Hello. I just saw your site. As the "designer" of the notorious Cheese E. Street, also known as the Cheese Factory, I am touched by all the comments. Working for Nolan Bushnell and Chuck E. Cheese was an amazing time of my life. Glad this attraction created many memories. K Atchley.
Kip! Thank you so very much for leaving this comment! Yes, your work has had a major inspirational effect on many people. The fans of the original Pizza Time Theater concept still talk about the legendary 'Cheese Factory' to this day! Know now, for certain, that your efforts were and are STILL very much appreciated. I am happy to know that in some small way I have helped rekindle some fond memories for you, and have helped to let you realize how truly memorable your efforts were. :)
Hey man thank you for sharing. Is there any chance of you have the layout and or blueprints of the cheese factory? I've been looking for them everywhere for years. We want to recreate and build one for a daughter while she still of an age to enjoy it. A very large project in undertaking but that's exactly what we are looking for and I life haha. Thanks so much
@@yadlthegamer2852 this is an awesome site but I cannot seem to find the prints anywhere on there. Are they hidden somewhere? Maybe not available via mobile device yet? Thanks again
Wow, now I see what people mean about Chuck E. Cheese's being like a theme park or mini Disney World back then. I like the variety of shows and props. Now, CEC is boring since it's just a big open game room.
Wowww nostalgia overload. Today was my sons birthday and I took him here. Sadly its nothing like I remember as a kid in the 80s and 90s here in Pittsburgh. My biggest memory is the dimly lit, desolate, out of this world animatronic room with Elvis Chucky and his gang playing in a band. My memory is poor but I remember the dinosaur coin flip game , Nintendos Tmnt arcade game, simpsons arcade, whack a croc, giant rainbow swirl lollipops and so much more. Everything is so tacky now. Id love to hear any memories of arcade cabinets that once were present at Chucky Cheeses.
I remember going to this location after receiving my first communion, so probably 1988 or 89, and the Cheese Factory is something I will forever remember as being such a cool, fun experience as a little kid. So its great so see the exterior of it here in this old VHS footage. My memory of the inside is somewhat foggy but I feel like there was a door in a floor, and the end opened out into the ball pit and there being a slide too. I had no idea until now the Cheese Factory was something in limited locations, so I consider myself lucky to have lived in the area and been able to see and experience.
Man, they need to bring this back! Some rich entrepreneur needs to bring this back with one of the restored animatronic sets, and some of the old side acts. I love how the restaurant was themed with murals and paintings and not just an open area like now. I went to mine in Brandon Florida recently. They expanded the game section (they even have bumper cars now) but the band is old and forgotten in the back of the store and half of the animatronics don't work and look horrendous. We need someone to make one look like this, and to bring this whimsy back. I'm 18 years old and I'D want to go here just for the pure.......nostalgic feel it gives to me even though I wasn't born in this time period.
Nuggetlover96 I totally agree . The corporates over at CEC should really consider going back to this kind of creative imagination, instead of the boring,generic layout they have these days. Sounds like their profits are hurting if they can't maintain their equipment. I wonder why.Ha.
deccasmooth If I ever get the chance I would want to do that, to make a place people could enjoy.... I doubt it would do well in this day and age though...
Check out this really interesting article. There was actually a huge pizza/robotic entertainment fad in the early 1980s . A bunch of imitators sprung up after the advent of CEC ,and all went bankrupt except CEC. I wonder if that would hold true these days with the way they are running their 'blah' company. You would do fine as long as your passionate about it. Don't copy, but create something fresh and updated for today's generation ...using their platform as inspiration. The public will respond in a positive way, guaranteed. God Speed ! allincolorforaquarter.blogspot.com/2013/06/brides-of-chuck-e-pizza-time-theatres.html
@@cyberamics no it doesn't. the reason they got rid of warm lighting is because of expenses studies have even shown florescent lightning can cause mood problems
It did originally. By the time this video was shot (1989) most Chuck E. Cheese's locations had traded in many of their original classic arcade games for ticket despensing/prize redemption games. Also many locations had added coin operated kiddie rides as this video shows in one area of the Game Room. 1989 was after CEC's true 'golden era' ( 1981 thru 1983 ) when Pizza Time Theatre was at it's creative peak. After that time period the shift in ownership and different attitudes towards attracting customers changed the Store layout and game offerings considerably.
Watching this and other '80s Chuck E. Cheese videos makes me wish I'd been born at 15 years year earlier so I could have witnessed the golden years of CEC. Even though the golden age ended before 1989, as you pointed out, it is neat to see how this CEC retained its early '80s flavor well through the end of the '80s. The decor and set-up just ooze that moody atmosphere so common in arcades of the era (I love the rat CEC rug!). Last time I visited the Danvers CEC was at least 8 eight years ago, and I recall it primarily being just one huge room with an arcade and dining area, plus the showroom. Not sure how much (if any) it's changed since then, but thanks for this video!
KaijuEigaMan88 I went to CEC in the mid 1980s, and I'm almost positive that I wouldn't have the fond memories that I have if it looked like today's boring CEC layouts.I'm sure it has something to do with saving money ...perhaps to offer a lower start-up fee for potential franchisees .That's just a guess though.
