Entertainment Centers from my Childhood | Jenny Lorenzo

I take us through memory lane as I reminisce about my favorite childhood spots growing up in Miami, FL.
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[@Scarfysmom]

Dave & Buster's is kind of an adultish chuckee cheese type of place!

[@vanilla_milkshakes]

THAT JUMP SCARE WAS SO UNCALLED FOR YENNY

[@adog3139]

Guys I have a confession.... I'M A CHISMOSA #ChismosasUnited

[@littlereblue]

as a native miamian I saw the dandy bear logo in the thumbnail and I lost MY GODDAMN MIND

[@JennyLorenzo]

Haha! Good memories man. Those pizza rolls!

[@lizmariediaz8062]

FUCKING SAME

[@daydreamer1313]

littlereblue still a dandy bear in Kendall...now I bring my 4 yr old there 😆

[@misshglady4lyfe]

Yep... I used to take my kids to the one in kendall

[@josuenativi6401]

Since Chuck E. Cheese doesn't really count because it still exists, there used to be a place called Peter Piper Pizza that we LOVED! They closed it down and now it's been a Famsa for who knows how long... I recently went to El Paso AND THEY HAVE ONE THERE! I'm about to be 20 but I really want to go again lol

[@KristaEspinoza]

Josue Nativi Yes I love Peter Pipers i've been going there for as long as I can remember! We have a lot here in El Paso :)

[@KristaEspinoza]

heylydia I think the company is originally from Arizona! :)

[@ritapaniagua3936]

heylydia omg I'm originally from El Paso I had one of my birthday parties at pistol petes! Ah the memories

[@lexivela3607]

i live a couple of hours away from el paso and we have like at least 3 peter piper pizzas here. what i miss is mr.gady's i think they all closed down in like 2006 idk

[@rosalvamontiel442]

Josue Nativi 😄 i remember going there! houston sw❤

[@ThePolishedPursuit]

OMG HOT WHEELSSSS!!!! That was the coolest place ever. Now it's called Super Wheels. Grand Prix Race o Rama is now a huge apartment building that you can see from the palmetto. They actually just opened a Costo right by there too, next to Home Depot and Mall of the Americas. I used to love los Piratas!!! I went to endless bday parties there lol Now it's a Honda dealership We share the same entertainment center memories chica. Miami girls :) Xo

[@FossilX]

It makes me sad that kids today will never get to experience the Discovery Zone. That place was life changing.

[@GabrielaCoro]

Vamos a ir al Chock y Chis

[@queenpattybeblessed6042]

Chuck e cheese was the place to be back then

[@michaelmedina1951]

naw dandy bear x'D

[@LuisTheFilmHack]

I grew up in Queens and then Roslyn Harbor in Nassau County. I moved to Miami as an adult. We didn't have any of the places you mentioned when I was a kid. However, I do remember ice skating in rinks, launching model rockets and playing baseball and football with neighborhood friends.

[@yurironoue5888]

I remember the coloured ball pits. Those were super fun to play in! :D

[@yurironoue5888]

Why? XD

[@yurironoue5888]

Yuck. There are people who'd do something grotesque like that?

[@kristengomez9715]

I grew up in the Kendall/Hammocks area and I did celebrate my birthday at Discovery Zone (on Kendall and 137th Ave). I still have a few of the invitations they give you to send out to guests. My fondest memories of that place was the obstacle course. It was definitely the place to be. Then I remember it changed to a Dandy Bear at one point. I think it's still there today.

[@Lexiy76]

I'm an 80's kid and in Westchester we had Pirates or like our Cuban parents called it Piratas. Loved that place.

[@ImSandy09]

Oh, my gosh...I remember all of these things! Discovery Zone, Ultrazone, and Hot Wheels were my favorites, though! Boomers was another cool place. P.S. I love you and your videos so much...you are amazing! Being a Cuban-American that was born and raised in Westchester, I relate to you so hardcore! I didn't go to St. Brendan for school, but I grew up going to mass there...I was an altar girl and in the church choir. Thank you for creating Latinx content and for bringing awareness to Cuban culture and Latin culture in general! I really appreciate everything you do!

