Last week, I saw a little card in the open spot of our mailbox where the newspaper normally goes, and seeing it for every neighbor. I just thought it was from a realtor or for someone running for council for our community. Looking at it carefully, I was pleasantly surprised that it was for the older Kapolei theatre and it was updated. Loved seeing the bowl of saimin and nachos on one side and the coupon for free tub of popcorn with unlimited refills with a purchase of a soft drink. Then seeing the Dr Strange Multi-Verse commercial, went online and bought my tickets for this theater
to check out the new digs, menu, and just because I knew it wouldn't be busy as the other two theaters in Kapolei.
Got into a little disagreement with my sister about lunch on movie day but lucky for her it was good. After parking and walking into the theater to get our refreshments, my sister exclaimed, they updated their menu! They have nachos! Did you know they updated the menu!? Sisters!!
We ended up with a Soft drink, strawberry icee, because that was the only flavor that was ready, tub of popcorn and the Cinerama mix. So the popcorn add-ons, or at least the Cinerama, was $4.50 which came with a little cup of furikaki and a choice of candy. Initially, I was going to get a bag of peanut m&m's but it was $5.50. And because I got the free tub of popcorn, I actually got my candy for cheaper by getting the popcorn mix. Which then made me think back as to why I never went back to grab the neighbors coupons because I know they're not going to use them. But would that be considered a federal offense, it wasn't in the mailbox but underneath where the newspaper goes, hmmm?
Anyway, the little ramp up to the theaters to show our tickets is nice and bright, newly painted with these nice blue leather seating areas with black and white photos of old movie theaters from the 50s/60s.
As we walked into our theater, it was small as we were at the top of the theater and had to walk down to our seats, middle of the theater. Had I known this, I would've selected seats in the back row.
I made sure to get tickets for the theater with the recliners knowing that these would be the updated theater. These seats seem narrower than the two other theaters in Kapolei. Plenty of leg room for people to walk pass us if needed, but we caught the 2pm matinee knowing there would be very few people as kids are supposed to be in school.
You still have to wear your mask, which I was more than happy to as I know the case counts are rising again. Luckily, there were less than 20 people watching the movie with us.
Movie started and the picture was nice and clear, surround sound worked perfectly as it had me looking around for "that noise" when I realized it was part of the movie. And the sound wasn't super loud. Loud enough but very comfortable, unless my hearing is going out.
Great return visit experience after all these years. Looking forward to watching the summer movies and having that nachos and saimin. read more