We celebrated my daughter’s 9th birthday this past weekend.  I took her and her girlfriend to Odyssey 1 in University Place, WA.  It was less than a favorable experience.  A couple of the video games stole our tokens including Ms. Pac-Man which I was really looking forward to playing.  The laser tag game was okaside from the fact that one of the vests kept malfunctioning.  It’s typical with places like this though.  A kids place ran by teenagers, no one really cares about the upkeep for the most part.  The prizes that were given for the tickets earned by the tokens spent were ridiculous.  I think we got an eraser and 5 tootsie rolls for 20 bucks!  I will not be frequenting this establishment again any time soon.  Nor will I go to Chuck E. Cheese.  There needs to be a cool place for kids that is kept in good shape and ran by responsible adults or teens but responsible ones, not delinquents.  Nevertheless, the kids knew no better and had a great time so it wasn’t a total loss, but from a grown-ups perspective I’d say it’s just more proof that University Place is becoming Tacoma more and more every day, it’s time to run to the Harbor I’m heading across the bridge, see you all later!

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