Challenge Family Fun Center

The miniature golf course is very well maintained. There are no worn greens. The water features are clean with no algae. All the flowers make it very pretty. We were given two tokens for skee– ball when we were done. The arcade is mostly for younger kids. They have ice cream and drinks for sale. There’s some indoor and outdoor seating to enjoy your treats.

We had a birthday party here and the service met all of our expectations. The employees paid a lot of attention to what we needed and were considerate to our schedule. The food was good and the atmosphere was enjoyable. Thank you for a fun experience.

This could be an unfair rating, because it was winter and mini golf not open. Inside, the candle pin bowling was okay (3 alleys), didn’t do batting cages but they looked okay. Other than that, except for a mediocre air hockey game, this is for kids under 10 and not very big. We were ready to leave with my 12 year old within 20 minutes.

Stuff is old and beat up a little, but it’s a good time. The staff is friendly and the ice cream is good. The batting cages leave much to be desired, but the mini golf and arcade make for a fun night. Bring your hand sanitizer.

Yikes. So this place is right next to Indian Echo Caverns and the batting cages are indoors (all 2 of them) and they look like mini caverns/​dungeons ($ 2.50 for 16 pitches). The inside looks used, old, small, dingy and dirty, and not that it matters but the parking lot is unpaved. The inside has an arcade which is par– but even that rating is questionable. They have ‘indoor mini bowling’ think duck pins in a space that needs to be condemned. Like every place within a 30 mile radius of Hershey, as no surprise they sell Heresy ice cream and there’s outdoor seating for maybe 10 people at best. The mini golf supposedly has 22 holes but it looks like there’s only room for 3 holes because the course is so small and cramped. Needless to say we didn’t stay or play on anything we left and went to Adventure Sports in Hershey which is way better than this place.

Our family has been going here since we were pregnant with our first daughter, who is now 15. It does not get old, they have done an excellent job of keeping up with the trends with the games in the arcade and we LOVE their Staff! Very friendly atmosphere, convenient location to the highway, also the food is not elaborate, but it sure is very good for the price! We loved our homemade pizza and bbq sandwich! The owner and his wife were there and they were AWESOME! I recommend this place if your traveling or live right in the Hershey area!

So what do you get when combine mini golf, an arcade, duck pin bowling, and batting cages together? The hell if I know but it was sure fun finding out.
We went very impromptu in August on a Thursday and overall the experience was pretty good although it’s also a bit expensive.
First off they’ve got a 22 hole mini golf course that was fun. I’ve seen more challenging courses, like over at Village Greens in Strasburg, but it wasn’t bad. The only weird thing is that there was no attendant at the mini golf stand as you were expected to pay inside the arcade building and then just go over and take your clubs and a ball and play.
Now obviously if none of the staff are paying attention then I guess people could play and never pay. Eventually someone from the staff caught up to us, and everybody else that was playing, as asked to see our receipt showing that we paid but it wasn’t until the 16^th or 17^th hole.
We didn’t use the batting cages but some people did and the equipment looks pretty beat up. I noticed a staff member had to go in and un-​jam/​tinker with the one pitching machine several times while we were inside.
The duck pin bowling is interesting. They have three small bowling lanes with pins that are attached to strings and the balls are solid and maybe slightly bigger than a softball. Roll the ball down the lane just like in regulation bowling and you have duck pin bowling. It’s fun and it’s good for younger children not capable of lugging a regulation sized bowling ball.
The arcade was alright, although a few machines were broken and one was getting worked on, but it’s just typical redemption stuff where you play games and get tickets for old tooth breaking candy or small cheap Chinese plastic toys.
There was a food area where you could get ice cream, pizza, and hot dogs but I can’t say that I saw anyone manning that area or that I saw anyone getting any food.
Arcade Tokens
4 for $ 1
Miniature Golf
Children 12 & under $ 5.50
All others $ 7.00
Batting Cages
$ 2.50 a round
Mini-​Bowling
$ 3.50 per game
The above are their prices for 2012.
As you can see things for a family of four can get very pricey, very quick if everybody wants to engage in more than one activity or if you really have an interest in spending a ton of cash for a Chinese plastic trinket in their redemption area.
They do have a $ 10 off coupon in the Harrisburg-​Hershey visitors guide coupon book to help with the sting and apparently there is some kind of locals discount card that you can buy to further reduce the cost (only mentioned at the location and not on their website).
The staff will ask you if you are a local but if you say no they won’t explain to you what it is or how much it costs even if you intend to come back more during the year (like we did).
Overall we had a good time at Challenge and if I had another coupon maybe we would come back but without some kind of discount it’s just too much price wise to do everything or to be a frequent visitor.

Well, it’s been awhile since we’ve been mini-​golfing, but we thought we’d take the kids and their friend out to give it a swing (no pun intended!). First, let me say that AJ, the guy at the entrance booth was the most important part of our experience simply because he took the time out to refresh my memory as to what to do by taking us onto the practice green and letting the kids see how to hold the golf club etc. He was so personable and made the kids laugh and feel relaxed. To the owners of this place, you have a valuable employee here and we will be suggesting this place due to his kindness.
As for the golf course itself, it was such a nice place to spend our time. The fresh flowers were beautiful, the grass was well trimmed. I really don’t have anything negative to say regarding this golf course. We didn’t, however get an opportunity to go into the arcade or go into the restaurant, but I assure you that we will give it a try at our next outing.
Be sure to purchase a discount card if you live locally. The cost is $ 20 but you save $ 1 on each person and they also email you ‘specials’ that are additional money savers.