It’s Show Time
The first thing one notices when walking through the door is the smell of popcorn and butter as it wafts through the air and hits your nose. As one continues into the main room and goes to the center of the room facing the outside of the building one notices there are booths where patrons can purchase tickets for any show. The Cinemark Theatre is located at the Meadowbrook Mall in Bridgeport, WV. The tickets on this time of night are nine dollars each. One would also notice the visible workers are high school aged students. It makes one think they are trying to earn some spending money. After purchasing their tickets, most customers proceed to the concession stand to purchase their overpriced snacks and drinks.
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This is where things start to get a little touchy, because as soon as we cross the threshold the interior changes. We notice the discolored carpet and half- way working guide lights. It is no longer a pretty site, but it is also not the worst I have ever seen. Walking to the last theatre room we pass the second concession stand, which is only open for special occasions as we hear it anyway. Upon entering the theatre we notice the lids on our drinks have slightly opened, this allowed the preciously over-priced, sugar-filled fluid to spill over and run down the sides of the cup. Continuing into the theatre to find seats, we notice just how packed it is being the first day which XXX was released. After finally locating two open seats which are side by side the anxiety really begins. The patrons talk and sit anxiously awaiting the time when the lights will dim and the screen will start to glare. As we scan the room we notice the fine furnishings, from the lights to the curtain and seemingly like magic every part of it seems great except not all of the seats are in good condition. We quickly forget about the bad seats when the previews start to …show more content…
I would recommend this theater but there are other theatres in the surrounding tri-county area which are cheaper. Fairmont has the Tygart Valley Cinema which has ticket prices of six dollars each for all shows. Their concession stand is cheaper as a bag of Twizzlers are only three dollars and fifty centers and they offer a larger variety of combination deals. One combo offered is a bag of candy, a bag of popcorn and two medium drinks for ten dollars.
With the price differences noted, I checked out the Cinemark Theatre reviews online where I found different views. Some people were delighted with the movie and the concession. Another had a problem with stale popcorn. One couple had problems with the hearing impaired not working and were actually refunded and given tickets to use at another viewing of their choice. We experienced no problem on the night of this viewing.
A problem I have encountered when going to Cinemark in the past is they are constantly understaffed. There are enough booths for four tellers to work, but usually only one person is serving a line of patrons. If a new movie is being released, then one might see two cashiers staffing the booths to sell the tickets. I often feel they want to sell tickets only through the machines to reduce the number of workers needed to sell the