On the possibility of changing from a Cineworld to Odeon monthly subscription

The third stand alone cultural experience of the week is the opera Il Travatore which I saw on Tuesday the 31^st of January also the Cineworld Bolden. My previous visit to this cinema theatre to watch a relay had been an exasperating experience because as has happened many times before management failed to supervise the relay so that the lights were not turned off until the live performance had commenced and a member of the audience went out to complain to the staff. I gave the performance a zero rating in order to hopefully get through to management that although my continued attendance appeared assured because I enjoy the advantages of the unlimited card I was beginning the extra cost and time of combining cinema visits to the Odon Silverlink which requires the extra expenditure of going through the Tyne Tunnel with journeys to the Gateshead Metro shopping centre where the Odeon there has an Imax projection screen, now that the chain has also introduced its own  version of the unlimited card.

Although I will continue to make use the Vue cinemas in Croydon as my bank provides 6 free tickets a year as part of the account I also travel into London for the Cineworld’s at the 02 Dome and nearby East India Docks, and at Wandsworth via Clapham Junction Station and then a bus. I am looking forward to also experiencing Imax at the new Cineworld at the historic Empire in Leicester Square where there is a £2 premium for the visit plus the extra for the Imax screen. When it comes to Odeon’s nearest to Croydon is at Wimbledon where there is a direct link by tram which recently derailed causing several deaths and serious inquiries. There is course the world-famous Odeon Leicester Square, the huge Imax screen on the South Bank close to Waterloo and a couple of other in the city centre I have used.

 On my as frequent visits to Nottingham there is a Cineworld in the centre of the city there where I take the Tram from the free carpark at the Forest or the free bus from the car park in the southern part of the city near boots and the Riverside Travel Lodge where I stay when watch cricket at Trent Bridge. When staying at Mansfield Travel Lodge I will go to the Odeon to the south east of the shopping complex which also has a Sainsbury Supermarket and restaurants. On my less frequent visits to Brighton and Worthing there is a Cineworld with free parking at the Brighton marina centre and an Odeon where the horrendous car parking cost is always a factor assuming one is also prepared to join the queue when travelling from Worthing.  Thus, any decision to change monthly subscriptions will not be taken quickly but it became under serious consideration and I was therefore relieved that my complaints and possibly that from others was listened to this time and management is now giving special attention again to the live relays which take place at least once a week, sometimes two and this week exceptionally three. The Unlimited subscription also provides a reduction on over £6 on relays, 25% on ice creams, sweets, food and drink and a similar discount on local restaurants. I am yet to establish if there are similar discounts at the Odeon who have operated a points system where I still have an account.