KaijuEigaMan88 I went to CEC in the mid 1980s, and I'm almost positive that I wouldn't have the fond memories that I have if it looked like today's boring CEC layouts.I'm sure it has something to do with saving money ...perhaps to offer a lower start-up fee for potential franchisees .That's just a guess though.
WOW, this place was so elaborately themed with Cheese E. Street there!! It's like something you'd expect to find at Disneyland!! I wish Chuck E Cheese put this much effort into immersion and such today... it's so unspeakably bland compared to this location! Though I know not many locations had Cheese E. Street, so they weren't ALL this elaborately themed. But still, even things like the hand painted portraits of the characters and the Chuck E carpeting just add so much more personality to the place!! These days, you're lucky if there's even a picture of Chuck E himself on the walls, let alone any of the other characters!! Like, as a kid in the early 2000s who grew up near two Studio C locations, I didn't even KNOW the names of the other characters!! It's sad that there will likely never be another place like this, since immersion isn't really valued in restaurants anymore. The only place where you can get an experience that cool is Rainforest Cafe, which is in dire straits with only like 16 locations hanging on at this point.
Agree, Pizza Time Theater had some fantastic elements that were sadly lost with each refresh of the concept in later years. The CEC of today is barely recognizable when compared to the themed elements of what they were capable of back in the day. Thanks for watching !
That you did, my friend! The famous *Danvers 1989 Remodel Video* that fans have been clamoring to see all these years. Now everyone can enjoy this fantastic visit to the past thanks to your forthought to videotape the remodel! :)
This was my childhood chuck e cheese. I was just old enough to have memories of going to it after the cheese st attraction was removed for the 89 redesign. The mystery of the maze as my brother called it (or cheese st funhouse)and what was inside will always haunt me.
Nice to see what this place looked like way back when. I was seven in 1989, and my sister and I spent many birthdays at CEC. Not for the pizza, though. We never wanted to go for the food. We always wanted to go for the ball pit.
wow, your classic Chuck E Cheese was even better then mine. I loved Chuck E Cheese been in the 80s and would have loved this one, to bad I love no where near MA. lol
Goddamn, never thought I'd find an upload of this video. I was there as a kid and experienced the Cheese Factory firsthand. Running through this replica house with was a hell of a way to start your youth. I remember it being quite large with windows on different floors, dimly lit and scary. Reddit has about thread on it. Guess it was called the Cheese E. Street. www.reddit.com/r/milwaukee/comments/1r57rb/chuck_e_cheese_cheese_e_street_funhouse_aka_the/
THANK YOU!!!! This was the ChuckECheese's we went to as kids (Danvers location - we lived in Ipswich). I remember all of this like it was yesterday. Especially the Cheese Factory - which I got stuck in because I was scared and my mom had to come get me out near the skeetball machines.
This brought me back into time... I miss the cheese factory and the ball pit.. I had so much fun as a child.. thanks for sharing the video.. I'm 30 years old now lol and I felt like 4 years old again :-)
Seeing this is so cool! I went to this location all the time back in the late 2000's when I was a kid, and it wasn't nearly as cool as it is in this video. It's awesome that the history of this place is preserved like this. If you still have it, I'd love to see the unedited footage of this (since it appears to be shortened).
This was always my favorite of the Chuck E Cheese locations I visited as a child - because of the Cheese Factory fun house! That was something special. I had my 6th birthday here and was so much fun.
Wow, this Chuck E Cheese had a different version of Whac-A-Mole! It had the one that Showbiz used to have, Chuck E Cheese looked so cool back then! I really wish I was born in the 80s, I'm 21 and I still love places like this! This is awesome!!!
I had vague memories of their being a white fun house inside Chuck E Cheese but I thought maybe it was just something from a dream. Then I found out it was real and I'm so glad you have video showing what it looked like!
I love how around the 6 minute point in the video when you’re showing us the animatronic show with the Pizza Time Players, we can see that people were actually interested in the animatronics back then!! I’m so glad that people would crowd around them at that time and that they actually appreciated them. It’s such a shame that people just don’t care about the animatronic shows the way that they used to, and it’s also a shame that the CEC animatronics are going the way of the dodo bird. I really hope that somehow they can save some of the animatronics and just forget about their 2.0 concept, but sadly I don’t think that’ll be happening. Oh well, what can we do about it other than remember and reminisce the good old days? Thanks for the video, it was extremely interesting to see what Chuck E. Cheese’s looked like back in the 80s when it was the Pizza Time Theater!!
Wow, CEC was like a freaking wonderland back then; really wish time travel was possible. I saw a rare glimpse of a cartoon B.B. Bubbles (I've seen cartoon versions of Madame Oink & Dolli Dimples, but never B.B.). Also love the Star Wars spoof poster.
Wow the cheese factory was awesome!! I remember there was only one in all of Pittsburgh. I don't know why other locations didn't have it!! It was creepy as much as it was fun!!! Thanks for the memories! I felt like I was 8yrs old again!