[@christylately]

I remember all of those places including the Miami-specific ones! My favorite as a kid was Dandy Bear though. The one I went to (might've been in Hialeah) had a rollerskating rink inside & that was just the best. Also making your own personal pizza in that giant room lol.

[@cinthiacardenas9212]

Peter piper pizza was the best place. Here in Texas

[@LiveForFuntasy]

The Tampa/Brandon area of Florida used to have a Discovery Zone too. When I had my birthday there I spun a Wheel of Fortune for tickets rather than the thing you described. There was also a place called Celebration Station nearby. It had all the usual games and playplace stuff, plus an outdoor go-kart track, bumper boats, and mini-golf. It's gone now, but the one in Clearwater is still around. The local Chuck E Cheese is still open, but they seem to have a lot of crime there. Every few months I hear about an incident there on the local news. There's also a laser tag place in Tampa called Q-Zar. It's been around since my childhood. There were many times it was thought to close but it's still around, even after multiple fires.

[@meladydianne9253]

I loved discovery zone in PR. My kids will never know the joy. As for Chuck E Cheese they took down the animatronics and now have TVs instead, again my kids won't know what that was like.

[@radiorox0112]

Los Piratas!!! Loved that place, the castle and it had that above ground pool with boats in it. Grand Prix, I had the chance to ride the big cars as a teen when I got my drivers license. Hot Wheels!!! Also did the dances there, the freestyle music was awesome!!!

[@michyyg]

You should do one on the Youth Fair in Miami at Tamiami Park

[@naty2rc]

Every place you mentioned are blasts from my past. I looooooved having my birthdays in DZ! '89 Latina raised in Miami. ;)

[@Curiousnerve]

Thunder wheels was right next to the trailer park where I lived! We used to jump el murito and walk there with the neighborhood kids. My family recently sold their trailer after renting it out for years and when we went to say goodbye to it I had all these memories flash back. Miami and sweet water is such a special place. 💙

[@Chaotic1King]

I absolutely LOVED Wonderpark as a kid. It had everything from jungle gyms, pizza, bumber cars and even an indoor roller coaster!

[@joannadejesus5161]

Jenny! Omg! So my parents are divorced and every other weekend my brother and I would spend our weekends with dad. I LOVED going to Chuck E. Cheese (and had many birthdays there), so my dad would take me on Saturdays, but hated the birthday crowds. He hates crowds, period. He managed to convince me that if I woke up early and we go to Chuck E. Cheese when they opened, I would have the entire place to myself! I wouldn't have to fight with kids for the games. He also convinced me that I should save my tickets for a chance at getting a good prize (life lessons here, save and get more bang for your buck). It was possibly then I discovered, in an empty Chuck E. Cheese, that I am an extrovert. Also, GRAND PRIX RACE-O-RAMA WAS LIFE!

[@JennyLorenzo]

Damn, that's so awesome that you did the whole early bird thing en el "chookie chess". I remember having to battle a thousand children just to do the stuff I wanted.

[@xbigern305x]

Yoooo Grand Prix!!!! That place was the shits!!! That corner was heaven for me. The theater and the arcade at the Mall of America then shoot over for some mini golf or batting cage. Oh and Hot wheels. Awesomeness

[@eliberdinner4808]

The Funplex in Seattle. It had everything: arcade games, laser tag, go carts, hamster maze/ball pit, and terrible terrible pizza. Closed in the late 1990s because it was in a sort of warehouse district that got bought up and converted into apartments and condos.

[@DocTrower1980]

When I lived in Houston, it was Celebration Station, Fame City, and Exhilarama (at Memorial City Mall).

