Tampa, FL (14308 Dale Mabry Hwy)

Store exterior in 2019.

14308 Dale Mabry Hwy, Tampa, FL is a store that opened in July 1991 with a Road Stage. This store was the 10th Road Stage constructed, the 4th store to open up as a Chuck E. Cheese Pizza location in the state of Florida.

Stages

This store debuted with a finalized version of the Road Stage retaining everything that came with a road stage past the couple of prototype stages prior. Mr. Munch & Pasqually's had their PTT movements for the 1st couple of years the store was opened. In 1993 the store would switch out his Pasqually's arms movement for ones resembling Chuck E's while Mr. Munch would retain his movements up until the conversion of the store in 1994.

From 1994 to 2019 they would receive a 2-Stage to replace their Road Stage alongside all of the parts to give Mr. Munch & Pasqually their 2-Stage arm movements & Jasper's Cheese Guitar. In 2006 with their 2nd major expansion they would receive the Phase 4 update which removed the Phase 3 Sports Shelves surrounding the stage & the extra TV's surrounding it, They would replace Chuck E's Tux Outfit with his Avenger Outfit but Chuck E. & Helen still kept their microphones. They would also receive Helen & Jasper's bots from Lakeland, FL (3558 US Hwy 98) The 2-Stage was also planned to be removed for a Studio C Beta but the plans fell through due to the height of the ceiling causing issues.

Post early 2010's they would remove the orange dimmed lighting from the gameroom & showroom, alongside the showroom walls shortly after following the removal of extra TV's hanging on columns outside of the showroom. In late 2011 they would remove the décor surrounding the television on stage replacing it with a generic flat screen Samsung TV, The removal of the showroom walls & balcony seating era was also evident around this time. Sometime in Pre-2012 Munch & Pasqually had their body turns unlocked allowing them to move left & right alongside their heads. In 2013 they removed Chuck E's Avenger Hat & Jasper's Cowboy Hat to fit in more with the branding of Rockstar Era.

In Late 2014-Late 2016 the show had following into a deep state of disrepair with barely any of the animatronics working at all with Munch being in the best condition (only lacking his hand movements & his left eye color being faded out) while Chuck E. & Helen being in the worst condition during that time, the show was still better than Brandon, FL (The only other 2-Stage in Florida & closest location next to it) but it wasn't much of a competition since both were below average around that time. In March 23, 2016 the brief time Grant came by the store he reenabled the curtains for Chuck E's stage, being able to use them for live shows in the near future. Munch still had his body turn function unlocked & it would remain this way for the rest of stage's life.

Stage Repair/Additions

On August 26, 2016 Grant joined as Assistant Tech for the gameroom & showroom and he started to repair up the show to make it at least functional again. By December 18, 2016 Munch & Jasper Mechs were operational again with only a few hiccups (Munch's left hand was raised up too high & Jasper's right hand movement was a bit stiff, his spotlight needed to be fix) alongside some progress towards the other 3 animatronics with Pasqually being the next most operational as his head turn was static & arms movements being stiff. Helen did receive a rare nametag patch on her dress. The stage also received a revamp in terms of the lights being more functional & neon strips being added to the city background to make it stand out. March 23, 2017 Helen's head down, head turn, body turn started to function properly again, on April 29, 2017 she received blonde hair + a repaint to make her resemble her Cheerleader Outfit hair color, Neon strips were added to the Chuck E Cheese Sign Area, MMBB Sign, Munch's Organ, Pasqually's bass drum, & The Wink. May 11, 2017 Jasper's mech became near functional again (Jasper only lacking his spotlight), the other 4 characters seeing more improvements towards their mechs with only Munch's needing to be retweak & Pasqually still lacking his head turn. 2 weeks later on May 25, 2017 Munch & Pasqually became fully functional properly, Jasper regaining his spotlight & Chuck E's eyes can move back & forth again. July 19, 2017 Chuck E re-received his Avenger Hat & his right hand swing was functional again. The dual hanging disco ball lights were now functioning + general improvements towards the lighting, August 10, 2017 Helen's arm swing movements were fixed, Oct 10, 2017 Chuck E. & Helen got new eye turns & eyelids. Nov 2, 2017 Helen & Jasper were completely repaired after a year of barely functioning, Dec 24, 2017 Chuck E. got his left hand swing repaired which placed the whole band back into complete operation baring some cylinder & air pressure adjustments to be made, Pasqually's body turn was unlocked again prior towards pre-2012. During certain live shows custom use of the curtains are used to start or end shows with them working up until March 2019 13 years after they've stopped being programmed for shows.

This was one of the more notable stages in terms of Cyberamics with the amount of custom designs/adjustments added towards the stage to give it more of a flare as an appealing viewing experience. This 2-stage featuring plenty of Neon Strips surrounding the background & instruments on the stage that would glow-up during segments of the show shows, they would expand the color of the MMBB giving it the option to have a neon effect during some custom programing. This stage was also known for it's custom decorations, re-additions of old stuff from past eras, and for It's expansive seasonal decorations that would mostly show up for Christmas. They even removed the Cyberamics Helen from stage once for Live Show Contest but she was brought right back after the end of the day.

