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Posted on 8/31/15 at 12:28 pm to Panny Crickets
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I cannot STAND to hear people eat, slurp, crunch, etc and I've never heard a thing.
I did hear one slurp from the milkshake of the guy next to me when he hit bottom, luckily he didn't try to get his money's worth for too long though.
I'd go back to this theater over others in the area mainly for the comfort of the seating. I have yet to goto a movie theater where the seat didn't start getting uncomfortable for me towards the end of the movie. The reclining seats and kicking your legs up was a great feature.
I also like the concept of picking which seat you will sit in when you purchase your ticket.
Posted on 8/31/15 at 12:29 pm to Mark Makers
I've got a lot of experience with this topic.
I opened Canal Place theaters 5 years ago with Adolfo & another theater in NCarolina 3 years ago.
I developed all of the systems/logistics of serving folks in a movie theater setting for this theater group as it was their first one.
I've visited different concepts across the country & they all vary very differently.
The movie showing business is very tough & profit margins razor thin. The hardest thing to deal with is that you are at the mercy of what the movie studios produce. They put out a bad product & your business suffers.
The technology in people's homes these days is another hurdle.
Me, I never go to the movies. Not worth price of admission IMO.
That being said, theaters are forced to introduce more amenities to draw crowds in, otherwise they will go away.
Food & beverage service creates the scenario that on a weeknight you can do dinner & a movie in less than 3 hours when you normally wouldn't have time to do both.
Although I'm not associated with this business anymore, I'll defend its purpose.
Having servers inside the theater is a necessary evil unless you want to receive all your food/beverage purchases for the duration prior to the movie starting, or you leave your seat to order more(which virtually no one does in those type of business models.)
Take the good with the bad.
I'm proud of what we built & the folks who run it.
My .02¢
I opened Canal Place theaters 5 years ago with Adolfo & another theater in NCarolina 3 years ago.
I developed all of the systems/logistics of serving folks in a movie theater setting for this theater group as it was their first one.
I've visited different concepts across the country & they all vary very differently.
The movie showing business is very tough & profit margins razor thin. The hardest thing to deal with is that you are at the mercy of what the movie studios produce. They put out a bad product & your business suffers.
The technology in people's homes these days is another hurdle.
Me, I never go to the movies. Not worth price of admission IMO.
That being said, theaters are forced to introduce more amenities to draw crowds in, otherwise they will go away.
Food & beverage service creates the scenario that on a weeknight you can do dinner & a movie in less than 3 hours when you normally wouldn't have time to do both.
Although I'm not associated with this business anymore, I'll defend its purpose.
Having servers inside the theater is a necessary evil unless you want to receive all your food/beverage purchases for the duration prior to the movie starting, or you leave your seat to order more(which virtually no one does in those type of business models.)
Take the good with the bad.
I'm proud of what we built & the folks who run it.
My .02¢
Posted on 8/31/15 at 12:38 pm to BocaJared
quote:
I've got a lot of experience with this topic.
I opened Canal Place theaters 5 years ago with Adolfo & another theater in NCarolina 3 years ago.
I developed all of the systems/logistics of serving folks in a movie theater setting for this theater group as it was their first one.
I've visited different concepts across the country & they all vary very differently.
The movie showing business is very tough & profit margins razor thin. The hardest thing to deal with is that you are at the mercy of what the movie studios produce. They put out a bad product & your business suffers.
The technology in people's homes these days is another hurdle.
Me, I never go to the movies. Not worth price of admission IMO.
That being said, theaters are forced to introduce more amenities to draw crowds in, otherwise they will go away.
Food & beverage service creates the scenario that on a weeknight you can do dinner & a movie in less than 3 hours when you normally wouldn't have time to do both.
Although I'm not associated with this business anymore, I'll defend its purpose.
Having servers inside the theater is a necessary evil unless you want to receive all your food/beverage purchases for the duration prior to the movie starting, or you leave your seat to order more(which virtually no one does in those type of business models.)
Take the good with the bad.
I'm proud of what we built & the folks who run it.
My .02¢
Nice post and thanks for your perspective.
I don't see movies often, but when I do (without kids) it's pretty much only Canal Place. As I said, I don't really find the concept or execution all that obstructive - and certainly less so than a lot of what one can expect to experience at other movie theaters.l In short, I dig the concept.
That being said, did y'all ever give any thought to just having the waiters act normal and not make a big to do about trying to duck and run past patrons? As I said earlier, it almost seems just allowing them to act normal and causal would be less a distraction than the goofiness they do (which is not that distracting, but a little bit so to me). Just a thought from one patron's perspective.
Posted on 8/31/15 at 12:39 pm to Rohan2Reed
Gotta pick the seats with the most space.
Maybe I'm losing my hearing in my old age, don't know.
Sorry to report that I don't watch comic book movies or The Vin Diesel Trilogy. May have to give them a try, though.
Maybe I'm losing my hearing in my old age, don't know.
