Quick! Fancy some family tickets to Ice Age 3 this Saturday?

We went yesterday.
Saw Tranformers.
Paid full price.
Bluddy good film though!

We do often go to "Movies for Juniors" so hopefully will be taking advantage of some freebieness in future. The last one we went to was Alvin And The Chipmunks, 3 weeks ago. I had a good rest!!

Sorry RA, I didn't, I decided that it was safer to book tickets for our local kids club cinema than risk going to that one and not being able to get in - which is a shame as the films you had on were better!

I would be vey interested if you changed the setup but I think it is a bit of a non-starter as it stands!

So....did anyone get to the cinema yesterday? Hope you got in all OK. I think it'd be a good idea to try and have more of a guarantee other than getting their early. Will pass on, thanks!

The last two times I have tried to go to the kids club on Sat mornings we haven't been able to get in!!!

Queues we running way outside the cinema (although only a small cinema), 20 minutes before the film was due to start.

It seems like a bit of a something and nothing to me too MOM, more soundbytes than anything substantial.

SO the ticket thing is just a voucher that i would take with me to my nearest cinema which is very very full on saturday mornings so i would present it there - no tickets available, go to next nearest (another 2 buses) and there are none available there.

Why is there no guarantee?

Such a faff around! Sounds like there will never be any available so that everyone pays £1 each tbh

Thank you Goober, I will have a look at the times! (am feeling this is a lot of work though to save £$ )

Sat mornings DO get very busy. Go to Cineworld site for times as all 3 films start at a different time. 10, 10.10, or 10.15.
If the offer isn't honoured KCIA, the tickets are £1 each, you can buy them.

I do understand that you sell tickets too, I think that is a great thing. Perhaps it could be done where a certain %age per showing, per film, per cinema are held back to be allocated to VIF and any not claimed by VIF by the midnight before the showing are released back for general sale?

The form on the site would just need 2 extra selection boxes for selecting the Cinema and the Film.

Thank you for letting me know the time

I think that's very useful feedback and will pass it on. A system based on availability seems important to me rather than possibility for all. Cineworld run the Woolworths kids club to the general public charging £1 to all non-VIFs so that makes things a bit more complicated with guaranteees.

However, you should have no problem getting in but to get a feel of how comfortable it will be nobody knows until they've been to one

• Sat mornings showings are at 10AM.

No, nothing about times anywhere. TBH, I am not sure if I am happy about driving an hour away if I have no way of being sure I actually have tickets IYSWIM!

I am very confused about the whole thing really. I thought you were offering for us to book free tickets for a saturday showing but it is actually the possibility of free tickets if we are lucky and are able/happy to sit around in a cinema for ages before the film starts?

It actually says on he click through "get you free cinema tickets" not "get a voucher which means you may be able to get free tickets"

I really don't mean to sound ungrateful, the Ice Age thing was fab and we were very happy with our experience but I am just not convinced by this.

Sky offer free cinema tickets for selected films (they are exclusive previews too not older films that are due to leave the cinema soon) and you actually get a ticket (usually 2 or 4 tickets actually) none of this "turn up on saturday and we will see if you get lucky".

Hey KingCanuteIAM,

Yes, you can take your pick of those films when you arrive at the cinema and the voucher will be fine as long as the cinema isn't full. Does your voucher tell you times? I'd get there 10 minutes early to be careful but highly unlikely it'll be full on a Sat morning, even with the VIF offer

Ahh, I have found the list of films... are they all on offer at every cinema or is it one at each... now I am more^ confused

Hi Adam, can you answer a query or two for me please?

I have registered for the tickets, I got a voucher etc but it seems that I have to take my coucher to the cinema on the day and, if I am lucky, there will be enough tickets left and I will get them, is that right?

So, I may not get tickets on the day? I have to drive to the cinema on the day but may get nothing?

Also, how does it know which cinema I want to go to? It didn't ask whcih cinema I wanted so how can it tell when a certain cinema is full or do you not bother with that?

Finally, it has given me no details of what the film even is, so, do we have to wait until we arrive on the day before we even find out what film we are going to be offered?

I have to confess to being very confused!

Hello MNers!

As mentioned earlier in the thread, you can now book free cinema tickets on the site from today:

www.woolworths.co.uk/rf/wlo/static.do?page=first1

Our goodie bag Very similar to yours Hula, I assumed they were all the same.

I'm still thinking of DS's face, as the first thing he pulled out of it was a VERY pink 'My Little Pony'

five girls all behaving well is still no mean feat!!!

my goody bag was roughly the same as hula's except a ben 10 toy rather than jigsaw. All the boy's stuff was stuff that DS loves, and although DD is a bit young for polly pocket and barbie, she loved the sunglasses and the purse and is sooo excited to have a car all to herself as DS "gifted" her the Lightning McQueen car

Thanks for the feedback and kind words!

Hulababy - have found some pics here:

www.yfrog.com/froggy.php?username=team_woolies

www.woolieshq.co.uk/canteen/blog/uncategorized/enjoying-the-ice-age-3-screening-with-our-vifs

Will let you know if I spot where more have been uploaded. Found these via the Team Woolies Twitter.

thisisyesterday - had assumed all goodie bags would be same. I am sure Katz had same as me - both Sheffield.

LackaDAISYcal - thank you Have to admit that only one of the girls was mine - dark haired one with pigtails and dress on and face of freckles 2 of them were Katz's girls - the smallest plus the dark haired girl in shorts and ahir down. The other two girls were borrowed from friends

mamazon... i might have seen you! def saw someone weraring green, and i was looking out for potential MN'ers lol

i had a baby strapped to me in a stripy sling, a very wriggly toddler and an over-excited 4 yr old

hulababy- you got lots more than I did in my goody bag. am jealous now! lol

lol....you both looked like the sort who would buy nice ham

and your children were all impeccably behaved

Anyone now where the photos taken during the event are likely to be published?

was just about to ask that too Hula? lacka, what made us stand out as mumsnetters?

Don't think Sheffield ran out of goodie bags. There was one per family and they checked your name off as you were given one.

Ours included:

• Rockport rucksack
• 3 Barbie bracelets
• 2 sunglasses (girls)
• little Polly Pocket car
• My Little Pony
• Lightening McQueen toy car
• Hot Wheels toy car
• Barbie posters
• Girl's purse
• Hot Wheels pop up laundry basket
• Ben 10 100 piece jigsaw
• Star Wars toy

The children also got a lollipop as they left.

I wonder if the cinemas had restricted numbers for H&S reasons as there appeared to be very few cinema staff around, and the shop had to be opened specially. More Woolies staff than cinema staff at Sheffield from what I could gather.

We had a great time. Really enjoyed the film and DD and her friends were really happy to go. The rucksack full of toys was great, as was the actual rucksack itself. DD and her friend shared out the girlie stuff; we gave D's friends brother the little cars and DH is taking the other boy's toys for his colleagues son.

We had a magician at Sheffield and our girls really enjoyed that, especially when they got to take part and hold the magically appearing balls and ropes, etc.

Shame that the entertainment wasn't as described - maybe that was just London?

But it was free, and we must ahve had in excess of £50 worth of treats all in - so thank you very much MN and Woolworths for a lovely morning

lol @ me and Katz being spotted as MNetters from a distance. What was it that gave us away?