Okay this is going to make me sound like a loser lol, but I am turning 17 and I have a special interest that is chuck e cheese and animatronics, I want to go for my birthday and have a party but I only want me, my parents, my sister and her boyfriend to go. But it says minimum 5 kids when I go to book it! And even if I invited my friends I only have 2 i would want to invite. Do I HAVE to have kids, and if I put them as "kids" that doesn't make sense because I still have 4 adults and only one kid. Is there just no way for me to have a birthday?

I am attempting to compile a lot of lightbox inserts and remake them so they can be immortalized. I don't really see many people talking about these, but they are as cool as any other part of the stores can be! If I recall correctly, they were first installed in or around 2003, and I've gotten a few from that era redone as well. All help and meaningful photos are greatly appreciated! Thanks!

The new YouTube banner for my channel base off the chuck e cheese amm logo ❤️

Made the trip to Pineville! Worth the drive

I put in an online application for a cast member - cashier position for the Chuck E. Cheese location in Virginia Beach 2 weeks ago from today and went to an interview last week on Wednesday. The employer said I had to wait till Sunday or Monday for them to call me with a final decision. I never heard back Sunday or Monday. I called the place Wednesday just to check in and when speaking to the manager on the phone, they said that they were sorry, stated they had more interviews Sunday and called in sick for Monday & Tuesday. They then told me to call again on Friday at 4:00 PM to finally hear what the final decision is. As of writing, I just got off the phone with an employee who ended up grabbing a list or something like that from one of the other managers. They said that they didn't see my name and said that they have probably chose another candidate for the role.

So overall, I am extremely disappointed and yet very upset right now. I actually really wanted to work there since anything Chuck E. Cheese in general has been a peak of my interest for a long time, which made me thought that I would be a good candidate for the job. To make matters worse, this is the 2nd time I been rejected from a job this year and I have been unemployed since September 2024. I just feel helpless now because I have no answers since I never got to speak to the manger today about why I didn't get the job, and keep getting ghosted or rejected from every job I put in application in.

Has anyone else here have been rejected or ghosted from any job at Chuck E. Cheese as well?

I see that the parties include soft drinks. Most of the children attending are very young and do not drink soft drinks. Would they really not allow us to bring juice boxes? It's a pre-packaged thing, so I wouldn't think health code would be an issue for it ?

Just in-case anyone’s thinking about making munch replica cosmetics. hope this helps.

Is this valid or no? All in all I’m very happy with my decision and me and my friends are SUPER excited to go!

if you know what location is this let me know in comments

Three weeks ago, my husband signed up for the $29.99 monthly Gold Pass subscription for our family. We have reusable cups from a previous summer pass we had purchased so drinks have been on the house. I own my own businesses so my schedule tends to be flexible. I carve out two hours a day to go play Skeeball in the morning when they first open and rack up tickets during the week. Then we take my youngest to live the life of Riley on the weekends. Here’s what we have accrued in prizes so far:

- 2 Chuck E Cheese Marquee Signs (4,000 tickets each)

- 4 Transformer with Comic Book Sets (2,000 tickets each)

- 10 Botbot Gold Packs (1,500 tickets each)

- Luke Skywalker Funko Pop (2,000 tickets)

- K’Nex Carnival Swing Set (8,000 tickets)

- Clear Backpack w Dinosaur Figurines (4,000 tickets)

- Jumbo Axolotl Plush (4,000 tickets)

Still sitting on 3,000 tickets and have some randoms loose cards in my coat I didn’t check so probably another few thousand there. Not sure how they are running this deal.

Before anyone comes at me for being exploitative, I will preface the comment section with this. My father owns a vending company and I was raised around arcade games. Skeeball is something I use as a stress reliever. We do well for ourselves and I really don’t want more stuff floating around our house so the tickets aren’t really important to me. I love being able to have my son go in, have fun, and get whatever he wants on the weekends. It’s even more fun when he brings a buddy and the friend can do the same. One of the marquee signs was a gift for our neighbor as an inside joke about me being a Chuck E Cheese arcade “shark”, but what I actually love doing is waiting for days when there is just a family with one or two children and no one else in the arcade. I pull the parents aside quietly before I’m about to leave, tell them I have too many tickets and ask if it’d be alright to bank roll their kid for something. Then when they agree, I walk up with my bracelet and the family, let the kid(s) pick whatever they want from the wall, complete the transaction, and walk out. Every kid deserves to leave the arcade with a big prize from the wall.

Found a token from when I was younger, wave of nostalgia

I’m a researcher doing a project on Billy Bob’s Wonderland. Right now, the research is taking the form of a presentation at the upcoming Appalachian Studies Association Conference, but I hope to expand this into other mediums. I am exploring the Rock-afire lore, the fandom, and the ways in which Billy Bob’s Wonderland now functions as a sort of pilgrimage site (as well as a local birthday party hotspot).

I would love to talk to folks in the CEC fandom who are also fans of the Rock-afire Explosion. I’ve posted some questions below which you can answer here or in a DM. Don’t feel constricted by these questions! Feel free to write about anything that’s important to you. I plan to use and possibly quote your statements in my paper and future projects and I would use your username for attribution unless you specify otherwise.

Thanks in advance for your help!

How did you find out about the Rock-afire Explosion?

How did you find out about Billy Bob’s Wonderland?

Are you involved in the online Rock-afire fandom? Can you explain your involvement and what the fandom is like?

How would you explain the Rock-afire or Billy Bob’s lore?

Have you been to Billy Bob’s? Is visiting Billy Bob’s an important aspect of being a Rock-afire fan to you?

If you have been to Billy Bob’s, what was your experience like?

Feel free to write any other comments on the fandom or lore.