TIP: check the hours and fees when you are going at:, give them a call just to verify. They were closed Mondays and Tuesdays in June while we were there but open the rest of the days as well as all weekend. The museum is a converted store and surrounded by coffee shops, ice cream parlors and restaurants so if you do take an all day pass, plenty of other things to do for a break. It may not be appropriate for toddlers but that would be maybe the only exception.
In a few of the rooms you will see on the walls and elsewhere the very earliest of pinball machines, including early paper diagrams. You just are never too old to play pinball! You need to really look just in case you miss a room,which we discovered midway that we had. All of us had a great time and I played games that I had not seen since high school. There is no drinking or eating, but in a connecting hallway they have a cold water container with paper cups. You can also directly book your discounted online ticket for the Pacific Pinball Museum here, if available. All prices are displayed per age group or reduced rate group. We opted for the hour and the cost was about $20.00 We opted for some t shirt merchandise, it was vacation after all, and the boys loved that. The following overview lists the admission prices and various discounts and discount codes for a visit to Pacific Pinball Museum in Alameda. You can pay by the hour or for an all day pass. It is a sizable machine collection and the people working there are more than helpful. This jukebox was also a big hit with songs that included Michael Jackson to Elvis.
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They even have a jukebox that is free and loaded with different early era tunes. There are quite a few rooms and each room has machines from different eras, the 80's, the 70's etc. This place was just wonderful,it is laid out well and very clean and at least 100 machines. Once they got the hang of it, all of maybe five minutes to operate the machines they were off and running. The oldest one had tried pinball one time, it was new to the other. Wheelchair-accessible.Recently I took my two grandsons, both teens, both game guys, to the Pacific Pinball Museum. Wheelchair-accessible.įaction Brewing, 2501 Monarch St., Alameda (510) 523-2739. Tucker’s Super Creamed Ice Cream, 1349 Park St., Alameda (510) 522-4960. Give the gift of pinball with a Pacific Pinball Museum Gift Certificate Certificates can be made for any amount, and can be used for admission or in our gift shop. Hawthorne Suites by Wyndham, 1628 Webster St., Alameda (510) 522-1000. This being Alameda, rug rats are welcome. Head to Faction Brewing, housed in a repurposed helicopter hangar at a former naval base, for great brews and great views of the San Francisco skyline. We found another playground for big kids.
I loved Baby Pac-Man, and the hubby got hung up on Creature From the Black Lagoon. (A few of the fragile oldies are roped off.) For $20 for adults, you can play all day. The pinball machines date from the 1930s to the present, and most are in perfect, playable condition. The museum has several rooms filled with more than 90 machines, art, murals and jukeboxes. There’s even a bike-sharing program if you want to pedal around town.Ĭalling all pinball wizards! We had a blast at the Pacific Pinball Museum, which is part-museum, part-arcade.
You also get free Wi-Fi, parking and buffet breakfast. Amenities may include a wet bar, microwave, refrigerator and two TVs so the kids (or adults) don’t fight over what to watch. The hotel suites are a good value for families rooms have one king or two queen beds and a small separate living area with a couch or sofa bed.
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The Hawthorn Suites by Wyndham is well-situated it’s a short drive to the beach and a park and is in the middle of Webster Street, one of the city’s two main districts and full of eclectic mom-and-pop eateries, bars and retro shops. The tab: My husband and I spent $179 for a night at the Hawthorn Suites by Wyndham and about $145 for meals, beer and pinball. Alameda Island, often overlooked in the high-wattage glow from its hip San Francisco and Oakland neighbors, has been discovered by popular Bay Area restaurateurs, betting that this city of young families will gobble up new offerings. Visitors and locals can bike along the bay front, kayak or kite surf, or enjoy a picnic while watching the sunset. Kids play outside on streets lined with large trees and striking Victorian homes there are parks and beaches with million-dollar views fronting the bay. Separated from the mainland by an estuary and connected by bridges, Alameda has a small-town, family-friendly appeal. The city of Alameda, in the San Francisco Bay Area, is adjacent to Oakland - but it’s a world apart.
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