The FINAL Chuck E. Cheese’s Northridge, CA Store Tour Before 2.0 @ceccalifornia

CEC California This video was filmed approximately 24 hours before Northridge began the 2.0 remodel.

This is a store tour of the famous and beloved Northridge, CA location. This store is located at 8425 Reseda Boulevard and opened in September of 1981, making it 4th oldest location in California and the 7th oldest location in the company as a whole. They opened with a balcony stage and later converted to a C-Stage. In 1993 they received the phase 3 remodel with the 2-stage, and since then, the location has remained almost completely unchanged. This location’s claim to fame was being the most outdated Chuck E. Cheese’s restaurant, with them still having had the record posters, showroom signage, showroom shelves, showroom walls, balcony seating, checkered tiling, and a number of retro posters and artifacts throughout the restaurant. Their 2-stage was also in excellent condition, with all the characters in working order and Chuck E. retaining his “Cool Chuck” outfit (minus the cap). As of the night of July 23rd, the Northridge location has began the 2.0 remodel, which will change the location in many ways. They will be receiving a new video wall, dance floor, artwork, paint job, and exterior signage. It is a shame that the pure essence of phase 3 will be gone forever, but Northridge will live on through videos and memories made there.

Filmed on 7/22/2023

updated 3 years ago

The FINAL Chuck E. Cheese’s Northridge, CA Store Tour Before 2.0

CEC California 2023-07-31 | This video was filmed approximately 24 hours before Northridge began the 2.0 remodel.

This is a store tour of the famous and beloved Northridge, CA location. This store is located at 8425 Reseda Boulevard and opened in September of 1981, making it 4th oldest location in California and the 7th oldest location in the company as a whole. They opened with a balcony stage and later converted to a C-Stage. In 1993 they received the phase 3 remodel with the 2-stage, and since then, the location has remained almost completely unchanged. This location’s claim to fame was being the most outdated Chuck E. Cheese’s restaurant, with them still having had the record posters, showroom signage, showroom shelves, showroom walls, balcony seating, checkered tiling, and a number of retro posters and artifacts throughout the restaurant. Their 2-stage was also in excellent condition, with all the characters in working order and Chuck E. retaining his “Cool Chuck” outfit (minus the cap). As of the night of July 23rd, the Northridge location has began the 2.0 remodel, which will change the location in many ways. They will be receiving a new video wall, dance floor, artwork, paint job, and exterior signage. It is a shame that the pure essence of phase 3 will be gone forever, but Northridge will live on through videos and memories made there.

Filmed on 7/22/2023

Let’s Be Friends - Chuck E. Cheese’s Garden Grove, CA

CEC California 2023-06-30 | Song #7 on Show 3, 2021 filmed at the Garden Grove, CA location.

Filmed on 6/27/21

Song Title - Chuck E. Cheese’s Garden Grove, CA

CEC California 2023-06-29 | Song #6 on Show 3, 2021 filmed at the Garden Grove, CA location.

Filmed on 6/27/21

I Dare You Not to Laugh - Chuck E. Cheese’s Garden Grove, CA

CEC California 2023-06-28 | Song #5 on Show 3, 2021 filmed at the Garden Grove, CA location.

Filmed on 6/27/21

Chuck E. Cheese is All About Fun! - Chuck E. Cheese’s Garden Grove, CA

CEC California 2023-06-27 | Song #4 on Show 3, 2021 filmed at the Garden Grove, CA location.

Filmed on 6/27/21

Dog Days of Summer - Chuck E. Cheese’s Garden Grove, CA

CEC California 2023-06-26 | Song #3 on Show 3, 2021 filmed at the Garden Grove, CA location.

Filmed on 6/27/21

Out of This World - Chuck E. Cheese’s Garden Grove, CA

CEC California 2023-06-25 | Song #2 on Show 3, 2021 filmed at the Garden Grove, CA location.

