Ruskin Drive In Theatre

I took my two young daughters to Ruskin "Family" Drive-in because it's advertised as being family friendly. The woman beside us, with three small children, chain smoked all night and made it a miserable experience for my daughters and I. I emailed the owner and his reply was that it's not illegal to smoke outside. It's his business and he could make it a family drive-in and ban smoking but he choses not to. Lose the "family" billing unless you truely want to make it family friendly and ban smoking. more

My third time here, I bought two large popcorns and five large drinks. The girl tried to ring me up for four and I corrected her telling her it was five. When I brought them back to my family, we needed another large popcorn, I went into the snack bar, payed for the large popcorn with the owner, and then waited thirty minutes for the popcorn. When I got the popcorn I left. When I came back during the intermission for three things of candy, a girl with dark hair came over and said to the girl ringing me up "and you can add $3.50 for the popcorn she walked out with earlier"...I told her I payed the owner for it and she treated me like absolute shit saying I definitely stole the popcorn. I told her two more times to ask the owner, while she argued with me still having a terrible attitude, and then I told the other girl I was not paying for the popcorn I already bought. This was in front of the employees and multiple customers. So I went to the owner who was in the film room while I was accused of stealing this popcorn..and told her I payed her for a popcorn that her employee was accusing me of stealing. She didn't seem to care but said she would talk to them. My mom went in and she's very nice so I know she wasn't rude, she was probably just trying to make sure it was cleared up that I did in fact pay for this darn popcorn because she knew how upset I was. When I went into the snack bar to find her I found the owner yelling at her saying "we already apologized" so I walked up and said "no she didn't apologize"..they just looked at me, then I started to say "I actually got rung up for four drinks earlier and corrected the girl saying it was actually five, so obviously im not trying to steal" but I got this far "I actu-" and the owner stuck her finger in my face and screamed "THIS IS THE ATTITUDE THAT CAUSES THESE THINGS TO HAPPEN" so im like wtf is wrong with these people...? And I finished my sentence to the girl who accused me of stealing the popcorn..either way, do not expect these people to be nice.. more

Oh, the old days There are not many drive-in's left and this one will bring back the memories! They have an email group that keeps you updated with the movies. It is just like you remember where you pull into a spot and watch the movie. They have the speaker you can hang on your car or you can tune into a station on your radio. This is family owned and they have rules that keep it an enjoyable experience for everyone. You don' t need to bring food, the prices at the snack bar are so reasonable you wont need to. A cheese burger is only 2.00! Why bring it in when you can support this great american pasttime. more