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Fiddlesticks
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8 reviews for Fiddlesticks
The mainstay driving my 2-star rating is the fact that they had NO water in any of their vending machines or at the food counter. In Arizona, you must, must serve water. They had old brewed tea and Power aid drinks, but fundamentally, I can't believe they didn't have water.
Batting Cages- Good
Golf Driving Range- Good
Bumper Boats- Water was not clean and looked gross
Mini-golf- Okay
Go Carts- Seats were really torn up and a lot of the cars didn't work
This place is operating on a thread. Minimal staff and they drained every fountain in the park to save on money. I can't totally blame them for that.
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Can't even bother to elaborate...
Batting cages are horrible... nuff said... look out in the baseball ones as they throw pretty crazy and the softball lanes are pretty non-accurate nor are they consistent. The balls are really hard so don't bring a bat you wanna not crack.
The karts are shitty... even for lame little kid karts...
Food is super gross, didn't play minigolf or games.
Pretty lame for a "fun" place
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Pretty embarrassing overall is how I would classify this place!
Here is how it went down... Our friends were in town from Laguna Beach, they naturally wanted to do something that would allow them to experience the beautiful Arizona weather. Once we paid the $16 per person fee for the "Pick Three" deal, we stood aside assuming since we told the girl we wanted mini golf first she would assist us with getting our putters and balls and we would go about our day. WRONG! The girl behind the counter went to collecting money from the family of 12 (no exaggeration) that was waiting behind us. Can you believe they actually got all their putters and balls before we even got the consideration of a glance from the employee.
Once we received our supplies we made our way to the course. Now, I have played at this particular course before and will admit it was an OK time. But this particular time there was a bunch of dead plant material laying in the gutters of what I am sure must have been flowing streams that are now just nonoperational. This must have contributed to the awful stench that closely resembled raw sewage.
Being that it was hot out, we went back to the concession stand and got drinks and refreshments. The only positive thing I have to say about this experience was the fact that their concession prices were pretty fair. After our quick rest and drinks we were off to the bumper boats to use one of the remaining two activities of our "Pick Three" deal.
There was no line so went went right up to the front. There was not an employee available to help so we waited around for a few minutes before someone finally showed up only to tell us that there were only two bumper boats that were operational. Being that there were five of us, of course, was not really an option.
By this point, I had decided I was going to make my disappointment know to person in charge. I stopped someone walking by and was directed to the park "Manager" who looked to be about 17 or 18 years old soaking wet. I shared my frustration with him and was offered to add more tasks to my "Pick Three" offering. That seemed pretty ridiculous considering nothing there was working anyway, so I didn't have to think twice when I declined his extremely generous offer. He then instructed me to visit the Fiddlesticks website and make a complaint to their corporate offices in hopes of getting new battery chargers for the bumper boats. Rest assured I will be contacting the corporate offices by email and sending them a link to this rave review!
So on to the next event, the go karts. We get in, I push the gas pedal just to be sure that it was working (I was a little gun shy at this point). The kart made a promising vroom vroom vroom and we all took off. After the initial lap was completed it was everyman for himself. Before I could blink an eye, my kart started spitting and sputtering so I pulled off into the "pit" and got out and waited the remaining five or six laps for my friends to finish.
Overflowing with frustration, we gathered our crew and left for the day. Each of us out $16 for what I would consider payment for a few hours of my life that I will never get back.
Stay away from Fiddlesticks and find something more worthwhile to spend your hard earned dollars on!
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This review is for the miniature golf only.
If you are in Tempe you don't have many options for miniature golf nearby. It's either Fiddlesticks or Golfland Sunsplash. If you are trying to figure out where to go, go to Golfland. They at least have interactive courses, some variation, and working "streams" for about the same price. At Fiddlesticks the courses are very plain and repetitive. They might be good for practice but are not a lot of fun. Also Google maps may send you the wrong way finding Fiddlesticks. It's on Elliot in Tempe between Priest and Hardy not Chandler by Alma School.
NEVER AGAIN! It seems like everyone thinks they have to deceive you to get your business. I hate that. We look at the rate board in the lobby and it says the group rate is $17 a person for a group of ten for three hours. Great!! We go up to pay and the pierced individual behind the counter says" how many people in your group is over 56 inches"? Ah, well, why? "Because they have to pay $25 a person." Where does it say that? He turns around and about knee height in small print it's there. So it cost 48 bucks more because six out of our ten were over 56". Who is less than 56"? Midgets and ten years or less. Stand in line every where and three hours go by much faster. We had two five, one seven and one 10. Now these four will really use up the place. They can't even get in without an over 56" person, whatever, next time the family comes to town we will try some where else.
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We went to Fiddlesticks on Saturday evening, there were 3 of us. The price was 7 a person, but I had some entertainment book coupons, so it was 2 for 1. The course was terrible, the turf on the course, was ripped in places, & there were lots of ants, I found a few insects and bugs in the hole of the course. We had fun, but wouldn't go back to that course.
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Fun place to go and I wish we had something like this close to us in MN. Hit a bucket of balls, hit some balls in the batting cage, grab a quick bite and play some video games.....not a bad couple of hours!
There are some downsides. The food isn't spectacular, but what would you expect. I've only driven the go-carts a couple of times and was not overly impressed. the putt-putt is okay, but not all-world. The bumper boats are definitely designed for kids (duh!) but are moderately fun.
Even with all of that said, it's still fun to be able to relax with golf, baseball and video entertainment, all in one place!
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Fiddlesticks is a great place to go with a date, as a group, or with the kids. The arcade area has the latest games (including several of DDR), the food is decent, and the miniature golf fun if nothing special. They have a slew of attraction choices, such as batting cages, a driving range, and a go-cart track. We especially like the bumper cars--in WATER! Don't go if you don't want to get wet.
One edge Fiddlesticks has over other Valley amusement-park-type choices is their Kiddie Land, including the Dragon Ride and Miner Mike Roller Coaster.
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