Filmed on 6/27/21

Song of Summer - Chuck E. Cheese’s Garden Grove, CA

CEC California 2023-06-24 | Song #1 on Show 3, 2021 filmed at the Garden Grove, CA location.

Filmed on 6/27/21

Chuck E. Cheese’s Visalia, CA Store Tour

CEC California 2023-04-03 | This is a store tour of the Chuck E. Cheese’s location in Visalia, CA. Located at 4345 W Noble Ave, this store opened on 5/2/1983 as a Showbiz Pizza Place. This store is pretty famous for being the last location in California (and one of the last locations overall) to have the 3-Stage show setup. Despite this, the show has been in a state of disrepair for years and the animatronics barely move. They have phase 4 but are rumored to receive the 2.0 remodel very soon, so if you want to see the last 3-Stage in California, you should do it as soon as possible.

(P.S. sorry if this tour seems a little all over the place, I haven’t filmed a tour in a long time and there was a lot of people there so it made it a little harder to film in a linear path.)

Filmed on 4/2/23

Chuck E.’s Final Performance…

CEC California 2022-09-20 | El Rey Guitarrista - Chuck E. Cheese’s Elk Grove, CA

This was the final song performed by the Studio C animatronic at the Elk Grove, CA location. Starting today (September 19th) CEC has implemented a new show system that is not compatible with Studio C stages and they will no longer receive signals. This means that there will be no more lights and no more programming for the animatronic. When a song plays in future show tapes, the animatronic will remain in random mode, rather than interacting and singing along. I decided to not dub in audio just to capture the pure essence of the performance before he never opens his mouth again. Rest In Peace Studio C (1997-2022).

Filmed on 9/18/22

Chuck E. Cheese Pizzeria & Games Stockton, CA Store Tour

CEC California 2022-08-25 | Today we have a store tour of the Stockton, CA location. This store opened on 9/6/2005 in tandem with the Roseville, CA location. They are located at 6436 Pacific Ave, and they originally had a Studio C Beta 16M. Unfortunately in 2018 they received the 2.0 remodel, losing their stage and gaining a dance floor.

Filmed on 7/27/22

Beach Party Bash - Chuck E. Cheese Fairfield, CA

CEC California 2022-07-29 | Live show for the Summer of Fun 2022 show filmed at the Fairfield, CA location.

Filmed on 7/23/22

Chuck E. Cheese Fairfield, CA Store Tour (Grand Reopening/2.0)

CEC California 2022-07-24 | Today we have a store tour of the recently reopened Fairfield, CA store! Originally this store opened in 1983 as a franchised Chuck E. Cheese’s Pizza Time Theatre with a Balcony stage. Around the late 80’s they received a C-Stage, and in the 90’s they got a 2-Stage. From what I’ve heard, the stage used to be on the right side of the restaurant in the area where most of the little kid games are and it goes back a little bit. In 1997 they moved the stage to the left side of the building, to the right of the kitchen, and the SkyTubes were put in the former showroom area (those were removed from this location in the early 2010’s). The stage was in disrepair for years and Fairfield was notorious for having one of the worst-conditioned Cyberamic stages in the company.

Back in winter 2020, rumors started circulating that Fairfield was going to close assumingely due to leasing or franchising issues. Unfortunately, they closed for good on 1/5/21, leaving only 2 other franchised locations in California, being Redding and San Jose. They shortly thereafter opened as “GameX Pizza & Arcade” which was a family entertainment center that was practically the same thing that it already was, just without the Chuck E. Cheese branding or animatronics. They reused all the same games, took down all Chuck E. Cheese artwork, and replaced the animatronics for a projector screen. GameX didn’t last long though as you could tell.

