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thinking of heading that way. is the arcade still around?
and if so, where is it?
thanks!
and if so, where is it?
thanks!
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thinking of heading that way. is the arcade still around?
and if so, where is it?
thanks!
As someone who works at Disney, let me warn you that the classics are sometimes in various states of repair. And don't even try to play pinball at DisneyQuest--horrible. But there are about 8 Wreck-It Ralph's for you to play!
Disney has been downsizing their arcades even more so lately. I'm an annual pass holder (we are Disney nerds) and I'm constantly in the parks or at the hotels, always keeping tabs on the arcades.
The Space Mountain arcade's days are numbered. They pull out more games every few months. They don't have much of a budget for this stuff and don't have techs to repair the games or take care of them so when they break, they stay broken and are usually taken to auction. Games I've loved like Outrun 2 twin, Outrun 2 SP deluxe, even a old 4 player X-Men and Virtual Fighter 4 Evo which were present last year are all gone. Pieces of Outrun 2 are stashed under the basketball hoops! The pins have shrunk from 7 to 4, but are not worth playing, they're left for dead. Elvis has been about 15 degrees crooked for 2 years.
You will find the same exact games from arcade to arcade, they don't have much variance anymore.
Arcades easily accessed as a guest:
Downtown Disney (West Side): DisneyQuest - requires separate admission but the classic arcade is here, not sure about newer games anymore haven't been in a long time
Magic Kingdom - Space Mountain (used to be a truly EPIC arcade in the mid 90s when it opened, now its just awful)
Hollywood Studios - Planet Pizza (this arcade has shrunk quite a bit in just a year, FERRARI F355 DELUXE IS NO LONGER HERE! There were 3 on property, 2 were parted out to make this one PERFECT for about 3 months, its now been sold)
Contemporary - main concourse (although it used to be in the basement and was THE MOST EPIC ARCADE IN HISTORY at one point in time)
Grand Floridian - Snack Bar by the main pool. I think there's maybe 5 -8 games left here. This used to be a fun arcade in the 90s that had around 30 games.
Polynesian - Next to Captain Cooks snack bar. About 12 games here. This moved from the "Fun Hut" that had 30-40 games 10 years ago.
From what I hear, DQ has one tech now to handle all the games. He brings in a helper every once in awhile, but last time I went it was just sad. Hell, I offered to help, and they said no, we have a vendor for that.
Makes me sad. But it does seem that the hotels have the nicer arcades, and I know that Art of Animation has a Tron pin and a Namco Reunion. They were going to put WIR at all the hotels, but because they couldn't use money, they all ended up at DQ for now.