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By (user no longer on site) OP   
over a year ago

I had to pay £19 for a odeon ticket to see Dr strange.

What happened to tickets being £12

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By *r not quite virginMan
over a year ago

rochdale


"I had to pay £19 for a odeon ticket to see Dr strange.

What happened to tickets being £12 "

I went on release day...it was only £8

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

For 1 ticket?

Mrs S just paid £17 for 2 of us to see Top Gun in a couple of weeks.

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By *oly Fuck Sticks BatmanCouple
over a year ago

here & there

Every film is £4.99 at our local Vue cinema. Even the IMAX is £7-£12 if you prebook.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

What!!! I take my son every few weeks to see something, not always in the first week of release but we normally pay about £12 to £15 for both of us! And sometimes that's the premium seats

I refuse to pay for cinema popcorn though so we take our own in from the supermarket

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By *ad NannaWoman
over a year ago

East London

Our Premier Cinema charges £4.

Did you have a reclining seat with head rest and food tray?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Think Compare the thingy mabob are still doing deals on their website if you buy insurance. Sky also do deals for cinema if you are a vip customer.

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By *tephTV67TV/TS
over a year ago

Cheshire

I intend to see Maverick at the Cinema when it’s released. Will look at the prices though as my local cinema is quite expensive. It’s walking distance from where I live, but it maybe cheaper to drive to the next town in which they have some great deals.

Also due to my working hours I can see it in the afternoon….even sneak in to the old peoples screening as you get tea and biscuits

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By *riar BelisseWoman
over a year ago

On Holibobs

I paid £12 at the showcase for Dr S recliner seat

It was £16 for the imax 3d seats, but I get a headache from 3d

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Ticket touts for the odeon thats new

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Meerkat movies is your friend if you can go Tuesdays or Wednesdays. Just buy yourself a one day travel insurance policy for a couple of quid, get the BOGOFs for a year

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

We don’t even pay that in London I can get an adult and a child ticket for Odean Leicester Square £20 total and that’s release date for a new film. An adult on their own is £17.00

Local cinema just outside centre is £12 an adult ticket.

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By *JstarsoloWoman
over a year ago

Wombwell, Barnsley

Cost of living crisis, that's what happened!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

You would have been cheaper getting the

Monthly pass it’s called MYLIMITLESS

14.99 a month and can go watch as meny moves as you like in the month

Only thing is it’s a 3 month period

But if £19 a ticket

You only need to use it 3 times in three months and your already saveing

£12

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By *eandmrsjones69Couple
over a year ago

Middle England

They saw you cumming!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Pre covid I used to have cineworld pass at 16 a month and go as often as you like

These days try to limit to before 5pm when tickets may only be 6 quid

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By *etcplCouple
over a year ago

Gapping Fanny


"I had to pay £19 for a odeon ticket to see Dr strange.

What happened to tickets being £12 "

Covid

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Mine is 8 quid if 3d and have the luxury seating

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Two words:

Meerkat Movies.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

£50 a month for unlimited movies for 2 people at Everyman. Try that, it’s worth the (relatively) higher price than other cinemas

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By *nliveneTV/TS
over a year ago

Selby

£19? That's Strange

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By *hilloutMan
over a year ago

All over the place! Northwesr, , Southwest


"I had to pay £19 for a odeon ticket to see Dr strange.

What happened to tickets being £12 "

19£ to see a god awful mess of a film? You were ripped off Op

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By *2000ManMan
over a year ago

Worthing

Not been for about 3 years. Cannot see me going back.

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By *ophieslutTV/TS
over a year ago

Central


"Not been for about 3 years. Cannot see me going back."

Same here, I wouldn't pay the OP's price and would stay away

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By *ittleMissCaliWoman
over a year ago

all loved up


"£50 a month for unlimited movies for 2 people at Everyman. Try that, it’s worth the (relatively) higher price than other cinemas "
can get the same from odeon for £14.99 each

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By *ENGUYMan
over a year ago

Hull

Blimey! Is that what it costs now?

Last time I went to a cinema, was in 1992! I think I paid about £3 then!

