Drroogh Posted August 8, 2019 Report Share Posted August 8, 2019 Man it's been since the early 70's since I went to a Drive In. Great times and memories of the Drive In's! The young'un's that never experienced it should look one of these up. I'm seriously thinking about doing a weekend adventure so I can go to the Starlight in Atlanta! https://www.msn.com/en-us/travel/tripideas/the-coolest-retro-drive-in-movie-theaters-in-america/ss-AAFnr0W?ocid=spartanntp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rico Posted August 8, 2019 Report Share Posted August 8, 2019 The good ole days...the last I knew there were still Drive Ins in Huntington and Wabash. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drroogh Posted August 8, 2019 Author Report Share Posted August 8, 2019 Anybody got some tips they want to share with those that may have never experienced it, and are considering a new experience? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drroogh Posted August 8, 2019 Author Report Share Posted August 8, 2019 Not sure how things are some 50 years later, but the TRUNK was always your friend!😀 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rico Posted August 8, 2019 Report Share Posted August 8, 2019 2 minutes ago, Drroogh said: Anybody got some tips they want to share with those that may have never experienced it, and are considering a new experience? Really don't have any tips for those that haven't experienced it. You go the first time and then you will figure things out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rico Posted August 8, 2019 Report Share Posted August 8, 2019 2 minutes ago, Drroogh said: Not sure how things are some 50 years later, but the TRUNK was always your friend!😀 BEER Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IUFLA Posted August 8, 2019 Report Share Posted August 8, 2019 Shoot, when I was 10 years old, the only reason I even wanted a driver's license was so I could go to the drive in. Dusk to Dawns were the best. The movies got a little shakey around 2 am, but Mom and Pop were asleep by then, and I was running amok on the playground. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steubenhoosier Posted August 8, 2019 Report Share Posted August 8, 2019 Lawn chairs and blankets. Bring your own refreshments, as someone else mentioned. There is also a drive in on Hwy 8 between Auburn and Garrett. I used to go to the Lincolndale on Goshen Road in Ft Wayne several times each summer. When we couldn’t afford admission, we’d sit in Franke Park and watch , trying to figure out the dialogue since we had no volume Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drroogh Posted August 8, 2019 Author Report Share Posted August 8, 2019 It was always kind of like an undercover tailgate party! The drama of trying to sneak things, and even people in was part of the experience!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rico Posted August 8, 2019 Report Share Posted August 8, 2019 9 minutes ago, Steubenhoosier said: Lawn chairs and blankets. Bring your own refreshments, as someone else mentioned. There is also a drive in on Hwy 8 between Auburn and Garrett. I used to go to the Lincolndale on Goshen Road in Ft Wayne several times each summer. When we couldn’t afford admission, we’d sit in Franke Park and watch , trying to figure out the dialogue since we had no volume When I was "under age"...we used to go fishing at Shock Lake, just N of North Webster on SR 13. Come off the lake at dark...just in time to see what was showing at the Wawa. Of course it was an X-rated drive-in theater...no dialogue required. As we drank beer and swatted mosquitoes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IUFLA Posted August 8, 2019 Report Share Posted August 8, 2019 1 minute ago, rico said: When I was "under age"...we used to go fishing at Shock Lake, just N of North Webster on SR 13. Come off the lake at dark...just in time to see what was showing at the Wawa. Of course it was an X-rated drive-in theater...no dialogue required. As we drank beer and swatted mosquitoes. All of the IU alums on here probably know about the drive in in Ellettsville. It was XXX or so I heard...🙂 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milehiiu Posted August 8, 2019 Report Share Posted August 8, 2019 Went to many movies as a student at IU here. No memory as to the movies that were playing. However. Great memories of what went on, while the movie was playing. Starlite Drive-In of Bloomington Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leathernecks Posted August 9, 2019 Report Share Posted August 9, 2019 I'm only about half an hour from the Harvest Moon drive in which was on the list. Went to school with the people who run it. Surprisingly I haven't been, but people who go always enjoy it. There used to be a Pizza Hut that was across the street, so most people grabbed a pizza and brought it with them. I think they do charge a few bucks to bring in your own stuff, but I think some places don't charge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drroogh Posted June 13, 2020 Author Report Share Posted June 13, 2020 Drive In's looking to make an impact in the post CV 19 comeback. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/covid-19-relief-coming-soon-to-a-drive-in-theater-near-you/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5fouls Posted June 13, 2020 Report Share Posted June 13, 2020 When I was growing up, Clarksville IN had an X-Rated drive-in theater right along I-65. Theater X. The screen actually faced the highway. Now, they had a wooden fence strategically built around the perimeter so that you could not really see anything substantive. But you could catch glimpses of skin above and below the fence as well as when some of the wooden slats fell out of the fence. There was never a large enough opening to actually see anything, but every 10-12 year old boy in the county with an imagination was intently looking that way every time they rode past it when there was a movie showing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IUFLA Posted June 13, 2020 Report Share Posted June 13, 2020 8 minutes ago, 5fouls said: When I was growing up, Clarksville IN had an X-Rated drive-in theater right along I-65. Theater X. The screen actually faced the highway. Now, they had a wooden fence strategically built around the perimeter so that you could not really see anything substantive. But you could catch glimpses of skin above and below the fence as well as when some of the wooden slats fell out of the fence. There was never a large enough opening to actually see anything, but every 10-12 year old boy in the county with an imagination was intently looking that way every time they rode past it when there was a movie showing. The XXX drive in in Elletsville could be viewed from a certain overpass, and as long as you didn't care about the dialogue (😁) I guess that sufficed... Or so I heard... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5fouls Posted June 13, 2020 Report Share Posted June 13, 2020 1 minute ago, IUFLA said: The XXX drive in in Elletsville could be viewed from a certain overpass, and as long as you didn't care about the dialogue (😁) I guess that sufficed... Or so I heard... Dialogue? Never knew those movies had speaking parts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drroogh Posted June 13, 2020 Author Report Share Posted June 13, 2020 1 hour ago, IUFLA said: The XXX drive in in Elletsville could be viewed from a certain overpass, and as long as you didn't care about the dialogue (😁) I guess that sufficed... Or so I heard... I don’t think those are the kind of drive in’s trying to come back during Covid, then again? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosierhoopster Posted June 14, 2020 Report Share Posted June 14, 2020 Ahh when cars were steel. Lying on the hood, Bloomington’s drive-in, speakers hanging on the door, and b-movies, monster movies, and popcorn. Good times Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrflynn03 Posted June 14, 2020 Report Share Posted June 14, 2020 I've been to the one in Rockport, way down close to the Ohio river. Still in business last I knew. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steubenhoosier Posted June 14, 2020 Report Share Posted June 14, 2020 Several drive ins were in business back in the day in Ft Wayne. All closed now. My sister got into major hell from my parents for taking me, her 12 year old brother, to see The Godfather at the Lincolndale on Goshen Road. I remember distinctly Appolonia — her not getting the days of the week in correct order— nothing else... certainly not that she was topless 😜 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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