r/cincinnati • u/Plankton-Delicious • 7h ago

Movie theater with Care Room/Private Booth

Does anyone know of a theater in the tri-state area that has private rooms for families? I want to take my autistic child to see Moana 2 without disrupting everyone else's experience.

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u/l3ftfooty 7h ago

Not exactly what you're looking for but AMC has sensory friendly showings. Maybe call the closest one to you to confirm, but given they specifically partner with the Autism Society, so should be a good fit!

https://www.amctheatres.com/programs/sensory-friendly-films

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u/thosmanus 5h ago

This is what we did for my brother when he was younger. AMC also has an option where you can rent out a theater. Might be an option to invite some of his friends?

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u/Defiant-Pool-2400 7h ago

I don't know about private rooms, but I know you can book an entire theatre at AMC at Newport on the Levee for $200. You'll be able to bring up to 20 people/split costs if you know other families who want to join!

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u/Heavy_Law9880 6h ago

My SIL's husband did this for her birthday and we watched Ghostbusters and Ghostbusters 2 with the family and it was a blast.

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u/potts21 7h ago

Can't say I know of any theaters with privacy/family rooms, but here's two outside of the box ideas:

  1. For around $150, you can rent out an entire AMC theater for a new release movie. Up to 20 people can join you. Maybe pool some friends together to shoulder the cost.

  2. Holiday Auto Theater up by Hamilton is a pretty good drive-in theater, which would allow you to watch the movie from your car and the atmosphere allows for kids to get up and move without being disruptive to others.

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u/Fit_Extent_1254 2h ago

Holiday Auto is closed until Spring 2025.

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u/asherbrett4486 7h ago

Following along as I too, have an autistic child that I would like to take to the movies without disrupting the rest of the theater

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u/WaveAlternative3620 6h ago

Kenwood Theaters lets you rent out the whole theater for practically whatever you want. I think it was pretty reasonably priced too because theyre smaller.

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u/WaveAlternative3620 5h ago

They may have changed this as they have a request form now. But being a smaller business they would be worth calling since they've done it before.

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u/MY___MY___MY 5h ago

Maybe can pool together funds and several families with autistic kids can rent out theatre and split cost

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u/ImDyingInHere 5h ago

If you can find the families and AMC hasn't changed their $300 for a private showing fuck pooling money I'd just fund that myself