[@dreamsbylauren]

Aw dandy bear and thunder wheels hands down #hialeahgirl

[@xtinascubanna]

Lauren Portillo I feel you there's nothing like growing up in Miami.

[@aglowwithinher]

Omg Grand Prix and UltraZone omg omg I used to love those places!!!!

[@MelissaSaldanaOcasio]

Hot Wheels and Grand Prix!!! 😍

[@MaritzaBarrios]

my dad still has a key chain with a picture of my siblings and I in a ball pit that he bought at discovery zone! We grew up near each other! I also moved away from Miami but your videos take me home. love it!

[@hilarym74]

sweaty socks and papitas lol love it

[@Jordacar]

Out in Denver we had Celebrity Sports Center, which was the closest. They had arcade games AND water-slides. Also bowling, but I didn't do that much. Also Boardwalk USA (was that countrywide? I don't know). That was my favorite, because you didn't get tokens to play the arcade, instead you got a card. And it only cost your parents like $7 to let you play there all day with unlimited arcade credits. Finally got to beat all those 4-player beat 'em ups that we never had enough tokens to get through. We went to Discovery Zone a couple times. Also one called Leaps & Bounds, which was all just the pipes, and that got bought by DZ so they slapped their sign on the front.

[@sabrinarey9202]

My mom threw most of my parties at Dandy Bear and you could just see the frustration on her face 😂😂

[@teriannebernal7780]

Does anyone else remember going to Discovery Zone and going through the big dinosaur??? My dad always took me if I had good grades on my report card and I always felt like, yes, I earned this moment. And I loved climbing the mountain in the ball pit and jumping to my "doom"

[@maytezaldivar8384]

Oh My God! Jenny my 1st job when I was 15 years old was at "Piratas" in 1985. Did you go there during that time? Oh and that's where I met my husband of 28 years. And I also used to go to Grand Pix Race-o-Rama and Hot Wheels!!! Love those places.

[@Rei.Eatsfoods]

That crocodile game was my favorite!!! I remember going to Fun Factory and a similar place like it. Also Ice palace which was an indoor ice skating rink. Rarely went to Chuck E. cheese. I loved buying candy with my tickets and those finger traps,lol.

[@1andOnlyRosytheCat]

Bullwinkle's/Family Fun Center(Mini golf and bumper boats; aww yiss)!

[@tkenn002]

Hot Wheels is now SuperWheels in Miami. There was also a place called PartyCity that was in Miami similar to Discovery Zone that I remember from the early 90s. My brother and I are also 10 days apart in birthday and we used to do them together as well. The croc game was awesome loved to hit them.

[@miguelbaro5661]

My favorite places I used to go when I was child were Don Carter's bowling lanes, of course Hot Wheels, the River Boat Playhouse, there was an ice skating rink in Homestead in the 80's I went there in 88-89, but Hurricane Andrew destroyed it. I went to discovery zone, Play world at coral way and 87th, Los Piratas, Malibu Grand Prix, and Six Flags Atlantis water park.

[@alexandriamount3069]

We had a DZ when I was a kid, never been to a Chucky Cheese or a showbiz pizza. But growing up we had/still have a Pizza Putt, a indoor mini golf course/laser tag/ arcade/ pizza joint. It is still around and take my own kids sometimes but it is so sketchy af, I can't even imagine what it was like in the 90s when I went.

[@MDWLRK7]

Ah! This brought back so many memories from my childhood! I live in AR though and we had a skating rink called "Rollin' J's" and we came up with other names like "Stink Rink" because it was super old and super smelly. Pinball machines, pizza, favorite 90s candy and a DJ corner to request our favorite jams. I remember when a certain song would come on and you thought you were flying across that floor. No one could tell you anything. Haha. Our elementary school had parties there and my brother played roller hockey... I think it got somewhat of an update and was turned into something kid-friendly but not quite as sad. LOL.

[@TheKittylover16]

Dandy bear replaced discovery zone when I was younger so that's where I would always go. The one behind the Kmart shopping center on 88th in kendall!!!

