Plaza Amusement Arcade Skegness

The Plaza Amusement arcade on Grand Parade is one of the largest amusement arcade venues in the Skegness tourist area. The venue boasts a large selection of amenities and attractions that go far beyond most regular seaside arcades. 

Plaza is connected to the equally large Empire amusement arcade next door via the ‘Carnival Street’ gaming area that boasts an impressive range of larger arcade machines ideal for younger children.

Arcade Entrance

Plaza Arcade is separated into 4 main areas. Front left is the adult gaming section, rear left is the mini bowling lanes and café with seating and pool tables. At the rear-right area of the venue is the prize shop and ticket windows. Front-right is a bumper car Orbiters track, where patrons can enjoy indoor dodgems.

With an extensive frontage and several different openings, it is evident that the front of the arcade is packed full of young kiddie rides of all shapes and sizes. These then mix into various types of other arcade games and prize-winning machines. 

On the left-hand side of the frontage is a separate street entrance for the adult casino slots lounge. This is called the ‘Plaza Casino’ and is clearly demarked and separate from the rest of the arcade. 

Plaza Casino Slots Lounge

In the Plaza Casino, players can find a great range of different digital slot machines from a range of terminal providers such as Blueprint Gaming, Eclipse and Golden Greats. Top prizes are available from £25 and go up to £500 jackpots with many machines having £100 jackpots.

Both Luck of the Irish and King Kong Cash casino slots were available here with community link. There were also community variants of Fruitinator, Eye of Horus and Fishin Frenzy The Big Catch. 

They also have a good balance of more traditional mechanical slot machines with some Bar X style cabinets including Jokers and Random Gold and the modern looking Reel of Fortune. 

Heading out of the rear entrance into the main arcade area visitors are met with an expansive range of different machines. The left door opens into Carnival Street or arcade explorers can continue deeper into this huge arcade, navigating through a great range of classic and modern arcade machines. 

£5 Jackpot Fruit Machines

The £5 jackpot fruit machines are dotted around the section nearest the casino slots lounge and there are many different types including individual cabinets such as Monopoly, Crazy Fruits, Around the Clock, Cops and Robbers, Pots of Gold, Monopoly Hot Property, Batman Gotham City, Rainbow Riches and Pink Panther. 

There are also many chrome-cabinet machines and also arch-top cabinets including Clockwork Oranges, Golden Keys and Party People. Triple row machines include classic such as Party Time, Golden Game and many more. Sit-down quads include Adders and Ladders, Party Time Double Decker and Gold Rush. Along the outer walls are several triple machines including Rainbow Riches, Party Time, Bullion Bars and Lady Luck Moonstruck. 

To the rear of the arcade is a raised area that houses the six lanes of Mini Bowlingo. This is where a Lady Luck Moonstruck triple is located and also some retro slots including Bar-X fruit machines with walnut veneer cabinets, for a very nice retro aesthetic. Alongside the mini bowling is a café serving food and hot drinks with some seating and tables laid out across the shared raised section. There is also a selection of Skill Ball machines in this section which include Pac-Man, Zingy and classic Skill Ball. 

Ticket Slot Machines

If players prefer to hold and nudge in ticket wins instead of coins, then the Plaza Arcade has a great selection of triple and stand-alone ticket slot machines for high-rollers to enjoy.

Stand alone ticket slots include Tickety Boo and Puffing Billy. Triple row ticket slot games include Aladdin, Temple of (doom) Tickets and a sit-down four player Dracula game with upper feature reel. 

Coin Pushers

Plaza amusements has a great range of classic and modern coin pushers with most paying out ticket prizes. There are modern machines with upper feature boards including Snakes & Ladders, Monopoly, Haunted House, Cops and Robbers and Let’s Go Bingo. These coin pusher games are great fun and allow players to progress around an upper feature board or play bingo and offer the chance to win huge ticket prizes. 

