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The Great Pinball Road Trip Presents: Fun Central!
Welcome to another Pinball Road Trip, where, here at Pinball Country, we take you around the country to visit rare arcades and Pinball on location. For this installment we will visit FUN CENTRAL which is located on route 9 near East Fishkill New York, in the lower Hudson Valley. Fun Central is a complete family entertainment center, or CFE for short. This fun place has miniture golf, batting cages, a ride simulator which features a Roller Coaster ride, a snack bar and of course a Very large arcade that has both redemption, as well as, surprise: Pinball! Lets take a look inside the arcade, ready?
First thing to notice is that, while there is redemption and the typical counter with a place to trade in your tickets for plastic toys and candy, redemption is not the main theme here. The arcade is drenched with Neon and Black Lighting and the carpet is well done in a retro theme. One large wall features classic Skee Ball while another has banks of driving games.
There also is a nice selection of shoting games and some older Vids Like Mrs. Pacman. But of course, what would an arcade be without Pinball? Well Fun Central has two Pins, a nice The Adams Family as well as a The Simpsons Party Pinball.
It was strange to see a TAF on location, and while this one was kind of clean, it played well., as did TSPP. Again, a rare find indeed. There is also a very nicely Pirate Themed Mini-Golf course that wraps its way around caves and wrecked Pirate Ships in the front of the arcade that borders the road and parking area.
All in all, Fun Central is a great way to both play some good Pinball as well as a nice way to have family fun for an afternoon.
If you are ever in the Lower Hudson Valley area of New York, take some time to visit Fun Central as its well worth a trip. And now, we load up the camera, set the GPS, Gas up the car and head out onto our next Great Pinball Road Trip! Thanks for reading.
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This article C 2012 by SpOoKy MaLoNe and used with permission. All Photos C2012 Spooky Bubsy and used with permission. Thanks to Pinball Country for making this article possible.