[@lilms.deafpastrychef7249]

lucky we didn't have discovery zone and the bear one in nj. we did have chucke cheese ugh. but we had ultra zone (shut) down now it Brunswick zone. ig the best place i went was probably jeresy shore and seaside hights as a kid

[@viviendolaspanglishlife637]

Yay!!!! I've been wondering when we're you going to post a video!!

[@Oldman-Havok]

i remember going to "The Riverboat Playhouse" off of Kendall drive, which was eventually changed into a Dandy Bear.

[@sastregreen]

the grad prix place near mall of the americas was called castle park. that mall also was called middway mall. accross the street there is a church that used to be a roller skating ring was back in 1979 when i was in middle school. I used to live on 94 street and flagler. versailles condos. i really love all you videos. great memories. my kids used to go to hot wheels and i lived in dandy bear. those where good times.

[@mouseggurl102]

Hot wheels was my childhood! i can still see myself skating while listening to Da Dip

[@jovargas5444]

I luv her Cubaglish.🤗

[@999mrmikey]

You and the Mitú peeps should come to Denver Colorado and check out Casa Bonita!

[@shantusandoval1161]

I love this type of videos

[@MrZIPBIZ]

Jeepers was the best place to go to as a kid! I remember as a kid we never went for certain period of time until our mom told us it closed down. I had never been so disappointed in my life.

[@h.rainbow]

I love her soo much,omg.❤

[@FangoDeMaria]

I'm from New Orleans, but grew up predominantly in Miami, so I remember all these things, but when you talk abour horrifying animatronics, I remember being five years old in New Orleans at a friend's birthday at Showbiz Pizza and running screaming high holy hell from those animatronics. That performance stage was a hellscape populated with Satan's most terrifying demons as far as five year old me was concerned.

[@user-bh4xj2cc3j]

OMG Grand Prix Race-o-Rama!!!! That place was amazing!

[@cecilia08yeah]

chuck e cheese, fast food places' playgrounds, the rides at the Oakland zoo and lemon's farm in half moon bay. those were pretty much my places as a kid.

[@oodelalee]

The alligators!! I remember they used to say "Oww" when you hit them! =D Adult Discovery Zone?!? That would be awesome!! Maybe kind of like those Trampoline places?

[@elizabethbarrera9545]

Oh my God!!!! Oct 30! You're a Scorpio! I'm Nov 2! I love your vids!!! 🙌🏽

[@m.Xander_562]

I was lucky enough to go to DZ when I was a kid even though I was born in 1990. Jenny is right DZ was the best. There was never EVER anywhere was awesome as Discovery Zone

[@KriegerT]

The blue hair looks amazing on you!

[@TheGeoScholar]

I moved to metro Atlanta in 1996. Six Flags over Georgia was the rage in the 90s. Monster Plantation was the scariest boat ride ever. Scary animatrons.

[@laurenalessia18]

The Crocodile game!!!! They had that game at Bopper's!! Anyone else go to Bopper's as a kid? 😊

[@willhulme2464]

Just noticed this now but I LOVE the fact that you have a Sophia Pop Vinyl in your background!

[@Tapout1987]

#thunderwheels every Friday night!!!

[@isabellaalarcon218]

I remember this great place I think it was called wanna be city. It was like a whole city where you could choose a job and then there was being a robber which was super fun. Stealing diamonds and then jail.

[@Steph-vi1vr]

Discovery Zone, Kabooms, Parrot Jungle, and during Christmas time, oh boy Santa's Enchanted Forest. I was fortunate enough (along with my brother and sister) to have those rentable water slides that come to your house, so that was like birthdays 9-12.

[@giannivelez8454]

The moved the Grand Prix from Miami to Tampa

[@xtinascubanna]

omg you just gave me big time throwback memories. I still remember going to Thunder Wheels, getting on that stage and booty dancing. Yes as a fifth grader I was booty dancing on a stage at a roller ring. Oh the memories.

