Chuck E Cheese Review and Giveaway!
September 4, 2012
This weekend we had the chance to do some family fun! We were long overdue for quality time together and the girls soaked up every second of it. I have to admit, I’d never been to Chuck E. Cheese’s before, and I really didn’t know what to expect. Boy was I pleasantly surprised! We got there and everyone got stamped with a special number in invisible ink. The employee at the Kid Check area asked if I’d prefer Ella’s stamp to be on a sticker instead of her skin and I quickly said yes. She told me she always asked for the babies and I was very impressed I got the option.
Once inside we chose a table and got everyone settled and I headed to the counter to order. There are lots of very budget-friendly family combo options and I was again surprised. I had no idea it was so affordable! I ordered our pizza, got drinks and a cup of tokens. Sofie was chomping at the bit to get out there and play so while we waited on our pizza we started wandering. Once again, Chuck E. Cheese’s was able to impress me. There were a number of games that were appropriate for my small kids. It’s hard to tailor arcade games to such a large age-range, but there was plenty of fun for everyone. They both really loved this frog game and spent a good 10 minutes shooting balls into its mouth.
The Hubs and I enjoyed it as well because we were able to interact with them on most of the games or rides. Sofie nearly beat Daddy at air hockey!
Chloe wandered around in awe most of the time, taking it all in. She stopped to talk to, or hug, nearly every character on every ride.
There were mixed feelings about the ride with Chuck E. Cheese, but the keepsake photos we got have already become a prized possession of Sofie’s, taking an honored spot in her bedroom.
After a break for some pizza, we spent the rest of our tokens, got our number stamps inspected with a blacklight to make sure parents and kids went together, then headed home for naps. I thoroughly enjoyed the day and know we’ll be back for sure! Whether for a playdate lunch with friends, or a weekend family trip, I’m a convert and will be a regular patron!
For more information, visit Chuck E. Cheese’s website and stay connected by liking Chuck E. Cheese’s page on Facebook.
Now, for a real treat, how about a giveaway?! One of YOU will win a $100 gift card to Chuck E. Cheese’s! Just leave me a comment telling me why your family loves Chuck E. Cheese’s!
Rules: No duplicate comments. You may receive (2) total entries by selecting from the following entry methods: a) Leave a comment in response to the sweepstakes prompt on this post b) Tweet (public message) about this promotion; including exactly the following unique term in your tweet message: “”#SweepstakesEntry”"; and leave the URL to that tweet in a comment on this post c) Blog about this promotion and leave the URL to that post in a comment on this post d) For those with no Twitter or blog, read the official rules to learn about an alternate form of entry. This giveaway is open to US Residents age 18 or older. Winners will be selected via random draw, and will be notified by e-mail. You have 72 hours to get back to me, otherwise a new winner will be selected. The Official Rules are available here. This sweepstakes runs from 9/4/2012-10/4/2012. GOOD LUCK!!
Be sure to visit the Chuck E. Cheese’s brand page on BlogHer.com where you can read other bloggers’ reviews and find more chances to win!
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September 4th, 2012 at 10:12 AM
I love it for the skeeball!
Wait…. why the family loves it? Oh….;)
The variety of games is fabulous, and they really stay on top of them keeping them working or fixing problems that might come up. I adore the door check they keep. I’m not one to let my kids run wild, but it’s nice knowing that in a heavy child saturation area I’m not reaking if I loose sight for a moment. Peace of mind is priceless!
September 4th, 2012 at 10:17 AM
The kids love to win tickets (and so do I)!
September 4th, 2012 at 10:27 AM
We love to go to Chuck E. Cheese as a family when one of the kids gets potty trained. Everyone enjoys it because there is something fun for everyone there. Ours is about 1.5 hours away, so we don’t make it there as often as we would like.
September 4th, 2012 at 12:08 PM
We love Chuck E. Cheese! It’s a special treat and that our kids love. It’s my sons requested place to go to celebrate his birthday every year as well!
September 4th, 2012 at 1:34 PM
Oh my goodness!!! My little guy LOVES “deesie” aka chuckie cheese. He loves all the games and little kid-friendly rides.
