Gold Class Cinema - The luxury experience!

Tuesday April 25th – Today is ANZAC day so not much was open for us to see or do. Sue needed a poker fix and there happened to be a tournament during the day. I decided to go downtown with her as the casino has a movie theater and I could kill some time there while she played poker. I decided to see March of the Penguins in the ‘Gold Class Theatre’.

OK, here’s the deal with “Gold Class - the luxury cinema experience”. It’s basically the ‘exclusive’ movie experience. First of all you have your own separate and MUCH shorter line to purchase your (overpriced) ticket. For me this meant I walked past the 50 people standing in the regular line and stood behind one other person before getting to the ticket window. I then was directed to the Gold Class Lounge. This is the area for you to hangout before the movie starts, you can order appetizers such as Asian spice roasted nuts and crackers, and drinks including beer and wine. While you enjoy a beverage you review the menu which has a selection of main courses like fish, pasta, Thai food, pizza or good old burgers. The dessert menu is equally tempting, and there is the standard movie fare of popcorn and candy to choose from as well. Now here’s the really cool part. You make you selections and pay then advise the helpful staff when during the movie you would like your selections delivered. As I was feeling hungry I choose to have my main course served first with some popcorn and candy delivered about a ½ hour later. And in case you have some other whim that must be satisfied during the show there is a call button at your seat which will bring an attendant rushing to take your order.

After making my selections a nice young girl escorted me to my assigned seat (shown in the photo). It was a luxurious suede recliner that lay almost flat and was super comfortable. I laid there before the move began and before my food was delivered, wallowing in the decadence and thinking my husband Grant would LOVE this too. To my knowledge we don’t have these types of theaters in the US and it’s a good thing as I would gladly spend a fortune each time I went to the movies for this self-indulgence.