Visiting the Last Animatronic Shows in the US

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  • čas přidán 7. 09. 2024

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  • @Cyberstar_Entertainment
    @Cyberstar_Entertainment Před měsícem +326

    It was a BLAST meeting you!

  • @ItzaRob
    @ItzaRob Před měsícem +139

    Very cool to see you visit these places! I’ve had the blessing over being able to visit all three of these in person (with me living close enough to Pineville to go every once in a while), so it’s great to see you visit them too!
    Also, fun fact, but the Pizzacam currently at Pineville actually originally came from Fairfax, Virginia (which we know based off its serial tag). It was sent to Laurel at some point and replaced their original Pizzacam, and then got put into storage and installed at Pineville like you said.

  • @Fredbear_and_Friends1983
    @Fredbear_and_Friends1983 Před měsícem +84

    Super excited to see Billy Bob's Wonderland to get an official overhaul.

  • @oyashirosamabrasileiro
    @oyashirosamabrasileiro Před měsícem +81

    6:41 is cool how they have fnaf merch, instead of not permitting any single reference to it in the restaurant like chucky & cheese

    • @horrorjunkii666
      @horrorjunkii666 Před měsícem +5

      One of the staff room doors is covered in Rae/fnaf art

    • @Onioncookie
      @Onioncookie Před 18 dny

      I think they also played the fnaf song (the first one by living tombstone)

    • @Goobthergoober
      @Goobthergoober Před 10 dny +1

      Chuck e cheese not chucky & cheese

    • @spingleboygle
      @spingleboygle Před 9 dny

      chuck e cheese should give it up and smile

  • @FourtyFiftyEighty
    @FourtyFiftyEighty Před měsícem +57

    4:57 Billy bobs wonderland actually had an obscure "3rd" location in Spokane Washington. They had a rockafire until around 2016 but that show was sold to scadia golf and games for parts. The location is now called “wonderland family fun center” but they still have a few Billy bob items left such as the walk around costume. Pretty interesting that not a lot of people know about it.
    Edit: Added quotes around 3rd since I dont think the first 2 location owners had any part in this place. There is very little history on it

    • @cycl0ne
      @cycl0ne Před měsícem +1

      while its true wonderland had a rock afire explosion at one point and had a similar name, they weren't owned by the same owners of billy bobs wonderland lol, that's just straight up misinformation

    • @FourtyFiftyEighty
      @FourtyFiftyEighty Před měsícem +1

      @@cycl0ne Interesting. I am pretty certain It was called billy bobs wonderland for a time. It opened in 1993 according to all the sources I can find. Their old tickets also used to say billy bobs wonderland on them. Although its possible it just was a common name for these places even though the original owners of the well known BBW may not have been the original owners here. I remember them having plastic cups for coins that also said billy bobs wonderland on them. Not trying to spread missinfo

    • @CECPACIFIC
      @CECPACIFIC Před 26 dny

      Fourty Fifty Eighty?! The Fire Alarm guy?! Wassup bro

    • @marissasalee2440
      @marissasalee2440 Před 26 dny +1

      I came here to say this! I grew up in Spokane in the 90s and we would go to Wonderland for SO many birthday parties, soccer team parties, summer days, etc. Back then it was called "Wonderland Golf n' Games" but the Rock-afire Explosion show was alive and well at the time. I was enamored with these characters throughout my childhood and would run to the little podium with the buttons where you could select a song, though I was also slightly frightened at times when I would peek under the curtains and see them sitting still, especially as they started to fall into disrepair...

  • @feliciteacup
    @feliciteacup Před měsícem +40

    i have been out of the rockafire fandom for like 2 years so it's such a shame seeing billy bob's wonderland go back to being in bad condition after it was so recently restored... the masks look AWFUL, and mitzi's hair being in curlers during operating hours is wild. i heard about the volo museum having a show in storage but i'm so glad to see they're actually showing them to the public now, and they look really good

    • @Troy-jc2ko
      @Troy-jc2ko Před měsícem +2

      @feliciteacup This was posted before the big restoration at Billy Con. By the way, glad to see I’m not the only Animatronic and MLP fan!

