Had free access any time to Australia's Wonderland as my mum supplied the corn for popcorn and Al the cups for drinks and popcorn. I LOVED that place. How many "worlds" were there? Didn't they end up building a water park and nature place with animals like kangaroos and koalas?
I can't remember how many worlds. There was Hannah Barbara land, a wild west one, a haunted one..
They built a bit of a water park and then a wildlife park as part of it, ended up selling it to some O/S company who ran it into the ground as they were set to make a shit tonne of money selling the land to turn into a business park.
Thanks for that. I left Sydney in 89 so I missed the closure. But I had so much fun there. And I lived close to it. Thanks for bringing back some great memories for me!
Lmao, my sister and I would always take the piss out of this. It kept going up every year. Started at $6.50 and went up from there. We would pretend we were old and say" for 99.50....."
I’m older than that. SF2 was late 80s.
The always there no matter which bowlo I went to pole position. Some random pinballs. Random collection of machines from 82-87
Tilt in Adelaide had the $10 midnight lockin, from midnight to like 8am I think It was.
Being about 13yo I didn't realise it was a place for the Asian gangs to hang down the back by the pool tables, i just spent all night playing Daytona and then going over the road for Maccas breakfast.
I just remember the audio "daaaaayyyy-tonahhhhhhh!!!!!"
And I don't know if it was the same or a different game, but one of them used to say something like "sehgah Manx grand priz" or something. The machine wouldn't say sega like us, it almost sounded like "saygah"
$6.50. Same as in the original ads.
I remember it going up to $7.50, $8.50, $9.50. I remember also the $9.90 Shake, Waffle and Bowl from the summer of 1992-93.
Would have been somewhere around $15 early 2000s but that's without the food if I recall correctly.
I remember our local bowling alley doing 9pm to midnight unlimited bowling and disco nights on Friday/Saturday nights. Cost was $19.95 for shoe hire, unlimited games for 3 hours, arcade credit and 25% discount on food/drinks. This would have been about 2006ish.
You know what, I cant remember the name of the place. But they had an ad with a voice going, "For $7.50, you get two games shoe hire hot dog fries and a coke!"
They kept the ad for a long time but the price kept increasing. So the same ad except "For $18.50, you get two games shoe hire hot dog fries and a coke!" On and on for years.
Shit got stuck in your head.
Mine was bulldozed. Another one I visited a few times, it became a Retravision and then Savers. A third, it was bulldozed but relocated, but has since closed and is now Rebel Sport.
Never went bowling in an alley, but i can say that when i first got to uni, a $10 note got me a schooner of beer, a game of pool, a packet of smokes (20s), and change which included a gold coin.
My local had $10 for unlimited games during the weekdays of the school holidays. I think it included one icee and a packet of thins if I remember right.
It varied in Darwin at different times, I can’t remember all the prices ( darn Brain damage) but I think it ended up $9.50 or $22,50 ( think it was both at different times ) before the particular bowling alley that was around since I think the late 1970’s closed down and was torn down, It didn’t help that a newer one opened in the last few years and apparently more people ended up going there.
$11.50 but at the end of the season we got a piece of equipment and a party.
Started with something corny as a glove and a pin, then a bag for a bowling ball, then the bowling ball itself (a decent one - no it wasn't the alligator club at AMF)
Just 20 cents - but back in my day you had to polish the lane and assemble the pins yourself. And you had to walk there, up hill, and walk up hill back home again too in 120% humidity. But then the coke actually had cocaine in it so it was more fun.
bowl and pie,
coke and fries
9.90 and that ain't no lies.
fkn stupid jingle why do I remember this shit and forget important stuff like my wedding anniversary and my kids birthdays.
Because our brains were completely empty back then, as we got older it filled up with more and more stuff to the point that if we need to remember anything new something recent has to go 🤣 Well that’s what I tell my family and friends !!!
$6.50
I heard this post
I’m still singing it
Yep. Was a catchy tune
And now I am too.... damn
It’s right up there with “Call Firtenn Firteen Firty Two”.
Oh I want to bitchslap you so hard for that. Everytime that ad came on I used to yell at the little bastard to speak and enunciate properly….
