Wheelchair Seat Is Located on The Best Location at Movie Theaters in the U.S.

 

Hi, it’s Mizuki again!

 

I love going to movies in the States.

I often go to movies in Japan as well, but there are some big differences of movie theater in the U.S. and in Japan.

 

First, a ticket price varies among movie theaters in the U.S. In Japan, most of movie theaters sell ticket at the same price.

In U.S., the price varies depends on each movie theater.

For example,  a small theater in Wisconsin is 3 dollars, one in a bigger city is 8~10 dollars. In Syracuse, it costed 11.50 dollars.

The price is also different depends on date and time of the cinema in this theater.

 

Another big difference is that you don’t need to reserve a seat in advance. (You cannot reserve seats at all.)

When you buy a ticket, you just tell the staff what movie and what time you want to watch.

You can select your seat after you enter a theater.

First come first serve.

Some theaters have no stairs inside, so even a wheelchair user can have more choices of seats.

The movie theater in Syracuse has stairs, but I found the seat with wheelchair marks is just in the center, where everyone wants to sit.

Yeah, it is the best location in the room!

 

Me: “I can’t believe this! Usually wheelchair seats are 1st line, right before the screen in Japan…”

 

American friend: “I think wheelchair seats are located in the middle and center inmost of the movie theaters that I know. No one wants to watch movie in the front. hahaha.”

 

In Japan, we need to decide the seat in advance and buy a ticket.

Usually wheelchair seats are located in the very front (right before a screen), or in the middle but next to aisles near exit.

I think those seats are easy to access but never good to enjoy a movie with!

I wonder if the location of those wheelchair seats in Japan are put on those locations so that the customers in wheelchair will not to “disturb other customers”.

 

 

I often reserve a regular seat where has a little better view but is still near a wheelchair seat, which is at bad locations.

I can do this because I can go up stairs by myself.

But for wheelchair users who can’t do this, they have no choice.

They just need to watch from a unreasonable location.

Everyone wants to watch their favorite movies from their favorite locations.

Today I realized that Japanese movie theaters should give more choices for customers in wheelchair.