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By *tephanjMan
over a year ago

Kettering

Cinema's are a rip off these days, it use to be a cheap night out. I'm not surprised to hear that they are half empty at most viewings

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By *agneto.Man
over a year ago

Bham


"I had to pay £19 for a odeon ticket to see Dr strange.

What happened to tickets being £12 "

They went up...

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By *naswingdressWoman
over a year ago

Manchester (she/her)


"Not been for about 3 years. Cannot see me going back."

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

For odeon? It’s 18 quid for Tivoli lol

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By *agneto.Man
over a year ago

Bham


"For odeon? It’s 18 quid for Tivoli lol"

Probably odeon luxe

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Get down the plaza, £5

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Cost of living crisis, that's what happened!"

If it is a “Crisis” now when inflation os 7%. WTF re they going to call it when it hits 10% plus?

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By *naswingdressWoman
over a year ago

Manchester (she/her)


"Cost of living crisis, that's what happened!

If it is a “Crisis” now when inflation os 7%. WTF re they going to call it when it hits 10% plus? "

Maybe some businesses are using it as an excuse to jack up the prices. Oh oh can't be helped, now excuse me while I bathe in my massive profits like Scrooge McDuck.

I find it yet another excuse to stay at home not spending money

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By *abs..Woman
over a year ago

..

£5 to visit our nearest cinema and that is a fair rate. I wouldn’t pay more than £8 to see a film.

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By *bi HaiveMan
Forum Mod

over a year ago

Cheeseville, Somerset


"I had to pay £19 for a odeon ticket to see Dr strange.

What happened to tickets being £12 "

Our local cinema is £4, as are the closest larger ones.

For £19 I'd expect a mid-movie blowie.

A

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I pay £15.99 a month for cineworld unlimited. If you want to watch a film in 3d or 4dx it's £5 and you get discounts at restaurants and in the Cinema

So worth it if you go regularly like we do

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By *acey_RedWoman
over a year ago

Liverpool

They charged you the pervert tax

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Depends on which screen, which town and which area.

I personally hold a Cineworld unlimited card which works for me in London as I watch films often.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"I pay £15.99 a month for cineworld unlimited. If you want to watch a film in 3d or 4dx it's £5 and you get discounts at restaurants and in the Cinema

So worth it if you go regularly like we do "

I also hold that. I think if you have unlimited for a year, you also get IMAX and 4dx for free after that.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"£50 a month for unlimited movies for 2 people at Everyman. Try that, it’s worth the (relatively) higher price than other cinemas can get the same from odeon for £14.99 each"

You definitely cannot get the same in the odeon. Search Everyman cinema’s. Very different brand. More luxurious.

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By *ittleMissCaliWoman
over a year ago

all loved up


"£50 a month for unlimited movies for 2 people at Everyman. Try that, it’s worth the (relatively) higher price than other cinemas can get the same from odeon for £14.99 each

You definitely cannot get the same in the odeon. Search Everyman cinema’s. Very different brand. More luxurious."

I get a recliner leather seat and as many movies as I want for 14.99... it works for me x

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By *inky_couple2020Couple
over a year ago

North West

I pay full fucking price for cinema tickets, to park my OWN wheelchair in a space where the recliner seat has been removed (!) and it's far too fucking close to the fucking screen

I don't even qualify for CEA card that gets you a free carer tickets because I don't claim any benefits.

So, at least your money gets you something. Mine gets me a small area of fresh fucking air (ditto train tickets )

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By *oly Fuck Sticks BatmanCouple
over a year ago

here & there


"I pay full fucking price for cinema tickets, to park my OWN wheelchair in a space where the recliner seat has been removed (!) and it's far too fucking close to the fucking screen

I don't even qualify for CEA card that gets you a free carer tickets because I don't claim any benefits.

So, at least your money gets you something. Mine gets me a small area of fresh fucking air (ditto train tickets )"

To be fair to the cinema, they loose revenue every time a wheel chair user does not attend across all screens where this seat has been removed.

