As some of you may know, I live in the Central Florida area. As such, I have access to numerous movie theaters which cater to my various ecclectic tastes. There's Muvico if I want something inexpensive and close-by, there's Regal Cinemas for hanging out with college buddies, and there's The Enzian for tastes of the independent. Recently, a new theater, a Premiere Cinemas theater, opened at the Fashion Square Mall on Colonial Dr. in Orlando. I went there with a friend to watch Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (my second time), and marvelled out how nice and clean the place was, and how high the prices were. Well, it is brand new, I suppose, on both counts. Anyway, as we sat in the small theater, the size wasn't the only thing that got me looking around expectantly; a tense music score kept playing in the background, over and over, like something was going to happen. However, at the end of the score, nothing occured, and it started over again.
Finally, though, ten minutes after the reported movie schedule, the lights dimmed and the screen came to life. That's when I realized that whooshing sound I kept hearing wasn't part of the tense music score, but was in fact the air conditioning at full blast. This was not the only sour point of my movie experience. Alas, the sound-proofing at the theater is not as good as it should be, and once in awhile, loud sound effects from the adjacent theaters would blast through the walls during an innappropriate moment. Overall, I would rate this theater as a C-. It could be worse, but then who'd go?
So, my evaluation of this theater as compared to others I've been to:
Finally, though, ten minutes after the reported movie schedule, the lights dimmed and the screen came to life. That's when I realized that whooshing sound I kept hearing wasn't part of the tense music score, but was in fact the air conditioning at full blast. This was not the only sour point of my movie experience. Alas, the sound-proofing at the theater is not as good as it should be, and once in awhile, loud sound effects from the adjacent theaters would blast through the walls during an innappropriate moment. Overall, I would rate this theater as a C-. It could be worse, but then who'd go?
So, my evaluation of this theater as compared to others I've been to:
- Clean
- Fast snack service
- Small theaters
- Movies do not play on time (too early or too late)
- No sound-proofing
- Overpriced
posted by T.C.S. at
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Not to mention this theater has horrid popcorn - not popped fresh but popped in another area and brought out and put into warmers. The floors are painted concrete which really defeats the entire purpose of the surround sound systems. You are not the only one disappointed with this new theater - while it is a further drive, we are going to stick with Festival Bay until the new theater opens in downtown and hopefully that will give us a better option for spending our $$ on poorly planned movie theaters
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wamphryie, at August 17, 2005 10:46 AM
I didn't actually buy the snacks myself, so I did not know the popcorn wasn't fresh. However, you do have a point, it was pretty bland and cold when I tried some.
Don't know where you're driving from, wamphryie, but Waterford Lakes is a decent theater, as is Muvico. I've only been to Festival Bay once last year, so I don't remember much about it. It seemed like a nice theater, I recall, but I didn't actually buy any tickets or try the snacks. (I went for a free screening of Napoleon Dynamite!)
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T.C.S., at August 17, 2005 6:03 PM
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