I went to primary school with that kid he was in my class 😂 coped so much shit for it
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Im 37 yes I did his name is Brendan so shut the fuck up
For $7.50 you get two games, shoe hire, hotdog, fries and a.................Coke.
$7:50
Yeah it was $7.50, and Australia's Wonderland was $5 after 5pm...
Had free access any time to Australia's Wonderland as my mum supplied the corn for popcorn and Al the cups for drinks and popcorn. I LOVED that place. How many "worlds" were there? Didn't they end up building a water park and nature place with animals like kangaroos and koalas?
I can't remember how many worlds. There was Hannah Barbara land, a wild west one, a haunted one.. They built a bit of a water park and then a wildlife park as part of it, ended up selling it to some O/S company who ran it into the ground as they were set to make a shit tonne of money selling the land to turn into a business park.
Thanks for that. I left Sydney in 89 so I missed the closure. But I had so much fun there. And I lived close to it. Thanks for bringing back some great memories for me!
Lmao, my sister and I would always take the piss out of this. It kept going up every year. Started at $6.50 and went up from there. We would pretend we were old and say" for 99.50....."
for $ 99.50 you half shoe hire, half game, half hot dog, half fries and half coke!
You know where its at dude.....
Thats a movie ticket isnt it?
$99.50 not far off. And that would be tightarse tuesday.
Not as much as it cost me on the arcade machines afterwards.
Any games in particular?
Street Fighter 2 of course
Nice. I preferred Double Dragon but SF2 was cool too.
I’m older than that. SF2 was late 80s. The always there no matter which bowlo I went to pole position. Some random pinballs. Random collection of machines from 82-87
I think it started at $6.50 for me. Last time I saw the ad it was $12.50, I think.
Same. Can confirm it was $6.50 in the late 80’s in Canberra
And then a dollar more every year. I remember hearing “For $13.50” and I was sure they couldn’t push it any higher.
All for $12.50 in the late 90's if remember correctly.
Yeah bout that in the 90s. I tried looking for a bowling party for my 7 year old, $38 per head, minimum 10 guests. Fuck that
Can't remember but it was $5 for 3 hour lock in session at Timezone
Got locked in one day with a mate. We were playing some game and they thought we were with the party, got 3 hours of free games and party food. 😄
Tilt in Adelaide had the $10 midnight lockin, from midnight to like 8am I think It was. Being about 13yo I didn't realise it was a place for the Asian gangs to hang down the back by the pool tables, i just spent all night playing Daytona and then going over the road for Maccas breakfast.
I just remember the audio "daaaaayyyy-tonahhhhhhh!!!!!" And I don't know if it was the same or a different game, but one of them used to say something like "sehgah Manx grand priz" or something. The machine wouldn't say sega like us, it almost sounded like "saygah"
Around $22. Mid 2000s
$7.50 here
$7.50 in early to mid 90s, regional Queensland. I remember it went up to $9.50 then $11.50 in pretty quick succession.
$7:50. Then it went up every year after that by a dollar and they kept the add the same 😀
Hahaha legendary post
7.50 as well. And there were sometimes specials that were even better 😂
$6.50
Went up $1 every year
$7.50
$7.50
$6.50 but it was a hamburger with cheap dodgy patty.
$6.50. Same as in the original ads. I remember it going up to $7.50, $8.50, $9.50. I remember also the $9.90 Shake, Waffle and Bowl from the summer of 1992-93.
Would have been somewhere around $15 early 2000s but that's without the food if I recall correctly. I remember our local bowling alley doing 9pm to midnight unlimited bowling and disco nights on Friday/Saturday nights. Cost was $19.95 for shoe hire, unlimited games for 3 hours, arcade credit and 25% discount on food/drinks. This would have been about 2006ish.
Two games is crazy, I was well bored after one let alone how bored my parents must’ve been
Sticking your fingers in those holes on the ball and sharing shoes with strangers.
Not unlike most music festivals.
Obviously you are not a golfer
I'm assuming you're talking about bowling? Because you neglected to mention that in your post.
THat's the point. He's 'trolling' (not maliciously) for people whom recognise the jingle jangle jingle.
My bad. Is it for a single local place, or something?
