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Gateway Fun Park
8 Gateway Dr, Collinsville, IL 62234, United States
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Do
Review №1

Had a blast with my Grandson and his little friend ! Great Day! Only thing I have to suggest is more variety of packages for the day! Cheaper more time consuming packages ! It was a $250 day for 4 hours! But worth for the kids- really expensive!

Mi
Review №2

Best parking in hundreds of miles. Free bus ride as well.

ju
Review №3

No fun. Only buses driving people around.

Ma
Review №4

Great outdoor fun!

Pa
Review №5

Staff was adequately trained and attentive, in need of basic upkeep, Im sure this place was something in its hayday but was still fun.

Ma
Review №6

Was there as a driver.

Ja
Review №7

Bought 7 unlimited passes and spent $175.00 for them to tell us after that everything was broke down and they were only good for go carts and putt putt but only 1 side is open. That information would have been good to know before purchasing. When asked if we could return and just pay for the 1 go cart they said no refunds. They did offer us vouchers, but we were in from New England, so vouchers wouldn’t work. Not very helpful!

Ex
Review №8

The amusement was fun but the place was under staff and there were no attendees to operate the bumber car inside. Some of the games in the arcade rooms wasnt operating properly. I think if the business get some more staff to accommodate the rides in the inside it will be better.

Co
Review №9

Place used to be a hit, not so much anymore. Compared to how it used to be the place has gone downhill. I might recommend to small children but I think the last time I was there a few teenagers was all I saw. There is a batting cage but the machines that pitch the ball malfunctioned a few different times. They got it back up and running but it might go down again about 30 minutes after it malfunctioned the last time.

Ve
Review №10

Had a great time yesterday July 5, 2018. The staff was friendly and very helpful. A few activities were down but the manager and staff made it up. A big shout out to Ben, Logan and the rest of the staff that worked last night. We will be returning. Thanks guys.

Ku
Review №11

Very pleased. Speaking from a once manager of this establishment I am very happy with the upgrades as well as overall functionality of their games. Staff was engaged and aware of customers. Great place for a family outing

Ja
Review №12

Great place to come with the family. Or with a partnerLove the new upgrades. But can you please put back the two bears that were in the trashcan game . That was my favorite one.

VO
Review №13

It was a horrible experience. We had to wait 30 minutes after we got there to get a piece of pizza. The person that served me used her hands to give me a piece of pizza. The games were very boring and they all seemed to be broken or they malfunctioned, they kept almost all of my coins and they didnt give me any tickets. It was very unsanitary honestly. I didnt like it at all. I would not recommend going here with your family or anything. You will not like.

La
Review №14

I had a great time, the go-karting is really affordable (but also very slow) and the wait times were short. The staff was friendly and very tolerant of our large gathering (reunion).

Ma
Review №15

Their website has 3 different hours of operation listed. I’m glad I didn’t waste my time driving there without doing more research.

La
Review №16

Nice, clean place. Everything has been redone and looks great. Mini golf courses were new and were pretty fun, a lot of neat arcade games, and other cool looking stuff. The only reason Im giving 3 stars is because the staff were rude and often gave you the cold shoulder. No compalints other than that

Kh
Review №17

Track was excellent. Two young men were very good in keeping everyone in line. Smooth operation.

Pa
Review №18

You can win lots of tickets, they have different activities for all ages, and a snack bar. Staff could use a little more customer service training. Like greet customers and pay attention to customer when redeeming tickets for gifts.

Br
Review №19

Short staffed to thr point the wristbands we bought were pretty much useless and cost more than the 2 things we got to use them for alone. Bumper boats were down, no one was assisting the bumper cars, most of the arcade games were out dated or out of order and they didnt have much of a selection at the ticket counter. Not going back.

Di
Review №20

Its was a great time for the boys. And reasonable prices. I recommend it for all ages

Th
Review №21

We had a great time. Its a real shame that this place seems to have trouble with business. Spend a play day here while you still can.

ti
Review №22

Played mini golf with family. Was not cheap but was well planned out course. Place is in noticeable disrepair inside and out. One of the 3 major fountains was out and the various miniature houses are pretty worn down. With a little fix up and more public attention, this place would be great.

