Swap Shop Drive-In
3291 West Sunrise Boulevard,
Fort Lauderdale,
FL
33311
3291 West Sunrise Boulevard,
Fort Lauderdale,
FL
33311
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Opened in November 1963 as the Thunderbird Drive-In. This is not your average drive-in theater. This drive-in, located on 88 acres of property has 14 movie screens, a flea market, a circus, amusement rides, and a video arcade. It is open 365 days a year.
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This theater is open and hopping. While it’s not ideal, there is no denying the fun of going to see a popcorn picture at a drive-in movie.
I took my two year old to see Charlotte’s Web and she loved seeing a movie from the front seat of the car, a place in the car she isn’t usually allowed.
While she was watching the screen in front of us, I turned around from time to time to look out the side window and watch some innocent victims getting dismembered by “The Hitcher” on a nearby screen. Good times.
And as a bonus, the big red neon “Thunderbird” sign was brightly lit the night we were there.
The website above doesn’t work, but this does. http://floridaswapshop.com/
I’m in Florida visiting folks and saw the ad for this place in a weekly paper. Wow. Apparently, they have one in Fort Worth.
I remember the Thunderbird. If I remember correctly, it was running porn films in the mid-80’s. I thought that a drive-in running porn was, say…a bit odd.
Not that odd. My hometown drive-in used to show softcore movies in the 70s. We kids were able to watch from outside the property. Very educational.
In 1970 the Thunderbird and Gold Coast experimented by adding indoor mini theatres to the properties which played mostly ‘adult’ movies.
Mentioned in this ad is what I believe are the mini-theaters Al is referring to.
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Good place to take your wife,swap her for another.Nice Ad Harvey a believe the Loews Ads are for regular theatres and 1 drive-in.
This place now claims to have 14 screens.
http://www.floridaswapshop.com/swap.html
I uploaded the 1969 aerial photo from the USGS in the photo section. It was much smaller with one screen.