Not sure of your disability but could you not use a recliner chair in the screen as you would any chair at home?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"£50 a month for unlimited movies for 2 people at Everyman. Try that, it’s worth the (relatively) higher price than other cinemas can get the same from odeon for £14.99 each

You definitely cannot get the same in the odeon. Search Everyman cinema’s. Very different brand. More luxurious. I get a recliner leather seat and as many movies as I want for 14.99... it works for me x "

Yeah I’m not into leather. Much prefer a big soft velvet couch, cushions. foot rest, pizza and wine and hot chocolate bought to my seat, ordering from my seat, hardly any kids or noisy people, having early access to films, live talks from the directors etc.

That’s why in my original post I was saying it’s not about saving money, it’s about the experience (for me).

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By *inky_couple2020Couple
over a year ago

North West


"I pay full fucking price for cinema tickets, to park my OWN wheelchair in a space where the recliner seat has been removed (!) and it's far too fucking close to the fucking screen

I don't even qualify for CEA card that gets you a free carer tickets because I don't claim any benefits.

So, at least your money gets you something. Mine gets me a small area of fresh fucking air (ditto train tickets )

To be fair to the cinema, they loose revenue every time a wheel chair user does not attend across all screens where this seat has been removed.

Not sure of your disability but could you not use a recliner chair in the screen as you would any chair at home?

"

Only if I can get to a recliner chair without going up/down steps, AND you can't just sit where you like. They sell the other seats either side of the wheelchair place (cos there's usually only 1) if a carer's ticket hasn't been issued. It means on occasion, I have paid for my daughter to have a ticket too, but she sits on my knee, in the wheelchair, because someone has purchased the seat next to the wheelchair space and my 5yo is sitting a row behind me on her own in the dark.

I'm not going to apologise for the fact that the cinema had to move a solitary seat to let people like me in.

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By *inky_couple2020Couple
over a year ago

North West

Also if I move out of my chair, I need to put my chair somewhere and it needs to be next to my seat so I can transfer easily if I need to go out to the loo etc.

I have friends who are completely reliant on their wheelchair, they cannot move into any other seat.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"I pay £15.99 a month for cineworld unlimited. If you want to watch a film in 3d or 4dx it's £5 and you get discounts at restaurants and in the Cinema

So worth it if you go regularly like we do

I also hold that. I think if you have unlimited for a year, you also get IMAX and 4dx for free after that."

I've had mine 2 years now and don't get that, but I know rewards can vary from region to region

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By *oly Fuck Sticks BatmanCouple
over a year ago

here & there


"I pay full fucking price for cinema tickets, to park my OWN wheelchair in a space where the recliner seat has been removed (!) and it's far too fucking close to the fucking screen

I don't even qualify for CEA card that gets you a free carer tickets because I don't claim any benefits.

So, at least your money gets you something. Mine gets me a small area of fresh fucking air (ditto train tickets )

To be fair to the cinema, they loose revenue every time a wheel chair user does not attend across all screens where this seat has been removed.

Not sure of your disability but could you not use a recliner chair in the screen as you would any chair at home?

Only if I can get to a recliner chair without going up/down steps, AND you can't just sit where you like. They sell the other seats either side of the wheelchair place (cos there's usually only 1) if a carer's ticket hasn't been issued. It means on occasion, I have paid for my daughter to have a ticket too, but she sits on my knee, in the wheelchair, because someone has purchased the seat next to the wheelchair space and my 5yo is sitting a row behind me on her own in the dark.

I'm not going to apologise for the fact that the cinema had to move a solitary seat to let people like me in."

I wouldn’t expect you to apologise either… my point would be that you’re paying to watch the movie & unless you’re paying for the luxury seats your chair is probably more comfortable.

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By *inky_couple2020Couple
over a year ago

North West


"I pay full fucking price for cinema tickets, to park my OWN wheelchair in a space where the recliner seat has been removed (!) and it's far too fucking close to the fucking screen

I don't even qualify for CEA card that gets you a free carer tickets because I don't claim any benefits.

So, at least your money gets you something. Mine gets me a small area of fresh fucking air (ditto train tickets )

To be fair to the cinema, they loose revenue every time a wheel chair user does not attend across all screens where this seat has been removed.

Not sure of your disability but could you not use a recliner chair in the screen as you would any chair at home?

