When I was a kid we went to the movies on Saturday afternoon Double features with news in the middle. Long lines to get in.
When I was a kid, you paid $2 and you could go all summer. It was downtown, and we would hitch a ride, or someone would take us. We would waste many a day in the dark throwing popcorn. About 4 hours later, someones Mom would pick us up. Try that now.
In the mid 1970’s my wife told me their thing was being dropped off at Southcenter Mall near Seattle. Try THAT now.