Location: https://www.cineplex.com/Theatre/cineplex-cinemas-east-hills
Address: 205 East Hills Boulevard SE, Calgary, AB
Cineplex is now offering a premium theatre for families called – Cineplex Clubhouse.
Note: Previously, they were offering in seat food service but this has been discontinued.
The Cineplex Clubhouse Theatre has balcony and floor seating. Some seats are recliners with a foot rest and some are rocker recliners.
The seats are comfortable and roomy. Note that there are no inside stairs connecting the balcony and the floor seats.
There were small toys at the front of the theatre when we went but I have heard this has been discontinued.
There is a large climber alongside the theatre.
Which includes slides and a climbing wall.
There are visual and auditory announcements to let everyone know how much time there is left to play. These seem to be pretty effective, even my 4 year old was paying attention to them and I didn’t see any kids complain when it was time to sit down.
When playtime is over, the toys are put away and the climber is locked.
Our family loved the Cineplex Clubhouse experience. I think it helped that the kids had less time they had to sit and wait before the movie started. My kids loved being able to play AND go to a movie at the same place. The tickets do cost a bit more ($3 more than their baseline tickets – the same as going to a 3D movie) but it made our movie experience much better.
Disclosure: We received admission to the Cineplex Clubhouse for our family
I went today with my almost 6 year old. There were no toys or tables set up at the front and we had to ask to have the climbing structure unlocked when the countdown started on the screen. There weren’t any audio warnings about time left but my son definitely enjoyed checking the visual count down. We got to the theatre at noon for a 1pm movie so we would have time to get lunch, eat and play before the movie and I’m very glad we did – the play time starts 45 minutes before the movie time and there’s a 10-15 minute break to lock the play structure and go to the bathroom. Due to this timeline, I think it ends up being more waiting time than booking seats online and arriving to the theatre right on time for the movie. Worth it for the novelty and was perfect for today’s “mommy day camp” but I don’t think I’ll do it again and definitely not with my 2 year old who’s too small for the climbing structure!
thanks for the review Janine. It looks like they changed some things since we last went.