I'm sure some of you that are my age and such, remember this great place called DZ Discovery Zone!? I say it was the playlands of all playlands. It unfortunately it didn't last. They filed for bankruptcy in 1996 and the last of its locations were gone by 1999. I went there a good few times when I was little. The location of the one I used to go to is now a Party City, and has been since it's closure. So, do any of you have good memories of going to Discovery Zone?
Here's a good article on DZ:
http://forgottenadvertisements.wordpress.com/2011/08/28/dz-discovery-zone/
The article has some of the old TV advertisements they had. Excepted it doesn't have this one, another good one they used:
You will
never be
forgotten.
never be
forgotten.
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Went there for a birthday party once.
"Magic can happen to you."
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I grew up with 2 places like this there was a Discovery Zone on one side of town (Which last I checked is now a Dollar Tree) and on the other side of town was a place called FunScape which was connected to a movie theater (and last I saw was still blocked off however I think everything is still there) Both were fun and I can remember the zipline they had and letting go and falling into the ball pit below like I was Indiana Jones.
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I have fond memories of going to Discovery Zone many times as a child. Several of those times were for my birthday. I enjoyed going through the tube maze a lot. It's too bad that Discovery Zone has closed since then. It was a fun place.
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I vaguely remember it. There was like maybe one of those in my area. Didn't realize they tanked so soon though. Only lasted 3 years? Hmm. Could have sworn that place it was at stayed up longer than that. Unless I'm just getting really old.
Wir sprechen zu viel, aber wir sehen zu wenig.
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There used to be one by the local mall. It got knocked down and turned into a gas station. By the time those came to my area I was pretty old and tall. I think I didn't see a DZ commercial for them locally until like 94 or 95.
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This was my fave place as a little kid. The one here in town is a Chuck E Cheese now. (No clue why but that place creeps me out)
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I went to the Discovery Zone a bunch. It got popular right after my parents divorced so it was sort of a fun spot my mom and grandma would take me whenever I came to visit. Sadly, I don't recall much other than that giant roller slide.
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