On 7/21/22, Chuck E. Cheese finally made his official reappearance in Fairfield and they had their grand opening (they had a soft-reopening on 7/12/22 prior). The store is now a company-owned 2.0 store with a dance floor and a large screen that plays the show. They have mostly new games, with a few old ones from before, and pretty much the same layout. Unfortunately there were a few issues since it was their first weekend officially open such as games not working properly and slow food service, but I’m sure with time they’ll be on top of everything. I actually ran into my old manager from Sacramento at the Fairfield store who was helping out with the stores grand reopening, and I had a chat with her about everything, so that was cool. Anyways, its great to have Fairfield back and if you’re ever in the area, you should stop on by.

Filmed on 7/23/22

Chuck E. Cheese Fairfield, CA Remodel/Reopening Progress

CEC California 2022-06-30 | Here is a look at the remodel/reopening progress of the Fairfield Chuck E. Cheese. Around the end of 2020, they permanently closed due to franchising issues I believe as this was one of three franchised stores in California. They reopened as an arcade called "GameX Pizza & Arcade" but clearly that did not last a while. They have began (and are almost completely done) re-opening as a remodeled 2.0 store. Unfortunately they no longer will have animatronics but it's cool that they are reopening as CEC nonetheless. I may come back when they officially reopen.

Filmed on 6/29/22

Up Close and Personal with the 2-Stage at Chuck E. Cheeses Garden Grove, CA (Summer 2021)

CEC California 2022-06-27 | Today we have a UCAP of the 2-Stage in Garden Grove, CA from my trip in June 2021. These are PTT bots and some of them retain old PTT movements and masks (looking at you Pasqually). Also this stage was heavily decorated for the Summer of Fun promotion last year (which they are also doing this year although I don't know if this store decorated again) with the characters having leis on and other outfits and decorations. The stage isn't in totally the best condition but it's still pretty decent and it has very nice cosmetics.

Filmed on 6/27/21

Chuck E. Cheeses Garden Grove, CA Store Tour (Summer 2021)

CEC California 2022-06-23 | Even though I am pretty much a completely inactive member of the Chuck E. Cheese community at this point, I will attempt to honor my word and upload my unreleased summer 2021 videos throughout the summer of 2022.

Today we have a store tour of the beautiful Garden Grove, CA location. Located on the same street Disneyland is off of, at 13101 Harbor Blvd, this store is approximately just 2 miles away from the much larger, animatronic infested rat house. This store opened up sometime in 1981 as "Chuck E. Cheese's Pizza Time Theatre" which was the same year as another Garden Grove location, however that one closed in 1984. Originally they had a Balcony Stage until 1989 when they replaced it with a C-Stage. The C-Stage lasted until 1993 when it was replaced with the 2-Stage, which is the stage that is currently still there.

For store design, they are phase 4 with some phase 3 posters like usual. They have a unique layout with extremely high ceilings. There were a ton of decorations for the Summer of Fun promotion that they did last year (which they are doing again this year), which included beach balls hanging from the ceiling, other hanging decorations, leis and costumes for the animatronics, decorations for the stage props, and a banner that spanned across the whole left side of the store. I also decided to throw in a clip that I filmed of the backstage/party room that is normally not accessible to guests but they left it open so I got a quick video of that.

The background music for this video is from segments 3 and 10 from “Harmony Howlette’s Wild West Show”, which I assume played here when this store first opened or at least not long after. Credit to Matt The Franchise on the audio for those. Overall this is an incredible store with a great stage and a nice feel. If you're ever on a trip to Disneyland, you might as well come here too because it's quite literally down the street from the park.

Filmed on 6/27/21

Together Weve Got It - Chuck E. Cheeses Sacramento, CA

CEC California 2022-04-20 | Show 2, 2022

Filmed on 4/14/22

Nobody There - Chuck E. Cheese’s Sacramento, CA

CEC California 2021-10-31 | Song #2 on Show 4, 2021 (Chuck E.’s Boo-Tacular) filmed at the Sacramento, CA location.

Filmed on 10/30/21

Be Yourself - Chuck E. Cheese’s Sacramento, CA

CEC California 2021-10-31 | Song #4 on Show 4, 2021 (Chuck E.’s Boo-Tacular) filmed at the Sacramento, CA location.

