Defunctland: The Failure of Disney's Chuck E. Cheese Ripoff, Club Disney
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Published 2018-08-14
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The last stop in a long journey to Disney Quest, Defunctland takes a look at Disney Regional Entertainment's first venture, Club Disney. Chuck E. Cheese's Pizza Time Theater, McDonald's Playplaces and Leaps and Bounds, Discovery Zone, Showbiz Pizza, and more are discussed in this little-known part of Disney history.
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All Comments (21)
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Fun Fact: Chuck E. Cheese's (the character's) official backstory is that he was an orphan, so no one ever celebrated his birthday, and this upset him so much that when he grew up, he made a fun restaurant-arcade for kids to go for their birthdays so no one had to experience party-less childhoods like he did.
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Not even Mickey Mouse could defeat "the powerful rat" , who goes by the name: C H A R L E S E N T E R T A I N M E N T C H E E S E
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Disney really looks at anything successful and immediately: "WE HAVE ONE OF THOSE TOO!"
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“Blockbuster buys indoor play area” is the most 90s business deal there could ever be
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This man uttered the name Charles Entertainment Cheese with his whole chest like damn
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Would you Rather: Have a Cartoony Mouse be your company mascot Or Have a Realistic sewer Rat Serve you questionable Pizza at a child casino.
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There's a plaza by my childhood home where the only business left standing is a Chuck E. Cheese's. Like, sure, it outlasted a Blockbuster, who didn't, but it also outlasted a major regional grocery store, a Little Cesar's, a popular local Chinese food restaurant, a Pub 99, a nail salon, and a CVS. When the world ends, Charles will still stand tall.
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As someone born in 2001, the '90s sounds like a simultaneously utopian and dystopian fever dream.
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When your parents call you by your full name: CHARLES, ENTERTAIMENT, CHEESE!!...
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"a powerful rat named biker mice from mars "
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When I was six I legitimately got lost in a McDonalds play place crawl tunnel. I crawled through those colourful, sweat smelling tunnels for what felt like ages (but was probably only a couple of minutes). I could hear other people but I only saw one other kid peaking out from behind a corner only to skitter back when she saw me. I’m not saying I temporarily clipped into a child version of the backrooms, but I think we can all agree that if there existed such a place, one entrance would definitely be inside a McDonalds
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5:09 don't forget the soul-zapping static shocks you'd get from the metal bolts holding the tubes together. After crawling through 40 feet of plastic tubes in your socks you were basically Zeus.
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"Pooh 'n' You Corner" sounds like a place I'd never want to go to. Ever.
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“A room themed to Peter Pan where guests could see their shadow” Such a revolutionary concept! I really can't see why this thing failed.
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The fact that Eisner was concerned with the furniture makes me both disturbed by his micromanagement and impressed buy how much he cares
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THIS IS WHERE THE MEME IS FROM “A powerful rat, named Charles Entertainment Cheese” (7:29)
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Why is every single Defunctland like its own movie they're too good
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a POWERFUL rat named -Charles -Entertainment -Cheese
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"watched tv for 3 days straight" he was in that photo physically but not mentally. dude was gone.
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"Pooh and You Corner" He is talking about the honey bear, he is talking about the honey bear, he is talking about the honey bear...
