Pacific Paradise

A good place to spend a lot of money. We like to feature Pacific Paradise on your YouTube vlog, Braaescapades. One of the good things about this place is that they are open year-round. We've visited a couple of times now and they usually only have one or two staff members working so if the place is busy, you can't get very good service. I stood around at the snack bar waiting for about ten minutes before just giving up altogether. The games are typical but well maintained. Only a few games were down while we were there, but the focus is on obtaining tickets or winning prizes. I miss the good ole' arcades where you could just dump quarters into video games and when you left, you had a sense of accomplishment because you finally beat that game you'd been playing for months. I'm not interested in the inflated trinkets that you can literally buy for pennies elsewhere but need to drop $100 to try and collect enough tickets to trade for here. I get it though, the little kids think it's cool. Every time we've visited, it has been in winter, so we haven't been able to enjoy the mini golf course or the bumper boats. I saw advertisements for go-karts but I didn't see the track here so that may be someplace else. They have an attraction where you purchase a bag of dirt. The prices range from $10 to $65!!! and then your kid takes the dirt and dumps it into a basket that they then put in running water and voila! ROCKS! I guess for rockhound types, this is exciting, but I don't feel like you actually get your money's worth with this tourist trap. Not like you're going to find a diamond or some real gold or anything. If you are staying in Ocean Shores and looking for some interactive entertainment, Pacific Paradise can fill that void for a few hours. Most of the games take a prepaid card that you can purchase on site. Some still take cash but don't get too caught up in the games where you can win a toy or a jackpot of tickets because they are rigged in favor of the house, and you will have lighter pockets faster than you can blink. Cheers.