  • @SammyinVR
    @SammyinVR Před měsícem +58

    It was a very fun time meeting you Sully I hope the best for your restoration of your rockafire

  • @RyeRye29
    @RyeRye29 Před měsícem +75

    Had fun meeting you sully!

  • @MamaStylus
    @MamaStylus Před 27 dny +7

    I got a chance to finally see the Rockafire at the Volo and I nearly cried. They were so wonderfully restored and moving so fluidly. I'm beyond happy to see them in a place where they will be taken care of and appreciated for years to come. The show tape they were running didn't have Rolfe originally, but they altered the show just a little so he made a silent guest appearance and hit his cymbal in time with the music. It was appreciated getting to see them all! I fell in love with the band 10 years ago and never thought I would be able to watch them perform in person, and so so perfectly too.

  • @bikeyy2714
    @bikeyy2714 Před měsícem +16

    I was there for Volo's Rock-afire unveiling! The energy was amazing and I plan on going back again and again!

  • @loganwhite8094
    @loganwhite8094 Před měsícem +18

    I remember seeing my local Chuck E. Cheese take down the animatronics there, super disappointing when it happened. Glad to see there are still some locations that have their animatronics.

  • @NotTelling-xs4rv
    @NotTelling-xs4rv Před měsícem +10

    You are doing amazing work explaining this to non-animatronic enthusiasts!

  • @rolfeslefthand
    @rolfeslefthand Před měsícem +21

    it was so rad meeting you my guy!!

  • @abitofgrey
    @abitofgrey Před měsícem +10

    i had such a wonderful time chatting with you man, it was truly a pleasure. if you ever come down to pineville again don't hesitate to let me know, we just got a brand new bunch of shows that debuted at our reopening that i would love for you to see!

  • @illioptopede
    @illioptopede Před měsícem +5

    10:06 LOOK GARY THERE I AM!!!!

  • @showbizcec4985
    @showbizcec4985 Před měsícem +8

    6:30, from what I have gathered through the grapevine, I believe this agreement has fallen through.

  • @just_E_xoxo
    @just_E_xoxo Před měsícem +4

    The Lego noises while they were disassembling the Rock-a-Fire animatronics got me rofl

  • @1kart
    @1kart Před měsícem +5

    It was very cool to meet you at Billy Bobs Wonderland! Great video!

  • @jubjubbly9793
    @jubjubbly9793 Před měsícem +10

    Don't mind me, just copying your route for my bucket list. Shame my closest 3-Stage (Springfield) doesn't have the memorabilia Pineville has, but good to know! Road trip time!

  • @user-pg2ij6mv7e
    @user-pg2ij6mv7e Před 27 dny +2

    Wife and I just visited Volo museum just for the rockafire explosion exhibit. Thankful to live a so close to the legacy location chuck e cheese in Springfield IL

  • @GamerGod2024
    @GamerGod2024 Před měsícem +5

    They is one in the UK Gulliver's Kingdom with the rock afire explosion

  • @MuddyCar35
    @MuddyCar35 Před měsícem +7

    Yey another animatronic video!!!
    (I’m gonna watch this video while eating my lunch)

  • @melgalsue8792
    @melgalsue8792 Před měsícem +8

    MOM, GET THE CAR! WERE GOING TO NORTH CARILINA!!!!!

    • @Juel13
      @Juel13 Před měsícem

      That was me, but to my daughter. "Hey kid! Let's go!" lol

  • @PsychicDetective-ly6ri
    @PsychicDetective-ly6ri Před měsícem +1

    That's so cool! I didn't realize how many were left until this video, thanks for spreading the word!

  • @XxKyriinxX
    @XxKyriinxX Před 26 dny +2

    I work as the shuttle driver at a local theme park where I live and I commonly ask if people miss the animatronics at CEC and unsurprisingly everyone says yes

  • @AnyMation-vd6xp
    @AnyMation-vd6xp Před měsícem +6

    There’s a Chuck E. Cheese pizzeria some where in my town that still has active animatronics except chuckie is missing an eye and has his head cracked open

  • @Purpie_Slurpie
    @Purpie_Slurpie Před měsícem +4

    seeing the chuck e cheese design I know being in the old signage collection hit me like a truck oml

  • @StarDoge210ACIOfficial
    @StarDoge210ACIOfficial Před měsícem +1

    really hope we get to see more of this content! would love to also see footage of your show eventually!

