Movie For Free

wazabiker · 06-30-2006, 06:38 PM

Yesterday afternoon my wife and I and four friends went to a local Regal Theater to see Superman Returns. Wife went to purchase tickets and was told "I'm not charging him (me in a wheelchair) for a ticket." How about that! I seem to remember that recently Regal Theaters lost a lawsuit for not providing appropriate wheelchair accommodations. Well, we went into the theater and to my amazement came to a large metal platform with railings that easily swallowed my chair. Best viewing vantage I've had since SCI. There were three identical platforms in various places in the theater. We thoroughly enjoyed Superman--a great movie, but not for little children. After the movie we went to a nearby steakhouse. Boy was it crowded, but we snagged an outside table that would take the six of us. Delicious meal and good company, too. When presented out tab, the waitress told me, "An anonymous benefactor has paid $20 of your bill because of your military service." This person must have seen my "Proud Member of The Paralyzed Veterans of America" sticker on the chair's seat back. What a refreshing day for me and my wife. Shows that there are good people still walking this earth.

Phil Durt

JimD · 06-30-2006, 07:39 PM

What a great experience! Also, please allow me to thank you for your service as well.

darkeyed_daisy · 06-30-2006, 08:26 PM

Hey Neighbor....

Glad you had a good time at the movies and dinner.......The younger generations (myself included) should do that for our veterans more often. Thank you for serving your country so that we could enjoy the freedoms we have. I try to do things like that occasionally.....or at least shake someones hand or even give a hug.

I am almost within a stones throw of where you live......
Have a nice evening......

Myc0 · 06-30-2006, 09:08 PM

I went to a movie with my parents(Walk the Line or The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe) and they let us in for free. Pickin' up some gimpathy perks

wanttolive · 06-30-2006, 11:36 PM

I have been really wanting to go see a movie, but I have a stupid question: Can someone sit beside you in the w/c section (i.e. are there regular seats there, too), or do we have to sit on different rows? I want to be able to sit with my family!

Also, I am really happy that someone took the time to thank you for your service to our country. Let me add my thanks to you, too!

WantToLive
Cancer-related SCI 12/26/05

jukespin · 07-01-2006, 02:17 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by wanttolive

I have been really wanting to go see a movie, but I have a stupid question: Can someone sit beside you in the w/c section (i.e. are there regular seats there, too), or do we have to sit on different rows? I want to be able to sit with my family!

Also, I am really happy that someone took the time to thank you for your service to our country. Let me add my thanks to you, too!

WantToLive
Cancer-related SCI 12/26/05

wanttolive, I was a big-time movie goer until I gave up my car four years ago (once went to Sacramento and saw "Falling Down"

; "Groundhog Day:"

& "Leap of Faith

" in one day at theaters scattered around the city).

Yes, your friends and/or family can sit with you in the w/c section.

Katja · 07-01-2006, 11:02 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by wanttolive

Can someone sit beside you in the w/c section (i.e. are there regular seats there, too), or do we have to sit on different rows? I want to be able to sit with my family!

Depends on the theater, but usually there isn't really a "wheelchair section" - there will be a couple of rows where one or two seats at the end of a row have been removed to make room for a wheelchair, so your family members will just sit next to you in the same row.

In stadium style theaters, it's similar except that some of the removed seats are in the middle of the row as well.

pash8605 · 07-01-2006, 08:04 PM

If you go to the movies with someone, say they're your attendant. The theater is supposed to allow your 'attendant' in for free, then you can just split the cost of you. Some theaters don't know that so wont honor it, but that's what I was told!

Broknwing · 07-01-2006, 11:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pash8605

If you go to the movies with someone, say they're your attendant. The theater is supposed to allow your 'attendant' in for free, then you can just split the cost of you. Some theaters don't know that so wont honor it, but that's what I was told!

