Almost every day when I pick my son up from daycare, he will declare “I want to go somewhere fun.” I tell him, “well, we’re going home.” He gets all huffy and says “but home is boring.” Then I threaten to donate all his “boring” toys to charity and he usually cuts it out. However, on this very special day, I decided to take him “somewhere fun”; since his 5th birthday is coming up and I wanted to scope Chuck E. Cheese out as a potential venue. Now that I am ostensibly an adult, I realize the genius of the ticket prizes. You tell your kid it’s time to go and they get super-bummed out. Oh dear. Such wailing and gnashing of teeth. But wait! Soften the blow by telling your child(ren) that they have “earned” tickets by playing games. They now get the agency to choose what they want to exchange hard-earned tickets for, and they get something to focus on and fawn over/play with as you drive them home. My 4-year old could afford to get two little plastic frogs (specifically an orange one and a purple one). Were they worth the $18 I put on his game card? No. Was it worth it to see him having fun at the arcades and then cherishing his prizes on the ride home? Yes. We unfortunately did not have very much time, so we did not get to try the food. We will return soon to assess the pizza. I will then update my review accordingly. My initial impression is that the staff here on Friday night were very friendly, my son found the games very fun, and I am very much looking forward to bringing him back to this bona fide “somewhere fun” in the near future. Kid-friendliness: You and your children’s hands are stamped with a number in invisible ink as you enter. Before you can leave, you must show that your number matches any kids leaving with you. Most if not all arcade games are kid-friendly. Any games involving “shooting” at the screen are either extremely comical or feature robots that spark instead of bleed. My 4-year old had a blast playing them.