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| 722.1 | some generic ideas | WR1FOR::BREAZEACA | | Fri Feb 22 1991 20:17 | 29 |
| Hi -
I am not sure where you are located, but here are some ideas that came
to mind - most McDonalds restaurants do birthday parties and a lot of
them have playgrounds, too. Or go to the local bowling alley - my
sister did this for her kids and they loved it. They call it bumper
bowling and apparently long inflated bumpers are placed in the gutters
(the length of the alley) and the kids can't help but get the ball in
the neighborhood of the pins.
Most towns have kid clowns listed in the phone book but go on some
recommendations, because some of them are really scary for the little
ones. And they will come to your house.
Steer away from the pony ride rountine, mainly because people are so
sue-happy anymore. It would be a liability nightmare.
Or, how about going to a local working farm park. We have several here
in the San Francisco area and they are always filled with animals,
tractors, you name it.
What appeals to me about the parties away from home is that you don't
have the clean up!
Good luck!
Cathy
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| 722.2 | Chuck E Cheese! | BCSE::WEIER | Patty, DTN 381-0877 | Sun Feb 24 1991 12:28 | 8 |
| You might want to check out someplace like Chuck E. Cheese's. They do
birthday parties, and they have a huge-'puppets' puppet theater and
arcade type stuff. The kids absolutely **LOVE** it there. Rides are
$.25, and there's a few that can take 2 kids.
Their slogan is "Where a KID can be a KID!", and it's quite true!!
Plus they serve beer and wine, so you can have a drink if you like!
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| 722.3 | Sesame St. in Lowell Ma. | SOLVIT::CERIA | Gimme back my bulletts | Tue Feb 26 1991 11:06 | 7 |
| I figured I'd put this here!
Does anybody have a date for Sesame Street show at the Lowell Memorial
Auditorium? I know Demoulas Markets has discount tickets for this event
but I don't know the dates.
Jeff
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| 722.4 | EXCELLENT SHOW THIS YEAR! | GENRAL::MARZULLA | | Tue Feb 26 1991 16:52 | 9 |
| The Sesame Street show just came through Colorado Springs. We have
attended the shows when them come to town for the last five years.
This year's show was excellent! It featured the ABC's and the kids
really enjoyed it. The show had a new character, Tee-Hee, and the
character was done well and very entertaining.
I really recommend it for everyone when they come to your area!
Lorrie
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| 722.6 | beware | ULTRA::DONAHUE | | Thu Mar 07 1991 12:37 | 10 |
| RE: .5 Corporate policy frowns on negative input regarding places of
business in the NOTES files.
You may praise them all you want, just don't bad mouth them :-)
In my humble opinion, if they can gain business from references found
here, then they should provide top notch quality service/product.
Just my 2 cents
Norma
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| 722.7 | oops, not quite the point I wanted to make | CSSE32::RANDALL | waiting for spring | Thu Mar 07 1991 16:14 | 16 |
| I'm sorry, I didn't mean to disparage Chuck E. Cheese. I see
that's what it sounds like, but that wasn't what I was thinking
when I wrote it. (Don't you just hate the way language slides
around?)
I found them exactly as advertised -- the whole place is aimed at
the kids, not at the adults. The kids had an absolutely
wonderful time, the games are exactly what I would have wanted
myself when I was 7, and the pizza was aimed at the kids, not at
the adults. Which, I repeat, is exactly what they advertise, and
what they deliver very well. And I suppose it's good to have
places that cater strictly to the kids' tastes.
I just found it extremely unpleasant for myself.
--bonnie
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| 722.8 | and just in case | CSSE32::RANDALL | waiting for spring | Thu Mar 07 1991 16:17 | 3 |
| p.s. I deleted the note in question just to be on the safe side.
--bonnie
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| 722.9 | They get my vote! | BCSE::WEIER | Patty, DTN 381-0877 | Thu Mar 07 1991 21:43 | 6 |
| Gee .... a place that servers beer and wine, gives 'free' tokens
depending on the amount of purchase, and has a safe environment set up
for your children's enjoyment doesn't sound to me like they're JUST
catering to the kids .... but then I *REALLY* love going to Chuck E.
Cheese, so I may be biased (what's wrong with the pizza?!)
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| 722.10 | nothing *wrong* with it, I just don't like it | CSSE32::RANDALL | waiting for spring | Fri Mar 08 1991 10:18 | 16 |
| There's nothing *wrong* with the pizza. I just don't like it --
it's extremely bland, with a soft doughy crust. I like spicy
pizza with a chewy crust. It was so noisy I couldn't talk to my
other daughter who was sitting beside me, and every time I got up,
somebody's four-year-old stampeded across my toes. As you would
expect in a place crawling with kids.
I'll repeat yet again, there isn't a thing wrong with it. It's
just not what I like!
Though I must say that taking Steven there has given me a lot more
sympathy for how he must feel when we take him to a place that's
set up just for adults. From now on we'll stick mostly to places
that all of us can enjoy.
--bonnie
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| 722.11 | Chuck E Cheeses | AIAG::PRAKASH | Mayank Prakash, Intelligent Information Applications Development Group. | Wed Oct 02 1991 12:39 | 3 |
| Are there any Chuck E Cheeses in the Greater Maynard area?
-mayank.
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| 722.12 | | A1VAX::DISMUKE | Kwik-n-e-z! That's my motto! | Fri Oct 04 1991 13:31 | 10 |
| No, the nearest is the Saugus area, or the Manchester NH area. There
is a similar place in Nashua - it is billed as FUNWORLD - packed with
video games, etc. but they also do birthday parties. Nashua isn't
really close to the GMA, but you may find something similar in
Framingham or Marlboro. I think most of the towns around there do not
have "video houses" or "playtime theaters".
-sandy
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