Ro
Review №23

Had a great time riding gocarts with my son there. We were the only 2 riders so they let us ride a little extra. That said the young kids operating the go-carts where a little sketchy. Im not sure what all they do in that shop but they definitely didnt want my son and I to see it. They went way out of their way to keep us from getting near it. Idk... But we did have fun

jm
Review №24

Entertaining. The kids loved it. The employees were friendly. Not too busy (we went on a Thursday morning). Reminds me of a Chuck E Cheese with go-carts and mini-golf. Spent about two hours and the kids were done. A little old and pricey.

Ch
Review №25

Dont waste your money or time, even with a Groupon this place is not worth it. Its extremely dirty and run down, many of the games were out of order as well as several of the rides. The kiddie carts were not working, the bumper cars only had 4 of 6 cars operational (we were told they were broken), the fence at the outdoor bumper boats is broken with no safety signs or cones (my sons friend went to use the gate and the whole thing feel down right in front of us - he could have been injured). The pump in the bumper boat pool is broken so the water is green and gross looking. The restrooms were beyond disgusting and several of the stalls were out of order. The staff is extremely rude and inconsiderate, they were short staffed as well - we had to find workers to open the rides we wanted to use. Water Wars was also broken, couldnt use that either! The height requirement on the bigger go carts is 56 inches so be sure to check heights before going. Our children were very disappointed and said they never wanted to go back. I couldnt agree more! All in all we had a horrible experience!

KA
Review №26

This place is pretty run down. Mini golf course is dark and in marked. The green is all torn and wrinkled. The go carts are badly worn. One of them was smoking. Multipe arcade games were out of order. The place is short staffed. We tried to get drinks from snack bar and no one was to be found. We waited at the counter for several minutes twice and gave up on drinks.

Do
Review №27

Mini golf is nice here, but could use some repairs and updates. The arcade leaves something to be desired. Overall, not bad, but could be better.

Al
Review №28

The Miniature golf course was a blast. Inside was nice and neat. Looking forward to going back and trying the go Karts out.

An
Review №29

Dont like it starting off then it got very fun seeing my daughter face as she enjoyed herself.

Ou
Review №30

Go Karts were fun. Batting cages didnt work like they were supposed to. 14 pitches per token was more like 2 pitches per token. We paid for an hour and the machines didnt work. Someone finally came out to fix it after 40 minutes. We received a 20 minute rain check from a manger who took another 20 minutes of our time. We will try again on the cages, but only because we have a 20 minute voucher.

Br
Review №31

Eh... it was hard to not give a review... this place is more like gateway boring park!! if you have kids that are 8 and under that are short take them somewhere else because they cant ride the go carts, every other game was broken and one game took my tokens... my nephews were easily bored and the bumper cars were like a 30 sec ride... and they dont even have wheelchair accessible doors nor anything else... needs a major upgrade to the entire place to attract more customers!!! but the staff was nice only reason i gave it a 3.

Su
Review №32

The party room was EXTREMELY HOT!! We had to move to the common area, after having paid for the room. Too many games were Out Of Service.

Al
Review №33

Kids loved the lawnmower like go carts. It was fun.

Le
Review №34

ALWAYS a Great Time.....wish they had the bumper boats running

Ni
Review №35

There are a handful of new games to play. The rest is old arcade games that kids just laugh at. The go cart track is decent. Thats about it.

Ap
Review №36

Great placr for the kids. Did get to have the outdoor fun. So i give it a three. Oh plus they need better pizes.

Jo
Review №37

We attended a birthday party here recently. The staff was friendly and considerate. The only frustrations I experienced was that several if their games were out if order and not clearly marked.

Co
Review №38

Alright place to go on this side of Saint Louis. If you dont want to make the 40+ min. trip across the river. Have not updated a thing for about 15yrs or so.

To
Review №39

The pricing was good for what they had. The people that worked there were ok once they came out from wherever they were hiding!

Ma
Review №40

Used to go here years ago as one of the previous names for this facility. Went for a special Saturday with the kids. Just terrible. Guy at the counter was uninterested in helping. Miniature golf was hilarious. 2 mirror 18 hole courses but one side was closed. Balls felt like they were 100 years old. Like hitting a rock with a putter. Putter was falling apart in my hand as the grip was falling off and I was holding metal in places. You can see where waterfalls and decorations should have been, but they instead are all dry. Go karts, whole garage of them. Unfortunately only 2 single and 2 double were working. We had 2 parents and 3 girls old enough to drive. At least one had to watch if we were lucky enough to not have someone else in line with us taking one of the 4. Please put this place out of its misery.

an
Review №41

Staff was very pleasant. Loved go carts.

