I have many fond memories of birthday parties/outings at Showbiz. I was mostly aging out of it by the time it converted to CeC in the early 90s. As a young (an

I have many fond memories of birthday parties/outings at Showbiz. I was mostly aging out of it by the time it converted to CeC in the early 90s. As a young (and current) nerd, I always liked the animatronics, and how can you top pizza, free refills on drinks, ball pits, ticket-reward-prizes, and arcade games as a kid. My children are almost at the age where they would love something like that also; it's too bad they're gone. I haven't found anything that seems to fit the same space for kids. Sure, there are bouncy house places or sports places, but those always feel a little too rushed. You get your block of time, and you are shoved out the door when the clock hits your hour so they can cycle through the next group. SB/CeC didn't work like that: you could keep playing until your parents didn't want to give you any more tokens. Parents would hang back at the table and nibble on (crappy) pizza and a beer while the kids ran around and played. I think it was just part of that 80s parenting style, where you didn't feel like it was necessary to micromanage your kids' activities.