[Serenoa]

Originally Posted by ricksvl

My experience was with Barnstorm Theater. My husband and I walked in and started looking at some very nice things on their walls. We walked passed the wooden rail fencing and was promptly told that if we were on that side of the fence, we needed a ticket. I tried to explain that we were admiring the decor and did not want to attend a movie at this time. The young lady again told me that we had to buy a ticket to be on that side of the fence and we could not "just look at their decor". This was very insulting and demeaning. This happened just after Thanksgiving. My husband and I have not been back to this movie theater and we may never go back. LMR

That sure is different than the experience we had at Barnstorm. During our LSV in December we visited Brownwood on a saturday so we could see the farmer's market. After looking over almost everything else we wandered into the theatre with no intention of seeing a movie. I must have snapped at least a dozen or more pictures of the old John Deere tractor & all the other antiques & decor in the lobby. There were several employees over behind the snack counters & others walking around, but none asked for a ticket or said we couldn't do what we were doing without tickets. I'm sorry you had a bad encounter, but I sure wouldn't let one less than courteous employee keep me from going back to enjoy a movie. I do hope you go back.

As far as the discussion about the dance floor, I'm wondering if the tall height of the grandstand seating areas doesn't give the dance area a closed -in appearance & just make it seem smaller? I'm really shocked that someone hasn't visited each town square with a measuring wheel to settle this very, very important argument once & for all.