Dallas, TX (13125 Montfort Dr)

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13125 Montfort Dr was a Chuck E. Cheese's that opened on January 26, 1983 with a Rock-afire Explosion, which closed and relocated in December 2001.


February, 2021



This store is notable for being the very first store to house a CU 3 stage, and later the only Awesome Adventure Machine stage. Throughout the 90s, this location was also featured in many training tapes and showtapes for Chuck E. Cheese restaurants. This location also opened with a Sports Room.

Stages

Montfort opened with a Rock-afire Explosion which at some point was minorly customized to have a custom backdrop on center stage, this was changed back before 1988. Shortly after, in 1989, they received the first Concept Unification Stage, also known as the 3-Stage. This show was in good shape for most of it's run until around January 1996, when it fell into disrepair.

On August 11, 1996, the store began installation on the Awesome Adventure Machine stage, which finished installation by August 21, which was the initial in store premiere. Unfortunately, the stage didn't last long because due to budget and technical concerns, so CEC removed the AAM and received on of the first Studio C's. The Awesome Adventure Machine was so powerful that it required two large generators to power everything. These two generators still remain behind the building.

History

Showbiz Pizza

In the Fall of 1983, the first of four Showscan[1] theater's installed inside a showbiz pizza, having its premiere's on November 28, 1983 for Showbiz Pizza and Brock Hotel Corp executives. However, this concept was removed before 1985, details of why are unknown.

This store remodeled by February 1988 and received the then-new Munch's Make Believe Band stage show shortly after. It was stated that their Rock-afire show had brought in a lot of money, and the company had hoped this new show would continue that trend.

Chuck E. Cheese's

The location would remodel once again around 1995, and would stay that way until the eventual closure-minus minor upgrades.

This location would receive two of the three arcade upgrades: Phase 1 (1994) and Phase 2 (1997), it is unknown if they've ever received Phase 3.

For unknown reasons, this location relocated up the street in December 2001, leaving the building to be partially redeveloped by Target. Target left the Showroom and kiddie area mostly intact; the rest of the Chuck E. Cheese's is currently used for office space and storage. The Studio C animatronic was then relocated to Moreno Valley, CA for their Studio C Beta 32M which opened on March 11th, 2002 which then got the 2.0 remodel in December 2022.

Arcade Machines

Videos

Link Description Date
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n1a-okR19Fw The Rock-afire Explosion February 1988
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WgHL-OZ8ybY Concept Unification Premiere released on a Holiday RAE tape showing what was to come 1989
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Et7dASk23-Y&list=PLvysEnoyFNPBbf6hYGcr7r6qX3u6lVSlE&index=16 Great footage of Games 91 and CU Live 90 Summer 1991
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hrbvNxw_xbI&list=PLvysEnoyFNPBbf6hYGcr7r6qX3u6lVSlE&index=92 Footage of the show and the games / rides May 1995
https://youtu.be/0QseidcG-Qo Last known video of the 3 stage. Notice the decline in maintenance February 1996
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0zqMGkGV9xc AAM installation August 11, 1996
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Or8yZUYdvxA Footage of the store 1998

Gallery

  • Rockafire Explosion Center Stage

    Rockafire Explosion Center Stage

  • Beach Bear and Mitzi

    Beach Bear and Mitzi

  • Montfort's 3 stage in 1993

    Montfort's 3 stage in 1993

  • Montfort's showroom in the early 90s

    Montfort's showroom in the early 90s

  • A photo of the CU development team and a newspaper clipping on the show

    A photo of the CU development team and a newspaper clipping on the show

  • The Awesome Adventure Machine shortly after installation

    The Awesome Adventure Machine shortly after installation

  • Studio C Chuck E.

    Studio C Chuck E.

  • Lighting

    Lighting

Animatronics

Animatronic Serial Whereabouts
Chuck E. Cheese / Rolfe DeWolfe 7-82 1-5 Used for parts / Destroyed
Pasqually / Dook Larue 7-82 2-5 Used for parts / Destroyed
Mr. Munch / Fatz Geronimo 7-82 3-5 Used for parts / Destroyed
Jasper T. Jowls / Beach Bear 7-82 4-5 Used for parts / Destroyed
Helen Henny / Mitzi Mozzarella 7-82 5-5 Used for parts / Destroyed
Billy Bob 7-82 6-5 Unknown
Pizzacam / Looney Bird 7-82 7-5 Used for parts / Destroyed
Munch Jr. / Choo Choo 7-82 8-5 Used for parts / Destroyed
Building / Sun 7-82 10-5 Used for parts / Destroyed
Moon 7-82 11-5 Destroyed
Antioch Unknown Destroyed
Wink N/A Destroyed
AAM Chuck E. Cheese N/A Destroyed
Chuck E. Cheese 32m (Animatronic) 002 Moreno Valley, CA (23160 Sunnymead Blvd), possibly destroyed.
Parrot (Animatronic) N/A Unknown
Clock N/A Destroyed
Pizza Phone N/A Destroyed

References

  1. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Showscan
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