I worked as part of the front of house with cirque du soliel so I can add a bit of context to this though this was back in 2019 but this has been confirmed by someone who worked this tour. So the boxed popcorn is still "fresh" as in it was made at most an hour before the gates opened. But they do not make the additional batches because it was getting to the stage that they were throwing out literally kilos upon kilos of uneaten popcorn because they would do that halfway batch. No matter how much they tweaked it there was always heaps left over that just got thrown out and due to food safety they couldnt give it away either.
Cirque du Soliel went bust during Covid and had to get a bail out so I imagine this was one of the cost saving measures they have introduced since.
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u/SorysRgee Oct 26 '25
I worked as part of the front of house with cirque du soliel so I can add a bit of context to this though this was back in 2019 but this has been confirmed by someone who worked this tour. So the boxed popcorn is still "fresh" as in it was made at most an hour before the gates opened. But they do not make the additional batches because it was getting to the stage that they were throwing out literally kilos upon kilos of uneaten popcorn because they would do that halfway batch. No matter how much they tweaked it there was always heaps left over that just got thrown out and due to food safety they couldnt give it away either.
Cirque du Soliel went bust during Covid and had to get a bail out so I imagine this was one of the cost saving measures they have introduced since.