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| - We bought Groupons over a month ago that expire on March 21st. This past weekend was the last weekend we could use them, so we either had to go, or forfeit the discounted price. Unfortunately the movie I wanted to see wasn't there, but we were able to get tickets on opening night to 21 Jump Street (which was hilarious! - 5 stars for the movie).
To be honest, I wasn't really looking forward to going because I had read bad reviews (standing in a line outside the theater? Office chairs? Servers running around during the movie?) Well, all of it is true. You walk in, buy your tickets, and then are sent to wait in line. 15 minutes before the movie started, we were let into the theater. Immediately, we saw the dreaded rolling office chairs. Lucky for us, though, there were two of the "reserved seats" that hadn't been reserved. I asked one of the employees if we could sit there and he said yes. We sat in the first row of reserved seats which essentially is the first row of the top section, right behind the main walkway. If I would have paid extra for these tickets, I would have been pretty upset, because the servers run (crouched down, which makes it more distracting) across it during the movie. I felt pretty bad for the servers - that cannot be good for your back!
Anyway, after we sat down, we pressed the red service button and someone came by to take our orders. I order a Diet Dr Pepper and my husband had a Sierra Mist (Pepsi products). Probably about two minutes later, the drinks arrived. I was pleasantly surprised how quick the service was, but unfortunately my drink was wrong. No big deal, I just pressed the button again and someone quickly changed it out. It was wrong again. Ok...third time's a charm, right? Nope! After two root beers and a Diet Pepsi, I finally walked out of the theater to find a counter where I could at least see the right one being dispensed! There was a manager standing right when I walked out and he let me know that he'd bring me Diet Dr Pepper, and he did. It's really not that big of a deal, but I think they need a better system of labeling sodas. They said they use different straws, but maybe no one knows the straw system? I don't know!
We didn't order food, but I did glance over the menu. Popcorn is $4.25 and they had a pretty wide selection of items. Overall, I'm just not really a fan of the eating dinner/watching a movie thing, but everyone is different.
Unless there was another Groupon (and even then, it'd be questionable) I don't see myself returning.
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