2.0 Stage Remodel

The era of animatronics for this store came to an end in August 13, 2019 when the 2.0 remodel started to happen, with the animatronics being removed shortly afterwards on the night of August 28, 2019. The animatronics were saved from Grant instead of being destroyed like most others during the 2.0 process. The grand re-opening for the location happened on October 3rd where Rockstar Chuck E. was present to greet the folks on that day alongside a giant inflatable Chuck E. outside the building. This location had the standardized 2019 2.0 design with it retaining mostly all of the 2.0 art, fixtures, menu, & etc. The Chuck E. Live Stage is however notable for having a custom arrangement of TV's surrounding the stage with one TV on each end, and two TVs in the middle on each side.

Stage	Installed	Removed
Road Stage	July 1991	1994-1995
2-Stage	1994-1995	September 2019
Dance Floor	September 2019	Still In Use

History

14308 Dale Mabry Hwy, Tampa, FL was a Corporate Owned Chuck E. Cheese Pizza location that would open up on July 1st, 1991 with Games 91' being the 1st showtape played at the store. This location was located in Paramount Plaza in it's own little area of the plaza surrounded by mini shops to the left & right of the building, the entrance was inside of the plaza with the back of the building being where most of the space is at for the location. In fact this location was only 0.7 miles away from Pizza Time Theatre that opened in Tampa a few years back Tampa, FL (13210 N Dale Mabry Hwy) & 1.1 miles away from Showbiz Pizza Place that used to be located in Tampa, FL (12707 Dale Mabry Hwy) which was besides a Kmart.

Phase Remodels

It's unknown if they ever received the Phase 1 remodel but in 1997 the location received a major expansion in terms of general layout changes & receiving the Phase 2 update with a whole new game section near the back of the store which used to just be storage, a new game package, skytubes, new artwork alongside record posters & sports décor in the showroom, & a bit of an rework of the in-store layout like the showroom wall entrance being moved further up. Sometime between 2000-2002 they would receive a Phase 3 update which would remove the ball pit for a Toddler Zone area alongside a new game package, this store would retain many of the Phase 2 artwork & design though. This would be followed in 2006 where the store saw it's 2nd major remodel as it updated the store into a Phase 4 removing most of the Phase 2 & Phase 3 artwork and décor for the kids and parody posters etc., the only surviving pieces of artwork includes some of the 2000's postcards posters & the showroom entrance logo. This location would also receive a new game package, curtains being turned off, dimmed lighting being removed from the showroom. In 2012 they would their last significant update in 2011-2012 where they would receive the 2010 remodel which removed the extra TV's outside of the showroom, removal of the showroom walls & balcony seating, the dimmed orangish lighting inside of the building being turned off, & the reduced size of the toddler zone. In 2014-2015 they would completely remove the skytubes & toddler zone for Chuck E's Bumper Cars, finally in 2018 they would change up the layout in the entrance inside of the store to widen up the gameroom & make it more open this however would be reverted back in late 2019 with the 2.0 remodel. In 2017 they were one of the 5 florida test locations for Chuck E. Cheese Menu items to be delivered via UberEats.

2.0 Store Remodel

On October 3rd the location reopened with CEC 2.0 Remodel which removed everything from Phase 3-4 to make the restaurant appear more sleeker & modern with new artwork resembling a more basic but standard design. The layout for the store didn't really change asides the dance floor now facing east instead of north unlike the 2-stage, the arcade machines & rides being more spaced out, the store's entrance reverting back to it's 2010 remodel layout.

Arcade Machines & Rides

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Videos

Link	Description	Filming Date
Link	Grant's Channel (Go & Subscribe!)	Joined December 26, 2014
Link	CEC TFL's Channel (Go & Subscribe!)	Joined September 4, 2013
Link	1992 Footage	August 27, 1992
Link	1993 Footage	August 1993
Link	1996 Footage	July 7, 1996
Link	1997 Showroom Footage	April 30, 1997
Link	2002 Store Tour Footage	December 25, 2002
Link	2009 Footage	April 21, 2009
Link	2012 Showroom Footage	April 10, 2012
Link	2015 Store Tour Footage	September 5, 2015
Link	Grant Becomes Assistant Tech	December 18, 2016
Link	2015-2017 Before & After Stage Improvements	September 28, 2017
Link	Holiday Stage Decorations	December 24, 2017
Link	Live Show Contest [Chuck E. & Helen]	July 16, 2018
Link	2018 Store Tour Footage	October 16, 2018
Link	Last 2-Stage Show Footage	July 11, 2019
Link	2019 2.0 Remodel Process Store Tour Footage	September 24, 2019
Link	2.0 Reopening Ceremony	October 5, 2019
Link	2020 Store Tour Footage	December 8, 2020
Link	2022 Store Tour Footage	May 19, 2022
Link	2022 After Hours Store Tour Footage	September 19, 2022

Gallery

Link	Description
Link	2010-2013 CEC Tampa, FL Gallery
Link	Birthday Party (August 29, 2003)

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Animatronics

Animatronic	Serial / Manufacturing Date	Whereabouts
Chuck E Cheese (Cyberamic)	1991	Privately Owned By Grant
Helen Henny (Cyberamic)	1993	Privately Owned By Grant
Mr. Munch (Cyberamic)	1991	Privately Owned By Grant
Jasper T. Jowls (Cyberamic)	1993	Privately Owned By Grant
Pasqually (Cyberamic)	1991	Privately Owned By Grant
Wink (Cyberamic)	N/A	Privately Owned By Grant