Sorry to report that I don't watch comic book movies or The Vin Diesel Trilogy. May have to give them a try, though.
Posted on 8/31/15 at 12:57 pm to Mark Makers
How was the clientele? The building still has the stigma of the Citiplace customers in my head
Posted on 8/31/15 at 1:16 pm to Rohan2Reed
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Not all of us solely watch comic book movies and the Fast & Furious franchise. I've been to these type of theaters on a few occasions and each time have had to listen to (on several occasions) someone's loud eating/drinking habits. Go watch a dialogue-driven drama and tell me how hearing the fat frick next to you chowing down on a greasy cheeseburger is a fun evening.
Try cinebistro. Service stops 15min before the movie starts so basically everyone is done eating by the time the previews are done. That was my jam when I lived in brookhaven
Posted on 8/31/15 at 1:18 pm to hiltacular
one of my student workers went and said the same as you. the place was nice but service was horrible.
Posted on 8/31/15 at 1:18 pm to Rohan2Reed
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Not all of us solely watch comic book movies and the Fast & Furious franchise. I've been to these type of theaters on a few occasions and each time have had to listen to (on several occasions) someone's loud eating/drinking habits. Go watch a dialogue-driven drama and tell me how hearing the fat frick next to you chowing down on a greasy cheeseburger is a fun evening.
Well you wouldn't normally see this person at the chick flicks you seem to frequent. And if you did wouldn't he make more noise if he is sitting practically in your lap sharing an armrest as opposed to being 5 feet away?
Posted on 8/31/15 at 1:20 pm to Mark Makers
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Most people ordered all their food before the movie started which is what I will do next time, we had decided to order our food a little bit into the movie.
I didn't really find that the servers disrupted or distracted me from the movie besides when we ordered and received our food which was very brief.
I've never been to a place like this. Does it distract the people around you when you're ordering food in the middle of the movie? Or is it laid out in a way where that wouldn't happen?
Posted on 8/31/15 at 1:20 pm to Rohan2Reed
Posted on 8/31/15 at 1:27 pm to hiltacular
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Try cinebistro. Service stops 15min before the movie starts so basically everyone is done eating by the time the previews are done.
I don't get the point of spending extra money on a movie ticket if you're not allowed to partake in eating / drinking during the entirety of the film. I went to Atlantic Station theater that only serves food up until showing. Why not just eat before you go? They do have a bar right outside the theater though, and you can walk out and order a drink anytime you like. That was a nice feature. Drinking a couple beers I have no problem with. Sitting next to some frick that orders a charcuterie board is obnoxious.
Posted on 8/31/15 at 1:29 pm to Rohan2Reed
quote:spoken like a man who has never paid for a babysitter
Why not just eat before you go?
Posted on 8/31/15 at 1:29 pm to Martini
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Well you wouldn't normally see this person at the chick flicks you seem to frequent.
Did your 8 year old suggest you post this?
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And if you did wouldn't he make more noise if he is sitting practically in your lap sharing an armrest as opposed to being 5 feet away?
You think the nearest fellow customer is 5 ft. away? Have you ever actually been to one of these theaters? Or are they not mentally handicapped accessible?
Posted on 8/31/15 at 1:42 pm to Rohan2Reed
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Sitting next to some frick that orders a charcuterie board is obnoxious.
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Have you ever actually been to one of these theaters? Or are they not mentally handicapped accessible?
Posted on 8/31/15 at 1:45 pm to Rohan2Reed
Posted on 8/31/15 at 1:50 pm to Y.A. Tittle
We did think about servers movements in theater a lot.
I guess they're still doing what we trained them to do.
I guess it's either/or for patrons preference.
We wanted them to act kinda like ninjas
I guess they're still doing what we trained them to do.
I guess it's either/or for patrons preference.
We wanted them to act kinda like ninjas
Posted on 8/31/15 at 2:25 pm to Box Geauxrilla
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How was the clientele?
We saw the movie "Straight Outta Compton", you might want to wait until I see a different movie before I report back
This post was edited on 8/31/15 at 2:28 pm
Posted on 8/31/15 at 2:27 pm to Rohan2Reed
Movie Tavern allowed you to receive service at anytime if you just pushed the button on your seat to call the wait staff.
It's not really any different than going to a comedy club and having waitresses walk around taking drink orders and delivering drinks during the show. I really didn't find that distracting at all.
It's not really any different than going to a comedy club and having waitresses walk around taking drink orders and delivering drinks during the show. I really didn't find that distracting at all.
Posted on 8/31/15 at 2:41 pm to Mark Makers
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It's not really any different than going to a comedy club and having waitresses walk around taking drink orders and delivering drinks during the show.
Good analogy, as far as the potential distracting nature of the waitstaff is concerned. Still doesn't allay my concern about listening to people chew during a dramatic monologue. Especially with how much tickets cost at for instance Canal Place in Nola.
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