I generally avoid going to movies, especially ones with lots of hype, on opening weekend. Sometimes I luck out and happen to hit a theater without crazy lines of people waiting to save seats for all 20 of their friends.
However I will be at "Breaking Dawn Part One" opening weekend, making my tween crazy happy. She'll be able watch the Bella's and Edward's love become legal, and chat about it Monday at school.
I won't be camping out to grab decent seats. Nor will I be frustrated when half the theater is reserved for friends who won't show until just before the movie previews start to roll. That's because I have my center seats already reserved.
My secret? Well, I don't know any of the movie managers. I just bought my tickets from a showing at AMC Esplanade online. The dine-in theater lets customers select seats at the time of purchase. You just need to make sure to bring the credit card used on the purchase to the theater.
There is a warning to arrive 30 minutes early. I'll be testing that out this weekend. But with the dine-in option, it's wise to arrive early and place your order so that it's ready when the movie begins.
Cheers.
I arrived about 10 minutes before the movie. My seats were waiting for me. All I did was swipe my credit card in a ticket machine and it immediately printed out my tickets, with the seat numbers that I reserved listed on them. So nice not dealing with crowds.
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