  • @airfried._.airfryer
    @airfried._.airfryer Před 28 dny +2

    That up close shot of Mitzi with her curlers still in is so silly to me. Looks like she just wanted a girls night but she had to come to work and they weren’t done yet.

  • @justinludwig3995
    @justinludwig3995 Před měsícem +4

    At billy con the masks looked phenomenal.

  • @tonylicatajr
    @tonylicatajr Před 7 dny

    Man, talk about seeing my childhood flash before my eyes. Great video!

  • @ShrimplyWonderful
    @ShrimplyWonderful Před 15 dny

    i remember being a kid and my parents throwing me a birthday party at chuck e cheese and hiding under the table because the show started and the animatronics scared me to death. i'd give anything to see them now that i have a kid, she loves stuff like this! thank you for your videos!

  • @b94823
    @b94823 Před měsícem +2

    The masks looked good at BillyCon 2024 when I was there

  • @SPTT6457
    @SPTT6457 Před měsícem +4

    Great vid! But you probably should’ve went to Billy Bob’s Wonderland during or after the con. You may not have been as disappointed lol

  • @MaxAmiga
    @MaxAmiga Před měsícem +3

    The Chuck E Cheese in Springfield Illinois still has a Munch’s Make Believe Band animatronic shows. It’s one of only five left in the US.

  • @TheFnafGuuy
    @TheFnafGuuy Před 23 dny +1

    I actually went to Billy bobs recently and they are in GREAT condition

  • @CheesyLizzy
    @CheesyLizzy Před 13 dny

    I was watching this while making lunch
    So I accidentally watched the entire Morgan and Morgan ad upside down, but I feel like that's in the spirit of car accidents

  • @Mr.GameWatch1980
    @Mr.GameWatch1980 Před měsícem +4

    OH BOY SULLYS BACK

  • @JesseScott2016
    @JesseScott2016 Před měsícem

    Some of the earliest CZcams videos I remember watching were about these animatronics. Thank you so much for sharing!

  • @edward5735
    @edward5735 Před měsícem +1

    Love this video!!! It was amazing meeting you!!

  • @S.J.C._Entertainment
    @S.J.C._Entertainment Před měsícem +1

    I remember asking if you’d ever show your animatronics on a twitch live a few years ago. Really cool to see that they’ve become a staple of this channel!

  • @01Haven
    @01Haven Před měsícem +1

    please come to the UK and come show the 2 open hard luck bear shows at Matlock Bath, and Warrington

  • @Chuck_eCHEEZE
    @Chuck_eCHEEZE Před 14 dny

    NEW SUBSCRIBER!! I love animatronics

  • @bragg_15
    @bragg_15 Před měsícem +2

    Watching your animatronic videos to you uploading one today was unexpected love you sully

  • @comeforthepizza
    @comeforthepizza Před 15 dny +1

    HELPPP I WAS WORKING THE DAY WE HAD TO SWITCH BILLY BOB OUT FOUR TIMES (Hi, I was the employee standing with my head down on the stage because I was so done!)
    I was recruited very last-minute to paint the masks and after painting two for Billy Bob and neither of them fitting well, I was ready to throw the towel in. 😭 Luckily, we were able to borrow an original Billy Bob mask that looks better. I also fixed Dook after that unfortunate Crispy Dook incident. I was so frustrated I could have cried lol
    As for the refurbs, we're working closely with Aaron getting that up and running! We're hoping to get new official cosmetics AND fix air flow issues so they don't tear up as quickly. There's also going to be a lot of mechanical refurbishments in the coming months. We're running on what we have for now, but we have people here who care SO MUCH about the band and want it to work the best it can.
    I'll also defend BBWL with my dying breath. Getting new parts and things is not as easy as it seems, since at the end of the day, we're still a locally owned business in a poor state. There's only so much that can be done on a tight tech budget. I beg everyone to have some patience- trust me when I say, again, that we want it to run perfectly just as much as you all do! At this point, it's not a matter of neglect because we pay a LOT of care where we can, it's a waiting game until the new refurbishments can start.