I always thought the rails that separates the dinning room from the rest of the place was a smart idea. It kept kids from running though the tables areas. They took all those down and now when your eating you have kids and even adults passing by you all the time, coughing and sneezing. It’s pandemonium
West mifflin was the only one with the cheese factory!. I wish someone had a video crawling through. I vaguely remember crawling through passages and going down a hole to get to the next level of passages.
The Danvers, MA PTT also featured the Cheese Factory when it opened in the summer of 1983. It lasted until the Summer of 1989, when it was then torn out to make room for the then new interior remodel of the Store. The Danvers Location was one of the last to receive a Cheese Factory installation, i believe, as at the time is was a new concept being rolled out to Stores. Much like the famous Ice Cream Emporium concept, it was installed at a few choice locations. Not many Stores received it.
Song List: Office Montage: 9 To 5(1980) Chipmunk Adventure Theme(1987) Travel Music: Beetlejuice(1988) Way Out West: An American Tale: Fievel Goes West(1991)
I still remember the CEC from back in the 80s I went to. it was located in a shopping center, the center of it. It had the regular glass doors for adults and a small one for kids to go through. as you entered, you would be in a long hallway and the sounds of music and video games could be heard up ahead. to the left was a hallway that led to the restrooms, offices and kitchen. to the right was a small lounge with the King in it. There were also a few table top arcade games in there like Burger time. As you walked further down the hallway, the right side wall had Swiss cheese designs on it. Cheese with holes in it. there was an entrance here to the arcade. Most of the ticket prize games were on this side of the arcade. further down the hall, on the left was the ordering counter was just a cheese decorated wall with benches along it. Further down the hallway on the right was another entrance to the arcade. this was the side that had all the new games, the ball pit and such. across this entrance in the hall was the pizza pickup area. and straight ahead the main dining area with the animatronics. I must have gone to this CEC many times and I never knew there was a small room under the stage. you couldn't really see the entrance. they had a very dark purple curtain that ran along the bottom of the entire stage and this also covered up the mousehole shaped doorway. I found out at a birthday party when some cousins showed it to me. inside was a black light. some time later they added another pick up window within the dining room. it was on the exact same corner as the pickup window that was in the hall. After it closed down they opened a Christian book store in it's place. I remember going in once and looking at the remnants of the CEC. to anyone that didn't know the place was once a CEC, they would never have never noticed. But what was left behind was an elevated platform. this area was the former ball pit which was surrounded by the classic video games. now they had this gazebo there in white drapes. the only thing that would let you know where the dining room was, was a portion of the left side of the wall that was still there.
Wow! There was a lot more to Chuck E. Cheese way back then there is now. Looks like miniature indoor theme park. I like the ambiance. I saw some of the most recent pics of this location when it was still open, and it has definitely changed! Looks like they busted out some walls and opened it up.
It WAS like a mini indoor theme park, and it was AWESOME back in the 1980s ! Completely different, and FAR superior experience then what CEC of today offers. WIsh today's kids and young people could experience it again the way it used to be. Nothing compares.
Cool knowing how legendary of a store Danvers was! I wish the Warwick Pizza Time Theatre had more stuff, cause all we currently have are a few photos and 2 videos!
It's places like this that 20 or so years later you say 'what the hell happened that place?'-currently a memory ingrained in my mind from my childhood.
Thanks uberbob, glad to hear you enjoy this. This the best i can do as far as picture quality, as the original tfootage was shot on a mid- 80s VHS video camera. These were notorious for not being able to adjust well in bright contrast lighting situations and dark interiors as you can plainly see. I have enhanced the images as best as i could using UA-cam*s digital enhancement tools, which give it a little more color when compared to the original version. :)
I remember getting trapped in those tubes in the cheese factory by other kids and being in a complete panic, I remember part of it just being clear plastic on the wall so your parents could see you but, if there were lots of kids you’d get trapped easily.
This would have been what Chucky cheese looked like when i first went...I dont remember any specfics except finally running out of tokens and being very depressed that I couldnt play games anymore. And yes the animatronic band creeped me out before FNAF.
What the hell the song its making me cry but I i WANT TO GO to the pizza time theater but its 2020 pizza time theater this when it was open 1980 WHYYYY 😭😭😭😭😭😭
Pizza Time Theater era (1977-1987) - this looks good Early Chuck E Cheese’s Pizza era (1988-1991) - getting better Classic era (1991-2019) - really good Current era (2017-present) - somebody shoot me!
God the best memories as a kid in early to mid 80s . I went to the one in Portsmouth NH. Cheese factory was amazing crawling through these multi leveled mouse holes that anyone bigger would get clostraphobic and stuck. Playing Dragons Lair. There was no trashy people starting riots. You were there to see your family have fun. The one in Danvers has regressed so bad too. Gross no good type people who could care less about their kids. On their phones while the kids run wild and God the place is never cleaned. Good under tables as the place was just opened for the day. They have kids working there who don't give a shit. I attempted to take my 4 year old but we left quickly as the atmosphere is all wrong. Sadly most places like this are taken over by inner city scum who are looking to start some trouble. Lot of gang type families go to places like this cuz they can afford to with their illegal money and their government credit cards (yes saw them using to buy stuff) This is why I just work harder to provide entertainment for my son at home. And there are a lot of free things that the scum hasn't tried to take over yet like walking a nature trail . 😢 G'bye child hood you were the best
If this is the Chuck E Cheese that was located near the Liberty Tree Mall, this was my childhood location! I have vague memories of that location from the early/mid 2000s when i was a kid. They actually tore down that whole building sometime during the pandemic and built a Wine & Spirits extension for the Market Basket next door.
