Chuck E. Cheese "Disco Dancing Dinosaur Party" - West Allis, WI

CEC is now open in Wisconsin! My good friend CEC IL went to the West Allis store last week and filmed Show 1. You know, the show that started in January and is still playing in June. This is definitely the longest running show we've had at least in the CEC era (I believe during the bankruptcy they had a year that had only two shows so there was probably a show that played this long or maybe even longer). Even though the show has been off for a few months, it is still playing in stores with an open dining room today. From what I've heard, Show 2 is coming out in July so stay tuned for that show fans with local stores that are opening their dining rooms! But anyways, some US stores recently opened their dining rooms and game rooms and I would personally encourage if visiting to watch the show and play fewer games than you normally would because corona is still here. CEC has safety procedures for guests playing games in the stores but I personally would just watch and enjoy the show because it's safer and you don't know how much time they have left. But anyways, here is Disco Dancing Dinosaur Party from the West Allis, WI CEC!

West Allis opened as a PTT in December 1981 with a balcony stage. A lot of CEC fans have pics and memories of this store when it was a PTT. They received a Rocker Stage in the late 80's and the 1-Stage in the mid 90's. They actually kept some cool classic stuff on like Chuck's old mask and Jasper's old hat in the late 2000's. They even had the turntable and tux/derby Chuck in 2007. Both were removed by 2008 and Jasper's hat was replaced not too long after I believe. The store lost a lot of its significance after removing all the cool stuff and now it's just a generic Phase 4 store but at least the stage is in good condition!

CEC has permanently closed more than 20 of its locations in just the past few months. This is very unfortunate and many are speculating that CEC may want to file for bankruptcy. We can't control whether our local stores close or not but the only thing we can do is keep supporting them and enjoying the memories while they last. Like I said, more than 20 stores closed permanently in the past few months they don't even close that many stores in a year. They haven’t even closed that many stores in the past 3 years. Other stores are temporarily closed, open for carryout/delivery, and some across the country have actually been cleared to open for dine-in and games. If you have a local store that's open, please support them because it's all fun and games until your local store closes forever and there's nothing you can do about it and all you have is memories of it.

But even if CEC closes, at least we have all these videos online that we can look back at and enjoy even if the stages aren't operating anymore. Hope you guys enjoyed and stay safe everyone! 🙏

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