Mountain Valley Mall Cinema

Unfortunately, this place is the Only option for a movie out. The signage is confusing as there is no real box office when you arrive to buy tickets. After waiting for some time, we realized we needed to buy tickets at the concession stand. The overzealous staff/​manager was rude and not friendly at all! The theatre was dirty and the seats were very uncomfortable. With that said, my kids seemed to enjoy themselves as it beat going outside in the polar vortex.

This is the best theater you are going to find in the area. We have been coming to this theater annually for years now because we own a condo up in this area. The theater has some things they’re doing right and other things in desperate need of upgrading.
Things done well:
1. They fully upgraded the sound and picture quality. Nicely done.
2. Popcorn is fresh and they don’t load it with butter and salt. Instead, they allow you to have butter put on it if you choose to. In addition, they offer numerous salt and flavor toppings that the customer can put on their own popcorn. Bucket of popcorn comes with same day, one time refill.
3. They have 25 cent candy in the hall on the way to the movies. This is a great, inexpensive option that I wish more theaters had. There are bags available to put the candy in and a decent assortment including Hot Tamales, Reeses Pieces, and Mike & Ike’s.
4. Theater is kept relatively clean and in good shape, including the bathrooms.
Now the bad:
1. The seats. They are very uncomfortable and very old. Although they are on a slight incline, they are not stadium style seating. This part I can overlook. The real issues is the seats are so close together that you get very cozy with anyone sitting next to you or behind you. VERY COZY. The leg room does not exist. Forget it if you’re tall. You are going to be crammed in like a sardine with your legs twisted. If someone has to get up in your row, the entire row will need to evacuate to let them out. There is no way someone can slip between the seats and row in front of them to get out. It’s not going to happen. The seats also sit very low to the ground, are small and not comfortable.
2. The screens are small. This is disappointing, but not a deal breaker.
3. The walls are thin so you can really hear the movie going on in the next theater over. Usually at theaters you hear a bit of base from other movies, or a loud boom, but you can hear a lot more than that at this place. Really sucks if the movie next door is loud and your’s is quiet.
4. Like most of the Conway area, they serve Pepsi products instead of Coke. I know for some this might be a plus, but it definitely isn’t for our family. :)
Still, this place shows up to date movies and overall is not bad. Like I said, it’s the best you’re going to get in the area.

Best option for movies in North Conway. They upgraded the video last year so the 3D looks great! Smaller screens and chairs a bit uncomfortable but clean and good video /​sound. We go there every year we vacation in Conway.

While on vacation in NH, my husband and I popped in here to see a matinée of Super 8.
Super nice Boston theatres, it is not. But we weren’t expecting that, so it was fine. My issue mainly lies with the sounds system. I noticed in the previews that whenever the sound would get really loud (we saw a few action trailers), the sound would fuzz. Didn’t seem *too* apparent during the movie, though.
Happy to report that the concession crap costs just as much in a tiny NH town as it does in Boston.
Small theatre, which I like, but that also meant I got to smell the bathroom on the way in as well as the old lady perfume and the Axe body spray of our neighbors.
Ahh, small town «multiplexes.» You feel like you’re walking into an abandoned mall. In fact, when I looked for the entrance upon getting out of the car, the Panda Garden restaurant looked like it was long closed and I couldn’t find the «mall» entrance right away. I think «mall» means «JC Penney» here. It definitely felt like an old multiplex, though. Perhaps built in the 80s?
Overall, the experience was fine.
FYI, they don’t take AmEx or Discover!