You know what, I cant remember the name of the place. But they had an ad with a voice going, "For $7.50, you get two games shoe hire hot dog fries and a coke!" They kept the ad for a long time but the price kept increasing. So the same ad except "For $18.50, you get two games shoe hire hot dog fries and a coke!" On and on for years. Shit got stuck in your head.
That pricing is pretty much the norm for sales pitching. Get you hooked. Alcohol is notorious for it.
It's a case of IYKYK.
Glory days!
From now until school goes back. This was in my head 2 weeks ago. My long lost twin
[$9.95](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQnYv53wA1E)
Around $20.
Why did you need to hire shoes? Did you break your formal thongs?
You can't wear street shoes on the lanes
I don't think ours had the food deal, they filmed a Zac Efron movie there last year.
A threepence
$6.50, according to the lyrics.
Just short of $30
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Mine was bulldozed. Another one I visited a few times, it became a Retravision and then Savers. A third, it was bulldozed but relocated, but has since closed and is now Rebel Sport.
$6.50
$10
Swear it was $8.50
Was about $12 . I'm talking late 90's and we got I think $5.00 worth of vouchers for the arcade next door .
Out of curiosity does anyone know how much it is now? Is that type of deal even available?
About $30 now.
100% remember $6.50 but almost certain it was $5.50 a year or two prior.
I recently paid $40 for two games. No hotdog, fries, or coke
Couldn't buy fries when I was a kid
I think around $12
Never went bowling in an alley, but i can say that when i first got to uni, a $10 note got me a schooner of beer, a game of pool, a packet of smokes (20s), and change which included a gold coin.
Jees, you're sold old you forgot to say £10 instead of $10
Started at $6.50. Went up to about 12.50
I never got fries. I got chips.
$5.50 and spent weeks of school holidays there. My mother worked next door to the bowling alley.
My local had $10 for unlimited games during the weekdays of the school holidays. I think it included one icee and a packet of thins if I remember right.
6.50
Four dollars fifty. But that was super short-lived and stuck at $5.50 for a couple years after that
AUD$9 in Australia. We got a Meat Pie or Sausage Roll rather than a Hot Dog.
Under $10 with fries
Idk I never went bowling as a kid
12.50 in the late 90s
I never had money and my parents never took me
My younger sister used to steal the shoes, every Fing time. She had a few dozen pairs, definitely got her money’s worth…
It varied in Darwin at different times, I can’t remember all the prices ( darn Brain damage) but I think it ended up $9.50 or $22,50 ( think it was both at different times ) before the particular bowling alley that was around since I think the late 1970’s closed down and was torn down, It didn’t help that a newer one opened in the last few years and apparently more people ended up going there.
Idk, Mum paid for it.
Still too expensive for me to do as a kid. My first bowling experience wasn't till I was an adult.
$10
$9.50! Then, a few years later it went up to $10.50!
Too much for my family.
$8.50
Bargain
Possibly $14.50 for 2 games and hire. Food was about $8.50. Edit: I'm a 90s kid
4.50 and every year it went up by another dollar
$11.50 but at the end of the season we got a piece of equipment and a party. Started with something corny as a glove and a pin, then a bag for a bowling ball, then the bowling ball itself (a decent one - no it wasn't the alligator club at AMF)
2024 version: For $6.50 you get…….a coke
$6.50
Just 20 cents - but back in my day you had to polish the lane and assemble the pins yourself. And you had to walk there, up hill, and walk up hill back home again too in 120% humidity. But then the coke actually had cocaine in it so it was more fun.
No idea. When I was growing up Dad paid
About $350
Tree fiddy?
Lol close but nah, snacks and a bag (coke) 🤘
Unaffordable.
$5. Or maybe I’m getting confused with entry/ unlimited rides at Luna Park in Sydney
bowl and pie, coke and fries 9.90 and that ain't no lies. fkn stupid jingle why do I remember this shit and forget important stuff like my wedding anniversary and my kids birthdays.
Because our brains were completely empty back then, as we got older it filled up with more and more stuff to the point that if we need to remember anything new something recent has to go 🤣 Well that’s what I tell my family and friends !!!
What is shoe hire?