Science? Awesome! IMAX dome sci-fi movies? Fantast...

Science? Awesome! IMAX dome sci-fi movies? Fantastic! Staff? I don t know why they re there; they certainly aren t doing anything! We attended a 7 PM movie showing in the IMAX dome for the first time recently. Our excitement at the prospect quickly dwindled as we tugged on the first large set of doors and found them to be locked. A young lady on the other side of the foyer pointed for us to continue around the side of the building. Okay, weird, but whatever; it s late, of course they ll lock a set of doors and keep people confined to one entrance and exit. We hurried through the rain to the next bank of glass doorways - again, locked. This time, a gentleman sitting at a desk on the other side of the foyer pointed for us to continue going along the building. Confused, we trudged to the very corner of the building, seeing no other entrances, and glanced down a side street at the impassive side of the science center. Definitely not getting in there. We walked back to that second set of doors and tugged on all of them. The man yet again just pointed off to the side. We went back that way again and found a single, unmarked side entrance that at first glance seemed to lead to the very obviously closed food court. This door opened! Finally inside, we walked across the foyer and the guy, still sitting, just chuckled. We were the only patrons in the building at this time. We crossed the hallway, walking in front of a concession stand where two young ladies were sitting and watching us, and couldn t figure out where to go because everything was cordoned off. We headed upstairs, had no luck, went back downstairs and decided to ask the concession ladies. Down the stairs to the right. We looked right; there were some stairs, yep, but they were cordoned off. She checked our tickets and told us to go ahead, so we hesitated before ducking under the barrier and heading downstairs to the theater.

Super excited for the experience! But definitely had a damp wet blanket thrown over it by some incredibly lackluster employees.