Filmed on 10/30/21

Halloween Night - Chuck E. Cheese’s Sacramento, CA

CEC California 2021-10-31 | Song #1 on Show 4, 2021 (Chuck E.’s Boo-Tacular) filmed at the Sacramento, CA location.

Filmed on 10/30/21

Gotta Be Halloween - Chuck E. Cheese’s Sacramento, CA

CEC California 2021-10-31 | Song #3 on Show 4, 2021 (Chuck E.’s Boo-Tacular) filmed at the Sacramento, CA location.

Filmed on 10/30/21

Song Title - Chuck E. Cheeses Roseville, CA

CEC California 2021-08-27 | Show 3, 2021. Check out that Avenger hat!

Filmed on 8/26/21

Beach Party Bash (Walkaround) - Chuck E. Cheese’s Huntington Beach, CA

CEC California 2021-08-22 | Live show from Show 3, 2021 preformed by the walkaround at the Huntington Beach, CA location.

Filmed on 6/26/21

Beach Party Bash (Animatronic) - Chuck E. Cheese’s Huntington Beach, CA

CEC California 2021-08-19 | Live show from Show 3, 2021 preformed by the animatronics at the Huntington Beach, CA location.

Filmed on 6/26/21

Birthday Star Spectacular - Chuck E. Cheese’s Huntington Beach, CA

CEC California 2021-08-16 | Birthday Star Spectacular filmed at the Huntington Beach, CA location. This is not the full birthday show since I was a bit late on filming it so I do not have the intermission filmed.

Filmed on 6/26/21

Let’s Be Friends - Chuck E. Cheese’s Huntington Beach, CA

CEC California 2021-08-15 | Song #7 on Show 3, 2021 filmed at the Huntington Beach, CA location.

Filmed on 6/26/21

Song Title - Chuck E. Cheese’s Huntington Beach, CA

CEC California 2021-08-05 | Song #6 on Show 3, 2021 filmed at the Huntington Beach, CA location.

Filmed on 6/26/21

I Dare You Not to Laugh - Chuck E. Cheese’s Huntington Beach, CA

CEC California 2021-08-02 | Song #5 on Show 3, 2021 filmed at the Huntington Beach, CA location.

Filmed on 6/26/21

Chuck E. Cheese Is All About Fun! - Chuck E. Cheese’s Huntington Beach, CA

CEC California 2021-07-29 | Song #4 on Show 3, 2021 filmed at the Huntington Beach, CA location.

Filmed on 6/26/21

Dog Days of Summer - Chuck E. Cheese’s Huntington Beach, CA

CEC California 2021-07-28 | Song #3 on Show 3, 2021 filmed at the Huntington Beach, CA location.

Filmed on 6/26/21

Out of This World - Chuck E. Cheese’s Huntington Beach, CA

CEC California 2021-07-11 | Song #2 on Show 3, 2021 filmed at the Huntington Beach, CA

Filmed on 6/26/21

Song of Summer - Chuck E. Cheese’s Huntington Beach, CA

CEC California 2021-07-07 | Song #1 on Show 3, 2021 filmed at the Huntington Beach, CA location.

Filmed on 6/26/21

Up Close and Personal with the 2-Stage at Chuck E. Cheeses Huntington Beach, CA

CEC California 2021-07-02 | Welcome to the first UCAP video I've filmed in a while! In this video we take a look at Huntington Beach's 2-Stage which contains bots from the original portrait stage here. These bots are nearly 42 years old and are still operational. This is a pretty cool and unique stage.

Filmed on 6/26/21

Chuck E. Cheeses Huntington Beach, CA Store Tour

CEC California 2021-07-01 | This is a store tour of the very historic Huntington Beach, CA location. This store is located on 15511 Edwards Street and is very notable for many things. Currently, this is the oldest operating location in the company, opening up on 10/6/1979, also being the only location still open from the 70's. They were the first location to open up in Southern California and 5th overall in the company.