September 4th, 2012 at 1:41 PM
My family loves CHuck E. Cheese because there is something for everyone in the family.
September 4th, 2012 at 1:44 PM
https://twitter.com/jen_r_horn/status/243040696158781440
September 4th, 2012 at 1:44 PM
We have been there for a god-child’s birthday party and were also very impressed. This year our own little one would be big enough to enjoy the activities.
September 4th, 2012 at 2:12 PM
we LOVE chuck e cheese. my kids love to get the tickets and trade them in for prizes. they also LOVE to dance with Chuck E when he comes out! I love that i can let them play without me being on top of them constantly, yet I can still see them from any point of the room with the way ours is set up. And I LOVE that all the games and rides are one token! I dont remember it being that way when I was a kid.
September 4th, 2012 at 2:13 PM
We love the pizza and the games!
family74014 at gmail dot com
September 4th, 2012 at 3:13 PM
We absolutely love Chuck E. Cheese’s!
I love that the kids can run around and are fairly safe. (Our children are very well behaved, mind you!)
The kids love that they can run around and play all kinds of games and for one token each! It’s great!
They also love using the picture making machines (for one token!).
We tend to go there when the weather is too hot or cold to do anything else!
September 4th, 2012 at 3:33 PM
We were just there this weekend! It was what my 3 boys chose to do for their last day of summer break. We love it because there is something for everyone to entertain themselves with and our boys can roam around and choose what they want to do.
September 4th, 2012 at 4:58 PM
My kids love all the games that are geared for younger children. They love winning tickets, but cashing them in is always a tearful battle. I wish they’d do away with that part!
September 4th, 2012 at 5:11 PM
We had a great time at L’s 3rd birthday at Chuck E Cheese!! I had not been in one since a little girl and it brought back many fun memories!
September 4th, 2012 at 8:37 PM
we love that it is great family fun!
September 4th, 2012 at 11:00 PM
Would love to win so I could bring my family! One just opened near us!
September 4th, 2012 at 11:03 PM
We love all the fun activities available and the good food. Can’t go wrong with kids and pizza!
September 4th, 2012 at 11:47 PM
My family loves Chuck E Cheese’s because it’s a fun place to play and celebrate birthdays!
September 4th, 2012 at 11:48 PM
https://twitter.com/ElenaIstomina/status/243193743786786816
September 5th, 2012 at 8:23 AM
We have actually never been to Chuck E Cheese as a family so I would love the opportunity to take the little one!
September 5th, 2012 at 8:59 AM
We love the variety of games for different age ranges & that my husband and I also enjoy playing with our kids too!
September 5th, 2012 at 9:17 AM
My family loves Chuck E.Cheese since they reward kids for good report cards, made all their games only 1 token each, and have the KidCheck.
September 5th, 2012 at 11:42 AM
I haven’t been since I was a kid, but from your blog it doesn’t seem to have changed much!
My son sees the commercials all the time and asks to go, I was just waiting for a good chance.
September 5th, 2012 at 11:46 AM
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September 5th, 2012 at 1:41 PM
My 5-year-old comes home from Kindergarten at least three times a week asking to go to Chuck E. Cheese. This would blow his mind!!!
September 5th, 2012 at 2:02 PM
I took my three-year-old for the first time over the summer, and I, too, was pleased with how affordable it was! And the pizza’s pretty good!
September 5th, 2012 at 3:47 PM
We’ve never been, but are planning to take our kids next weekend for the girl’s birthdays! i can’t wait!
September 5th, 2012 at 4:41 PM
It’s the best for kids and parents. Great games, prizes, good pizza, no cooking, no dishes!
September 5th, 2012 at 4:42 PM
tweet
https://twitter.com/BBirdie2/status/243447957561679872
thanks!
September 5th, 2012 at 7:35 PM
We love Chuck E Cheese for everything except those crawly tubes. somebody always gets stuck in there and cries.
September 5th, 2012 at 8:43 PM
My kids love the rides and games, and we all love the pizza and cake.
September 5th, 2012 at 8:45 PM
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https://twitter.com/Kellydpa/status/243509970421809154
September 5th, 2012 at 10:02 PM
We like cec for rainy or yucky day entertainment, or for a weekday lunch and playdate.
