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I hit the theatre at least every weekend to catch a show. Now, I am in the fortunate position that when I am not convincing old age pensioners that they should get life time warrenty brake pads for their 1977 Toronado I do get Friday’s off so I will usually catch the first matinee show of the day on opening weekend. So I save a couple bucks and will the see the movie usually before any of my friends do while they’re stuck at work. Huzzah!
But how much can getting good seats, let alone tickets in Korea suck? Apparently it can suck a lot.
Most theaters have incorporated a system that enables customers to choose their own seats when buying tickets at the booth. And some of the major theatre chains in Korea CGV and Megabox offer reserve seating. CGV will reserve you a seat in their reserved seating section but that is on a first come first serve basis. And Megabox will only hold you a ticket and not give you a seat until you pick up your tickets. So the reserve scheme at Megabox is almost moot as you can have a ticket but if you come late you will likely be sitting at the back of the theatre.
On holidays and weekends the ticket line wait can be 6 to 7 hours long!?! So unless you’re ready to make the trek to the theatre very early in the morning chances are you’re not going to get in and see the film you want to see until at least… Christmas.
So if you’re ever in Korea and you want to see a movie call about a week ahead and reserve your tickets for the following week. No, seriously.
Given this newfound knowledge of Korean cinema ticket practices it looks like I may strike them off my list of potential countries to go teach English in. Good money and beautiful women my butt! You lost me at 6 to 7 hours.
Read the full article at HanCinema.
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