When they first opened up as a Pizza Time Theatre, they had a portrait show with cyberamic figures. In the cabaret lounge, they had the very rare cabaret Helen Henny, the first location to feature her. Later on they converted to a C-Stage, skipping the Balcony Stage all-together, and after that they received a 2-Stage, which they still have although the bots are in somewhat of disrepair. The bots that are on stage are the same ones featured on the Portrait Show nearly 42 years ago. Safe to say these are the oldest cyberamics still in store, possibly the oldest surviving ones in the world.

In terms of store design, they have phase 4, but kept a few phase 3 items per usual for most locations. They have a unique layout with a very distinct early-PTT feel. I chose some PTT songs from the 70's for the background music to go along with the video, including a song performed by the cabaret Helen. Overall this is a really cool store with a interesting history and it's definitely worth visiting if you're in the Orange County area.

Filmed on 6/26/21

Chuck E. Cheeses Cerritos, CA Store Tour

CEC California 2021-06-22 | Today I filmed my first store tour of a Southern California location, Cerritos, CA! Located on 11231 183rd Street, the Cerritos, CA store opened its doors on 9/25/2002. They house a Studio C Beta 32M. On the inside, they are completely Phase 3, with the 1999, or Studio C, artwork throughout. However, they have a Phase 5 exterior. This change was made when the whole shopping center got a renovation in 2015.

This was actually my 2nd time going to this location, the last time I went was August 2019 but I didn't film anything, and unfortunately today I didn't film any songs since I came here on a whim. However, this guy named Danny filmed Show 3 here for Concept Cheese Entertainment to upload on their channel! The videos will be coming out in late July to early August. I'll leave links to Danny's instagram and the CCE channel down below.

Also one last thing I want to say is thank you guys so much for 3000 subscribers! This is another huge milestone and I'm so happy we hit it. I'll be doing a 3000 subscriber Q&A video soon so stay tuned for the Q&A announcement where you guys can ask all the questions you want and I'll try my best to answer all of them in a video!

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CCE YouTube: youtube.com/channel/UCqdasPnH3Clt_Zn5ix6PK0Q
CCE Instagram: instagram.com/conceptcheeseent?utm_medium=copy_link

Filmed on 6/22/21

Jasper’s Country Classic - Chuck E. Cheese’s Redwood City, CA

CEC California 2021-06-21 | Song #7 on Show 2, 2021 filmed at the Redwood City, CA location. Unfortunately they were not playing the updated Show 2 tape so I was only able to film the initial 4 songs from the first fun of this show tape.

Also special thanks to CEC Vegas for making the thumbnail. Here's a link to his channel: youtube.com/channel/UCOHGgtL86LGpdmgyzMJIG_g

Filmed on 5/31/21

Disco Dancing Dinosaur Party - Chuck E. Cheese’s Redwood City, CA

CEC California 2021-06-21 | Song #5 on Show 2, 2021 filmed at the Redwood City, CA location. Unfortunately they were not playing the updated Show 2 tape so I was only able to film the initial 4 songs from the first fun of this show tape.

Also special thanks to CEC Vegas for making the thumbnail. Here's a link to his channel: youtube.com/channel/UCOHGgtL86LGpdmgyzMJIG_g

Filmed on 5/31/21

Game On! - Chuck E. Cheese’s Redwood City, CA

CEC California 2021-06-21 | Song #3 on Show 2, 2021 filmed at the Redwood City, CA location. Unfortunately they were not playing the updated Show 2 tape so I was only able to film the initial 4 songs from the first fun of this show tape.

Also special thanks to CEC Vegas for making the thumbnail. Here's a link to his channel: youtube.com/channel/UCOHGgtL86LGpdmgyzMJIG_g

Filmed on 5/31/21

El Rey Guitarrista - Chuck E. Cheese’s Redwood City, CA

CEC California 2021-06-21 | Song #2 on Show 2, 2021 filmed at the Redwood City, CA location. Unfortunately they were not playing the updated Show 2 tape so I was only able to film the initial 4 songs from the first fun of this show tape.