In addition to Regal, I think it's also Carmike Cinemas that also does not charge for the person in wheelchair & one "attendant"....I know there is one chain besides Regal, but I can't remember 100% who it is...I THINK it's Carmike....

lynnifer · 07-02-2006, 12:36 AM

They did that when I was first paralyzed twenty-one years ago. Then they stopped for a while citing that some people in wheelchairs didn't want the preferrential treatment. The last time I went to the show (maybe 2 or 4 years ago) I was able to get in free again. Weird.

06-30-2006, 06:38 PM	#1
wazabiker Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Aiken, SC USA Posts: 2,039	Movie For Free Yesterday afternoon my wife and I and four friends went to a local Regal Theater to see Superman Returns. Wife went to purchase tickets and was told "I'm not charging him (me in a wheelchair) for a ticket." How about that! I seem to remember that recently Regal Theaters lost a lawsuit for not providing appropriate wheelchair accommodations. Well, we went into the theater and to my amazement came to a large metal platform with railings that easily swallowed my chair. Best viewing vantage I've had since SCI. There were three identical platforms in various places in the theater. We thoroughly enjoyed Superman--a great movie, but not for little children. After the movie we went to a nearby steakhouse. Boy was it crowded, but we snagged an outside table that would take the six of us. Delicious meal and good company, too. When presented out tab, the waitress told me, "An anonymous benefactor has paid $20 of your bill because of your military service." This person must have seen my "Proud Member of The Paralyzed Veterans of America" sticker on the chair's seat back. What a refreshing day for me and my wife. Shows that there are good people still walking this earth. Phil Durt

06-30-2006, 08:26 PM	#3
darkeyed_daisy Senior Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: on the wings of a dragonfly Posts: 7,874	Hey Neighbor.... Glad you had a good time at the movies and dinner.......The younger generations (myself included) should do that for our veterans more often. Thank you for serving your country so that we could enjoy the freedoms we have. I try to do things like that occasionally.....or at least shake someones hand or even give a hug. I am almost within a stones throw of where you live...... Have a nice evening...... __________________ T12-L2; Burst fracture L1: Incomplete walking with AFO's and cane since 1989 My goal in life is to be as good of a person my dog already thinks I am. ~Author Unknown

06-30-2006, 09:08 PM	#4
Myc0 Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Twilight in the Garden of Good and Evil Posts: 1,895	I went to a movie with my parents(Walk the Line or The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe) and they let us in for free. Pickin' up some gimpathy perks __________________ De Omnibus Dubitandum

07-01-2006, 08:04 PM	#8
pash8605 Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: BC, Canada Posts: 497	If you go to the movies with someone, say they're your attendant. The theater is supposed to allow your 'attendant' in for free, then you can just split the cost of you. Some theaters don't know that so wont honor it, but that's what I was told! __________________ ~Ashley~

07-02-2006, 12:36 AM	#10
lynnifer Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Windsor ON Canada Posts: 15,313	They did that when I was first paralyzed twenty-one years ago. Then they stopped for a while citing that some people in wheelchairs didn't want the preferrential treatment. The last time I went to the show (maybe 2 or 4 years ago) I was able to get in free again. Weird. __________________ I think over again my small adventures, My fears, Those small ones that seemed so big, For all the vital things I had to get and to reach; And yet there is only one great thing, The only thing, To live to see the great day that dawns And the light that fills the world. Anonymous (Inuit, 19th century) T-11 Flaccid Paraplegic due to TM July 1985 @ age 12

06-30-2006, 07:39 PM	#2
JimD Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Long Island, NY Posts: 2,052	What a great experience! Also, please allow me to thank you for your service as well.

06-30-2006, 11:36 PM	#5
wanttolive Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: East TN Posts: 86	I have been really wanting to go see a movie, but I have a stupid question: Can someone sit beside you in the w/c section (i.e. are there regular seats there, too), or do we have to sit on different rows? I want to be able to sit with my family! Also, I am really happy that someone took the time to thank you for your service to our country. Let me add my thanks to you, too! WantToLive Cancer-related SCI 12/26/05

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