Fly The Dream

It’s not a flight simulator, more like a big video game. It has no movement and the visuals aren’t that great. Not worth the groupon price…
Plus had a 13 year old video game wizard that shot me down 11 times…

I took my wife to Fly the Dream in April 2015, and we had a fun time.
The staff were all very friendly and helpful.
Fly the Dream is an F-​16 simulator. They sit you in a very realistic F-​16 cockpit, and you have a 180 degree projector screen. At first it looks very complicated, but they you realize that most of the toggles and buttons don’t actually do anything, it becomes pretty easy.
You get to fly around for an hour trying to be an ACE fighter pilot. You can shoot down the other players, and some computer driven jets also.
You wear a headset, so you can hear the game controller as well as other pilots in the game. You are allowed to talk smack to each other as your getting blown out of the sky. You can also team up and shoot down other teams.
The experience was fun, both my wife and I really got into shooting down the other planes and flying the F-​16. For a while you actually feel like you are flying around, and forget your in a simulator.
This is a fun experience and I would recommend this attraction to my family and friends.

What a best way to spend a raining weekend than blowing this up in the air. Without worry how much it cost to blow it up lol! I went with my fiends to check this place out and it turn out to be the best rainy day experience.

Had an amazing experience. I went there for the first time and infact it was my first time to fly anything. I got into the place and signed in. The guy managing everything was very nice. I had some conversation about what kind off experience it will be. Will be it just cruising or dog fight. He answered all the questions with a very friendly attitude.
Next comes the instruction part. You need to be attentive since it is very much like a real console. The simulation starts with you already in air so you can get a feel of it. Then after 5 – 10 mins. Probably people will start shooting at you. Thats the fun part! You enter into a dog fight with other people and shoot them down. It was a wonderful experience. I enjoyed it a lot!

We had a great time using our vouchers from Amazon Local. Teddy is super friendly and helpful. The flight experience was awesome and nice and long. It’s a small waiting area for anyone extra but if you’re the one waiting, bring something to do and sit and enjoy the quiet time.

I bought a Groupon for my bf for this place for our One Year Anniversary gift and we have not redeemed it yet. I was going to do it as a surprise for him this Sunday but I tried calling the place 6 times and it kept ringing. No answering machine or anything. When I finally got through, some guy answered with just «hello» and was completely caught off guard when I asked if this was the correct number for Fly the Dream. He seemed like he was outside somewhere, so I assume it was a cell phone. He said he could not help me at that time and to go online to make an apt or to email him. Which in itself was kinda rude.
After reading all the good reviews, and reading some of the bad ones on here, I am really hoping that I did not waste my money on some kind of joke. So far, the phone answering was a joke. I will try to make an appointment online I guess. And hope that the experience itself is better than the phone call and that the simulator isn’t crappy. There was such hype about this place, so I hope it will live up to it.

Fly the Dream is a great experience for anyone who has the dream to fly, and you can get up an flying in just a few short minutes. Shortly thereafter you’ll be looping, rolling, dogfighting and generally having fun in the virtual sky.
Gamers and real-​world pilots may have an advantage in the learning curve.
There are 7 stations that are made to resemble F-​16s with joystick, instrumentation, heads up display and a pc-​generated 120 degree visual screen in front of your reclined «cockpit» seat. Visuals are very good. There is not any motion, however, for you simulator aficionados.
After a short preflight you’ll jump in the cockpit and go flying. It’s actually pretty easy, even for non-​flyers. Missions include dogfights and ground target attacks. It takes some experience to understand what you’re looking at on your instruments and on the «outside» visual, but thirty minutes into the experience you’ll get the gist.
The Good: Staff is very nice and helpful. It’s a great team building activity for groups. The «cockpits» are pretty cool and have many functional features, similar to the real airplane. Visuals are terrific. The heads up display is realistic and cool. You can suit up in flight suits if you want to feel like Tom Cruise in Top Gun. Prices are reasonable with available discounts and Groupons.
The Not-​So Good: Well, it’s not a full motion simulator experience. The cockpit is kinda cool with touch screen controls, but it’s too complicated for beginners. The joystick is not «nailed down», so it cheesily moves around as you make control inputs. The pilot seats move back and forth for access to the cockpit, but staff really want to do the moving to prevent damage to the cockpit — this could be more robustly designed.
So FTD is a fun time for you and your friends, particularly if you are a gamer, a pilot, or even more specifically an F16 alumni. Everyone will have fun, though, and I hope FTD can find success in its business plan.