Sc
Review №42

Customer service was horrible I will never book a party with them again. Not only was the manager Brittany rude but they only had 4 bumper cars, 4 bumper boats and 10 go-carts working.

Ry
Review №43

Had an enjoyable experience. A little busy and a mildly unkept. Home to an arcade with prize desk, minigolf, go-kart track, and water balloon war. Definitely fun for the whole family. For the outdoor minigolf the decor has been subjected to the elements, which adds to the theme for the old West (or in this case Midwestern motif)

To
Review №44

This place is awful!! It’s run down dirty and disgusting the ponds were full of dragon flys and mosquitoes, u can tell the owners absolutely don’t care about this place at all the restrooms were disgusting!! Half of the games didn’t work the bumper boat pond didn’t know have boats the pond had disgusting water in it that smelled and was full of bugs that were biting us!! The ticket thing was broke down the atm was broke down they weighed the tickets and gave us a random number also the little prize cabinet was empty the candy was stale and old, the tickets didn’t come out of the games we had to beat some of the games to get them to take the coins, it 2 to 4 coins for the games, the lady at the food counter walked away and never came back, it’s a horrible place don’t go...it’s sad.

La
Review №45

Place is runned down bad. Staff isnt friendly at all........ Half of arcade games dont work. Bathroom is absolutely disgusting. Only reason Im giving 2 stars is because of go carts.

Em
Review №46

Had a great time, cant wait to come back with the kids

Mi
Review №47

Had a great time. The bumper cars were fun. Food is also great! Once again had a really fun time. :)

An
Review №48

I took my 3 year old grandson here and he absolutely loved it. There are indoor bumper cars and he was able to go by himself. The mini golf was way too slow for him. My son and I took turns driving go-carts with him and he couldnt get enough. He also drove himself on the kiddie version.The drawbacks.The price. 75.00 for two hours of rides seemed a little high. Maybe for 4-5 hrs but not 2.Attendants. Attendants arent really assigned to a particular attraction so we had to go get someone when we wanted to ride the bumper cars or kiddie go-carts. And they had to split that time between the attractions and the prize center. The one attendant who seemed to go wherever he was needed was Termez. He was great with my grandson and made sure he had a great time while being safe.

Br
Review №49

Paid $25 for faimly of 4 to play mini golf, played course 2. What a mistake. This course was terrible, greens were cut and ripped, wrinkled, water was stagnant and not flowing. Tried to speak with someone in charge but couldnt be found.I will say course 1 appeared to have brand new greens and water was a fresh blue. Maybe renovations are in the works, but they could at least tell paying customers that course 2 is under construction or in need of repair.

do
Review №50

Poor lighting on the golf course. Maybe 4 lighys worked on 18 holes.Was a group of 7 in front of us when scorecard says no more than 4 to a group. Wont be back!!!

Qu
Review №51

Great place for me and my daughter to bond!!!

Vi
Review №52

My son had a blast for his 8th birthday!!! He was excited

Ta
Review №53

Great family place. But since its getting close to summer, maybe open all the attractions.

Da
Review №54

So much potential, but this place is a dive.

Aa
Review №55

This is s great place for a birthday party. We take the kids here at least once a year, and we have a blast.

Ni
Review №56

Could really use some maintenance in the arcade, but otherwise great.

al
Review №57

5/7 perfect score

Sw
Review №58

This is a good place because they have really good go karts and I abulutly love it

Je
Review №59

Fun place for kiids af all ages

To
Review №60

Love it my grandson had his birthday party here

ad
Review №61

Nothing more disappointing than being ripped off. Do not recommend it at all.

ve
Review №62

What an awesome Place made me feel like I was a kid again go-karts Pac-Man skeeball just too much to say had a blast

Ka
Review №63

This place has gone down hill. We paid $25 for 2 hours unlimited Go-Karts, bumper cars, mini golf, and batting cages. I was able to do 2 things because of the wait and no staff available. So not worth the money. We then had to pay for the bumper cars and 3 of the 5 cars were broken along with a couple of go karts broken when we did those. Some of the arcade games were broken and not much of a selection. Not only that, the staff were not very friendly or accommodating. Much rather pay the little bit extra and go to Edisons next time!

