Hmm...CGV's new theater at Park Avenue Mall is finally up (its been up a while but i only learn of it recently,hehehe..). Where the hell is Park Avenue Mall? Seriously, i dont even know (probably between nowhere and somewhere,hehehe..)...all i know that its nearer to Batam Center than to Nagoya area.
So ,i guess its not so much of a cheonging destination. But why am i talking about this place here...hehehe...read on...
Its becos of the new CGV theater in the mall...in case no one knows, this theater is the same theater company as the one at Harbour Bay mall (and different from the one at Nagoya and BCS Mall) where they have couple seats, so one can watch a movie with your girl/s.
Here's some info of it...
I believe you probably notice on the picture above, other than the usual theater seat pricing ,the rest of the pricing is quite different...yes, more EXPENSIVE Gold Class 2D and Velvet 2D. And this 2 kind of seat is the highlight of the theater and why it is MORE expensive than the rest of the other CGV theaters or other cinema21 chain theaters...
This is the Gold Class seat...
Cost 55k rupiah on weekdays, 60k rupiah on Fridays and 65k rupiah for weekends and public holidays.
And the best of the best in Batam's theater...is the Velvet 2D seats which 2 person can LIE DOWN TOGETHER to watch a movie,hehehe...talk about luxury.
Velvet seats for 2 person will cost 110k rupiah on weekdays, 120k rupiah on Fridays,hehehe...and 130k rupiah on weekends and public holidays.
Isnt this amazing? By a paying a little more than the price of a Singapore movie ticket meant for a single person,i could actually grab a Velvet seat movie ticket for 2 person in Batam now,hehehe...
ok, above were the pros of this theater,now let's look at the cons...i dont have the habit of writing all the goods or all the bad of something or some places w/o some contrast of its opposite bad/good.
Believe me, nobody or no tourist from anywhere would go to Batam just solely to watch a movie because its cheaper and then go back home. We are all there for some purpose. The con part of this theater would be its location...scroll back up to look at the map above. Its nearer to Batam Center and a matter of fact, further south from Batam Center itself (even further away from Nagoya area compare to Batam Center).
I ask myself this, how much would one probably need to pay to go from Nagoya area to Batam Center? Probably 60k rupiah to 100k rupiah with those conventional taxis (non-online type,like grab, go-car etc) or hotel taxis...and what about further south? Probably average out to be a about 100k rupiah.
While Velvet couple seat tickets for 2 may cost between 110k rupiah to 130k rupiah,i factor-ed in the 2 way transport cost of 100k rupiah x 2 way? So, 2 person's movie for Velvet couple ticket is likely gonna end up more than 300k rupiah,hehehe...while 300k rupiah for 2 person movie ticket is still cheaper than Singapore's theater seats of similar class (if i dont remember wrong, Singapore Gold class movie ticket cost around S$25 plus per pax), but the variances between the 2 has been drawn closer and it is now more expensive than Singapore's normal movie ticket for 2 person.
For myself, if i wish to play King and Queen for a day in batam, i wouldnt mind paying that price for the exclusiveness but definitely not my everyday choice to watch a movie in Batam.
Just sharing.
Add-on : Park Avenue Mall is has not been completely built yet,you will probably see a lot of renovation work in the surrounding. And taxis can be hard to hail ,hence there's a choice for go-car or grab to works down there.