Only if I can get to a recliner chair without going up/down steps, AND you can't just sit where you like. They sell the other seats either side of the wheelchair place (cos there's usually only 1) if a carer's ticket hasn't been issued. It means on occasion, I have paid for my daughter to have a ticket too, but she sits on my knee, in the wheelchair, because someone has purchased the seat next to the wheelchair space and my 5yo is sitting a row behind me on her own in the dark.

I'm not going to apologise for the fact that the cinema had to move a solitary seat to let people like me in.

I wouldn’t expect you to apologise either… my point would be that you’re paying to watch the movie & unless you’re paying for the luxury seats your chair is probably more comfortable. "

It's not just cinemas where we pay the same but for a section of fresh air

It's fecking annoying that the wheelchair spaces are always right at the front. I have long sight and it mucks my eyes up to sit so close to the screen. I do resent paying for two tickets for me and my daughter and both of us ending up sat in the wheelchair, because we can't book the carer seat next to the wheelchair space (no CEA card). You physically cannot book a wheelchair space with the seat next to it, unless you provide a CEA number. You have to book online before you go, because most screens have only 1 wheelchair space so you risk trekking to the cinema with your kid and find you can't go in at all.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"I had to pay £19 for a odeon ticket to see Dr strange.

What happened to tickets being £12 "

£12? Paying £12 would make me cough blood.

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By *ad NannaWoman
over a year ago

East London


"I had to pay £19 for a odeon ticket to see Dr strange.

What happened to tickets being £12

£12? Paying £12 would make me cough blood. "

Seems we don't just get subsidised travel down here in London

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"I had to pay £19 for a odeon ticket to see Dr strange.

What happened to tickets being £12

£12? Paying £12 would make me cough blood.

Seems we don't just get subsidised travel down here in London "

How have we managed to pull this off?!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"I had to pay £19 for a odeon ticket to see Dr strange.

What happened to tickets being £12

£12? Paying £12 would make me cough blood.

Seems we don't just get subsidised travel down here in London

How have we managed to pull this off?! "

I don't know but iv just paid £7.90 for 2 tickets in premium seats to see Dr Strange.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

£3.50 in my local cinema up until covid hit 2 years ago it was £2.50 and £3.00 on the weekend

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By *oly Fuck Sticks BatmanCouple
over a year ago

here & there


"I pay full fucking price for cinema tickets, to park my OWN wheelchair in a space where the recliner seat has been removed (!) and it's far too fucking close to the fucking screen

I don't even qualify for CEA card that gets you a free carer tickets because I don't claim any benefits.

So, at least your money gets you something. Mine gets me a small area of fresh fucking air (ditto train tickets )

To be fair to the cinema, they loose revenue every time a wheel chair user does not attend across all screens where this seat has been removed.

Not sure of your disability but could you not use a recliner chair in the screen as you would any chair at home?

Only if I can get to a recliner chair without going up/down steps, AND you can't just sit where you like. They sell the other seats either side of the wheelchair place (cos there's usually only 1) if a carer's ticket hasn't been issued. It means on occasion, I have paid for my daughter to have a ticket too, but she sits on my knee, in the wheelchair, because someone has purchased the seat next to the wheelchair space and my 5yo is sitting a row behind me on her own in the dark.

I'm not going to apologise for the fact that the cinema had to move a solitary seat to let people like me in.

I wouldn’t expect you to apologise either… my point would be that you’re paying to watch the movie & unless you’re paying for the luxury seats your chair is probably more comfortable.

It's not just cinemas where we pay the same but for a section of fresh air

It's fecking annoying that the wheelchair spaces are always right at the front. I have long sight and it mucks my eyes up to sit so close to the screen. I do resent paying for two tickets for me and my daughter and both of us ending up sat in the wheelchair, because we can't book the carer seat next to the wheelchair space (no CEA card). You physically cannot book a wheelchair space with the seat next to it, unless you provide a CEA number. You have to book online before you go, because most screens have only 1 wheelchair space so you risk trekking to the cinema with your kid and find you can't go in at all. "

If others have booked the seat next to the wheel chair space, can you not just do the same on separate transactions to get the same outcome… you shouldn’t have to but hey if it works…

Ok that’s a bit shitty given your eyesight, but in general wheelchair access seats have amazing views at sports stadiums, concerts, arena shows & newer theatres (I know things are changing in some of the older venues but Victorian architecture is a bitch to amend)

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By *itty9899Man
over a year ago

Craggy Island


"I had to pay £19 for a odeon ticket to see Dr strange.