  • @Smileydude123
    @Smileydude123 Před měsícem +1

    Hope some day chuck puts the cigarette back in his mouth and brings back the animatronics world wide

  • @deannahagberg3085
    @deannahagberg3085 Před měsícem

    I just went to the Volo Museum today! It was awesome to see the band! I wanted to go all summer and finally had the chance!

  • @SillyLasagna
    @SillyLasagna Před měsícem +4

    That is awesomely cool!

  • @yogihere
    @yogihere Před měsícem

    the laurel location was actually my childhood location for a while until we moved in 2018. i distinctly remember going to play there right after eating a mexican restauraunt right beside it! it was one hell of a suprise to find out they used the pizza cam from my first chuck e cheese to one of the legacy locations [which fun fact, is only an hour away from me].
    also great video sully

  • @SomeOtherGuyNow
    @SomeOtherGuyNow Před měsícem +2

    Great video! Awesome!

  • @HallyPorter
    @HallyPorter Před 14 dny

    Growing up, Mom never let us have a party and invite friends but she did take us there. It was always a disaster where we'd leave crying because we hadn't spent all our tokens, she had no interest in video games and was probably getting a headache, had seen the show at least twice already with the last of the pizza. I had to be dragged away with 5 unused tokens from a Baby Pac Man machine, as we wanted to stay there for the rest of our lives.

  • @ProudOrbit217
    @ProudOrbit217 Před měsícem

    Thank you for going around to these states to come and show them for us and telling us the history
    CEC (imo) is being super careless with their marketing choices when it comes to the animatronics
    I’m at least glad we have those few locations left and happy to still a Billy bobs wonderland still in operation

  • @Vector_clone002
    @Vector_clone002 Před měsícem

    I remember when I was a kid I loved the rockifire explosion animatronics

  • @khit007
    @khit007 Před měsícem +7

    It closed down in 1983!?!? We all know what happened that caused that! I wonder how they were doing in 1987?

  • @tsivils1987
    @tsivils1987 Před 16 dny

    I need to go to the Pineville location! My local Chuck e cheese had the rockafire conversion 3 stage ones, and I'm very partial to those designs. Chuck e cheese looked his best on rolfe's skeleton 😂!

  • @user-hx6eo9jb9p
    @user-hx6eo9jb9p Před měsícem +2

    HE’S BACK

  • @NintegaDario
    @NintegaDario Před měsícem +1

    I had no idea you attended the grand reopening, I would've said hi. 😂

  • @Samscooking-ib9wb
    @Samscooking-ib9wb Před měsícem +2

    Hey sully? There are like 4 locations in ca with either 1 stage c shows or cyberamic 1 stages with all the 4 characters working and I got a mouth lever!

  • @qwenck8610
    @qwenck8610 Před měsícem

    I love the editing style of this one-- reminiscent of 90s TV documentaries for me.

  • @PigDan
    @PigDan Před měsícem +1

    Really high quality! It would be.. uh.. great to meet you!!! I totally would meet you? Why has everyone in the comment section met you?!

  • @KirbyLinkACW
    @KirbyLinkACW Před měsícem +15

    Sully trying to hide that he's not an animatronic.

  • @josephcurvin9937
    @josephcurvin9937 Před měsícem +1

    Well, looks like I'm going to North Carolina boys

  • @refusefntk
    @refusefntk Před měsícem

    Thanks for persevering the history, I still take my child to the samw Chuck E Cheese that I went to and I try to explain to her how cool the animatronics were. The place got a recent remodel and the last Animatronic of just Chuck E and the swan ride were removed.

