I am a bad person... I love this place for all of the wrong reasons. There, I've said it and judged myself, now you can do the same without worry.
Let's start with the good. 2 movies for $8, you can't beat that. Staffing, although limited, is friendly. For an area with not a lot of entertainment options this is very welcomed. The perfectly butter popcorn. Last, but certainly not least, it's a drive-in; who doesn't love the drive-in?
As far as the bad goes... They have had issues with the credit card machine charging people months later, that could cause some major issues. The bathrooms need a lot of work, a start would be to clean them though. There must have been 30 dead bugs on the top of 1 of the urinals when I went, the next one over didn't look any better. The toilet stalls made me question how the hell Superman changed in a phone booth, because at about the same size I barely had room to... um... do my business. It was dark, dirty and dank. The snack bar is outdated, not super clean and has some retro video games(score!), but they aren't ever on(boo!) except pac-man. The screens are made out of what looks like corrugated metal roofing, which is rusted in some parts; although it doesn't show up too much during the movie. Playground equipment is old and recycled from a 1980s McDonalds(guess).
So why am I a bad person? The reason I love this place is for how bad it is sometimes. I love people watching, I know it's wrong, but I do. This place has great people watching sometimes. It is like that people of Wal-Mart site in real life. We also like to play a little game of spot the spelling errors. I will be 100% up front I got my GED and am no Einstein, but on my first visit I spotted about 15-20, my group found about 50. It is a fun way to "waiste" some time while you are getting your "hole" pizza.
I know it can cost a lot money to update and renovate a place. I know that there is a limited pool of people that they are pulling from so business might not be booming. I guess what I am saying is, I get why some of the things may be the way they are. On the other hand, Cleaning supplies are cheap and a good scrub down could do this place wonders. Almost everyone has access to a spell checker, use it, attention to detail says a lot about how much a place cares about itself. If they have some extra money at the end of the season a few gallons of paint could take it to a much better place. Take yourself seriously, or no one else will, right? read more