Do you mean the first instrumental track that plays at the start of the video? It is called 'Office Montage', from the 1980 soundtrack album for the film '9 to 5'.
Could you film a store tour of how Danvers looks now? It would be cool to see all the changes that have happened over the years. Oh and I almost forgot!! Leo Lion does danvers still have the closed off showroom or is it all opened up?
+Jasper's Banjo New things are that the prize counter at the front and the showroom walls and balcony seating and gameroom expansion are gone, And it now has a 2 stage, And the salad bar is in the same place.
Does everyone remember the cupping/muffled smacking sound that the moving mouth parts of the animatronics used to make as they sang songs and spoke dialogues?
This location looks way better than the one in mystic view rd the one there doesn’t have as many rooms or animatronics it only has 1 Chuck E. Cheese bot and that’s it it’s a shame the one in Danvers had to change their animatronics and shut down this year im glad 2 years ago I got to go there and see munchs make believe band even tho they didn’t perform
It’s weird that the 80’s Chuck E Cheese was even better than now usually it’s the opposite this is just making me wish I could live in the 80’s but no I was born on 2007 😐🙁
The King was removed in July of 1989 when this remodel shown took place. The Beach Bowzers were then brought in and set up in the side room where previously B.B. Bubbles had been performing until she was removed in 1985.
I was born in 2004 so obviously I wasn’t around in the 1980s, but from what I’ve seen and heard it seems that was mostly the “vibe” for many entertainment places back then. Keeping the lighting dim just added to the atmosphere and charm at places like CECPTT!
I would love to see more of this vintage footage posted. I know you said it was edited to show the areas of interest but you never know what would be of interest to someone so I hope someday you will post a more lengthy video!
Hello. I just saw your site. As the "designer" of the notorious Cheese E. Street, also known as the Cheese Factory, I am touched by all the comments. Working for Nolan Bushnell and Chuck E. Cheese was an amazing time of my life. Glad this attraction created many memories. K Atchley.
Kip! Thank you so very much for leaving this comment!
Yes, your work has had a major inspirational effect on many people.
The fans of the original Pizza Time Theater concept still talk about the legendary 'Cheese Factory' to this day!
Know now, for certain, that your efforts were and are STILL very much appreciated.
I am happy to know that in some small way I have helped rekindle some fond memories for you, and have helped to let you realize how truly memorable your efforts were.
:)
Hey man thank you for sharing. Is there any chance of you have the layout and or blueprints of the cheese factory? I've been looking for them everywhere for years. We want to recreate and build one for a daughter while she still of an age to enjoy it. A very large project in undertaking but that's exactly what we are looking for and I life haha. Thanks so much
Kip Atchley yes!!!! I’ve got snippets of your attraction the Cheese Factory in my memory! I’d love to see a video of the inside, but alas...!
TheQxx there are some conceptual designs and blueprints flying around out there. There are some prints of the cheese factory on showbizpizza.com.
@@yadlthegamer2852 this is an awesome site but I cannot seem to find the prints anywhere on there. Are they hidden somewhere? Maybe not available via mobile device yet? Thanks again
Wow, now I see what people mean about Chuck E. Cheese's being like a theme park or mini Disney World back then. I like the variety of shows and props. Now, CEC is boring since it's just a big open game room.
The ceo wants to have a modern arcade and trying to rip off that Dave and busters vibe, the old ceos are gods compared to the current one
Yeah. I’d honestly prefer going to Dave & Buster’s over CEC’s now because of how they removed the animatronics.
Wowww nostalgia overload. Today was my sons birthday and I took him here. Sadly its nothing like I remember as a kid in the 80s and 90s here in Pittsburgh. My biggest memory is the dimly lit, desolate, out of this world animatronic room with Elvis Chucky and his gang playing in a band. My memory is poor but I remember the dinosaur coin flip game , Nintendos Tmnt arcade game, simpsons arcade, whack a croc, giant rainbow swirl lollipops and so much more. Everything is so tacky now. Id love to hear any memories of arcade cabinets that once were present at Chucky Cheeses.
I remember going to this location after receiving my first communion, so probably 1988 or 89, and the Cheese Factory is something I will forever remember as being such a cool, fun experience as a little kid. So its great so see the exterior of it here in this old VHS footage. My memory of the inside is somewhat foggy but I feel like there was a door in a floor, and the end opened out into the ball pit and there being a slide too. I had no idea until now the Cheese Factory was something in limited locations, so I consider myself lucky to have lived in the area and been able to see and experience.
Do you remember seeing the King.
Man, they need to bring this back! Some rich entrepreneur needs to bring this back with one of the restored animatronic sets, and some of the old side acts. I love how the restaurant was themed with murals and paintings and not just an open area like now. I went to mine in Brandon Florida recently. They expanded the game section (they even have bumper cars now) but the band is old and forgotten in the back of the store and half of the animatronics don't work and look horrendous. We need someone to make one look like this, and to bring this whimsy back. I'm 18 years old and I'D want to go here just for the pure.......nostalgic feel it gives to me even though I wasn't born in this time period.
