The Movie Experience

And here's a typically over the top UAE experience - the Vox Gold ticket.  For a year I had been waiting around to see a movie in the Vox Gold theater at the Marina Mall, which they describe as "the movie experience."  I don't know if it's that amazing, but it was fun.  Laura and I were going to go, but somehow never did - although we saw a ton of movies.  So, my last chance was when my sister Lisa and nephew Garrett were visitng.  After a day spent touring the Burj Khalifa we waited until after dark, and thus when we could start eating during Ramadan, and made it way to the Marina Mal to see the new Spiderman moviel.  With a Vox Gold ticket, which was something like $40, which at least does keep out the teenagers mindlessly texting and even talking on their mobile phones.  Before the movie you order the drinks and food you want, which are delivered to you by a waiter during the movie.  You watch the entire thing reclining in a recliner, warming yourself under a blanket.  Like I said, it's so Emirati.

Lisa and Garrett climbing into their recliners, and resting up after a crazy day featuring a drive to Dubai and a trip up the Burj Khalifa.

Lisa checking out here swag, including the blanket and her 3D glasses.  Ice cream was on the way.

Garrett and I philosophizing about Spiderman, or maybe contemplating another trip into the desert at Liwa.