While the basic concept of movie going has remained the same over the last hundred years… buy a ticket, get some popcorn, watch a movie. The experience has progressed with the times. Now we have flavors of popcorn, immersive movie showings with recliner seats, and online tickets. One of the most obvious things that has changed about the ticket is …
It’s really, Really, REALLY bad.
Let’s pretend that you make $10 per hour. What would you do if for one year, you have to live on $1 per hour. You live paycheck to paycheck and do not have any other sources of income. You have eliminated all of the bills you can, but you still have your electric bill and other unavoidable costs. How …
Theaters and the Pandemic
WHY we need help. We have a lot of different ages as fans of the Palace so before we get to the “how” we want you to understand the “why.” If you already understand this, please scroll down to the HOW section. In a nutshell: Grab a calculator and add up what you made in May, June, July and …
Palace under attack!
We are trying to keep the Covid enemy out of the Palace walls. We are all under attack, but hopefully with some personal responsibility, we can stay safe and still enjoy our favorite activities. If you haven’t visited the Palace since we reopened in June, things are a little different around here. While we hope most of these adjustments …
The best bad review
STOP! Don’t hit send. I know you’re mad. I know you feel justice will be served if you spew a list of profanities blasting a business on a public forum. You’ll show them what happens when they disrespect you and blatantly disregard all of the doctrines of customer service that you feel they should follow based on your experience …
A room full of candy!
Picture this: you walk into a hotel conference room full of booths. These booths are full of candy and popcorn and hot dogs and all of the yummy items you could hope to find at a concession counter. Your challenge, should you choose to accept it, is to visit these booths, try the samples, and decide how to work these …
Back to school: Field Trips, Fundraisers, Donations!
It’s back to school time and I know many of you are taking on new roles. If you’re suddenly tasked with the job of planning field trips, raising money, or looking for donations, here’s where to start: Field Trips We offer field trips outside of our regular schedule. The basics: $8 gets students a ticket/drink/popcorn. One teacher is included for …
Getting the movie you want at the Palace
We do not pick the new release movies that are played at the Palace. For that reason… if there is a specific movie that you want to see, sometimes YOU need to bring it to us. We get most big releases, but small releases are pretty rare for us. The studios have very targeted areas for their movies and their …
Is this movie appropriate?
Movie theaters are weird. We don’t have any control over the product we sell (movies). Not only do we not have any say in what gets made, we also don’t get to pick what comes to us. We are not well versed in every movie that comes through. We do not get any special treatment from the studio. They do …