September 6th, 2012 at 10:15 AM
We love Chuck E Cheese because of there yummy pizza’s and its the only place games are still a quarter a piece !!!
September 6th, 2012 at 4:18 PM
One word: Skeeball. Or is that two words: Skee ball. I don’t know, but we love it.
September 6th, 2012 at 9:59 PM
I like the pizza and it’s been great for the kids. I would take the walker for my daughter and let her rip through the play area like a bumper car. (She was pretty timid so it really wasn’t so wild!) The only thing they hated was the mouse! They would hide from him!
September 7th, 2012 at 12:05 AM
Definitely skee-ball! Pizza was good too!
September 7th, 2012 at 4:44 AM
We love the free token reward certificates
September 7th, 2012 at 4:47 AM
https://twitter.com/vivaciousgold/status/243993337466597376
September 7th, 2012 at 4:38 PM
My family loves Chuck E Cheese. It’s fun and safe for the family with young kids to relax and play.
amy [at] utry [dot] it
September 7th, 2012 at 4:39 PM
tweeted: https://twitter.com/uTry_it/status/244173045663686656
amy [at] utry [dot] it
September 8th, 2012 at 7:23 PM
Great for a fun time any time–love to take our younger nephews/cousins!!!!! thanks
thanks for a chance to win
kmassman gmail
September 8th, 2012 at 8:46 PM
I don’t know who enjoys it more–my husband or the kids! The whole family enjoys playing games at Chuck E. Cheese’s, from age 38 down to age 4.
September 9th, 2012 at 11:47 AM
We love CEC for the games! The kids love them and they only cost .25 each!!
September 9th, 2012 at 11:47 AM
tweeted
https://twitter.com/JenniferCNP/status/244824147623038976
September 9th, 2012 at 7:39 PM
We love Chuck E. Cheese because the food is decent, the prices are very affordable, and it is SO much fun for the entire family. I hear some moms complain about going there, but I love it. I feel confident that my kids are safe, and I can relax while they have fun. And I always enjoy a few rounds of skeeball!
September 10th, 2012 at 12:08 AM
We love Chuck E Cheese’s for the fun rides and games. We usually save it for a rainy day or afternoon off from school.
September 10th, 2012 at 1:07 AM
We love it because it’s a great fun place to enjoy family time with kids without breaking the bank.
tcarolinep at gmail dot com
September 10th, 2012 at 1:08 AM
https://twitter.com/tcarolinep/status/245025655283150848
September 10th, 2012 at 10:11 AM
we love the games!
September 10th, 2012 at 10:12 AM
tweet: https://twitter.com/akronugurl/status/245162479435513857 .
September 10th, 2012 at 10:53 AM
I love that it is a fun environment for kids of all ages!
Thanks for the chance to win!
gina.m.maddox (at) gmail (dot) com
September 10th, 2012 at 10:55 AM
TWEET–https://twitter.com/CrazyItalian0/status/245173485528285184
September 10th, 2012 at 7:09 PM
Love the games! Our family loves pizza as well!
September 12th, 2012 at 2:05 PM
We love chuck e cheeses because it’s a perfect opportunity for all of my family and nieces and nephews to come together and play!
September 12th, 2012 at 3:24 PM
My son loves Chuck E Cheese! We go once in a while as a special treat. We don’t usually eat there, but he likes to play the games. I also like that when redeeming tickets, they let you pay 1 cent per ticket if you are short for a prize.
Thanks for the chance to win!
September 12th, 2012 at 3:39 PM
We love chuckecheese because it is a place we can be wild and just be us. And they have yummy pizza. sweepmorey at gmail dot com
September 12th, 2012 at 3:40 PM
tweeted https://twitter.com/mommysdizzy/status/245970005445976064
September 12th, 2012 at 10:58 PM
Skeeball and pizza! Yummmo!
September 13th, 2012 at 12:26 AM
We love all of the great coupons they put out to make it more affordable, and that all the kids can agree on one fun place to go for an afternoon!