Nuggetlover96 I totally agree . The corporates over at CEC should really consider going back to this kind of creative imagination, instead of the boring,generic layout they have these days. Sounds like their profits are hurting if they can't maintain their equipment. I wonder why.Ha.
deccasmooth If I ever get the chance I would want to do that, to make a place people could enjoy.... I doubt it would do well in this day and age though...
Check out this really interesting article. There was actually a huge pizza/robotic entertainment fad in the early 1980s . A bunch of imitators sprung up after the advent of CEC ,and all went bankrupt except CEC. I wonder if that would hold true these days with the way they are running their 'blah' company. You would do fine as long as your passionate about it. Don't copy, but create something fresh and updated for today's generation ...using their platform as inspiration. The public will respond in a positive way, guaranteed. God Speed ! allincolorforaquarter.blogspot.com/2013/06/brides-of-chuck-e-pizza-time-theatres.html
They can't cause it gets to dark and some people get hurt R.I.P LIGHT
@@cyberamics no it doesn't. the reason they got rid of warm lighting is because of expenses studies have even shown florescent lightning can cause mood problems
i always remembered the game room having more games., then again i was pretty young.
It did originally. By the time this video was shot (1989) most Chuck E. Cheese's locations had traded in many of their original classic arcade games for ticket despensing/prize redemption games. Also many locations had added coin operated kiddie rides as this video shows in one area of the Game Room.
1989 was after CEC's true 'golden era' ( 1981 thru 1983 ) when Pizza Time Theatre was at it's creative peak. After that time period the shift in ownership and different attitudes towards attracting customers changed the Store layout and game offerings considerably.
Watching this and other '80s Chuck E. Cheese videos makes me wish I'd been born at 15 years year earlier so I could have witnessed the golden years of CEC. Even though the golden age ended before 1989, as you pointed out, it is neat to see how this CEC retained its early '80s flavor well through the end of the '80s. The decor and set-up just ooze that moody atmosphere so common in arcades of the era (I love the rat CEC rug!). Last time I visited the Danvers CEC was at least 8 eight years ago, and I recall it primarily being just one huge room with an arcade and dining area, plus the showroom. Not sure how much (if any) it's changed since then, but thanks for this video!
KaijuEigaMan88 I went to CEC in the mid 1980s, and I'm almost positive that I wouldn't have the fond memories that I have if it looked like today's boring CEC layouts.I'm sure it has something to do with saving money ...perhaps to offer a lower start-up fee for potential franchisees .That's just a guess though.
KaijuEigaMan88 I went to CEC in the mid 1980s, and I'm almost positive that I wouldn't have the fond memories that I have if it looked like today's boring CEC layouts.I'm sure it has something to do with saving money ...perhaps to offer a lower start-up fee for potential franchisees .That's just a guess though.
i feel you
Same
WOW, this place was so elaborately themed with Cheese E. Street there!! It's like something you'd expect to find at Disneyland!! I wish Chuck E Cheese put this much effort into immersion and such today... it's so unspeakably bland compared to this location! Though I know not many locations had Cheese E. Street, so they weren't ALL this elaborately themed. But still, even things like the hand painted portraits of the characters and the Chuck E carpeting just add so much more personality to the place!! These days, you're lucky if there's even a picture of Chuck E himself on the walls, let alone any of the other characters!! Like, as a kid in the early 2000s who grew up near two Studio C locations, I didn't even KNOW the names of the other characters!! It's sad that there will likely never be another place like this, since immersion isn't really valued in restaurants anymore. The only place where you can get an experience that cool is Rainforest Cafe, which is in dire straits with only like 16 locations hanging on at this point.
Agree, Pizza Time Theater had some fantastic elements that were sadly lost with each refresh of the concept in later years. The CEC of today is barely recognizable when compared to the themed elements of what they were capable of back in the day. Thanks for watching !
That you did, my friend!
The famous *Danvers 1989 Remodel Video* that fans have been clamoring to see all these years.
Now everyone can enjoy this fantastic visit to the past thanks to your forthought to videotape the remodel! :)
This was my childhood chuck e cheese. I was just old enough to have memories of going to it after the cheese st attraction was removed for the 89 redesign. The mystery of the maze as my brother called it (or cheese st funhouse)and what was inside will always haunt me.
Nice to see what this place looked like way back when. I was seven in 1989, and my sister and I spent many birthdays at CEC. Not for the pizza, though. We never wanted to go for the food. We always wanted to go for the ball pit.
Very, very, very cool to see what it was like in 1989. I especially enjoyed seeing the King. How things have changed...
Props to the cameraman for traveling back in time to film this!
wow, your classic Chuck E Cheese was even better then mine. I loved Chuck E Cheese been in the 80s and would have loved this one, to bad I love no where near MA. lol
oh man, wish you'd gone through the cheese factory! This was my chuck e cheese as a child. Memories more weird than fond, but kitsch is kitsch.
