Inventories:

Inventories consisted of the following at the dates presented:



	December 31, 2017		January 1, 2017
	(in thousands)
Food and beverage	$	5,440	$	5,347
Entertainment and merchandise	16,560		16,330
Inventories	$	22,000	$	21,677

Food and beverage inventories include food, beverage, paper products and other supplies needed for our food service operations. Entertainment and merchandise inventories consist primarily of novelty toy items, used as redemption prizes for certain games, sold directly to our guests or used as part of our birthday party packages. In addition, entertainment and merchandise inventories also consist of other supplies used in our entertainment operations.