Eden Drive-In, Eden, NC

Eden Drive-In

location	106 Fireman Club Rd., Eden, NC
telephone	(336) 623-9669
year opened	1949
capacity	.
booking policy	double features
sound	FM
admission	adults $5, children 6-11 $2, under 5 free
operating season	year-round! (starting 2005-06)
website	click below

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WEDNESDAY-SUNDAY, AUGUST 15-19:
The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor 9:00
Tropic Thunder

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Average rating: 3.8 (5 votes)
"When I was a little girl my parents used to take me to the drive-in every weekend. Now thanks to you I can take my children and grandchildren. I always looked forward to going. I hope that you will continue to stay open for a very long time." 5 -- Carolyn Sellers
"I enjoyed the movies but the bathrooms need to be cleaned (especially the men's) and the concession stand needs to be cleaner." 3 -- Rusty

A writer for a Greensboro free weekly paper makes the trip up to the Eden and recounts her experience in this article.

   "The Eden Drive-In theater ...was known as the Leaksville Drive-In [formerly]. It closed and when it was reopened it was re-named the Eden Drive-In. This was prompted in part by a 1967 consolidation of three towns, Leaksville, Spray and Draper, NC. The new town was called Eden.
   "To further complicate matters, at the same time the Leaksville Drive-In was in existence there was a second drive-in theater in what was then known as Leaksville. The second drive-in was called the Eden Drive-In theater.
   "The new Eden Drive-In movie theater is open for most of the year and much of that time it is open seven days week. On the weekends they have double and triple features of current movies. On weekdays a double feature is the usual. The price is $3.50 a person or $7.00 a car load, truck load, van load, whatever you drive, as many as you can cram into it. The concession stand is fully equipped and offers a wide variety of good foods. How can you beat that?
   "Yet, at the same time, they allow you to bring your own. One night someone behind us on the back row was cooking out on a grill. Another night someone was eating pizza they brought. Times have changed but the drive-in movie experience really hasn't. Thank goodness. It is a fun, relaxed good time at your own pace.
   "The sound is delivered to your car radio on a particular frequency. I guess that helps to cut down on what must have been a large extra expense of the early theaters, driving off with the speaker still attached to you car window. Also it must have done a lot of damage to cars. Now you can listen to the movie in stereo in your vehicle or on a portable radio. I started to say 'transistor' radio, force of an old habit from that time.
   "People sit in chairs near their vehicles. They sit on blankets on the ground. The young children have a large playground to keep them entertained before the beginning of the movies and during intermissions. There is a large open air deck on the front of the concession stand where you can eat or just sit to watch the movies. The owners want you to have a good time. They celebrate birthdays and anniversaries and about anything else worth noting with announcements on the PA system. They have a good time doing it.
   "The place is close to full most nights and often it is full. The nights Titanic was showing they took an extra half an hour or so to make sure everyone was parked somewhere. Cars line up waiting to get in. They come from all over. Often, to kill time waiting for dark, they call out the names of cities and towns all around. You acknowledge where you are from by blinking your lights which reflect on the giant screen. One night all but one was represented and I am talking about places up to 75 miles away.
   "At the Eden Drive-In the drive-in experience is still alive and well. Time has stood still." -- Carl Grohs

Click here to see the 1994 USGS map depicting the drive-in and surrounding area.
Click here to see a 1993 aerial photograph of the drive-in.

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