There are also many coin pushers that just have three reels above the shelf and pay out ticket prizes if players can match three in-a-row like a traditional fruit machine. These include Sweet Falls, Pac Man, Deal or No Deal, Merry Go Round, Minions, Lady Bug, Busy Bees and many more. 

A special mention for the hybrid modern coin pushers Avengers Super Bonus 3000 and Ticket Circus, where players use timing skill to win tickets with stacks of coins. 

Players can also find some retro and unique examples in the form of Cosmic Invaders and Hi-Roller classic coin flippers or enjoy the Namco Casino Winner, which is a two pence coin pusher with integrated display and roulette style game,

Crane Claw Machines

There are many claw machines dotted around the venue and patrons can find a cluster at the front of the venue near the Orbiters. Here, they have a giant machine called ‘The Big One’ where players can win giant Disney plush toys. There are also some regular sized Elaut grabbers in this area, where favourites such as Winnie the Pooh and Lilo & Stitch can be won. There are also Win Fall Revolution machines with lovely key chain prizes and also a Maxx Grab crane machine, where players can win huge bundles of tickets.

In the front of the arcade venue, there is also a row of six Magic Claw machines where players can win plush teddies including Ratatouille, Deadpool, Winnie the Pooh, Monster Inc and many other great characters.

Classic Arcade Games 

Fans of the classics will be happy to know that there are several air hockey tables in this amusements including Pac Man Smash and Air FX. Arcade explorers with a keen eye will also notice a Deal or No Deal Deluxe quiz machine that also pays out tickets. 

Aside from the two player Mario Kart DX racing game, there did not seem to be many other arcade racing machines here, though Plaza makes up for this with a nice range of classic fruit machines and also young kiddie rides (which they have a great selection of near the entrance). At the front entrance is also a lovely red London bus ride, which is perfect for small children. 

Fairground Games

There is no shortage of ticket fairground games in this entertainment complex and contenders can spot fan favourites such as Sonic Allstars basketball, Coconut Shy, Sink It, Milk Jug Toss, Down the Clown and Pixel Chase all paying ticket wins.

They also have Count Dracula and Bingo King roll-down games where you roll the two pence along the conveyor belt to hit the targets to win big tickets on the feature / bingo board.

Funfair fans will love the Fishbowl Frenzy arcade game, a modern take on the classic sideshow where players aim balls into glass jars to win prizes. While the concept remains the same, today's version challenges players to time shots perfectly on a digital display to land balls in jars for ticket wins.

Big Ticket Arcade Machines

Our motto is ‘go big or go home!’ So make sure to try out some of these monster arcade machines that will entertain young minds and fill pockets with wads of tickets.

Players can enjoy Demolition King, Piano Keys, Pirates Hook, Wild West Shootout, SpongeBob SquarePants – Pirates of Bikini Bottom and Zombie Outbreak. 

Wheel Spinner Arcade Games

With no shortage of great games, visitors to the Plaza venue in Skegness can find some great examples of wheel spinner arcade machines and these include Wheel of Fortune, Crank It, Big Win Super Spin, Monopoly Roll-n-go, Treasure Quest and Scooby Doo – Where are you? These spinning arcade games are a great source of big-ticket wins!

Win Tickets - Get Prizes!

The prize shop is at the very back of the arcade and is well signposted, not that it’s hard to miss given the ticket window is gigantic with hundreds of great prizes are on display for players to redeem. There is a huge range of different prizes to be won from sweets and soft toys to ornaments and electronics. 

Venue Verdict

Plaza Amusement Arcade is very large and with the two interconnected arcades it becomes a giant entertainment complex. They have refreshments and seating across all venues for good reason. Visitors could spend a full day of fun playing in the Plaza arcade and not even discover all of the fun attractions available.  

With a great range of machines for every age group, work together on winning tickets or compete with family on large modern fairground rides and games. A fantastic venue to spend a full day (or week) come rain or shine. 

Featured Machine: Fishbowl Frenzy Ticket Arcade Game