Vent - Vue Cinema allocated seating

Legacy_user

Went to watch Star Trek at my local vue cinema and they've introduced allocated seating for the whole auditorium. Not just VIP but standard as well.

It's very annoying as we like to position ourselves away from disruptive people who talk or eat noisily. Now you've got no way of knowing when you get your seats who is around you.

Plus when the film starts latecomers instead of just finding the most convenient available seat now have to walk around trying to find their seat!

I thought this practice had been abolished in the 80's.

It's very annoying and i will in future be sticking with the Odeon or AMC who thankfully don't adopt this ridiculous practice!

In protest I kept my 3D glasses

Torry_Quine

goater78 wrote: »

Went to watch Star Trek at my local vue cinema and they've introduced allocated seating for the whole auditorium. Not just VIP but standard as well.

It's very annoying as we like to position ourselves away from disruptive people who talk or eat noisily. Now you've got no way of knowing when you get your seats who is around you.

Plus when the film starts latecomers instead of just finding the most convenient available seat now have to walk around trying to find their seat!

I thought this practice had been abolished in the 80's.

It's very annoying and i will in future be sticking with the Odeon or AMC who thankfully don't adopt this ridiculous practice!

In protest I kept my 3D glasses

That's normal practice at any cinema I've been at and you are meant to keep the glasses to use next time. I ought some for the first 3D film I saw and keep using them

System

Torry_Quine wrote: »

That's normal practice at any cinema I've been at and you are meant to keep the glasses to use next time. I ought some for the first 3D film I saw and keep using them

They try and make you recycle them at Vue. They have a box. You don't get a discount for reusing your 3d glasses at vue so you may as well return them and get a fresh pair next time.

SuperHan

It could be worse... I went to a Vue cinema the other week, had my tickets allocated, went to the theatre 5 minutes before the scheduled start time and my seats had been ripped up, and there were workmen in the room.


I went back out, checked I had the right screen, I did. They asked the workmen to be quick.

Some 15 minutes later, the workmen left, and we went in to the screen. We asked if we were okay to sit on the VIP seats considering the inconvenience, and were told, no, not if we hadn't paid for them!

It turned out we were the only 2 people in the whole screen to watch the film... So we sat in the VIP seats out of spite, and in the end got a very cheap, essentially private film screening.

However, the customer service was terrible!! I think I'll be sticking to the local Showcase in future.

skintchick

I prefer allocated seats.

System

skintchick wrote: »

I prefer allocated seats.

Any reason? It would be interesting to see what the positives of allocated seating are?

The_One_Who

^ A friend likes allocated seating (and at the cinema he uses it is always allocated) because he's found a seat that he loves, for distance from screen, sound, access, etc.

Personally, I prefer to choose when I enter, but I always expect cinemas to allocate seats if they are expecting a busy showing.

System

The_One_Who wrote: »

^ A friend likes allocated seating (and at the cinema he uses it is always allocated) because he's found a seat that he loves, for distance from screen, sound, access, etc.

Personally, I prefer to choose when I enter, but I always expect cinemas to allocate seats if they are expecting a busy showing.

Yes that's my problem. You can choose a really good seat for sound, access, distance.

Then when you get in you find you're sat next to a schmuck

ellay864

goater78 wrote: »

It's very annoying and i will in future be sticking with the Odeon or AMC who thankfully don't adopt this ridiculous practice!

I've just got home from watching Iron Man 3 in my allocated seat at our local Odeon

SingleSue

We don't have allocated seating in our local cinema but then we don't have VIP seating either.

If you want a particular seat, you just have to make sure you get there early....and 3D glasses you pay a refundable deposit and get it returned when you return the glasses.

That said, the prices are a hell of a lot cheaper than the Cineworld just up the road, not only for admittance but for food and drink too, the cherry on the top is that if you order hot drinks or food, they even bring it to you at your seat. Last night, I ordered two cups of tea, one for straight away and one for later on in the film....

Helix

goater78 wrote: »

It's very annoying and i will in future be sticking with the Odeon or AMC who thankfully don't adopt this ridiculous practice!

Around here Odeon do have allocated seating but Cineworld don't so I normally go Cineworld.