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Categories: Amusement Parks, Party Supplies, Mini Golf [Edit]
4215 Bangs AveModesto, CA 95356
(209) 545-5247
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12 reviews for Boomers
I drove out to Modesto to visit one of my college friends today. I asked, "So what are we gonna do?" Her one word response:
BOOMERS!
We got there a little after one o'clock. Parking was super easy. We were probably the only people there over the age of 20 without kids, but who cares! It was a way to entertain the inner-child in us. There was a special deal where you buy a pass for $24.99 for unlimited mini golf, water bumper boats, go-carts, laser tag, rock climbing wall, and video games for the whole day, so we went with that. We later learned that it was a super good deal considering it costs about 5-8 bucks to do each of those activities once. Also, if you buy a pass, you can choose any one of their special lunch deals for 5 bucks.
Mini golf is super fun despite my lack of skill for the silly sport. haha I think I went triple bogey on all the holes, which made for a long game, but again, it was fun. Challenging holes with the crazy dips and twists and the infamous windmill. Super fun.
Water bumper boats. PREPARE TO GET COMPLETELY SOAKED! The boats have built in water guns, so don't get in line if you refuse to get wet. Or if you must ride, stay in a little corner away from the bumper boat crowd. Again, so much fun despite having to wear damp clothes for the rest of the day.
Laser tag. 5 minute rounds. My friend and I were in a round with a bunch of little kids. I turned to my friend and said, "Watch. These little pipsqueaks will peg me so bad." And I was right! Every 10 seconds, my vest would go, "Whomp Whomp Whomp" and take another 5 seconds to recharge. Little kids = 10,580. Grace = 2,210.
Lunch. My friend both chose the cheeseburger with fries and a coke. They weren't that great, but it was enough to sustain us until dinner. It was kind of what I had expected for 5 bucks anyways.
Go-carts. So much fun! There's something about them that even after years of getting your driver's license, they're still so much fun. I think it's the ability to go full throttle around those sharp turns, which is something I can never do in my car.
Video games. Decent selection, though a little outdated. Played air hockey, DDR, Cruisin World, Guitar Hero, and The Lost World Jurassic Park about 3-4 times each. Definitely got our money's worth here.
Overall, a pretty good facility and reasonably priced. Lines weren't that long for a holiday weekend. I would suggest making cubby holes for each of the attractions because I had to get creative as to where to hide my purse in the entrances.
Bottom line: If you're in Modesto and you're looking for a day's worth of kiddie fun with family or friends, this is a must!
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I soooo liked this place better when it was Camelot Park. I think it got lame once boomers took over. I went here recently and spent $100 in the arcade and walked out with 3 plastic fake nerf guns and 10 pieces of candy. That'll teach me to look at the prize spot before I play games and get 400 tickets!!! UGH!
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What a horrible place. I went here with my little brother ..i love a little kid moment playing arcade games every now and then. They actually have an original ms. pacman game. However, 3 games we tried ate our points and did not work. When I tried to ask two teenage workers on the floor they ignored me. When I finally went and complained the cashier said, sorry we are short-staffed. Short-staffed? Do you know how many pimple-faced 15 year-old staffers I saw walking around that place doing absolutely nothing?!! Can you at least put up some "Out of Order" signs'??? The gocarts are lame..get ready to stand in line for an hour..because the staff is so slow. I didn't try their golf course..so I cannot evaluate that, but I will probably never go back because it seems so poorly managed.
I came here to Boomer's as a close friend to a family who's son was celebrating his ninth birthday. As an adult watching the kids have fun, you could tell that this is one of those cool spots to go to for a birthday party. The arcade is pretty big and you have the choice of miniture golf, batting cages, go-karts, boats, or rock climbing. For $22 your little ones have unlimited access to all those things.
As an adult watching all this, the staff I encountered were really polite, accomodating and friendly. We had a reserved table in one of the party rooms and the pizza, despite it being pre-made and frozen wasn't too bad.
My only gripe were some of the rude teenagers we encontered, but hey for Modesto, you get what you get!
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Boomers is a great place, in general.
Going on a Tuesday or Wednesday is AWESOME because there's unlimited play on video games, but only the ones that don't give tickets...and that's for the low price of $12!
If you add $10 to that charge, you get unlimited Thunder Road Go Karts, Lazer Tag, Splash Island Bumper Boats, Rock Wall, Miniature Golf and Rookie Raceway.
there are lots of other great deals at boomers, but this is my favorite.
my only problem with the place: prices on food, no unlimited batting cages, and it can get pricey if you don't/can't use any of their deals.
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So I went to Boomers yesterday, it is a really cool place. Arcades, rock climbing, gokart racing, golf, laser tag, defiantly something that you can't regularly do in the valley. Anyways the prices are really fair (i think) I paid 22$ for unlimited arcade games (Which include time crisis and DDR hehe :D) and also unlimited riding on the gokarts, laser tag, etc.
The only thing that I encountered that I didn't like was when me and my friends were on the gokarts. Two of them (my friends) ended up crashing somehow and they were trying to wave the guy down for help but he was busy talking to his coworker, so I doubt he saw them actual crash. So anyways we waited like 5 mins for the guy to finally notice and in the end he gave my friends an X on their wrist bands (A warning, meaning if they get it again they get kicked out or something) AND I'm pretty sure the guy didn't even see how the crash went down. So we went to talk to the manager and the guy was acting like he saw it calling it reckless driving and crap but he wasn't even paying attention. Total bullshit.