[@MissGiselleMarie]

I don't remember ever going to Discovery Zone but all the things you talked about the glass case with wind & tickets flying all over the place that was at Dandy Bear

[@Iaydibirb]

Omg back in Puerto Rico there was this thing called Wonder Park (or something like that) Which was like an Arcade mixed with some rides (a roller coaster, ferris wheel and a bunch of other stuff i can't remember) and it was so freaking awesome, but then it closed down and I had a horrible fit because of it but my god it was amazing~~~

[@karoleigharmstrong8568]

We adopted my son from Romania, when he was 2 1/2 areas old. He would see the ads for Chucky Cheese on TV, and jump around and point at the screen. So one day we took our son and two of his friends to Chucky Cheese, kids dream, parents nightmare. The boys loved the game area, Wack-a-Mole the biggest hit. Running around, drinking sodas, my son was so happy. Pizza time came and we sat at the long tables by the stage, in a pit like area. The kids ate, the animatronic show came on, everybody's fine. Then Chucky came out. Some teen in a mascot type suit. Chucky walked up to my son, and my kid LOST it. "SOBOLAN MARE, SOBOLAN MARE!, he screamed, and ran behind my husband. Chucky put his hands up and ran back stage. "What is he saying?", my husband asked. "I don't know! Get me the book!", I yelled. Though my son was learning English fast, my Romanian was mainly from the translation book. "BIG RAT, BIG RAT!" is what he was screaming. I don't think they have Rat mascots in Romania. We finally got him to calm down, and explained, as best we could, that it was just a big kid in a suit. We stuck to Pizza Hut, from then on.

[@moraleskc]

In Puerto Rico we had Time Out and Q-zar. An arcade and Lazer tag place respectively. (Sigh) The good old days

[@feelflows]

There was a place in Edinburgh called The Jelly Club that everyone used to go to for birthday parties. (except me, my parent never let me) It was basically a gigantic soft play area with slides, car racing, climbing ropes, things you could roll and climb on and there was a cafe and a party room. It got closed down about 7 years ago and got turned into a BMX place which then got closed down a few years later and the building's just rotting away now. Go figure.

[@mayra1816]

She hit the nail on the head with everything she mention. Discovery Zone was the best. #90'sbabyinmiami

[@1122tanyaseg]

I only went to Chuck E Cheese maybe 3 times, my friends sometimes had their parties at Peter Piper Pizza, which was cheaper and had no mascots. But my favorite place to go to as a kid was Rollerskateland. That place was AMAZING(when I was in 4th-6th grade), my friends would have their parties there and in 6th grade we had a party/field trip for 6th graders only, we thought we were soo cool wandering around with minimal supervision in a semi dark room. I was great. I unfortunately closed down when I was in high school and I haven't found anything like it in my area. :(

[@crapstirrer]

the closest we had to those animatronics in Australia was a Ronald MacDonald statue on the bench waiting for a selfie. Did not know animatronic mascots were a thing.

[@JennyLorenzo]

Oh, yes. Yes they were. *eye twitches* lol

[@decipher8121]

The best thing besides the pizza in Chuckee Cheese is the salad bar. I get the frutas with cottage cheese. So funny because Chuckee Cheeses is the only thing left In Miami. I have a 9 month old and hope she never wants to go to there. Malibu Grand Prix was the best and only went there once in a field trip. These new kids no saben about how great our childhood was. Did you ever play KBB in school?

[@johnpagdilao6075]

The 2 memories I have of these places is one from my childhood and one later on in life. The first was when I was about 5, I was in the ball pit and I couldn't get out and the attendant was a heavyset​ woman, she tried to help me out and literally feel on me burying me in the ball pit. It took 3 other employees to get me and her out. The second was picking my sister up at Chuck E. Cheese after her shift and seeing how traumatized she was that she had to wear the costume for Chuck. Her words to describe it were hot, and wet. When we got home she proceeded to go to the bathroom and take a shower that lasted for about an hour. I know this was a long post but seeing this video brought those memories back.