Pa
Review №64

Great aracade, great mini-golf, and great go karting. But few staff members causing wait that goes on for a while.

Je
Review №65

Not a bad place to take the kids to for an afternoon to get out of the house. Geared towards the small age in kids in my opinion.

Li
Review №66

No attendants at several of the things we bought tickets to. Ticket counter broke bunch of broken arcade games. Normally a great time but more frustrating then anything today. Hope they straighten it out.

LM
Review №67

Omg!!!! I was so upset, my husband and I went on a Friday paid $65 for wristbands to go on all the attractions, tried bumper boats where the water was filthy and there was no attendant to let u in, tried go karts and my go kart broke down, tried mini golf balls got stuck on like the 5th hole, paid additional money for batting cages(softball) that were broke and i wasnt even offered a refund after guy realized he couldnt fix it, water wars broke and not even open, finally went back inside to bumper cars, no attendant and his bumper car kept cutting off (also broke) so Im wondering why are they accepting $$ with all the broke down equipment not to mention we had to hunt down staff on everything except go karts which had like 4 guys working like why dont up split up and work other attractions idk, but i do know i was severely disappointed BUYER BEWARE!!!

Ja
Review №68

Not very big, but pretty fun place.

Ja
Review №69

A very fun place that holds a very special place in my fiances and my heart

Da
Review №70

Run down, hardly any arcade games worked right, got screwed out of several tokens and tickets. Had one ticket reader machine that stopped working twice. People with bags of tickets taking 10-15 minutes to do their tickets. Overall not a very fun experience.

Du
Review №71

Cheap golf but the place is pretty rundown

De
Review №72

This place has went down since the last time I was there. Service was bad half the machine was out of order and the soda machine wasnt working either. So we wasnt satifed at all.

Ad
Review №73

Kids loved it and good prices. Staff was very helpfuk

Re
Review №74

Awesome family place and fun for kids and adults!

Ma
Review №75

Needs a little work and my minigolf stick was sticky

Gr
Review №76

Fun for kids. recommend weeknights.

Le
Review №77

Great place at a great price

De
Review №78

Great place to go, to pass the time

Do
Review №79

Not maintained well at all. Very unkept and dirty facilities. Many lights burnt out on the property. Meh.

Jo
Review №80

Great place to get out and act like a kid for a couple hours.

jm
Review №81

Great place to take kids

Ed
Review №82

Great Place to have Birthday Party for Kids!!!!

Du
Review №83

Need new and better games.

As
Review №84

Their games hardly ever work, and when u ask one of the teenagers for help they give u an attitude

Br
Review №85

Batting cages are out of order.

To
Review №86

Great place for kids

Sh
Review №87

Fun for all ages.

jo
Review №88

Lots of games and activites for the whole family.

Ma
Review №89

Amazing place.

Ma
Review №90

Little sprucing up and it would be better

Be
Review №91

Lots of fun, great place, great friendly staff,

Ro
Review №92

When my child got hurt manager immediately ask me to sign release waiver

Ni
Review №93

Fun day!

Am
Review №94

Fun place

Mi
Review №95

Loved it

De
Review №96

Fun but outdated....

To
Review №97

Old games old place

Ta
Review №98

So much fun!!!

Dy
Review №99

This place is trash. Avoid.

Em
Review №100

Extremely disappointed. This establishment has gone way down hill. Quite a few of the games do not work, most of the games cost a dollar (and you might get 4 tickets), and the staff is unfriendly. Drive the extra 15 min to Chuck e cheese.

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  • Address:8 Gateway Dr, Collinsville, IL 62234, United States
  • Site:http://www.gatewayfun.com/
Categories
  • Amusement park
Highlights
  • Active military discounts:Yes
Accessibility
  • Wheelchair-accessible car park:Yes
  • Wheelchair-accessible entrance:Yes
  • Wheelchair-accessible toilet:Yes
Amenities
  • Good for kids:Yes
  • Restaurant:Yes
  • Toilets:Yes
Crowd
  • Family friendly:Yes
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