Time flies when you’re flying… overall, a good experience. Controls are a little strange with pressure sensitive flight stick. Everything is on wheels too which means you move around a bit.

I purchased this as a gift to my son. He is a computer science major and has spent a good portion of his life playing video games and flight simulators. Teddy greeted us and explained what we could expect. They did a great build out of their spot and it was very comfortable. Teddy is the best customer service representative they could have and wish them much success. Teddy is the co-​pilot in the sense of answering any questions and helping the participants out. I would highly recommend a visit. Would be great for groups as well. Not only younger people but adults as well. Thanks Teddy and Jessie.

My brother in law loves flight simulators and was visiting from out of town and interested as soon as I told him about this place. I called to inquire and the gentleman, Teddy I spoke with was friendly and helpful.
Today we came in and my brother in law did the flight simulator and truly enjoyed it. Teddy provided the pilots with an introductory class/​tips on flying and they were off flying.
I did not fly as it’s not my thing but my brother in law loved it and said he would recommend it.
Tip– you can find free 2 hour parking on a side street off Beverly Blvd.

Great place. Very unique experience. My 10 year old son had a blast. Teddy and Jessie are very professional, knowledgeable and pleasure to deal with. My son cannot wait to go back again. We are thinking about having his birthday party there.

I enjoyed this experience thoroughly. Teddy and Jessie were both very helpful and friendly and checked with everyone to make sure they had parked in a place where they wouldn’t be ticketed or towed.
The basic experience was fun, flying around blowing each other up. I will probably go back and do a more advanced session to experience a little more of what they have to offer, but good fun nonetheless.

My husband surprised me for my birthday (with a travel zoo deal) and we had a lot of fun! It was a cool thing to try and the staff is so friendly! Great experience.

Had my nephews 13^th bday party here today and they had a great time! The guys working were very helpful in showing them how to work the simulators. I highly recommend this place for parties of 3 or more just cause it’s more fun to shoot and fly around with other ppl.

Added 1 star for friendly staff. I went to this place because of a Groupon that I bought. Based on description i decided to spend the money but I must say that it wasn’t worth the $ 45 that I payed for it definitely not worth the $ 89 regular price.
You’re better off playing a flying video game at an arcade. I’ve tried one at Dave and Buster’s which was way better and costs less. Or if you have a nice big screen at home you can do that. I guess if you’re looking for a real simulator experience this is not the place and i personally do not recommend it.
Aside from friendly staff I don’t feel the fee is worth the experience. Definitely not if you’re not close to the area. Oh if you make an appointment make sure it’s before 5pm as side street parking is limited to 2hrs, after 6 pm it’s only by residential permit only and there’s very limited metered parking on the street.

Really fun experience and the controls are even weighted to simulate the pressure experienced while flying an actual F-​16, like the joystick. The whole group had a fun time dog fighting each other.

This place was a blast x5 the staff was great I took my gf for her b day she loved it We will definitely be back to fly the dream it was a 10 out of 10

Pros: Good displays and immersive experience.
Cons: GARBAGE software wtf is that. No reload? There are about 4 things u can do, and half of them are to reload your guns. First time «mission» of just shoot everyone just sucks, I can’t image what all the knobs and screens are for.
Design a better user experience or this place will fail miserably. It’s an early adopter to the «pay for a place to do virtual reality» kind of model that will only rise, but it lacks extremely because of the software. The game itself is terrible.
I would rather stay home and play xbox.

This place is a joke. I bought a deal on living social because it looked cool… but don’t be fooled.
If you’re a gamer/​nerd/​gamer nerd you MIGHT appreciate this. But I literally got up and walked out after 15min.
You basically sit in a makeshift cockpit with 10 different screens and 100 different lights in front of you… you proceed to «fly» and shoot at shit you can’t even see. If the dude who worked there asked me one more question about why I moved to LA, I was gonna hit him with a wrench.
After 3min of instructions, I learned how to accelerate, steer, and shoot a missile. Oh, and the planes that you can’t see but are trying to shoot? Yeah… they’re shooting back at you.
15min. 10crashes.
See ya later…
This place will be closed in a year.

Definitely recommend it for teenage boys! Great fun with awesome flight team. My 14 yr old would have stayed for the whole day playing! Dressed in a flight suit and after quick mini flight lesson — he was flying missions and really enjoying himself! Thanks much to Teddy and Jessie! We look forward to the next visit!