  • @discussingwhattodo5381

    Theres also one in ocean city New Jersey called the man and dog show. They’re retrofitted Chuck E. Cheese animatronics.
    The man and dog show are probably some of the best condition 80s animatronics in the world right now that are still in business.
    However this is the last year they’ll be there since the theme park shuts down in October :(
    The animatronics have been there since 1993

  • @thecatthatposts
    @thecatthatposts Před měsícem +5

    I thought this video was already released

  • @somebodythatiusetoknow2027

    This looks so neat!

  • @CountryRockBear1994
    @CountryRockBear1994 Před 17 dny

    Country Bear Jamboree? Now Country Bear Musical Jamboree - granted it costs an arm and a leg to see it 🤣🤣🤣🤣. But it is an animatronic show. The very one that influenced Nolan Bushnell in the first place!

  • @deezwaffles558
    @deezwaffles558 Před měsícem +1

    Would be cool if someday you get to go to creative engineering and meet the creator of the rockafire explosion

  • @MeccaFatz_and_Friends
    @MeccaFatz_and_Friends Před měsícem +1

    Very cool!

  • @bungle_scrungle
    @bungle_scrungle Před měsícem

    I didn't even know there WAS A Chuck E Cheese in a place I used to live what the. How am I finding this out through a CZcams video no less 🤣

  • @Faygobath
    @Faygobath Před měsícem

    i went to billy bobs wonderland on july 25th n save to say the gang has been fully restored :] love the vid !! 💕💕

  • @theonlyjaspertjowls
    @theonlyjaspertjowls Před měsícem +1

    Great video man!, I wish I could have met you but it’s alright

  • @Draidenfriday
    @Draidenfriday Před měsícem

    I live right outside of pineville, I always went to the one in Gastonia as a kid though, who knew something so cool was one town over

  • @AtticPartiers
    @AtticPartiers Před měsícem

    I need to go to Pineville, it looks so good!!

  • @Queen_of_chaos
    @Queen_of_chaos Před měsícem +1

    Very very cool!! ❤w❤

  • @moshibass
    @moshibass Před měsícem

    0:36 nice shirt I want one
    anyway FINALLY SOME ANIMATRONIC CONTENT (jk) very fascinating stuff and so cool that you actually went in person to make this video!

  • @cookiecatanimeowtions3683
    @cookiecatanimeowtions3683 Před měsícem

    i seen three of the animatronics from the rock a fire gang at a county fair I went to. they weren't operating but the cosmetics were in really good condition

  • @layneschristmascollection8389

    During Billy Con 2024 the show in West Virginia looked great as fans brought in their own masks for the characters but after it was over they had to refit the old ones back on.

  • @bootmeet1901
    @bootmeet1901 Před měsícem

    There are still little Chuck E. Cheese and electronics in California where I live

  • @Zoopop13
    @Zoopop13 Před měsícem

    im about 2 hours from volo! wish i had the chance to meet you. my parents just visited last wednesday.

  • @projectsmash600
    @projectsmash600 Před měsícem +1

    god damn it sully i was gonna do that

  • @An80sWorld
    @An80sWorld Před měsícem +1

    There is now 1 last location with a 3 stage. Billings got 2.0

  • @cec_oregon
    @cec_oregon Před měsícem +3

    Witch one of the stages you visited was your favorite ?

  • @Ship.nerd.735
    @Ship.nerd.735 Před měsícem

    I just got to see them today at volo they are awesome in person and huge

  • @aidanlife9751
    @aidanlife9751 Před měsícem +1

    You should check out the chuck e cheese in springfield IL

  • @maxtherealmtc3421
    @maxtherealmtc3421 Před měsícem

    TheRealSullyG travel video!

  • @crashbandicootspyrohinson05

    Hey SullyG fun fact: i myself was actually at the pineville location on its grand re opening im pretty sure i saw you there i dont know i mean i was just enjoying the animatronics cause of fnaf and for its event and etc at the time of its grand reopening plus you should also be happy to know ive officially declared that the pineville chuck e cheese location in NC is now my default chuck e cheese to go to from now on mainly cause ive transfered locations from the columbia sc chuck e cheese location cause it got remodeled to 2.0 2 years ago and was the last MMBB in SC and mostly cause im in the carolinas and ive also declared that location in pineville for both NC and SC

  • @smallblog6832
    @smallblog6832 Před měsícem +4

    LETSS GOOOOOOOOO

  • @MaxEverywhereSystem
    @MaxEverywhereSystem Před 5 dny

    haha cool video- THE MUPPETS MAYHEM (2023) MENTIONED???