What happened to tickets being £12 "

Unfortunately premium pricing for new releases are here for opening weekend. Luckily I have my limitless and unlimited card.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Every film is £4.99 at our local Vue cinema. Even the IMAX is £7-£12 if you prebook."

Our Vue starts at £6.99 depending on where you want to sit

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By *agneto.Man
over a year ago

Bham


"I pay £15.99 a month for cineworld unlimited. If you want to watch a film in 3d or 4dx it's £5 and you get discounts at restaurants and in the Cinema

So worth it if you go regularly like we do

I also hold that. I think if you have unlimited for a year, you also get IMAX and 4dx for free after that.

I've had mine 2 years now and don't get that, but I know rewards can vary from region to region "

..3d is included after 12 months isn't it. IMAX and 4dx still extra. I'm back on red as I cancelled my black one during covid.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"I pay full fucking price for cinema tickets, to park my OWN wheelchair in a space where the recliner seat has been removed (!) and it's far too fucking close to the fucking screen

I don't even qualify for CEA card that gets you a free carer tickets because I don't claim any benefits.

So, at least your money gets you something. Mine gets me a small area of fresh fucking air (ditto train tickets )

To be fair to the cinema, they loose revenue every time a wheel chair user does not attend across all screens where this seat has been removed.

Not sure of your disability but could you not use a recliner chair in the screen as you would any chair at home?

Only if I can get to a recliner chair without going up/down steps, AND you can't just sit where you like. They sell the other seats either side of the wheelchair place (cos there's usually only 1) if a carer's ticket hasn't been issued. It means on occasion, I have paid for my daughter to have a ticket too, but she sits on my knee, in the wheelchair, because someone has purchased the seat next to the wheelchair space and my 5yo is sitting a row behind me on her own in the dark.

I'm not going to apologise for the fact that the cinema had to move a solitary seat to let people like me in.

I wouldn’t expect you to apologise either… my point would be that you’re paying to watch the movie & unless you’re paying for the luxury seats your chair is probably more comfortable.

It's not just cinemas where we pay the same but for a section of fresh air

It's fecking annoying that the wheelchair spaces are always right at the front. I have long sight and it mucks my eyes up to sit so close to the screen. I do resent paying for two tickets for me and my daughter and both of us ending up sat in the wheelchair, because we can't book the carer seat next to the wheelchair space (no CEA card). You physically cannot book a wheelchair space with the seat next to it, unless you provide a CEA number. You have to book online before you go, because most screens have only 1 wheelchair space so you risk trekking to the cinema with your kid and find you can't go in at all. "

At Odeon you don't need a CEA card. We don't have one and always get a free carers ticket.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"I had to pay £19 for a odeon ticket to see Dr strange.

What happened to tickets being £12

£12? Paying £12 would make me cough blood.

Seems we don't just get subsidised travel down here in London

How have we managed to pull this off?!

I don't know but iv just paid £7.90 for 2 tickets in premium seats to see Dr Strange. "

Cost of living crisis averted!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"I pay £15.99 a month for cineworld unlimited. If you want to watch a film in 3d or 4dx it's £5 and you get discounts at restaurants and in the Cinema

So worth it if you go regularly like we do

I also hold that. I think if you have unlimited for a year, you also get IMAX and 4dx for free after that.

I've had mine 2 years now and don't get that, but I know rewards can vary from region to region ..3d is included after 12 months isn't it. IMAX and 4dx still extra. I'm back on red as I cancelled my black one during covid. "

Ooh thank you, I will check. We only really watch films in Imax our 4Dx. Off to see Maverick in 4Dx soon, I expect to be battered lol

I kept mine going over lockdown as they suspended the payments anyway but tbh I wouldn't of minded paying it because I know they still had to pay Furlough to their employees. That and I was only a couple of months off having the black card

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By *oly Fuck Sticks BatmanCouple
over a year ago

here & there


"I had to pay £19 for a odeon ticket to see Dr strange.

