Comments about Valley Drive-In East & West in Oceanside, CA

MichaelKilgore on June 11, 2021 at 3:31 pm

Thanks to various angles, Google Street View images show that all four screens were still there in May 2015, the screens were gone but a swap meet was active in August 2017, but the entire site had been razed by February 2020.

rivest266 on July 13, 2019 at 2:14 pm

Reopened as the Valley Drive-In on May 15th, 1970 with two screens. Grand opening ad posted.

davidcoppock on October 5, 2018 at 8:02 am

Opened on 24/8/1966 as Mission Drive-in with “Assault on a queen” and “The Last of the secret Agents?”. Screen 2 opened in 1969 and renamed Mission San Luis Rey Drive-in. Screens 3 and 4 opened in 1978. Remamed New Valley Drive-in in 1979 and later Valley Drive-in, and then Valley Drive-in East & West. Closed in 1999. The site is still complete(except for one of the screens torn down in July 2016), and used as a swap meet(started in 1971).

jwmovies on December 28, 2012 at 3:25 pm

PLEASE UPDATE THE ADDRESS TO 3480 Mission Avenue. Now Oceanside Swap Meet.

The original address for this drive-in was 3460 Mission Avenue. This was before the expressway was put in. You can still see part of the old entrance road across from the newer one.

NOW YOU SHOULD BE REALLY CONFUSED!

Mike Rogers on June 18, 2010 at 4:16 pm

Thanks PaulB.

MagicLantern on June 18, 2010 at 3:02 pm

If you go to that address – sorry for not noticing it earlier, ken mc – it looks like it’s actually four screens.

MagicLantern on June 18, 2010 at 3:00 pm

The address was 3480 Mission Avenue.

TLSLOEWS on May 11, 2010 at 1:20 pm

Great photos of the mens room.

juliagreen on March 7, 2010 at 6:46 pm

Is this the multi-screened drive in that appears at 33.2211Â°N 117.3402Â°W (TopoZone coordinates cutnpasted into Google Earth)?

hownowbrownpaul on May 27, 2008 at 9:21 pm

This theater opened on 24 August 1966. I confirmed this by searching through microfilm records at the Oceanside Public Library. The films shown that first night were “Assault on a Queen” and “The Last of the Secret Agents?”. The theater’s original name was the Mission Drive-In Theater. Within the first year of operation the name had changed to the Mission San Luis Rey Drive-In.

I have started compiling photos and information about this theater on this blog site:
http://valleydrive-in.blogspot.com/

kencmcintyre on June 23, 2007 at 11:42 am

Advertised as New Valley Drive In, September 1979, with four screens. Address was 3840 Mission Avenue.

hownowbrownpaul on April 1, 2006 at 10:51 pm

There are several photos of the Valley Drive-in here:
http://www.cinematour.com/tour/us/2675.html

hownowbrownpaul on December 28, 2005 at 11:28 pm

From Drive-ins.com:

http://www.drive-ins.com/theater/catval3

kencmcintyre on November 9, 2005 at 2:19 pm

From socaldriveins.com:

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Valley Drive-In East & West

3480 Mission Avenue, Oceanside, CA 92058

3480 Mission Avenue,
Oceanside, CA 92058