Pirates - now showing at ODEON Cinema at The Trafford Centre

Lucy Markillie says...

The auditorium itself was clean, comfortable and offered plenty of legroom. The sound and picture quality were also great. I chose to watch 21 Jump Street (rated 15), which is about a pair of coppers who get sent back to high school to try and break down a drug dealing ring – I’d recommend this film, it was much funnier than I was expecting. My only criticism would be that the drinks and snacks are quite pricey so make sure you take a bit of extra cash with you – a bottle of water will set you back £2.60. If you’re willing to pay for them, there are a good choice of snacks on offer from popcorn, sweet and Ben and Jerry’s ice cream.

Tina Bailey says...

This is a once a week film showing aimed at those with babies. The idea is that you can go to see the latest film releases, without worrying about your baby crying or making noise, as everybody there is in the same position. The volume isn’t quite as loud as usual, and the lights are left slightly up, so you can feed and soothe your baby without missing the film. You pay for adult tickets and babies gets free entry.

When you arrive at the cinema, your pushchair is taken from you and stored in a secure area. You are given a raffle ticket to claim it back at the end. If your baby is in a car seat, you can take that into the cinema with you.

When the film started, my son (who is 9 months old and loves tv) became instantly transfixed on the screen. He happily watched for a good 70ish minutes before he got a bit restless – at which point I gave him a drink and he settled down again. I would definitely use this service again, and recommend it to everyone.

Tina Bailey is The Mother Geek, a mum-of-one blogger from Manchester. You can read the full versions of her Trafford Centre reviews over on her brilliant blog – click here to pay her a visit!

Hayley Edginton says...

We visited the cinema on a warm Thursday evening in March. The cinema was extremely quiet, which may have been due to the uncharacteristic weather outside or just due to it being a school night.

For us, this meant uninterrupted bliss for two hours! No rustling crisp packets or shadows creeping across the screen 10 minutes into the film! The seats were lovely and comfy, 'We Bought a Zoo' was a great family film. Overall, we had a very enjoyable evening.

Gemma Valentine says...

When we got to the ODEON we were quite shocked at what was available to do on this level of The Trafford Centre, if only the kids were a little bit bigger or we had gone on our own. There was a rock climbing experience, Laserquest and Paradise Island Adventure Golf (I think we should have done the adventure golf, as my little girl would have loved it too). We will be paying another visit soon to try this out, as it looked great and the setting was brilliant. We went to the cinema and even got the option to choose premier seats or standard, we choose the premier ones which were bigger and right in the middle of the cinema with the best view - yet another great experience.