Went to the Stardust Drive-In last night with the family. It was the first time that any of us went to a drive-in and we all loved it!
Double (that's TWO !!!) new features (Ant-man, Inside Out) for a family of six (2 adults, 4 kids) and it only costs us $30! Any other theatre would have cost us $130!
Theatre is divided up into 3 lots and each screen is a assigned a radio frequency. Screens are pretty big so you can park further away and still see it. Radio reception is really good so if you have a good sound system you can really enjoy the movie. The first feature generally starts at 9:30 and second 11:30pm or so in the summer.
Was a little hesitant after some reviews of staff but there were all very friendly. They ask you not to bring in food, but it's actually not bad in terms of price and quality.. They serve burgers, fries, chicken fingers, and even poutine! Theatres survive on the concession sales, so please at least respect their rules and either don't bring in food or buy from them.
Also they ask you to not screen switch which is fair as it's annoying and dangerous to be driving in the dark with people walking about.
The only negative thing I can say is that when we went it must of been mosquito season as they were out in full force.. Not the theatre's fault of course, but we had our lawn chairs set up during the first feature and was eaten alive.. for the second feature we ended up going back in our van with the windows up! So word of warning if you are going to sit outside during the summer, make sure you bring in tons of mosquito repellant and appropriate wear.
Definitely recommend everyone try this out as it's wonderful family outing. We had so much fun that we plan to do this again soon!