Goddamn, never thought I'd find an upload of this video. I was there as a kid and experienced the Cheese Factory firsthand. Running through this replica house with was a hell of a way to start your youth. I remember it being quite large with windows on different floors, dimly lit and scary. Reddit has about thread on it. Guess it was called the Cheese E. Street.
www.reddit.com/r/milwaukee/comments/1r57rb/chuck_e_cheese_cheese_e_street_funhouse_aka_the/
THANK YOU!!!! This was the ChuckECheese's we went to as kids (Danvers location - we lived in Ipswich). I remember all of this like it was yesterday. Especially the Cheese Factory - which I got stuck in because I was scared and my mom had to come get me out near the skeetball machines.
This brought me back into time... I miss the cheese factory and the ball pit.. I had so much fun as a child.. thanks for sharing the video.. I'm 30 years old now lol and I felt like 4 years old again :-)
Seeing this is so cool! I went to this location all the time back in the late 2000's when I was a kid, and it wasn't nearly as cool as it is in this video. It's awesome that the history of this place is preserved like this. If you still have it, I'd love to see the unedited footage of this (since it appears to be shortened).
I have it, but not able to upload. I believe a friend of mine may have it on his channel in full as i let him borrow the tape i have.
This was always my favorite of the Chuck E Cheese locations I visited as a child - because of the Cheese Factory fun house! That was something special. I had my 6th birthday here and was so much fun.
Wow, this Chuck E Cheese had a different version of Whac-A-Mole! It had the one that Showbiz used to have, Chuck E Cheese looked so cool back then! I really wish I was born in the 80s, I'm 21 and I still love places like this! This is awesome!!!
This was my Chuck E. Cheese growing up. I could have been there that day! Thanks for sharing this. So much of this only existed in my memories! :)
The Chuck E Cheese I grew up going to looked very similar to this one except for The Beagles instead of The King in the lounge.
Man I would give anything to see cec go back to this kinda stuff, though it’ll mostly likely never happen. A kid can dream, right?
Agree. Today's version of CEC is just awful when compared to the awesomeness of it's first decade of business.
I want the pizza time theater back
This video means so much to me! I had my 9th birthday party there in the 80's!
Awesome !! I might know the person who 'hosted' your party !
how old are you
I would give so much to go back to this era of cec
I barely remember when Chuck E Cheese looked like this. I was only 5 years old in 1989 =)
I had vague memories of their being a white fun house inside Chuck E Cheese but I thought maybe it was just something from a dream. Then I found out it was real and I'm so glad you have video showing what it looked like!
I remember the Beach Bowsers well!
I love how around the 6 minute point in the video when you’re showing us the animatronic show with the Pizza Time Players, we can see that people were actually interested in the animatronics back then!! I’m so glad that people would crowd around them at that time and that they actually appreciated them. It’s such a shame that people just don’t care about the animatronic shows the way that they used to, and it’s also a shame that the CEC animatronics are going the way of the dodo bird. I really hope that somehow they can save some of the animatronics and just forget about their 2.0 concept, but sadly I don’t think that’ll be happening. Oh well, what can we do about it other than remember and reminisce the good old days? Thanks for the video, it was extremely interesting to see what Chuck E. Cheese’s looked like back in the 80s when it was the Pizza Time Theater!!
That was so amazing, incredible and wonderful when they show about the history of chuck e cheese 😍😎🤘👌👍🥰💖✨.
LOL I love it 😎🤘👌👍🥰💖✨
I love chuck e cheese and I am a biggest fan back from the day 😍😎🤘👌👍🥰💖✨.
Wow, CEC was like a freaking wonderland back then; really wish time travel was possible. I saw a rare glimpse of a cartoon B.B. Bubbles (I've seen cartoon versions of Madame Oink & Dolli Dimples, but never B.B.). Also love the Star Wars spoof poster.
Wow the cheese factory was awesome!! I remember there was only one in all of Pittsburgh. I don't know why other locations didn't have it!! It was creepy as much as it was fun!!! Thanks for the memories! I felt like I was 8yrs old again!
I always thought the rails that separates the dinning room from the rest of the place was a smart idea. It kept kids from running though the tables areas. They took all those down and now when your eating you have kids and even adults passing by you all the time, coughing and sneezing. It’s pandemonium
"Where a Kid can be a Kid!"
Anyone have detailed footage, images or (pray) blueprints of the Cheese Factory? Looking high and low for those for yeaaaars.
West mifflin was the only one with the cheese factory!. I wish someone had a video crawling through. I vaguely remember crawling through passages and going down a hole to get to the next level of passages.
The Danvers, MA PTT also featured the Cheese Factory when it opened in the summer of 1983. It lasted until the Summer of 1989, when it was then torn out to make room for the then new interior remodel of the Store. The Danvers Location was one of the last to receive a Cheese Factory installation, i believe, as at the time is was a new concept being rolled out to Stores. Much like the famous Ice Cream Emporium concept, it was installed at a few choice locations. Not many Stores received it.
Leo Lion
Leo Lion i found out that the fullerton california location had the incredibly rare king kat!
Sweet!
I’m honestly surprised footage of this even exists. This is so cool
My god this reminds me of my childhood...this is the Chuck E. Cheese's I went to as a kid.
