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Postby bobbinbop20 on September 7th, 2009, 12:25 am
So, I went to this little place in Albuquerque, New Mexico called It'z Family Food & Fun Center. Since we did Cliff's yesterday we figured one more credit couldn't hurt :wink:

They have one credit there called Miner Mike, which you can see in this short video.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r1qizMAyjrg :lol: :lol: :lol:

Its basically a buffet, and lots of arcade type games and "thrill rides" But we were in and outta there in less then 10 minutes. It was actually really clean and looked really nice on the inside.

The lady at the register bended the rules a little bit, and just put enough points on the card for me and my sister to ride once, when we were suppose to buy them in packages. It's not easy being a credit whore :D

By the way, Its $1.25 for a ride on Miner Mike :mrgreen:

Heres a few pictures from It'z

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looks nice from the outside

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one of the "thrill rides"

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This is the points card

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Miner Mike!

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Im Miner Mike and im so awesome I even have a tire

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Signage

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Miner Mike goes that fast

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a look at the place

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without train...

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with train

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It was pretty nice on the inside also

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They had a mini bowling alley

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We be riding that Miner Mike thing

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It was at this point that I realized I was a credit whore...

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but hey, It ain't easy being a credit whore!
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Postby vprlvr456 on September 7th, 2009, 9:13 am
WAS IT BETTER THAN X2!!!!!??????? That looked like the funnest ride ever :lol:
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Postby bobbinbop20 on September 7th, 2009, 12:34 pm
vprlvr456 wrote:WAS IT BETTER THAN X2!!!!!??????? That looked like the funnest ride ever :lol:


Almost! you know if there was fire it might be as good!
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Postby rb1 on September 8th, 2009, 5:48 pm
Well credit biatch cool photos glad you had a great trip down at New Mexico.
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Postby zjohn1988 on September 9th, 2009, 11:10 pm
Not worth another wacky worm credit
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Postby bobbinbop20 on September 10th, 2009, 6:40 pm
its not a wacky worm!
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Postby tp41190 on September 11th, 2009, 12:08 am
^Hey when did Blobb Ralvery get a new hat?

Fun PTR, I love credit whoring to little FECs.
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Postby bobbinbop20 on September 11th, 2009, 10:09 pm
^^haha! I love that!
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Postby Chitown on September 12th, 2009, 1:31 am
Just imagine if Chuck E. Cheese had a coaster in each of their establishments.

The credit whoring would be really out of control. :)
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Postby FParker185 on September 12th, 2009, 3:27 am
Except then everyone except me (I don't bother with most kiddie credits) would be at 603, and most of them would be crappy dragon wagons, miner mikes and wacky worms. Now I have my fair share but as an example, except for Safariland due to a post NCC stop with a group of people, I haven't ridden any of the chicago area FEC coasters.
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Postby Coaster Justin on September 12th, 2009, 4:22 am
^ Hey Man, Some of us Can't Afford to Fly to England, Holland, East Coast, California, Texas, and Germany like you can. My mom Considers a 5 Hour Drive in a Day Murder (And Don't Get me started on NY, England, LA, Mexico, or Anywhere outside of the US and Canada).
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Postby monsterfan99 on September 12th, 2009, 5:20 am
Chitown wrote:Just imagine if Chuck E. Cheese had a coaster in each of their establishments.

The credit whoring would be really out of control. :)

And I would be cursing the "must have someone under 15 to enter" rule even more then now :lol: That rule prevents my fiancee and I for stopping in at the Gurnee one to play Roller Coaster Tycoon pinball for a quarter a game.
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Postby monsterfan99 on September 12th, 2009, 5:24 am
Fun trip report. Nothing like a random Family Fun Center to blow a half hour or so.

Think of Credit whoring like this. Every time you go to a FFC or small park with a kiddie coaster, you are giving the place business.

I will say, if you have a kids party to plan, have it at the Arlington Heights Go Bananas. The manager there is amazing. They have a refund policy if you kid does not enjoy the place and they asked us multiple times how our visit was. The staff there was just great, even to 2 credit whores in their 20's :D
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Postby FParker185 on September 14th, 2009, 8:58 pm
Coaster Justin wrote:^ Hey Man, Some of us Can't Afford to Fly to England, Holland, East Coast, California, Texas, and Germany like you can. My mom Considers a 5 Hour Drive in a Day Murder (And Don't Get me started on NY, England, LA, Mexico, or Anywhere outside of the US and Canada).



The main thing though, I don't necessarily see the importance of track records, the only time I think they come into play is if someone comes up to me and says something like, Wild Thing at VF! is my #1 coaster, or Raging Bull is my #1. Then I always work into the conversation what their TR is, and it will usually be something like 20-40, and then their opinion is immediately discredited. Now if Chuck E Cheese had a coaster at every location, then those same people would be able to say their TR is over 100. Then if I hadn't ridden either Wild Thing or RB I might think they know what they are talking about and do a trip to SFGAm or VF! and be hugely disappointed on both counts.
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Postby tp41190 on September 15th, 2009, 4:40 pm
Coaster Justin wrote:^ Hey Man, Some of us Can't Afford to Fly to England, Holland, East Coast, California, Texas, and Germany like you can. My mom Considers a 5 Hour Drive in a Day Murder (And Don't Get me started on NY, England, LA, Mexico, or Anywhere outside of the US and Canada).


Why dont you get a car then?
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Postby bobbinbop20 on September 19th, 2009, 11:15 pm
its really not that expensive, you just gotta book it way the hell in advance
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Postby rb1 on September 20th, 2009, 5:06 pm
ChuckECheese how about Mcdonalds you can get a billion credits.
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Postby MForce4ever on October 9th, 2009, 3:33 am
Awesome TR, I love credit whoring at FECs as it always makes for funny stories. Also this place looks just like John's Incredible Pizza Company.

Coaster Justin wrote:^ Hey Man, Some of us Can't Afford to Fly to England, Holland, East Coast, California, Texas, and Germany like you can. My mom Considers a 5 Hour Drive in a Day Murder (And Don't Get me started on NY, England, LA, Mexico, or Anywhere outside of the US and Canada).


Ever consider doing trips without your mom? Also don't underestimate the effectiveness of day trips, sure going somewhere like World's of Fun on a day trip may well take over 24 hours but can be done.

FParker185 wrote:The main thing though, I don't necessarily see the importance of track records, the only time I think they come into play is if someone comes up to me and says something like, Wild Thing at VF! is my #1 coaster, or Raging Bull is my #1. Then I always work into the conversation what their TR is, and it will usually be something like 20-40, and then their opinion is immediately discredited. Now if Chuck E Cheese had a coaster at every location, then those same people would be able to say their TR is over 100. Then if I hadn't ridden either Wild Thing or RB I might think they know what they are talking about and do a trip to SFGAm or VF! and be hugely disappointed on both counts.


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However I can't say I disagree. Not that I think one's opinion can be invalid, I think it really speaks to the quality of whichever ride if someone who is "well traveled" says it's they're favorite versus someone who's count is relatively low

Although I'd say if your top ten has more than 3 coasters from one park your opinion should be discredited because either you haven't ridden enough coasters to even bother with a top ten or you are a fanboy (or both)
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Postby Coaster Justin on October 9th, 2009, 12:24 pm
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Postby SfGaMownz on October 9th, 2009, 4:11 pm
Why can't you drive....?
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Postby monsterfan99 on October 9th, 2009, 5:33 pm
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Postby MForce4ever on October 11th, 2009, 1:00 am
SfGaMownz wrote:Why can't you drive....?
I'm irreverent and stuff...
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