[@stephsilva13]

Gulf n' Stuff in Downey CA - I think it's still there. Discovery Zone was a lot of fun!

[@asoulgal]

Discovery Zone was always the best and I remember Riverboat Playhouse in Kendall and Hot Wheels. I would always go on Sunday nights which was family night at Hot Wheels. They are having a reunion of Hot Wheels this May and bringing back the Dj's I think, although now it's called Super Wheels.

[@ucfabdias]

PLEASE DO THE YOUTH FAIR IN DADE COUNTY!!!!

[@dwb2387]

You have the best opening theme music.It reminds me of 1973 Gerry Andersons UFO series.

[@LaceNWhisky]

Ah, I miss Discovery Zone. I remember going there for some Power Rangers movie promotion. That zip line was the best!

[@albarodriguez9203]

Hot wheels is now called Super Wheels but it is still so much fun! One of my favorite places to go!

[@cassandraguzmanleon2521]

i love you jenny cx your videos always makes me laugh

[@adamepb]

October 30 huh? No wonder I feel like I click with you. Great channel, I really enjoy your humor. Siguele dando!

[@andreafinuccio1993]

So happy to see in the comments that I am not the only one who remembers Mark Twain's Riverboat Playhouse. Convinced that place was a fever dream until search engines came about

[@isaacnoe12lh]

I never had a bday party at any of the fun places, or any party really. I did go though. My friends had parties. I loved discovery zone. My favorite was major magic.

[@_offblack]

Ok, so I have memories of Show Biz pizza. I looked it up and just realized that they later changed the name and it became Chuck E Cheese. I was also both amazed and afraid of those freaky animatronics. In Chicago there was also a Little Caesars Pizza play place. Anyone remember that? It was in the same location as Show Biz pizza and I don’t remember which came first. They’ve some how blended as a memory in my head. Along with arcade games & “Caesar” token rides you spent all your time running through a never ending cheese “house” maze with little cheese holes for windows. I remember the spaces having a real low ceiling so you HAD to crawl and the smell of sicote was raunchier than anywhere I’ve ever been in my life!! It was imposible for adults to get in there and i don’t think it was ever cleaned. Pizza and gum was ground into the carpet of that stinky place. For whatever reason I was still super excited to have my birthday party there.

[@fandomanimegirl1221]

I just love your background! Super Nintendo and Harry Potter! Also, I can relate to the skating thing.

[@jitensha8647]

HOT WHEELS!! DISCOVERY ZONE!!! So many b-day parties :'( Jenny, did you ever go to riverboat playhouse?

[@WCouselo03]

OMG! Los Piratas! I remember that! My mom had a key chain made there with my pic. lol

[@ohohcherie]

Totally unrelated to the topic of the video: Who illustrated your art at the end of your video? I absolutely love it. Also, my favorite place growing up was Kids Space. It's still in existence too, but at lot more science focus now.

[@JennyLorenzo]

The artist's info is in the description box below the video. ^_^ And thank you, chica!

[@Papa_Izzy]

DZ was the place to be for mid 90's birthdays especially after they added laser tag. All my friends had their party at the Sawgrass DZ. I remember the Dandy Bear commercials, it was very Miami never went to one.

[@albertechevarria4701]

Oh man i was just telling my girl about how much i loved Discovery Zone when i was a kid.

[@JeniPireX]

I still have a UltraZone in my city, love it!

[@afriasiabermudez-crespin2278]

There's actually still an Ultra Zone in Virginia and I've been there twice. But now I'd love to at least experience one time at Discovery Zone.

[@josuerivera7304]

Plaza Acuática!!! In Puerto Rico

[@sergiogomez7163]

Loved this! 😂 and I also love all your videos

[@IndieAnnieJones1]

i love this stuff my dear!!!! keep it coming!