Song List:
Office Montage: 9 To 5(1980)
Chipmunk Adventure Theme(1987)
Travel Music: Beetlejuice(1988)
Way Out West: An American Tale: Fievel Goes West(1991)
Couldn’t find 9 to 5
This is awesome! I wish chuck e cheese’s would’ve keeped it like this!
Wow... Danvers 2013 resembles Danvers 1989 more than you'd ever think! You can clearly see where things are now... ;)
Shall Danvers Rest In Peace.
I still remember the CEC from back in the 80s I went to. it was located in a shopping center, the center of it. It had the regular glass doors for adults and a small one for kids to go through. as you entered, you would be in a long hallway and the sounds of music and video games could be heard up ahead. to the left was a hallway that led to the restrooms, offices and kitchen. to the right was a small lounge with the King in it. There were also a few table top arcade games in there like Burger time. As you walked further down the hallway, the right side wall had Swiss cheese designs on it. Cheese with holes in it. there was an entrance here to the arcade. Most of the ticket prize games were on this side of the arcade. further down the hall, on the left was the ordering counter was just a cheese decorated wall with benches along it. Further down the hallway on the right was another entrance to the arcade. this was the side that had all the new games, the ball pit and such. across this entrance in the hall was the pizza pickup area. and straight ahead the main dining area with the animatronics. I must have gone to this CEC many times and I never knew there was a small room under the stage. you couldn't really see the entrance. they had a very dark purple curtain that ran along the bottom of the entire stage and this also covered up the mousehole shaped doorway. I found out at a birthday party when some cousins showed it to me. inside was a black light. some time later they added another pick up window within the dining room. it was on the exact same corner as the pickup window that was in the hall.
After it closed down they opened a Christian book store in it's place. I remember going in once and looking at the remnants of the CEC. to anyone that didn't know the place was once a CEC, they would never have never noticed. But what was left behind was an elevated platform. this area was the former ball pit which was surrounded by the classic video games. now they had this gazebo there in white drapes. the only thing that would let you know where the dining room was, was a portion of the left side of the wall that was still there.
I’m sad that I didn’t had the opportunity to see this. ;-;
Wow! There was a lot more to Chuck E. Cheese way back then there is now. Looks like miniature indoor theme park. I like the ambiance.
I saw some of the most recent pics of this location when it was still open, and it has definitely changed! Looks like they busted out some walls and opened it up.
It WAS like a mini indoor theme park, and it was AWESOME back in the 1980s ! Completely different, and FAR superior experience then what CEC of today offers. WIsh today's kids and young people could experience it again the way it used to be. Nothing compares.
Cool knowing how legendary of a store Danvers was! I wish the Warwick Pizza Time Theatre had more stuff, cause all we currently have are a few photos and 2 videos!
It's places like this that 20 or so years later you say 'what the hell happened that place?'-currently a memory ingrained in my mind from my childhood.
Wow I’ve been there in 2016 it’s very interesting to see how it looked like back then and it was the first chuck e chesse I’ve been to!
Thanks uberbob, glad to hear you enjoy this.
This the best i can do as far as picture quality, as the original tfootage was shot on a mid- 80s VHS video camera. These were notorious for not being able to adjust well in bright contrast lighting situations and dark interiors as you can plainly see.
I have enhanced the images as best as i could using UA-cam*s digital enhancement tools, which give it a little more color when compared to the original version. :)
so this is what my chuck’s used to look like... man i was born at the wrong times, wish i could have seen this for myself!
I remember getting trapped in those tubes in the cheese factory by other kids and being in a complete panic, I remember part of it just being clear plastic on the wall so your parents could see you but, if there were lots of kids you’d get trapped easily.
Interesting, also, on a side note. I'm pleasantly surprised that this comment section isn't flooded with FNAF stuff.
Thanks. I do check the comments once in a while and remove such things. ;)
This location will be missed 1983-2020
This would have been what Chucky cheese looked like when i first went...I dont remember any specfics except finally running out of tokens and being very depressed that I couldnt play games anymore. And yes the animatronic band creeped me out before FNAF.
Nearly the 90s. Music from the 70s. Adds up.
Brice Kennedy none of those songs were from the 70s
Brice Kennedy it fits really well with the atmosphere of that place.
this looks like those fnaf vhs tape things but it brings me so much joy to see this
Sometimes I just wish I had a time machine
The Very First Chuck E Cheese Store Tour
Wow! I almost feel as if I'm there! 😄
What the hell the song its making me cry but I i WANT TO GO to the pizza time theater but its 2020 pizza time theater this when it was open 1980 WHYYYY 😭😭😭😭😭😭
Love this video! If there's any more of it, especially better quality, I'd love to see it!
HI Jalencec4. Yes, i have several more i hope to get converted and uploaded soon. Some more gems coming !
Pizza Time Theater era (1977-1987) - this looks good
Early Chuck E Cheese’s Pizza era (1988-1991) - getting better
Classic era (1991-2019) - really good
Current era (2017-present) - somebody shoot me!
