Port Orange, FL (5539 S Williamson Blvd)

Port Orange, FL (5539 S Williamson Blvd)
About
Date opened	December 26, 2013 / March 12, 2025 (soft opening)
Date closed	September 29, 2022 (destroyed)
Address	5539 S Williamson Blvd, Port Orange, Florida

Port Orange, Florida (5539 S Williamson Blvd) was a Chuck E. Cheese's that opened on December 26, 2013 with a Circles of Light, 32M. It was destroyed on September 29, 2022 due to the structure caving in on itself during Hurricane Ian. The building has been tore down, and a new one has since finished construction and had a grand reopening on March 13, 2025.

History

Opening

Port Orange first opened a location on December 26th, 2013 with a Circles of Light stage. The animatronic was originally from the Dallas, TX (13125 Montfort Dr) location, which removed their animatronic during late-2012, about a year prior to Port Orange's grand opening. This has been confirmed, as both serial codes have been checked, and they matched. The location first opened with the 2013 Update CoL stage and closed before a remodel was ever able to take place. The animatronic character was in good condition for the first half of it's life cycle, but then slowly fell into disrepair. Just before the store closed, the mouth, eyes, foot, and body movements barley worked at all.

Hurricane Ian

Port Orange, FL (5539 S Williamson Blvd) was a fairly large store that stood in the middle of the Port Orange Pavilion, but tragically on September 29, 2022 the building would stand no more. In the midst of Hurricane Ian the roof of the building would give out, simultaneously causing the east wall to cave in as well. No one is sure why this happened, but since there were little to no drains on the roof many assume that the intense amount of rainfall from the hurricane created a "swimming pool" of sorts on the roof, and the weight of the water was too much for it to handle. After the dust settled the interior and exterior were completely totaled. The left, and most of the back side of the building suffered minimal damage, however almost the entire right side of the store was practically gone. Nearly the entire arcade was crushed by insulation and metal support beams that had fallen from the roof. The eerie sight of a destroyed Chuck E. Cheese lasted for almost 2 weeks. While the animatronic and did survive the initial impact from the hurricane, they were destroyed after the building was demolished in October.

Reopening

It was confirmed in an official email sent by CEC Entertainment that reconstruction of the store would begin in May of 2023, and the store would hopefully reopen in November of 2023. The location would reopen as a Pizza & Games (2.0) remodeled store, featuring the Chuck E. Live stage. However, the reconstruction date of the store was later officially pushed to October 2nd, 2023, with a set opening date of March 4th, 2024 by Parkway Construction & Architecture. This date was eventually delayed by over a year. The reopening date was March 13, 2025, featuring Chuck, Helen, and Munch mascot characters.

Trivia

• Port Orange opened at the same time as the West Palm Beach, Florida (2471 Okeechobee Blvd) location. West Palm Beach also opened with a Circles of Light stage but unlike Port Orange, is still open today with the Pizza & Games (2.0) remodel.
• Port Orange was confirmed to have 2 walkarounds in-store, as 2 were found during the demolition process. Sadly, they were both destroyed by corporate shortly after they were found.
• The serial code on the Port Orange animatronic was #155, which matched that of the Dallas, TX (13125 Montfort Dr) location's, meaning that it has now been confirmed that those are in fact the same animatronics.
• Some of the party table benches were salvaged from Port Orange and were used at the West Orlando, Florida (7456 W Colonial Dr) location before it got 2.0.

Gallery

Port Orange's exterior (pre-Hurricane Ian)

Port Orange ariel shot (pre-Hurricane Ian)

Port Orange's gameroom (pre-Hurricane Ian)

Chuck E. Cheese walkaround in Port Orange (pre-Hurricane Ian)

Port Orange's 32M Circles of Light stage. (pre-Hurricane Ian)

Circles of Light sideview

Full Port Orange bot (June 1, 2022)

Port Orange bot close-up (June 1, 2022)

Up close with Port Orange's animatronic (photo taken days before Hurricane Ian)

Port Orange's exterior (post-Hurricane Ian)

Port Orange ariel shot (post-Hurricane Ian)

Port Orange's gameroom (post-Hurricane Ian)

Port Orange's destroyed skeeball machine (post-Hurricane Ian)

Port Orange's 32M Circles of Light stage (post-Hurricane Ian)

The invitation sent to locals on March 12, 2025

Exterior as of March 13, 2025

A side view of the new store

Port Orange's Gameroom & Prize counter

Port Orange's new Gameroom (with Birthday Blaster)

Port Orange's costume characters (reopening)

$5k check to the Community Organization Active in Disaster

Port Orange Evacuation plan

Additional exterior plans

Port Orange 2.0 exterior plans

Port Orange 2.0 floor plans

Port Orange 2.0 interior plans

Additional interior plans

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