Fantasyland Theater

**"Do YOU Believe in Magic?"** That is the moto of a small chain of Family Entertainment Centers known as Fantasyland Theater. At it's prime, they had 10 locations in Florida, Louisiana, and South Carolina. Now in days, only 4 locations are operational, one abandoned, and two SBNO.

### History

Fantasyland Theater started in 1982 as a Showbiz Pizza Place. In 1989, they got news of Concept Unification, and they did not want it at all. So, the owner revoked his franchise, and got to work. This Showbiz was a stand alone location in Pensacola, Florida. There were 5 acres of empty land, in which the owner bought. The owner remodeled the location, and added mini-golf, bumper boats, and go-karts to the soon to be FEC. He went to IAAPA, and bought five generic mascot suits, reworked them, and got the entertainment centers famous mascots King Leo, Scratch the Cat, Rebeca Rabbit, Garry Gorilla, and Parker Peterson Panda. And so in 1990, Fantasyland Theater opened it's doors. It featured The Rock-afire Explosion, and Leo and friends as the main source of entertainment. The owner opened two more locations in Florida, and then he made Fantasyland Theater a franchise. His first franchise was a man named Jacob Peters who owned a Chuck E. Cheese, and revoked his franchise rights. His location was two stories high, so they had more space to work with. The 4th location opened in 1994, and had a mini Rock-afire, a retrofitted Chuck E. Cheese balcony stage in the party room, and a king animatronic. They also had Go-Karts. In 1996, a franchisee opened 4 locations in South Carolina. They all had a New Rock-afire. In 2000, 2 locations opened in Louisiana. The New Orleans location was so big, that they featured a full Rock-afire Explosion, and a Daniel and the Dixie Diggers outside! Unfortunately, all of the locations got serious damage from Hurricane Katrina. One location made it out, but the New Orleans location is abandoned to this day. In fact, all stores in North Carolina had an incident. One closed due to loss of money, two closed from arson attacks, and one had a fight break out. The ones that had the arson attacks are SBNO and will reopen in 2023. Then three more locations closed. The company was worried and they had to cut costs everywhere. At some locations, they removed the Rock-afire, or let them rot. Now most locations usually have just a Leo animatronic in their party rooms, but some locations have other animatronic shows or the Rock-afire!

### Locations that are still open

Pensacola, Florida

Orlando, Florida

Brandon, Florida

Miami, Florida

### Animatronics

Rock-afire Explosion (3 stage) Is still at Pensacola, Florida, and at Miami, Florida. Miami show is SBNO, while Pensacola still operates.Rock-afire mini. Located at Brandon and Orlando Locations. Brandon used to have a 3 staged Rock-afire, but they wanted to cut costs, so they got this stage in 2000, but it did not work out. Orlando still has it, but it's in bad condition.Daniel and the Dixie Diggers. They are in the lounge of the Orlando location replacing The King.The King was only at the Orlando location until 2000.Leo Cyberamics. They were only used in the party room of the Orlando location. They are now on display.King Leo (2005) In 2005, they started using this Leo in the party rooms of each location.They used the NRAE in some locations.Live Stage. It is a stage only used at the Brandon location using their old mini Rock-afire.
### Common Rides

Bumper BoatsMini-golfFrog HopperSpin Zonego-karts
### Common Games

ICE-BallCycloneMario Kart GPStar Wars Battle PodsStreet HoopsWater BlastSpongebob Pineapple ArcadePlush BusDog PounderSpin-N-WinWizard of Oz coin pusherBig Buck shooting gameKing Leo's Whirlwind (Retrofitted CEC Cyclone Junior)Winter Sports X Snow CrossKung Fu PandaOperationThe Simpsons Soccer
### Attractions

Lazer Tag. In Orlando location.Ball Pit (only at two locations Pensacola, and Brandon)Mini-CarouselGarry's Jungle Gym (above ballpit, if the location has one)
### Coin Operated Rides

Barney TractorTeletubbiesKiddie CoasterBatmobileSpace Shuttle AmericaJett Rider
### Store Art

Birthday ad 1990'sSay NO! 1991Billy Bob Sez 1990's