What happened to tickets being £12

£12? Paying £12 would make me cough blood.

Seems we don't just get subsidised travel down here in London

How have we managed to pull this off?!

I don't know but iv just paid £7.90 for 2 tickets in premium seats to see Dr Strange.

Cost of living crisis averted! "

Just don’t try and order popcorn & drink or you will start the countdown to disaster!

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By *inky_couple2020Couple
over a year ago

North West


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If others have booked the seat next to the wheel chair space, can you not just do the same on separate transactions to get the same outcome… you shouldn’t have to but hey if it works…

Ok that’s a bit shitty given your eyesight, but in general wheelchair access seats have amazing views at sports stadiums, concerts, arena shows & newer theatres (I know things are changing in some of the older venues but Victorian architecture is a bitch to amend) "

Two things - you can't book the carer seats online, but they're booked by the box office staff.

Second thing - have you tried to buy a wheelchair space for an arena gig?????? It might have a good view if you're lucky enough to get a spot, but at Manchester Arena, for example, out of 20,000 tickets or more (depending on the event), there's often single digit numbers of wheelchair spaces. And you can't book them online, you have to phone up. AAAAAAAAND some organisations only sell them if you have proof of your disability, which seems to be defined as a benefits letter. I don't have one of those. I have a consultant's diagnosis and a bunch of tests and a blue badge (but that's not what they want). You can't book a ticket for someone to sit next to you without the aforementioned benefits letter either (they call them companion tickets). So, I'd have to sit on my own while others in my party sat or stood elsewhere.

Quote:

"Please be aware that access tickets can sell out very quickly; we recommend contacting us as soon as an event has gone on sale."

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By *inky_couple2020Couple
over a year ago

North West


"I pay full fucking price for cinema tickets, to park my OWN wheelchair in a space where the recliner seat has been removed (!) and it's far too fucking close to the fucking screen

I don't even qualify for CEA card that gets you a free carer tickets because I don't claim any benefits.

So, at least your money gets you something. Mine gets me a small area of fresh fucking air (ditto train tickets )

To be fair to the cinema, they loose revenue every time a wheel chair user does not attend across all screens where this seat has been removed.

Not sure of your disability but could you not use a recliner chair in the screen as you would any chair at home?

Only if I can get to a recliner chair without going up/down steps, AND you can't just sit where you like. They sell the other seats either side of the wheelchair place (cos there's usually only 1) if a carer's ticket hasn't been issued. It means on occasion, I have paid for my daughter to have a ticket too, but she sits on my knee, in the wheelchair, because someone has purchased the seat next to the wheelchair space and my 5yo is sitting a row behind me on her own in the dark.

I'm not going to apologise for the fact that the cinema had to move a solitary seat to let people like me in.

I wouldn’t expect you to apologise either… my point would be that you’re paying to watch the movie & unless you’re paying for the luxury seats your chair is probably more comfortable.

It's not just cinemas where we pay the same but for a section of fresh air

It's fecking annoying that the wheelchair spaces are always right at the front. I have long sight and it mucks my eyes up to sit so close to the screen. I do resent paying for two tickets for me and my daughter and both of us ending up sat in the wheelchair, because we can't book the carer seat next to the wheelchair space (no CEA card). You physically cannot book a wheelchair space with the seat next to it, unless you provide a CEA number. You have to book online before you go, because most screens have only 1 wheelchair space so you risk trekking to the cinema with your kid and find you can't go in at all.

At Odeon you don't need a CEA card. We don't have one and always get a free carers ticket. "

We don't have Odeon in this town, we have to trek into the Big Smoke. And at that one in Manchester, we were asked for a CEA card to book a carer's ticket (I don't have a carer. I just want my 5yo to sit next to me and I don't expect freebies )

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By *oly Fuck Sticks BatmanCouple
over a year ago

here & there


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If others have booked the seat next to the wheel chair space, can you not just do the same on separate transactions to get the same outcome… you shouldn’t have to but hey if it works…

Ok that’s a bit shitty given your eyesight, but in general wheelchair access seats have amazing views at sports stadiums, concerts, arena shows & newer theatres (I know things are changing in some of the older venues but Victorian architecture is a bitch to amend)

Two things - you can't book the carer seats online, but they're booked by the box office staff.

