Sports'n'games Funplex

Elite '09

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roderick A.

Jersey City, NJ

2/22/2009

I love rear-ending women. And even more than that, I love getting rear-ended in return. And here at Funplex you can pretty much do that all day. Let me explain (you bunch of pervs):

They have bumper cars and you can bump, re-bump and re-re-bump anyone you want. Yes, even the aforementioned rear-ending of countless women can happen here. True, the women aren't more than 15 years old but what do you care? It's only bumper cars, for heaven's sake!

They also have Foam Frenzy, which is a three-story contraption where you can shoot foam balls from stationary guns, throw balls at each other. And at certain moments, you can stand in the middle of the thing and all the balls that have been captured will rain down on you. Lots of fun, especially throwing foam balls 100 miles an hour at unsuspecting kids.

The reason I was there was because my niece was attending a birthday party. And Funplex really does go out of their way to make parties really enjoyable. The party package we attended came with pizza, chicken tenders, mozzarella sticks, fried raviolis and ice cream cake, along with unlimited sodas. And the best thing is that all this food was also available for the adults. The kids also got 20 tokens each, which is like $1 million dollars to 6 year old kids. All the games give out ticket stubs, which can all be collected at the end of the day and redeemed for various prizes. You know, just like they do at amusement parks.

All in all, it was a really fun day. Since the kids were still young, we weren't able to drive the go-karts. But nevertheless, this is a great place to have a party for the kiddies.

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Adam R.

Plainfield, NJ

5/22/2008

I am a child at heart. Luckily, so is my wife. So for her birthday, we went to Funplex.

Funplex is similar to almost every other warehouse turned into an arcade. There's a bunch of crappy rides, a lot of arcade games and a few better things. It is a tad expensive, but definitely a lot of fun.

The best thing is the Go Karts. You can get a band to ride all day for free for $20. The karts are electric, so they're not loud or overly hot like they can be other places. The tracks is indoors, so it's open more often and it's a well designed track. There's a nice straight away, a couple turns good for passing and one great hair pin turn. The speeds are surprisingly fast and the staff enforces rules exactly right. They stop the race for dangerous driving and deliberate crashes, but they overlook the occasionally rub while passing. The wait is not bad. I went on them 4 times and waited 5 minutes, 10 minutes twice and 20 minutes once.

There is also Laser Runner, which is just Laser Tag. This was pretty good. The room you play in has barriers laid out well. The barriers have small holes in them, large enough to poke your gun through for sniping. The wait time on this is very, very long. I went on three times, with wait times of 30 minutes, 1 hour 15 minutes and 2 hours 30 minutes. You can get an unlimited band for this for $23 or for this and Go Karts (and a couple other things) for $28.

There is a giant 3 story structure for the kids called Foam Frenzy. It fabric bridges and ball pits and guns that shot foam balls. I was too big to go on, as I was for the Freefall, which looks pretty pathetic. The Bumper Cars were okay, but nothing special. All of these rides are included in the bands I mentioned above.

There's a snack bar serving very typical snack bar food for basic cheap snack bar prices.

It's a little hard to find. You're best looking up the Bed, Bath & Beyond next door to get there.

It was definitely crowded. On a beautiful day in mid-May, I had to fight my way through the crowds.

The prices are not much cheaper than a real amusement park and there are fewer rides. Given this, though, it was a lot of fun. The Go Karts in particular are great.

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