God the best memories as a kid in early to mid 80s . I went to the one in Portsmouth NH. Cheese factory was amazing crawling through these multi leveled mouse holes that anyone bigger would get clostraphobic and stuck. Playing Dragons Lair. There was no trashy people starting riots. You were there to see your family have fun. The one in Danvers has regressed so bad too. Gross no good type people who could care less about their kids. On their phones while the kids run wild and God the place is never cleaned. Good under tables as the place was just opened for the day. They have kids working there who don't give a shit. I attempted to take my 4 year old but we left quickly as the atmosphere is all wrong. Sadly most places like this are taken over by inner city scum who are looking to start some trouble. Lot of gang type families go to places like this cuz they can afford to with their illegal money and their government credit cards (yes saw them using to buy stuff)
This is why I just work harder to provide entertainment for my son at home. And there are a lot of free things that the scum hasn't tried to take over yet like walking a nature trail . 😢
G'bye child hood you were the best
Get off the planet if you don't like us because we're not going ANYwhere. 🙋🏾♀️
If this is the Chuck E Cheese that was located near the Liberty Tree Mall, this was my childhood location! I have vague memories of that location from the early/mid 2000s when i was a kid. They actually tore down that whole building sometime during the pandemic and built a Wine & Spirits extension for the Market Basket next door.
fun fact:nolan bushnell wasent only the creator or chucky cheese, but he also made atari.At 4:22 thats probly one of the games he made
0:55 is the PAL version of the opening score to the Chipmunk Adventure for those who dont know where it came from
What is the first song I have been searching for years.....
Do you mean the first instrumental track that plays at the start of the video? It is called 'Office Montage', from the 1980 soundtrack album for the film '9 to 5'.
Could you film a store tour of how Danvers looks now? It would be cool to see all the changes that have happened over the years. Oh and I almost forgot!! Leo Lion does danvers still have the closed off showroom or is it all opened up?
I'm pretty sure at this point it's opened up now..
Even the last rocker stage location recently got their showroom in an open area.
Some CECs do.... You never know! ;)
+Jasper's Banjo New things are that the prize counter at the front and the showroom walls and balcony seating and gameroom expansion are gone, And it now has a 2 stage, And the salad bar is in the same place.
It closed in 2020
There are so many changes
Hey.....I know this video, I filmed it!
Next to it on the right was a Kmart
WOOWWW! This s BEAUUTIFULLL!!! 8Q ~
Wow this was such a long time ago
6:08 I had dream of being here but today was first time I saw this
Thank you for this
I wonder how it would be like to be inside the pizza time theater and see madame oink and harmony howllet
And Foxy Flanagan/Colleen
Does everyone remember the cupping/muffled smacking sound that the moving mouth parts of the animatronics used to make as they sang songs and spoke dialogues?
This location looks way better than the one in mystic view rd the one there doesn’t have as many rooms or animatronics it only has 1 Chuck E. Cheese bot and that’s it it’s a shame the one in Danvers had to change their animatronics and shut down this year im glad 2 years ago I got to go there and see munchs make believe band even tho they didn’t perform
What a shame we don't have Chuck E. Cheeses in the UK. This should be in this country
I found it on google and it’s permanently closed but it had a good run as…perfection
It’s weird that the 80’s Chuck E Cheese was even better than now usually it’s the opposite this is just making me wish I could live in the 80’s but no I was born on 2007 😐🙁
It’s sucks huh? Just imagine if we could go to the very first one in San Jose! That would be cool
Guys I never been to this old place when I wasn't born.
3:35 this song would make a great classic price is right cue.
This Former Danvers Location Was Relocated In The Early 1990's.
The Danvers MA location opened in 1983 as a PTT, and has remained at the exact same location since it opened.
+Lonney Bird CEC it is open the last time for a birthday party , but Mr. Munch has a malfunction
Smells like a fnaf reference...
Your my video idol because this is the next section in my studies this era
Was The King and The Beach Bowzers there at the same time or did one replace the other?
The King was removed in July of 1989 when this remodel shown took place. The Beach Bowzers were then brought in and set up in the side room where previously B.B. Bubbles had been performing until she was removed in 1985.
Why was it so dark inside of Pizza Time Theater?
Because it was a THEATER. You don’t go to a theater that has lights on.
For nefarious reasons probably...
I was born in 2004 so obviously I wasn’t around in the 1980s, but from what I’ve seen and heard it seems that was mostly the “vibe” for many entertainment places back then. Keeping the lighting dim just added to the atmosphere and charm at places like CECPTT!
The song in the start is nostalgia
Wow awesome
0:08 Oh So Thats What Danvers Looked Like When It Was A PTT
"Never forget what they took from us"
I went there before wen I was a little baby .
Do you know what music that was going on, when you showed the paintings. I think it's elevator music or it came out in a movie."
I would love to see more of this vintage footage posted. I know you said it was edited to show the areas of interest but you never know what would be of interest to someone so I hope someday you will post a more lengthy video!
This location had British rides by MKC Designs, the Rainbow Roundabout and the Mini Wheel; seen a the 3:41 to 3:44 mark.
What is inside cheese factory?
You're welcome! What is the first and second music scores from?
The cheese factory seems so much bigger when your a kid and the ball pit
did this used to be a showbiz?
Nope, it opened as a Chuck E. Cheese's