Oscar and I went to see Alice in Wonderland at the local movie theater on Friday night. It's only two blocks away so we can walk, which is nice (in a city full of traffic - see previous post)
Being a Friday night, you would expect it to be crowded, but the place was packed - mostly kids. The movie theater is on the 4th or 5th floor of the mall, and the floor is only made up of the movie theater entrance and the food court. It makes so much sense - you get to the movies early to buy your ticket, then before you enter the theater you can have dinner - i guess that would also depend on what time of day you go...
It's perfect space planning, but it's nothing suprising or unusual. What I couldn't believe, and had never seen before, was that you actually get assigned seats for your movie. When you buy your ticket at the window, the clerk turns the computer screen around to face you and on it is a view of the seats in the theater, color coded for which are available. We got there kind of late, but were able to grab the last two seats together on the top row.
Though you still have to get to the theater early enough to actually get a ticket - assigned seats eliminates the second stress of walking into a packed theater; and it also allows you to use your time more effectively. Our movie was sold out, but most of the people entered 5 minutes or less before the movie started.
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