everything is swept every night.... Pizza trays are cleaned Every night.... bathrooms are detailed cleaned almost every day... The floors are sterilized almost everyday..... The sky tubes, yet again sterilized every day.... Game wise... i dont know what yours offers... but we only have 5 games out of the 50+ that just Suck your tokens and spit out tickets.... the rest are all normal games with 1 80s game.... The stage curtain is not to be closed anymore because of the price to fix it, and how many times it breaks.... ours was breaking and not going up or down almost every other day.... and now for the prizes... do you think we honestly get to choose those cheap crap prizes or how much they go for??? no... anything that is 1000+ we choose... the rest is the companies fault.... so im sorry you have such a terrible time going there, but its your choice to go there.... but thats just someones opinion that is there almost every day of the week....
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