Odyssey Fun World, Naperville, LAST DAY until they close!

[@trackboyjstyles]

Ive always loved oddessy fun world ever since the Tinley Park location and when i got older i moved to Aurora in 2012 and got a chance to experience the napperville location and ironically i got a job as a senior field service tech in late 2019 and had the job of dismantling and doing cable management on all the games. The fx virtual machine gave us huge headaches, not to mention outside in the back of that place was said to be haunted.

[@Multibrawlr]

Brings back memories. Thank you for sharing!

[@looneyslounge792]

so sad this had to go this looks like an awesome place to go!

[@fatzspizzasafari]

I got teary when I saw them dismantle the NRAE

[@SparkleJohn2000]

I was never able to go to the Naperville location, but I remember the Tinley Park location being one of my favorite places to go!! I'm so sad I'll never get to see The New Rock A Fire band in front of me again. I've never even seen a live show. I remember the last time I went, I got some good pictures of them!

[@Chris-mc2dt]

Thanks for making this video! Have a lot of fond memories from this place as a kid, I’m sorry that I never got a chance to go back once I was older. That jungle-gym play area (don’t know the right word for it) was absolutely massive, probably more fun than the arcade itself to young me. I definitely had a few nightmares about the animatronic musicians, as well as Bonehead from the shooting gallery. I was a fragile kid. I actually went looking for OFW videos because I remembered being afraid of the shooting gallery and thought it’d be funny to see how tame it really was. But man, this brought back a flood of nostalgia.

[@carwashesandotherfunvideos]

Actually we went there and it was still open.

[@Chris-mc2dt]

@@carwashesandotherfunvideos You may be thinking of the Tinley Park location, which is still in operation. The Naperville location has been closed since 2019.

[@JerseyDevils21]

Man it's just like this place we had in New Jersey called fun time America, it was like the best place to go on a Friday night, pizza, arcade games, rides, gambling (they got rid of those first) and a motion simulator, it was never the same when they changed locations than closed later on. Rest in peace

[@JerseyDevils21]

@Cyberstar Virginia I loved the old location, and yeah the Eatontown one closed around that time, funny, right after my birthday, pretty much a downgrade from the other location

[@spxvfx]

Thank you so much for sharing!!

[@chiptunerat]

i used to go to this place with my dad back in 2013-14, shame the place shut down

[@dondiego124]

With 3 kids we had like 6 birthday parties between both locations, first at Tinley Park then there. We had like 35-40 kids + parents at a couple of them. IDK which had it but there was a reactive shooting gallery game that was awesome it was above the ticket games you shot from the "adult" video game area balcony. That was a great idea they kept the Mortal Kombat type shooter types and classic games like Donkey Kong, centipede up there too.

[@DanLovesPinballsnGames]

All their redemption games including their unique shooting gallery setups where phenomenal! They even brought in a few or their rides indoors. The upstairs were intended for older audiences including some classics as well and we had a good lineup of pinballs long ago. Yes, there were some shooters including life-like scenes with video game content rating stickers posted on them and the same with any fighter game we had there. We even had the world's biggest video arcade game the Galaxian 6 player theater which brought video games at an extraordinary level of video-game environments! It was one of the best family entertainment centers I've seen and Tinley Park stood out loud and proud!

[@josh8686]

11:30 That guy was wearing a Billy Bob’s Wonderland shirt!

[@BoggyBranchet]

I THOUGH I WAS THE ONLY ONE WHO NOTICED OMGGGGG

[@josh8686]

Tilly Akers lol

[@showbizcec4985]

Wow! Really cool stuff, if you have any more pictures you should definitely share them.

[@way2go636]

Wow that place hasnt changed at all. I went back in 2003 or 2004

[@TinoAngelSosa]

It sucks they closed it on my birthday 😔 I went here all the time when I was younger and I wish I could go one last time

[@lukaslovescats6579]

I remember being scared of the frog hopper there when i was 5

[@MrJumpStars]

Great video!

[@CSullivanmeerkatmandude]

I have never been to the Naperville location before I've only been to the Tinely Park location. When I was younger I went to the Tinely Park location for parties, Go-Carts, and some other things. I found out about Naperville's location was from Google Maps online.

[@Lwwright24]

I used to have my bday parties there when I was a kid, sad to see it go.... good times

[@TOSC1K]

Wait what Tinley park one is still up😂

[@DanLovesPinballsnGames]

Yes, I know!

[@Fifthcell]

Fuck… I remember going here all the time as a kid…that was so long ago… Last time was probably 2009… I actually didn’t know they closed in 2019

[@mindlessjulian1666]

Oh man I remember going here

[@DeclanMcCollian1111]

When I lived in Geneva I would also drive to the mall with my family and we would pass this place always wanted to go now it’s a ghost town makes me sad because all kids are in there computer playing Fortnite cod and Minecraft instead of going to these original places

[@SRCVintageElectronics]

This is so cool do you have any other photos from when they opened?

[@DanLovesPinballsnGames]

Just the ones I found both in my files and the internet.

[@rusty-bucket4202]

9:58 The New Rock afire is dismantled.

[@ethansucksatcuphead]

this place is just sitting abandoned now, i drive by it all the time and i keep meaning to go take a look at it sometime just to see the current state of it. places like these that go abandoned always have a bit of a creepy vibe to them but its like a good creepy, you know?

[@DanLovesPinballsnGames]

Looks like they have no plans of restoring it. Is there a sign that's up for sale?

[@ethansucksatcuphead]

@@DanLovesPinballsnGames im not sure, ill take a look next time im over there.

[@JS-hb8mk]

Did this odyssey fun world have a super monkey ball machine where you stood on / moved on a platform to move the character?

[@DanLovesPinballsnGames]

Not that one.

[@estabanb55]

Could transform it into a Dave & buster's

[@mikra6603]

Hey Namco Dan!!!! Remember me Mik From OFW Tinley

[@DanLovesPinballsnGames]

It's been so long! You doing OK there?

[@mikra6603]

@@DanLovesPinballsnGames Yeah its been Like 22 years? since my departure LOL Doing good here Hows by you man? HMU [e-mail]

[@openroadtravels181]

Do you know who bought the show?

[@DanLovesPinballsnGames]

private collectors

[@Darkaxelgaming-tt7ip]

Why are they closing down?

[@DanLovesPinballsnGames]

Supposedly undergoing a major renovation. That was the last thing I heard.

[@whoslucaas]

@@DanLovesPinballsnGames sooooo renovation not shutting down

[@ethansucksatcuphead]

@@whoslucaas at this point, its highly unlikely its renovation. the place was sitting vacant for months, then covid hit, and as of this morning when i drove past it its sitting abandoned.

[@cameronharrell3739]

Why do the New Rock Afire Explosion have to go. 😔😔😭😭

[@showbizcec4985]

At least they’re in good hands now that care about them and most of the buyers have a plan to fix the band members they got and get them running again

[@rostatroswoon7920]

@@showbizcec4985 yea, this dude buy beach bear and they fix it kzbin.info/www/bejne/d2rSZK2spdGCiJI