Harry Potter

So the theater was called the Galaxy Uptown. Now when I used to live here, the Galaxy Cinema was all of 3 screens & not much to behold. That being sad, it wasn't a bad place but to say that they've made improvements would be an understatement. The theater is surrounded by a Tempe Marketplace-like commercial complex and features all of 10 screens. The screen that we bought tickets for? The VIP.

Now most of the time when you go to a midnight premier, you find yourself sitting outside for hours and you get packed in and have terrible seats. Also, midnight premiers for Harry Potter movies are usually attended by Jr High & High Schoolers which can get pretty annoying. The VIP allowed us to avoid both of those things.

Walking in, we saw the huge line that wrapped around the front of the theater. It was about 950pm and the line was huge. We walked past the mob & picked up our pre-ordered tickets from the vending machine and walked right in. At the end of the hall we were greeted by the VIP bartender who checked our tickets and directed us to the theater. As you can see in the picture there were only 4 elevated rows with 10 seats per row & 2 rows on the floor. The theater held only 64 people and we were the first to arrive. We claimed our seats & waited for our friends to show up.

Now the nice thing about this theater having a bar is that it means no minors are allowed in. That meant a nice quiet movie with no screaming or squealing. Even if you don't drink - you have to appreciate that! They also featured food delivery. You could place an order at the bar & then they would give you one of those light-up pagers (like when you wait at a restaurant) & you can go back to your seat. When your food comes out, your pager lights up & the waiter can then find you. Very nice.

So we got some popcorn & soda and settled in with a cozy DLP projected image & enjoyed almost 3 hours of Harry Potter.

Thanks to Jozie for takin the pictures!

-Glenn
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