So thats why the low score. But I mean it really is a fun place to hang out for a day.
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There's definitely a lack of fun places to take kids in the valley. When Golfland closed down in Stockton, I was really sad, having remembered all of the great memories of playing there when I was younger. Boomer's is like a new and improved Golfland.
We took a group of four pre-teen boys and they had a blast! I don't know how many times we rode on the go-karts.
This is an awesome place!
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Boomers...... It is a AWESOME place to be. It really does bring out the kid inside of you!!! It is a wonderful place to hang out with Friends and just have a BLAST!!! A really good place for parties as well. Going in groups would definitely be a blast!!!
They have many wonderful attractions.... That includes Mini Golf, Bumper Boats, and Go-Carting, and a Rock Climbing Wall. That's just the out side of the place.
Now if you wanna just cool down and play video games they have it all there. I mean they even have Lazer Tag inside!!!!! If your into video games you can get an unlimited pass for only $12 now that's not bad at all considering if you wanna play those games you have to give like 4 tokens.
Now, to play the outside attractions and Lazer Tag. you could just add $10!!!
If I were you I would head onto the nearest Boomers and play as much as you wish!!!!
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this place reminds me of something that use to be great in the 80's, perhaps. i'm sure as a kid, i would've loved this place, pending, i was big enough to rock climb, mini golf, go kart, laser tag, and go to the batting cages.
they had an all you can play arcade card that costs about $12, but the thing is that the games are pretty out of date and the shooting games are not calibrated. other video games don't even have sound which takes away from the experience of playing those cool games when we were growing up.
they had a rock climbing wall with a few different paths. that was actually pretty fun. it's outdoors, so make sure you dress appropriately. the coolest thing about this is that the belaying system is that it's hydraulic. when you reach the top, you can just jump off and repel like SWAT. that was pretty cool.
the go karts were fun, as well. except that i got the lame kart. low top speed. slow acceleration.
the "cafeteria" type section they have that sells junk food is what you would expect when you see it. they don't give refills. well... i take that back. they do, but you gotta pay $2.46 for it. all the prices for food there are redonkulous. $8 (rounded up) for a chicken fingers meal? $6 for a personal pizza? eat beforehand, or tough it out and go to the olive garden afterwards or something.
didn't get a chance to hit the batting cages, play laser tag or the mini golf... maybe next time. that seems more worthwhile than spending all of your time in the relatively small arcade and cafeteria.
if you have kids, it's a good place to have a birthday party. i just find it kind of funny because when you look at the employees, none of them look like they want to be there.
but this place did give me a new addiction... the flamin finger. i'm beginning to have a love/hate relationship with that game. not sure what it is? click this link: http://youtube.com/wat...
now i was a nintendo DS!
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Was drawn in by their ten-buck Tuesday advertisement, but upon arriving, the fine print said only unlimited video games. To get unlimited go-carts, mini golf, rock climbing, laser tag, bumper boats and the venturer ride, you need to add $8.00. So I shelled out the $18.00 per person.
There were a few reasons I liked this smaller amusement park better than larger amusement parks.
1) Parking: there was no difficulty finding parking and no fee charged either.
2) Admission: parents, guardian, or spectators need not pay admission to gain entrance. You can watch your children without having to pay an outrageous admission fee.
3) Seating: tables and chairs were always available, and the majority of them were in locations that you could directly view the kids in line.
4) Shade: Every table had some shade, whether it was an umbrella, canopy or tree.
5) Concessions: A large pizza=$13.99. Refillable soda=$4.99 for the cup and drink, then $0.99 for each refill. Although they didn't have any salads, you could always run down to the fast food restaurants around the corner and pick up much cheaper food. We did this for dinner and it was much cheaper/better than ordering pizzas again.
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-They currently have a summer night promotion going on that costs $10.00 for the unlimited rides after 5pm. The wait times nearly doubled from after 5pm.
-Batting cages always cost extra no matter which package you buy.
-The go-cart racing is the most popular, so if you are there before 5pm, ride those first.
-They also have a smaller race track for younger kids and an outdoor play structure. Other than that, the majority of attractions are geared towards 10 years and up.
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Although this place is at least an hours drive from where i live, i will still continue to make the trip down here when I have the time because of five simple reasons.
5) Its cheaper than other amusement parks
4) Parking is easy, you can always find a spot
3) They actually have that game that I thought died out years ago.. LAZER TAG!
2) Rock Climbing, GoKarts, Mini Golf, and BumperBoats.. all ONE PRICE!
1) OMFG its so much cheaper than going to an amusement park twice the price but only half the fun.
If you're looking for a good to great time for a reasonable price, this is the place to be. Boomers has it all...depending on which one you're going. This particular boomers has a large arcade for those who just in love with the virtual reality. If you are more of the outdoors type of person, they have the rock climbing, batting cages, go karts for adults and little kids, mini golf and bumper boats. Their laser tag arena isn't big, but it's still one of the best things to do here. As a matter of fact, for only $20 or $10 on certain days, you can play most of these attractions as many times as you want. In many ways it's better than Great America or Marine World/Six Flags. For one, you don't really have to wait hours waiting in line and secondly, it's a lot cheaper. If you have kids, this is a much better place than Chuck E. Cheese, more things to do and you don't have to pay to get in. There's so much to do here that you can actually spend the whole day with family and/or friends. Great place for a great price. GOOD DEAL!!!
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