September 14th, 2012 at 8:51 AM
My boys love the games and I love that we get to spend time having fun as a family!
September 15th, 2012 at 3:53 PM
We love it because we have so much fun playing all the games for prizes!
pokergrl8 at gmail.com
September 15th, 2012 at 3:54 PM
https://twitter.com/aes529/status/247060644589891585
September 15th, 2012 at 10:57 PM
my son loves their pizza, their tunnel climber and skeeball
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September 16th, 2012 at 9:53 PM
I really love Chuck E Cheese because it is a fun place for the family to play arcade games and have a great Sat. or Sun. afternoon together-we love to play skeeball and the other games and enjoy pizza and relax… and also watch the hourly shows Chuck E puts on!
September 16th, 2012 at 9:56 PM
I tweeted here: https://twitter.com/micaela6955/status/247514052597805058
September 17th, 2012 at 10:10 AM
we love their games and foods
September 17th, 2012 at 10:11 AM
https://twitter.com/HappyTina0115/status/247699296701517825
September 17th, 2012 at 7:18 PM
My grandsons love the games and I love watching them have fun
September 17th, 2012 at 7:19 PM
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September 18th, 2012 at 2:22 PM
Games, Food and Fun – What’s not to love?
September 18th, 2012 at 2:33 PM
tweeted
https://twitter.com/MelindaJoy926/status/248127579465330688
September 18th, 2012 at 2:33 PM
It’s such a fun place to go, especially on rainy days. Kids can play in a contained area, and adults can hang out.
September 18th, 2012 at 3:47 PM
I love that my kids can run around and burn off some energy even when the weather is bad
September 18th, 2012 at 8:54 PM
We love Chuck E Cheese because of all the awesome games and prizes!
September 18th, 2012 at 8:56 PM
tweeted https://twitter.com/pittsy82/status/248223876717367296
September 19th, 2012 at 4:15 PM
My kids love Chuck E Cheese, they can run around and use their tokens on any games they want. Win tickets towards fun prizes, and eat yummy Pizza. Mommy loves SkeeBall!
September 19th, 2012 at 5:46 PM
Tweeted: https://twitter.com/jdjrferg4/status/248538360690376704
September 19th, 2012 at 11:07 PM
We love CEC because it’s a great place for families and it’s affordable as well.
September 20th, 2012 at 2:20 PM
I love that it is one of the VERY few places that my 3 kids (ages 10, 4 and 2) can all have fun in the same place!
September 21st, 2012 at 1:23 PM
we like that we can all have fun playing games together
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September 21st, 2012 at 1:25 PM
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September 22nd, 2012 at 6:41 AM
We love Chuck E. Cheese because of the great pizza!
September 22nd, 2012 at 10:15 AM
My daughter absolutely loves Chucky cheese. It is a place where she can release energy and run around carefree without me worrying about her. We will often take her friends with her for double the fun. There are often great coupons available online to increase the bang for your buck. I have even been able to find links of coupons that never expire and have a great value. Feel free to contact me if you would like this link. I really love it that all of their games are only one quarter, it makes all the games very accessible to all the children playing.
September 22nd, 2012 at 8:21 PM
We love the environment and we all have a blast playing the games!
rounder9834 at yahoo dot com
September 22nd, 2012 at 8:21 PM
https://twitter.com/thomasmurphy40/status/249664713665957889
September 23rd, 2012 at 12:24 PM
We enjoy the games and pizza
September 23rd, 2012 at 12:27 PM
Tweeted
https://twitter.com/disneyfan40/status/249907592455942144
September 23rd, 2012 at 4:27 PM
It’s a place you can let our kids run around like crazy and you don’t have to each them!
September 23rd, 2012 at 4:28 PM
Because its where a kid can be a kid!
September 23rd, 2012 at 4:32 PM
https://twitter.com/MikeT11405598/status/249968784897630208
September 24th, 2012 at 6:09 PM
Perfect place to have a weekday party for preschoolers, and good food
There are plenty of games for the older and younger kids, all the games are age-appropriate!
karenmed409 at comcast dot net
September 24th, 2012 at 9:50 PM
love that the games can be played & enjoyed by everyone in the family & the prizes are great also
September 24th, 2012 at 10:38 PM
We like CEC because its safe place for the kids to play & the food is good too.
