Summer, Summer, SUMMER!

Our summer is in FULL GEAR! The ocean is beautiful and the boardwalk as alive as ever. Our summer’s been a whole ton of fun; we’re far from getting bored around here!

Something we’ve done the past few years is put a prize wheel out on the boardwalk. Anyone could spin it for free– yes, you could have too- and it was a really fun thing to see all of our guests’ faces light up after they spun it and saw what they won. It would be out every day during the weekday until 2PM.

Because we’ve had so much fun with it in the past we thought we’d bring it out again!! Have you walked by it yet?

As you already know, we’ve been going through a long rebranding process since late winter. It was expected to take a while, but it’s felt so surreal seeing a big piece of our brand start to come together: new overhead signs! Even though we’ve been and will always be the same fun-loving family-friendly arcade, we’re extremely thrilled to be able to pair our brand’s character with a friendlier presentation! We’re in the process of getting new ones for our Central and North locations. How does it look?

You love the Wizard of Oz. We do, too! We happened across a game extremely similar to it: Willy Wonka style!

And because of your feedback of the two we’ve had in the back of our South location for a while, we decided to add a six-sider next to our Wizard of Oz games!! It’s a great modern coin-pusher game with some great new variants to it. Have you tried it yet? What do you think?

And, before you ask, we are NOT getting rid of Wizard of Oz!

We’ve been having so much fun with you this summer- all the best to you and yours-

-and happy gaming!

-Solomon at Zelky’s

Dolly the Elephant: a Trip Back in Time

If you’ve ever been to our North location you’ve probably seen Dolly the Elephant out on the boardwalk.

Dolly has been with Zelky’s since the beginning: 1985. Before she came to us she was on the boardwalk in Ocean City.

We’ve heard that Dolly has a history of being a Crime Stopper as well: a long time ago, probably even before 1985, someone had stolen something and was running away from the police down the boardwalk. Looking behind them for a second, at full speed, the criminal didn’t see Dolly on the boardwalk in front of his path. He tripped, fell, and was caught by the police! Only Dolly’s ear was chipped; we like to call it a battle scar.

She’s a model elephant ride that erupted in the 1950’s, and the model has lasted throughout the years as a classic collector’s ride! We’ve held her as a precious gem for a long time. She’s gone through a lot of restoration and repainting throughout the years.

We’ve heard of many parents taking pictures of their kids on the elephant year after year, growing up from childhood through adulthood, on their yearly trips to our arcade! It’s really priceless to us to hear that people have these traditions!

Check her out next time you’re on the boardwalk- maybe you can start a new family tradition! 😉

On the topic of Zelky’s history, check out this video clip of our North location in 1987! Were you around then?

-Solomon at Zelky’s

We’re having a BLAST this summer. Are you?

If you’ve been following our social media at all I’m assuming you’ve been able to get a small taste of us in full-gear!

Summer is here and we’re inviting YOU to join us in the fun!

The weather is beach perfect. The arcade is better than ever. We’re always getting new games in. Our International Students are doing great this year and our Supervisor team is becoming stronger and stronger.

Here are some other things we’ve been doing to help you make even BETTER memories with us this year:

• We’re slowly adapting and changing our aesthetic to fit our new branding under Zelky’s.

• New signs for our South and North locations should be coming in soon!
• We’ve put new PLINKO prize coins in our machines.

• We’ve introduced the Mystery Prize Box- an assortment of surprises where you never know what’s in ’em!

• Dolly the Elephant is back after her looooong recovery stage!

• We’re putting up new monitors at each of the locations to run some informative slides for you guys.

• We even got fancy and put our Zelky’s logo on the Space Invaders display!

And that’s not even close to everything we’ve been doing! Things are chugging. We’re always changing to make the Zelky’s experience better for you, your friends, and your family. It’s made for a super fun summer! We’ve even got some SPECIAL secrets that we hope to share with you over the next couple months!

Have you made any memories at Zelky’s yet this year? Summer’s just begun; it’s not too late! We’re here 7 days a week!

From the Zelky’s Family to Yours,

-Solomon at Zelky’s

“We’re Painting The Roses Zelky’s Pink”

Our South location is now open on weekends along with our other two locations on the Rehoboth Beach boardwalk.

WOOT WOOT!

It’s our largest location and it definitely lives up to its size!

Brett and the rest of the team have been working hard at making sure we’re running soundly. We’re going above and beyond to constantly improve the Zelky’s experience at all three locations for you guys.

Since we’re not open during the week quite yet we’ve gotten the opportunity to do heavy rearranging and upgrading to our Central location. Something big is in the works there and we hope to be able to tell you about it soon!!

We’re also in the process of changing Central’s wall color from green to Zelky’s Pink (the ocean glare makes it hard to see but that doesn’t make it any less true!).

We aren’t a problem-free company. There’s no such thing. We’ve had our fair share of problems to solve to improve your Zelky’s experience and the biggest one has been setting up our new swipe card system. It’s a very complicated system but we’ve come a long way to get it working the way it is right now.

We’re super pleased with the result and we’re absolutely THRILLED to now offer you reloadable, bonus-packed swipe cards that you can use at any arcade on the boardwalk!

Summer is coming. We’re ready. Are YOU ready?

-Solomon at Zelky’s

Cape Gazette Article

In recent events, we’ve been featured in an article by the Cape Gazette! It was released in the February 23rd paper and you can find it at this link.

Going through the rebranding process has been ultra-exciting for us. There’s so much history to reflect on, especially for Matt and his family. We’ve come a long way but changing names, logos, and more has sparked a lot of reminiscence.

Matt used to be a seven-year-old kid who would come into the arcade from the hot sun, slap on a coin belt and ask people if they needed change.

He, Chuck, and the arcade have come a long way!

There’s a ton of history for the arcade to remember. In ’85, Chuck transformed a dark and dingy bowling alley and bathhouse into the first Arcade.

Now there’s 3 of our favorite arcades all within a mile of each other on the boardwalk. Who woulda thunk!

There will be a full history page on our website coming to you soon. In the meantime, you can read our featured Cape Gazette article here. Let us know what you think; we wouldn’t be doing all this without you!

-Solomon at Zelky’s