BemaniAK

AFAIK Warner Bros. was simply the distributor, Village Roadshow and Silver Pictures were the 2 producers, which in normal circumstances mean they both have rights to the movie. The actual character and name is owned by a "Conan Doyle Estate Ltd." which is literally just the name for the original author's estate and those who manage it, and it's still questionable if they own the character and name, and not just the least old book "The Casebook of Sherlock Holmes" released in 1923, all the other books are public domain.

I'm not sure what you mean, the ride was closed about a week ago for the day, the next time I saw it part of the batman theming was gone, is there any reason for them to close it just so they can take that part off?

I didn't even know they had one. Looks pretty "eh" compared to the aqualoop, too. Point taken, makes a bit more sense now.

That would annoy me to no end. Right when they're about to release The Hobbit, too. I can't begin to express how much I want some Sherlock Holmes representation at MW.

I think my job follows me wherever I go, we say BM more times in a day than we do Windows Installations. BT replacement.

I'd guess they're just re-theming it to Justice League. The Wayne Manor theme out the front of the Batman Building is completely gone now.

Shorter lines on the good rides. I have to agree though, seems kind of lame when you look at what they've got planned for the other 2 Warner parks, a BM replacement and an Australia-first Astro Blaster (do these have an official name?) ride. Would have had more impact if they'd released a constrictor instead of the aqualoop and announced the aqualoop now.

I'll be going this Wednesday so I'll try and get some photos.

realistically, how dangerous does this ride look? Just from that photo it seems like the wood would take an awful lot of strain.

Whether or not that means the theming will be educational still remains to be seen.

I'm specifically referring to the cost of running it in winter. Last visit 2 weeks ago on our way up we didn't see rafts with any more than 3 people on it.

I understand that its popular in the summer, but in the winter when waits for the black hole can still reach 5 minutes with 10 people ahead of you we've never even had the chance to go on the mammoth falls with more than 3 people ahead of us during winter for at least 2 years.

I don't think they should make a Watercoaster, it's personal preference but when I'm on a water ride I want to feel like I'm actually boating along, not just going along a track that happens to be in water. I think they should demolish the volcano/s only and make another awesome water darkride.

Simply put, complaints. However in winter it would still be completely barren. I happened to inquire through Email when the Mammoth Plunge was moved to Seaworld, they specifically stated "issues with running 2 different slides during winter months" was their reasoning.

That creates problems with running the ride, when the slide's popularity started to dwindle that was when they sent the mammoth plunge to SeaWorld Resort, having both sides be mirrored identical slides meant that on quiet days they could close one side and not have any guests complaining that they want to ride the other. With the rides even lower popularity I doubt they'll be changing that now.

Yes please, walking up the flumes and seeing that dirty empty space is almost as bad as the Bermuda Triangle load dock.

It was quite a nostalgic sight, Batman ride was one of my favourites since I was a kid and Batman ride 2 became another favourite when I was a bit older. I'm pretty sure they only started working on it that day since it was untouched in the morning.

Yeah conversion services are pure ripoffs, they use hardware and software than anyone can get for $50 at most and charge you $100+ per DVD.

I dunno, I reckon the ride's too loud to warrant use of the speakers after the hill. And wouldn't stair speakers cause sync issues? having to organize speakers so that every person can hear every word moving up the hill sounds difficult.

Wasn't that because the park was sold to a more ambitious owner?

Yes they're taking pieces off of the Wayne Manor exterior right next to Space Shot.

Remember the Looney Tunes River ride and Bermuda Triangle, it's very easy to make a good Water Ride without high drops by keeping the emphasis away from the drop.

I popped in today for a few hours after a quiet day at Wet N Wild, and while going to the Green Lantern queue area I noticed that the old Batman ride queue area and the old batman building are blocked off, and pieces of the batman building are being removed. Hopefully a new building comes with some more specific info on the ride, can't wait to see it.

Sounds like a worthy successor to me, can't wait to see this in action. Where'd you get this info, anyway? Not even attendants at the closed Green Lantern assumed/knew/read about that much.

My question would be: Are they dumb, or is it not just going to be a copy and paste job of Buzz and Toy Story Mania? I'd like to see it actually have that scooby-doo level of "thrill" while still having to shoot lots of targets.