September 24th, 2012 at 10:42 PM
tweet https://twitter.com/hburmeister/status/250424646057488384
September 25th, 2012 at 6:04 AM
I think the only reason my kids love Chuck E Cheese’s is because they are a sponsor of a bunch of the PBS shows they watch, lol. I go for the skeeball.
September 27th, 2012 at 11:59 AM
We love chukie cheeses because its full of family’s enjoying there kids and makes us have a great time oh and the food is is great so that’s a plus!
September 28th, 2012 at 12:23 PM
we’ve not been in years because of cost-we’d love to check it out–thanks for the opportunity!
September 28th, 2012 at 8:47 PM
We love Chuck E Cheese bec my daughter loves to play the games and I love that my daughter gets to have fun doing the same things I did as a kid with my dad!
September 28th, 2012 at 8:53 PM
Tweet
https://twitter.com/THRansom/status/251847141859946497
September 29th, 2012 at 4:22 AM
We like the pizza at a reasonable price.
September 29th, 2012 at 1:28 PM
We love Chuck E Cheese, because there is so much to do under one roof!
September 29th, 2012 at 6:50 PM
Oh it’s a huge family fav ! My daughter LOVES chuck e cheese ! She loves to dance to all the music and play games and of course ride all the rides . She always turns her tickets in for play bugs , funny because she is such a girl !
thanks for doing the contest !
We go for everyone’s birthday in my family it was a tradition with my family and we carried it over
I would LOVE to win this
September 30th, 2012 at 12:31 AM
Chuck E. Cheese is our special celebration place. We just went there for my 3-year-old’s birthday supper. He and his older brother had so much fun that they’re already planning our next outing. They like the whack a dragon game a lot.
September 30th, 2012 at 12:46 AM
The kids really enjoy themselves when we go.
September 30th, 2012 at 5:27 PM
We love Chuck E. Cheese because everyone has a good time!
October 1st, 2012 at 2:27 AM
My husband LOVES taking our girls to Chuck-e-cheese! Since he is the lone male in the family, it’s a great place to take the girls for some daddy/daughter time!
October 3rd, 2012 at 2:54 AM
I’ve never been to Chucky Cheese (gasp!)
I’m winning this as a present for some friends.
Thanks for the contest.
October 3rd, 2012 at 2:55 AM
blogged:
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October 3rd, 2012 at 11:30 AM
we like the pizza!
October 3rd, 2012 at 11:31 AM
tweet
https://twitter.com/MeandBells/status/253515352619745281
October 3rd, 2012 at 1:21 PM
I love the kid check. Even if we get seperated I know they aren’t leaving without me.
October 3rd, 2012 at 1:51 PM
we love chuck e cheese because its fun, entertaining, they have good food and its great bonding time with the family.
October 3rd, 2012 at 1:54 PM
tweeted
https://twitter.com/1amypugmire/status/253553455103344640
October 3rd, 2012 at 10:39 PM
its a fun place for kids to enjoy eating out and fun games
October 4th, 2012 at 1:32 AM
They love earning tokens playing games for prizes
tbarrettno1 at gmail dot com
October 4th, 2012 at 1:35 AM
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https://twitter.com/ChelleB36/status/253728928915656704
tbarrettno1 at gmail dot com
October 4th, 2012 at 10:07 AM
Our family loves Chuck E Cheese because the kids have so much fun and the food is actually pretty good!
October 4th, 2012 at 9:19 PM
We have only been there once, but my son loved all the rides. His favorite was the car that you sit next to chuckie in!
October 4th, 2012 at 11:17 PM
my family loves the pizza and the fries! thnaks for this giveaway
October 4th, 2012 at 11:19 PM
tweet: https://twitter.com/anashct3/status/254045813318221824
October 4th, 2012 at 11:21 PM
It’s one of my daughter’s favorite places. We always have a lot of fun there.
October 17th, 2012 at 9:43 PM
A trip to chuck e cheeses always makes my children happy.
December 28th, 2012 at 6:40 PM
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