The Forge Cinemas
2530 Parkway, Suite 7 (Stoplight 2B) Pigeon Forge, TN. 37863
The Forge Cinemas in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee scheduled to open October 15, with preview event Thursday, October 14. In the place where 12,000-square-feet of mostly-vacant storefronts once sat in Waldens Landing, the new Forge Cinemas has gone up, with its glittering facade rising four stories from the sidewalk below. It offers five screens of all-digital projection, with each projector capable of producing realistic three-dimensional effects. Inside the lobby, folks will likely notice the to-be-expected smell of yellow-buttered popcorn filling the air, but at Forge Cinemas that scent will be joined by some other, more surprising ones.We do more than just your standard popcorn, candy and Coke. We’ll also have nachos, pretzel bites, hot dogs, even pizza. There will also be ice cream on the menu, though a more unique frozen treat will be offered in a room just off the lobby. In an area once intended to be an arcade, a sundae-serving robot offer up a rainbow of flavors and toppings through a system called Discovery Ice Cream. With all that comfort in the seats, one might be concerned about falling asleep during the show. That’s not likely to happen, though, with Dolby Digital Surround Sound that envelopes the room with effects, while bass notes boom out from woofers below the screen itself. The system is so powerful that both Vickers and Zacheretti were surprised to feel it rumbling up through their feet as they stood on the roof of the building during a tour Thursday.