{"id":8140,"date":"2009-12-18T15:18:15","date_gmt":"2009-12-18T23:18:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/?p=8140"},"modified":"2019-12-23T14:33:47","modified_gmt":"2019-12-23T22:33:47","slug":"amc-theaters-oks-bringing-in-drinks-and-snacks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2009\/12\/18\/amc-theaters-oks-bringing-in-drinks-and-snacks\/","title":{"rendered":"AMC Theaters OKs Bringing In Drinks and Snacks"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[{&quot;id&quot;:3575,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.apple.com\\\/trailers\\\/disney\\\/princessandthefrog&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20100218154237\\\/http:\\\/\\\/www.apple.com:80\\\/trailers\\\/disney\\\/princessandthefrog\\\/&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.apple.com\\\/trailers\\\/disney\\\/princessandthefrog&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-07 11:37:02&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-25 14:40:21&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:503},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-05 22:12:21&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-15 11:38:18&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-15 11:38:18&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:3576,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.amcentertainment.com&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20100918165737\\\/http:\\\/\\\/www.amcentertainment.com:80\\\/&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-06 21:09:03&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:503},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-26 15:32:55&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:403},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-05 22:12:19&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:403},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-16 06:34:59&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:403}],&quot;broken&quot;:true,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-16 06:34:59&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:403},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:3577,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.apple.com\\\/trailers\\\/disney\\\/aliceinwonderland&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20100218115810\\\/http:\\\/\\\/www.apple.com:80\\\/trailers\\\/disney\\\/aliceinwonderland\\\/&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.apple.com\\\/trailers\\\/disney\\\/aliceinwonderland&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-07 11:36:57&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-26 15:32:55&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-05 22:12:17&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-15 11:38:23&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-15 11:38:23&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:3578,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.apple.com\\\/trailers\\\/fox\\\/avatar&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20100208180333\\\/http:\\\/\\\/www.apple.com\\\/trailers\\\/fox\\\/avatar\\\/&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-06 21:09:10&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-26 15:32:55&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-05 22:12:16&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-16 06:34:57&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-16 06:34:57&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:3579,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/getsatisfaction.com\\\/amc_theatres\\\/topics\\\/no_more_small_sizes&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/getsatisfaction.com:443\\\/amc_theatres\\\/topics\\\/no_more_small_sizes&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]'><\/div>\n<p>Well, no, they don&#8217;t. However, they sure seem to be <em>encouraging<\/em> it, even if that&#8217;s not their intent.<\/p>\n<p>This morning, Prairie and I went to see a matinee showing of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.apple.com\/trailers\/disney\/princessandthefrog\/\" title=\"Apple: Trailers: The Princess and the Frog\">The Princess and the Frog<\/a>, Disney&#8217;s latest traditionally animated film. The film itself was a lot of fun, and we both loved being able to go out and see <em>real<\/em> animation on the big screen, something that happens all too rarely in these days of CGI and 3D gimmickry.<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, as much as we enjoyed the film itself, we&#8217;re running out of reasons to bother with actual theaters, rather than waiting for video. The latest eye-rolling bit of obnoxiousness? It seems that <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amcentertainment.com\/\" title=\"AMC Entertainment\">AMC Theatres<\/a> has discontinued all &#8220;small&#8221; sizes of drinks and candy.<\/p>\n<p>When I went to the snack bar, planning on getting a small soda, the menu board had a blank spot under the &#8220;small&#8221; column for both drinks and candy. Scoping out the sales stations, I noticed that while they all had spaces for three sizes of cups by their soda fountains, only two were stocked. Asking the soda jockey behind the counter confirmed it: AMC is &#8220;reconfiguring&#8221; their snack bar options, and there are now only two sizes of drinks, medium and large.<\/p>\n<p>While even the small drinks weren&#8217;t all that small before hand, it appears that now, the <em>smallest<\/em> size fountain soda you can get is a 32oz bucket, for $4.25. I have no real idea what they&#8217;ve done with their candy lineup, but I&#8217;m betting they just re-labeled all the &#8220;small&#8221; boxes to &#8220;mediums&#8221;, and knocked the larger &#8220;medium&#8221; boxes up to &#8220;large&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Just one more reason (along with the barrage of ads euphemistically described as &#8220;pre-show entertainment,&#8221; the crappy customer service provided by the staff of most theaters, and the absolute lack of public decorum from the majority of other moviegoers) why my theater-going experience is going to be ever more rare. On those rare occasions when I do go &#8212; both Prairie and I are thinking that we want to see the 3D version of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.apple.com\/trailers\/disney\/aliceinwonderland\/\" title=\"Apple: Trailers: Alice in Wonderland\">Tim Burton&#8217;s Alice in Wonderland<\/a>, which will be our first modern theatrical 3D experience (no, I&#8217;m not planning on seeing <a href=\"http:\/\/www.apple.com\/trailers\/fox\/avatar\/\" title=\"Apple: Trailers: Avatar\">Avatar<\/a> in 3D&#8230;at this point, I&#8217;m not planning on seeing it until it&#8217;s out on DVD) &#8212; I&#8217;ll be taking advantage of Prairie&#8217;s largest purse and bringing in my own snacks <em>and drinks<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><ins>12\/21\/09 Update:<\/ins> According to <a href=\"http:\/\/getsatisfaction.com\/amc_theatres\/topics\/no_more_small_sizes\" title=\"Get Satisfaction: AMC Theaters: No more small sizes?\">this Get Satisfaction customer support thread<\/a>, small sizes of soda and popcorn do still exist, bundled together into a &#8220;Cameo Combo&#8221;. A combo doesn&#8217;t thrill me, as I&#8217;m not big on popcorn and would only want the drink, but the representative did say that it should be possible to buy the small drink on its own. I&#8217;m still not <em>entirely<\/em> thrilled by this (it seems ridiculous that this is the only way to get a reasonably sized drink), but at least it&#8217;s an option (assuming that the kids at the snack bar know about the option).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On those rare occasions when I do go see a film in the theater, I&#8217;ll be taking advantage of Prairie&#8217;s largest purse and bringing in my own snacks _and drinks_.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2043,2037],"tags":[806,808,43,23,13,809],"class_list":["post-8140","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-personal","category-tv-and-films","tag-alice-in-wonderland","tag-avatar","tag-disney","tag-film","tag-life","tag-the-princess-and-the-frog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8140","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8140"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8140\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8140"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8140"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8140"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}