Also special thanks to CEC Vegas for making the thumbnail. Here's a link to his channel: youtube.com/channel/UCOHGgtL86LGpdmgyzMJIG_g

Filmed on 5/31/21

Chuck E. Cheese’s Redwood City, CA Store Tour

CEC California 2021-06-20 | This is a store tour of the Redwood City, CA location. Located on 2541-43 El Camino Real, it opened on 12/28/1999. This actually used to be a Discovery Zone before it was turned into a CEC. This store has a Studio C Alpha that is in decent condition, although things like the bird and other stage props don’t work. Also this is CEC Bay Area’s local and I met him here the day I filmed this. Overall a nice and big location with a pretty nice Alpha.

Filmed on 5/31/21

Dog Days of Summer - Chuck E. Cheese’s National City, CA (Filmed by Chuck E gang)

CEC California 2021-06-17 | Here’s the first video of Show 3 on my channel! This video was filmed by Chuck E gang so go check his channel out he’s really cool for sending this video to me: youtube.com/channel/UCjaNWVhYTU7S2xzP6KP4xCA

Jasper’s Country Classic - Chuck E. Cheese’s Sacramento, CA

CEC California 2021-06-11 | Song #7 on Show 2, 2021 filmed at the Sacramento, CA location.

Filmed on 4/5/21

Chuck E.’s Middle Name - Chuck E. Cheese’s Sacramento, CA

CEC California 2021-06-10 | Song #6 on Show 2, 2021 filmed at the Sacramento, CA location.

Filmed on 4/5/21

Disco Dancing Dinosaur Party - Chuck E. Cheese’s Sacramento, CA

CEC California 2021-06-10 | Song #5 on Show 2, 2021 filmed at the Sacramento, CA location.

Filmed on 4/5/21

Crochet All Day - Chuck E. Cheese’s Sacramento, CA

CEC California 2021-06-09 | Song #4 on Show 2, 2021 filmed at the Sacramento, CA location.

Filmed on 4/5/21.

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Game On! - Chuck E. Cheese’s Sacramento, CA

CEC California 2021-06-08 | Song #3 on Show 2, 2021 filmed at the Sacramento, CA location.

Filmed on 4/5/21

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El Rey Guitarrista - Chuck E. Cheese’s Sacramento, CA

CEC California 2021-06-07 | Song #2 on Show 2, 2021 filmed at the Sacramento, CA location.

Filmed on 4/5/21

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Stay Positive - Chuck E. Cheese’s Sacramento, CA

CEC California 2021-06-06 | Song #1 on Show 2, 2021 filmed at the Sacramento, CA location.

Filmed on 4/5/21

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Chuck E. Cheese San Bruno, CA Store Tour

CEC California 2021-06-04 | This is a Store Tour of the San Bruno/South San Francisco, CA location. This store opened on 5/30/1994 with a 1-stage and phase 3. Since then, they received phase 4, but in May of 2019 they got 2.0. This removed the 1-stage and installed a new dance floor. This location has the same layout as Dublin, CA (or the 1-stage layout as some call it) but it seems really small to me. Anyways that's all and stay tuned for more videos.

Filmed on 5/31/21

Chuck E. Cheeses Cupertino, CA Store Tour

CEC California 2021-06-03 | This is a store tour of the Cupertino, CA location. This store, located at 19805 Stevens Creek Blvd, is the second Chuck E. Cheese's in Cupertino to have opened, however it is the only one still around. This particular store opened on 11/15/2006 with a Studio C Beta which they still have. They have pretty much the basic Studio C layout and Phase 4. Their Studio C Beta is quite unique and they have the Rockstar shirt and Avenger shorts on their bot which was unfortunately not on at the time of filming. Overall this store is pretty decent so if you want to check it out go for it.

Filmed on 5/31/21