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| - My other half and I went at 10:15am on a weekday and got the discounted "enter by 10:30am" day pass which was good for unlimited bowling, billiards, laser tag, and shuffleboard until 5pm. We had looked at their website quite a bit and were surprised to have to pay extra for bowling shoe rental (about $4). I have a disability and cannot wear normal shoes; I didn't think about the bowling shoe issue until I got there. However, the clerk handled it really well and said that I didn't have to wear bowling shoes since I was physically unable to do so and did not charge me, either. That was a relief since I was worried that I would be barred from the bowling alley. I don't know if she was specifically trained to handle this situation, or did some quick thinking on her own, but either way she displayed quick thinking in handling it.
We started with one hour of bowling upstairs. We were the only ones up there. There are computer kiosks at each lane at which you can customize your lane (bumpers or not) and what types of animations they play on your screen (all sorts of weird cartoon characters dance around and announce your score). One hour was enough to play three games, without any dinking around. We had fun. We thought we'd be overwhelmed by the TVs EVERYWHERE but the absolute of people helped counteract that overstimulation. Also because the TVs were playing different things it was easier to visually mute it (ignore it). Signs said that a la cart, bowling is $22 per hour.
Next we went downstairs and got billiards stuff from the bartender and played a quick game. I had a phone meeting scheduled, and we asked if we were allowed to leave and come back, and were told that we could. I have no idea what the official policy actually is, but it worked well for us. We went out and I did my call while my husband ran some errands in the area. We came back an hour later and asked how the laser tag works. It is in 15 minute units and the bowling clerk prints you a "boarding pass." She told us to appear at the laser tag entrance 5 minutes prior to our start time, which we did. And waited. And waited, waited, waited. After our start time passed, my other half when back to the bowling clerk, and apparently there was some sort of staffing problem. She printed us boarding passes for 3 more time slots. After a while four little kids appeared with boarding passes and a staff member showed up. The kids also had 3 time slots, we we played 3 games with the kids. The staff member had us play a free-for-all, then in teams, then another free-for-all. I was terrible at it, but we got all sweaty from the game, even though you are not allowed to run. You sure can WALK fast! And dart behind the various obstacles. Signs said that a la carte, laser tag is $7 per person per game.
Then we booked our same upstairs bowling lane for another hour. Again we were the only players upstairs, although the downstairs family-friendly bowling area was hoppin'. Pretty quickly we realized that our arms and hands were tired from all the bowling, and our skill was dropping. This would be the down-side of unlimited bowling! I convinced my other half that for our sixth and final game of the day to put the bumpers up and we rolled with our left hands! That was fun!
We wanted to play shuffleboard, which, for the record, is a table-top version, not the kind you scoot the disks on the floor, but it was mobbed with kids. We walked around the arcade for awhile, looking but not playing the games. I know nothing about arcades, but there is some cool stuff in there, like Guitar Hero, a piano-playing game, a Mario sports game, a jumping game, air hockey, basketball, football, skeeball, and an Asian version of DDR (dance dance revolution). I am all about low-impact movement, and it looks like an enticing play to play. We saw a sign that said they have unlimited arcade games on Monday nights for $10.95. We asked about this and were told that it's true, but it doesn't include the grabber machines and you don't get points to earn the prizes. Nevertheless, it still sounds like it would be a good value and a fun way to try out a lot of different games.
Shuffleboard was still mobbed with kids and we decided to leave around 4pm, not having the burning desire to suck every last penny and minute out of our passes. We both had a lot of fun and felt great, having been mildly active for much of the day, using our bodies and brains in ways that are different from our normal. We foresee going back to try the Monday night arcade special. If we are in town longer than another month, I could see going back for another day time session.
We did not try any food or beverages inside Main Event.
They did not get the 5th star because of the laser tag hassle (we waited about 20 minutes from the our report time) & having only one shuffleboard table (there is SOoooooo much dining seating they could easily tuck another one or two in somewhere).
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