I'm assuming coin op arcades are a thing of the past with everyone having better consoles in their homes.
Doesn't seem to bug any kid I personally know.
Did they have ticket games, I thought I heard that they were now illegal in Florida due to some overreaching anti gambling law.
No ticket games.
Honestly, my video game loving teenage son has never stepped foot in a DCL arcade on the 4 cruises we have sailed as far as I know. It appears from Scott's post that they didn't get much use, as the arcade is also being elimanated on the Dream.
Then why was the one on Dream always packed when we went in there? And we cruise at "off" times, not sold out ships as far as I could tell, but there was always a wait for the games.
And, by the way, packed with kids.
I hope so, nothing irritates me more than an attempt at luring the children to spend more money than you have already spent with video games.
I used to feel that way until I Put myself into my son's (and husband's) shoes. These are things they ENJOY. If I get to do things I enjoy, why can't they? And the fact of the matter is, the ONE mall in my area that has an arcade? I never go there. It's creepy and weird there. There's no other place that really has an arcade. So I finally opened up and lightened up, made time and money available for those things, and watched my son and husband's enjoyment increase. Win win situation!
I think the whole dinoland area (as well as paradise pier at DCA) would just make him cringe. He didn't want Ferris wheels, scam games, etc.
We haven't played the ones at Dinoland, but the ones at DCA are hardly scam games. Just time it right and someone in your family is GOING to win something. Pay a few bucks, get a cute stuffie. Have some fun, make a memory, get a souvenir. Awesome.
I have been on the Dream twice, and I don't ever remembering seeing an arcade. Where was it?
Right outside the entrance to cabanas; facing the entrance it was to the right. I truly cannot remember if cabanas is forward or aft so I can't tell you what entrance that was.
Might have been dark, but for us it was always packed. My son is seriously going to miss it. Where else can he pretend to be a flying ace in London during WW2?