Second thing - have you tried to buy a wheelchair space for an arena gig?????? It might have a good view if you're lucky enough to get a spot, but at Manchester Arena, for example, out of 20,000 tickets or more (depending on the event), there's often single digit numbers of wheelchair spaces. And you can't book them online, you have to phone up. AAAAAAAAND some organisations only sell them if you have proof of your disability, which seems to be defined as a benefits letter. I don't have one of those. I have a consultant's diagnosis and a bunch of tests and a blue badge (but that's not what they want). You can't book a ticket for someone to sit next to you without the aforementioned benefits letter either (they call them companion tickets). So, I'd have to sit on my own while others in my party sat or stood elsewhere.

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"Please be aware that access tickets can sell out very quickly; we recommend contacting us as soon as an event has gone on sale."

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Nope I haven’t… so can’t begin to understand how frustrating that could be.

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By (user no longer on site) OP   
over a year ago

I just checked again, apparently that's just the Odeon pricing. Will be going to Vue next time

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By *2000ManMan
over a year ago

Worthing

I have netflix and youtube...thats enough for me. It's the price. Like most people cutbacks in spending dictate what I do/buy now.

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By *heVonMatterhornsCouple
over a year ago

Lincoln


"I had to pay £19 for a odeon ticket to see Dr strange.

What happened to tickets being £12 "

Depends on how new the film is, if it's one of the fancy seated cinemas, if you're booking an extra fancy seat, and time of day sometimes.

LvM

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By *acey_RedWoman
over a year ago

Liverpool


"I had to pay £19 for a odeon ticket to see Dr strange.

What happened to tickets being £12

Depends on how new the film is, if it's one of the fancy seated cinemas, if you're booking an extra fancy seat, and time of day sometimes.

LvM"

For a minute I thought you meant a cinema was fancy if it had seats

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By *heVonMatterhornsCouple
over a year ago

Lincoln


"I had to pay £19 for a odeon ticket to see Dr strange.

What happened to tickets being £12

Depends on how new the film is, if it's one of the fancy seated cinemas, if you're booking an extra fancy seat, and time of day sometimes.

LvM

For a minute I thought you meant a cinema was fancy if it had seats "

We've just got bean bags in Lincoln... which actually sounds way better now that I joke about it

LvM

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Used to be £2.25 at our local UCI

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By *acey_RedWoman
over a year ago

Liverpool


"I had to pay £19 for a odeon ticket to see Dr strange.

What happened to tickets being £12

Depends on how new the film is, if it's one of the fancy seated cinemas, if you're booking an extra fancy seat, and time of day sometimes.

LvM

For a minute I thought you meant a cinema was fancy if it had seats

We've just got bean bags in Lincoln... which actually sounds way better now that I joke about it

LvM"

Yeah at least it's not like terraces at the football or something

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

It's just going up to £5:50 at our local cinema , it was £4:50 before.

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By *intsizedpocketrocketsCouple
over a year ago

Stafford


"Every film is £4.99 at our local Vue cinema. Even the IMAX is £7-£12 if you prebook."

Wow! We're moving to you guys! Our local cinema is 14.99 a ticket and we have to travel 40 mins to get anything under a tenner!

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By *inky_couple2020Couple
over a year ago

North West


"I had to pay £19 for a odeon ticket to see Dr strange.

What happened to tickets being £12

Depends on how new the film is, if it's one of the fancy seated cinemas, if you're booking an extra fancy seat, and time of day sometimes.

LvM

For a minute I thought you meant a cinema was fancy if it had seats

We've just got bean bags in Lincoln... which actually sounds way better now that I joke about it

LvM

Yeah at least it's not like terraces at the football or something "

It IS like football terraces for me

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"I had to pay £19 for a odeon ticket to see Dr strange.

What happened to tickets being £12 "

Does that come with a couple of beers?

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