  • @user-gy9qc5ip8k
    @user-gy9qc5ip8k Před 26 dny

    I really want a Billy bob and only Billy bob animatronic so I can look at him in the eyes and reminisce

  • @giraffeo9722
    @giraffeo9722 Před měsícem +3

    I'm watching the preimere

  • @ethanlittlejohn2536
    @ethanlittlejohn2536 Před měsícem

    3:40 that upside-down car edit is insane! nice chroma key!

  • @EthanCrossMedia
    @EthanCrossMedia Před měsícem +1

    Nice, though, you were not aware of Nintega Dario and ItzaRob, who went to the Chuck E. Cheese location in Charlotte, NC - Pineville - Matthews Road last week. Though, I don't live in the Charlotte area, but I reside in the greater Chicago area where the Volo Auto Museum is located.

    • @Troy-jc2ko
      @Troy-jc2ko Před měsícem

      @EthanCrossMedia Agreed! Same here! I freaked out when they announced Springfield and then VOLO announced their stage! Now us who aren’t on the east nor west coast can have a Rock-afire and a MMBB to watch!

    • @EthanCrossMedia
      @EthanCrossMedia Před měsícem

      @@Troy-jc2ko Yeah, though, I'm far away from the Springfield, IL location, as it's 3 hours away from me, and it recently reopened on July 25, 2024 (1 day before Charlotte, NC - Pineville - Matthews Road). Springfield is the last CEC in the state with 3-Stage animatronics and last location with a CU 1-Stage.

    • @Troy-jc2ko
      @Troy-jc2ko Před měsícem

      @EthanCrossMedia I’m about 2.7 hours away from Springfield, so I feel your pain. Drove up to Springfield to see Lincoln’s house for President’s Day 5-6 years ago when I lived 3.5 hours away before I became a CEC fan and it was a hard drive. Then again, since then I’ve driven to both MOA and Cedar Point (each hours from my place)! I personally just go to VOLO (40 minutes) or Crystal Lake (1 hour, Alpha) to get my CEC fix… yeah I don’t live in the best location for Animatronics.

  • @JudeGames1
    @JudeGames1 Před 29 dny +1

    Mine still has its 3 stage lol

  • @BlueTrainProductions-ew8gg
    @BlueTrainProductions-ew8gg Před měsícem

    This video needs more views. This is great.

  • @invaderjessea
    @invaderjessea Před měsícem

    So happy I had my 21st birthday at the Pineville location!

  • @Juel13
    @Juel13 Před měsícem

    Roadtrip!
    But for real, I think the IL location would have something for everyone in my weird little family.

  • @backyardmachinery
    @backyardmachinery Před měsícem

    It's so interesting to see this. I hope someday that genuinely, the Rockafire Explosion can be in the public where I am again. Not to give details where I am ofc because this is the internet, what I can say is that they're in a warehouse as far as I know rotting away. Either that or are still on stage abandoned in the place that they were. The issue was is that I'm not sure if the place that had the robots (it wasn't a showbiz place but it was somewhere that got the rights to use the band there) ever sold it to another place with robots that ripped them for parts or not. I hope deep down, and ofc this is just hope, that those robots are still somewhere out there preserved or at least in tact as much as they can be. It would be years of rotting to restore, however. The place closed down about a decade ago and last I heard the building they were housed in was just abandoned. No closing, no nothing. Just abandoned and no one has bought it again nor has anyone gone in to gut the place as far as I'm aware of.

  • @jessicagrinnell537
    @jessicagrinnell537 Před 26 dny

    I am new and I just subscribed

  • @battlefornumbers
    @battlefornumbers Před 15 dny

    6:24 Billy bob looks very funny