Sunday, April 3, 2011

20 DAYS TO GO . . .

     SUNDAY APRIL 3, 2011

     SINCE YESTERDAY I WAS TALKING ABOUT PICTURES, I THOUGHT TODAY I WOULD SEGWAY INTO "MOVING PICTURES" OR MOVIES ON-BOARD.  THE DISNEY DREAM HAS A LAVISH MOVIE THEATER CALLED THE "BUENA VISTA THEATER" ON BOARD THAT TAKES UP OVER 5,000 SQUARE FEET AND RISES OVER 2  DECKS (4 & 5) IN THE MIDDLE OF THE SHIP.  IT SHOWS FIRST RUN FILMS AND SOME IN DISNEY'S AMAZING DIGITAL 3-D.
     WHILE THE THEATER HAS ALL OF THE MODERN STATE OF THE ART PROJECTION, SOUND, AND SCREEN TECHNOLOGY, THE THEATER AND DECOR ITSELF HARK EN BACK TO THE OLD DAYS OF CLASSIC FORMAL ART DECO DESIGNED THEATERS OF THE 1920's AND 1930's.  IT HAS 400 DUAL LEVEL PLUSH RECLINING STADIUM SEATS WHERE EVERY SEAT IN THE THEATER HAS AN UNOBSTRUCTED VIEW OF THE SCREEN.
     WHILE THERE IS A SNACK BAR NEAR THE THEATER WHERE YOU CAN BUY TYPICAL MOVIE THEATER FARE, IT'S PRICED WORSE THAN YOUR LOCAL MOVIE THEATER.  AND WE ALL KNOW HOW RIDICULOUS THOSE PRICES ARE.  DOESN'T IT FEEL LIKE EVERY TIME YOU GO TO THE MOVIES THE SNACK BAR PRICES HAVE GONE UP?  YOU USED TO JOKE THAT GOING TO A MOVIE CAN COST YOU $20!  NOW IF YOU GOT AWAY WITH SPENDING $20 YOU'D PROBABLY BE PSYCHED!  WELL THIS IS WORSE.  SOME PEOPLE HAVE TO HAVE THOSE THINGS THAT GO HAND IN HAND WITH A MOVIE AND A THEATER, BUT IF YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT THE PRICE AT ALL, PLAN AHEAD.  AND YES, I SAID PRICE.  THIS IS ONE OF THOSE FEW SPOTS ON-BOARD WHERE YOU HAVE TO PAY FOR FOOD.  WHY?  BECAUSE DISNEY KNOWS THEY'RE GOING TO MAKE MONEY.  LIKE I SAID, SOME PEOPLE HAVE TO HAVE IT.  IT'S LIKE IMPULSE BUYING AT THE SUPERMARKET.  THERE'S A REASON THAT STUFF IS RIGHT NEXT TO THE CASH REGISTER YOU KNOW.  WELL, WHY GIVE IT AWAY WHEN YOU KNOW PEOPLE WILL STILL PAY FOR IT?  AND THEY DO.  BUT IF YOU PLAN AHEAD WITH ALL THAT FREE FOOD ON-BOARD, YOU WON'T HAVE TO.  THEY'LL LET YOU BRING YOUR OWN DRINKS IN, AND IF YOU ALREADY HAVE YOUR SNACKS OR WHAT HAVE YOU, YOU'RE ALL SET.
     THE BUENA VISTA THEATER HAS IT'S OWN SCHEDULE LINE ON THE DAYS GRAPH ON YOUR PERSONAL NAVIGATOR, SO IT'S EASY TO LOOK AT ANY TIME, OR FOR THE ENTIRE DAY AND SEE IF THERE'S ANYTHING YOU'D LIKE TO SEE IN THE THEATER.  I PERSONALLY STRUGGLE WITH THIS ONE.  I RARELY GO TO THE MOVIE THEATER TO SEE ANYTHING, UNLESS I REALLY THINK IT'S GONNA BE GREAT IN THE THEATER.  SO TAKING 2 HOURS OUT OF MY DAY ON VACATION TO GO TO THE MOVIES SEEMS EVEN ODDER TO ME.  IF SOMETHING I REALLY WANT TO SEE IS PLAYING, I MIGHT.  BUT I CAN GO TO THE MOVIES AT HOME.  IT WOULD ALMOST BE LIKE STAYING IN MY STATEROOM TO SEE A MOVIE ON-DEMAND ON TV FOR 2 HOURS JUST BECAUSE IT WAS FREE.  SO NOT ME.  I WANT TO DO THE THINGS THAT I COULDN'T DO AT HOME.  AGAIN, IT'S A VACATION.  I MIGHT HAVE GONE TO SEE "TANGLED" HAD I NOT JUST RENTED IT.  I'M GLAD WE DID.  IT WAS REALLY GOOD.  WE SAW THE RE-RELEASE OF TOY STORY 1 & 2 IN A 3D DOUBLE FEATURE AND TOY STORY 3 IN 3D IN THE THEATER WHEN IT CAME OUT.  ALL FANTASTIC AND ALL WORTH GOING TO, BUT IT'S FEW AND FAR BETWEEN. 
     SO, LIKE ANYTHING, I GUESS YOUR CHOICE TO GO SEE A MOVIE IN THIS BEAUTIFUL THEATER WHILE ON-BOARD IS JUST A MATTER OF CHOICE, PREFERENCE, OR TIMING TOO I WOULD THINK.  IF IT RAINED, I'LL BET THAT THEATER IS A HECK OF A LOT MORE CROWDED.  BETTER CHANCE THAT I MIGHT BE ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE.  EITHER WAY, I'LL CERTAINLY LOOK FORWARD TO CHECKING THE THEATER OUT, WHETHER I MAKE AN ENTIRE FILM IN THERE OR NOT.  HOW OFTEN DO YOU GET TO SEE A MOVIE THEATER, NOT A MOVIE, THAT MAKES YOU SAY, "WOOOOOW."
     SEA YA REAL SOON!   ºOº
TODAY'S FILMS, YES FILMS, HE'S CATCHING UP, ARE "THE LION KING", "THE LION KING 2", AND "THE RETURN OF JAFAR".  I CAUGHT SOME OF THE LION KING WHICH IS A GREAT EPIC FILM.  ANYTHING WITH JAMES EARL JONES' VOICE IN IT HAS TO BE POWERFUL, BUT I'M NOT MUCH ON STRAIGHT TO DVD SEQUELS.

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