We’ve gone to concerts here for the last 20 yrs and aren’t going anymore. Can’t take it. Now where to start. You enter at what looks like a small rear door. The lobby has a HUGE staircase that takes up most of the space and is hardly used. The bar area is smallish and only has a handful of seats. Only 1 ladies room and men’s room on the first floor, usually crowded. Getting to your seat is very confusing. There’s a very small elevator that takes you up to the balcony, but you still have to walk down a flight of stairs to get to your seat?? No matter where you sit you have to either walk up or down stairs to get there. It’s very confusing. Then there’s outside. The lighting is very bad. We parked in a handicap lot that was not lit at all. We complained but nothing was changed. Parking in the lot across the street is a nightmare to get out of after a concert. It takes a good 15-30 min to get out. We love the Orlando Phil. but until they move out of Bob Carr we will not be attending. Seriously, my high school auditorium was 100 times better than this place. And the new Dr Phillips Center is amazing. The elevator actually takes you to the floor your seat is on!! No walking up and down stairs.

First time at this venue. The lines for beverages are crazy long! On the other side of that, the line for the Ladiea room is pretty short with the attendant keeping things clean. You can take beverages into your seats however, there are no cup holders. Seems like that would be a great addition and better thtan using the floor. The sound tech this past Saturday seemed to not be able to eliminate the echo a big deal during a monologue!

Attended a show for the first time at this venue. Wow....very poorly designed. Too many shortcomings to detail but this place is not efficient for maneuvering in/out and event getting to seating. Oh well! We can understand poor design but many in the audience noticed that it was very warm in theater. That's a bad one. Seats were comfortable and stage view was fine. Seems like the Architect put thinking into a nice exterior facade but forgot about too many things on the inside.

Went to see the Simon and Garfunkel Story. The show was great. The theater: not so much. Starting with security. The screener wanted to look into my wallet, which was obviously simply a wallet. The person wanding me completely missed a Leatherman tool I had in my pocket--I was not trying to sneak it in, I had simply forgotten to take it out of my pocket. If that large amount of metal gets in, what else are they missing and what is the point of security? Guests have to go upstairs in order to go downstairs to the front of the venue. The number of restrooms is WAY too low for the number of guests.

We went to a performance of the Orlando Philharmonic yesterday- our first visit to the Bob Carr Theatre- and were amazed at how poorly it had been designed. It is one giant room with seating from wall to wall with no center aisle and no aisle across the theatre. There are hundreds of steps to get anywhere- no ramps or accommodations for wheelchairs, walkers and people who have difficulty walking. It must have been built before ADA was enacted, because it does not provide for disabilities. I had to take my wife to a separate wheelchair entrance, and there one one tiny bathroom there with a long line of people waiting for it. Our seats were on the opposite side of the theatre, and it was difficult to get across the theatre through one of the narrow rows. Once seated, the acoustics were really good and we could hear the orchestra quite well, but trying to go to the bathroom at half time, or to get a drink at the soda fountain involved a lot of steps and was quite difficult. Don't think we'll return to Bob Carr theatre again.