Is this really new news?
The last kids’ birthday party I went to there was over half a year ago, and even then they had gotten rid off the animatronics and just had cartoon characters in video on a few screens and one person in a Chuck costume (and one or two non-costumed employees too).
This wasn’t in the Texas and Missouri markets as in the news story, but the San Francisco Bay Area, where I assume they have a greater presence.
No. I am not going to go to other locations nearby to see if they have all ditched the animatronics.
