charmed59
06-29-2020, 04:58 PM
I wasn’t sure what to expect when heading to the Villages Theatres, and was a bit worried their safety protocols might not be up to what I’m comfortable with. However, today we went to the Old Mill theater, with the thought we’d back out if it looked scary. Given that I thought I’d tell you our experience in case others are wondering if they could see a movie out while feeling safe.
First we bought tickets. There are markings for a socially distancing line, though we were the only ones there, so I don’t know if people follow it. There is glass, as always, between the cashier and customers. You do have to hand them your credit card, and they hand you tickets.
Going in the sign says MASKS suggested. If you don’t read the whole sign you might think they are required. They are not. I didn’t see other people there others than those eating, so I don’t know how many wear masks. All employees are wearing masks and gloves. And there is a hand sanitizing station right inside the door for folks like me that touched the credit card and door handle.
There are social distancing marking for both the theater lines and popcorn line. We sent to the popcorn line and they do give you two tubs of popcorn, one in a huge plastic bag, rather than have you come back for refills. We didn’t ask for refills, they just did that automatically. They put lids on your drinks, get you straws, and hand you lots of napkins. So none of those are available for customers to paw through.
In front of your theater is an usher to walk you to your seat. Very posh. Once in the theatre they are only seating every other row, and then offsetting the seats. For instance, in row A you can sit in seats 1-4, but not 5-10. In row C you can sit in 6-9, but not 1-5 or 10-15. The available seats are in 4 seat sections, but only one social group can sit in that section, even if you are by yourself.
At the end the ushers come back and walk people out by rows, so a hoard of people is not exiting at the same time. We didn’t really see how that works, we were the only two people in the theater. When we walked out the manager said there were only 5 more people spread across the rest of the theaters, though this was for noon showings.
I felt they did a good job of making movies theaters a place I’d feel safe.
First we bought tickets. There are markings for a socially distancing line, though we were the only ones there, so I don’t know if people follow it. There is glass, as always, between the cashier and customers. You do have to hand them your credit card, and they hand you tickets.
Going in the sign says MASKS suggested. If you don’t read the whole sign you might think they are required. They are not. I didn’t see other people there others than those eating, so I don’t know how many wear masks. All employees are wearing masks and gloves. And there is a hand sanitizing station right inside the door for folks like me that touched the credit card and door handle.
There are social distancing marking for both the theater lines and popcorn line. We sent to the popcorn line and they do give you two tubs of popcorn, one in a huge plastic bag, rather than have you come back for refills. We didn’t ask for refills, they just did that automatically. They put lids on your drinks, get you straws, and hand you lots of napkins. So none of those are available for customers to paw through.
In front of your theater is an usher to walk you to your seat. Very posh. Once in the theatre they are only seating every other row, and then offsetting the seats. For instance, in row A you can sit in seats 1-4, but not 5-10. In row C you can sit in 6-9, but not 1-5 or 10-15. The available seats are in 4 seat sections, but only one social group can sit in that section, even if you are by yourself.
At the end the ushers come back and walk people out by rows, so a hoard of people is not exiting at the same time. We didn’t really see how that works, we were the only two people in the theater. When we walked out the manager said there were only 5 more people spread across the rest of the theaters, though this was for noon showings.
I felt they did a good job of making movies theaters a place I’d feel safe.