to be fair, GL is planned maintenance and the off season is when you'd expect it.

Superman and Flash are unplanned, and unfortunately due to the placement of flash, problems with superman can potentially shut down flash too. 

You've only posted three attractions, so I'm assuming DCR, JL, Batwing, Roxy, KT, WW & West were all operating?

6 minutes ago, DaptoFunlandGuy said:

GL is planned maintenance

To be fair, this closed a month early because of the valleying

6 minutes ago, DaptoFunlandGuy said:

WW

Also closed for maintenance 

Stopped by movieworld yesterday. GL, SE, FSF and KT were all closed - only expected GL due to maintenance, not sure about KT. DCR had a short delayed opening and FOTWW opened around 10:30 with a 60 minute wait… 

Would hate to be paying for a day ticket when 5 out of 10 rides (excluding wb kids) are shut. I dont think hollywood stunt driver and roxy would make up for that lol.

What has gone wrong with Flash... seems like they're doing another train rebuild. (photos jaggs)

I wonder if this is why SE is closed...

35 minutes ago, TV15 said:

I wonder if this is why SE is closed...

i may be wrong but i’m pretty sure SE closed before flash. also, maybe i just didn’t notice it but it looked like Superman’s cable for the launch wasn’t attached.

While there are some times where SE would have to close due to FSF maintenance and vice versa, the vast majority of the time one ride is able to continue operating even if the other is down. It makes sense to close them together to do whatever work is needed though...

20 hours ago, Levi said:

i may be wrong but i’m pretty sure SE closed before flash. also, maybe i just didn’t notice it but it looked like Superman’s cable for the launch wasn’t attached.

Something’s definitely up with Superman, the launch cables are currently hanging down. 

13 hours ago, Noll_57 said:

Something’s definitely up with Superman

Looks more like something is definitely down. 

Anyhow - this doesn't point to anything sinister - regular maintenance on the launch system can include de-tensioning the cables.

If it was regular maintenance on SE, MW would give an opening date.

not

"Temporary closure as a result of unscheduled attraction maintenance"

this isn't the smoking gun you think it is.

Why?  Because you believe SE can't operate when the Flash is down?

If you had a memory longer than a goldfish you'd have scrolled up. Don't put words in my mouth to start another circular argument.

On 18/08/2025 at 8:08 AM, DaptoFunlandGuy said:

While there are some times where SE would have to close due to FSF maintenance and vice versa, the vast majority of the time one ride is able to continue operating even if the other is down. 

 

To be fair Dapto, even though I have unblocked you.  I still read very few of your post.

 

I couldn't care less. 

I didn't ask if you cared Dapto.  I was telling you the state of play because you suggested I was trying to start an argument but that isn't true because I didn't read your post.

If it isn't the smoking gun I think it is, tell us what you know @DaptoFunlandGuy

So, this has been memory-holed at this point, but what ever happened to the refurb of the Superman station and the removal of the locker system that MW announced last year?

 

Only 3 of those were true, No Superman locker refurbishment done, DC Rivals still only 3/4 painted, and Oz, yes only 2 coasters (ones a duelling coaster that doesn’t duel) and as for the immersive theming? Yeah nah 

+ OZ isn't the immersive theming they promised.

3 hours ago, wikiverse said:

but what ever happened to the refurb of the Superman station and the removal of the locker system that MW announced last year?

They realised that it would improve the guest experience and they didn't want to break their current streak of "that will do".

Green Lantern was testing quite frequently this afternoon with it not meant to reopen until September 19th, i wonder if it will be reopening early due to the issues with Flash and Superman.

2 hours ago, Levi said:

Green Lantern was testing quite frequently this afternoon with it not meant to reopen until September 19th, i wonder if it will be reopening early due to the issues with Flash and Superman.

I could see that happening. There certainly was a lot of workers and activity on the site yesterday

Wire ropes get replaced on superman as preventative maintenance. Same as on batwing. 

You can't see the internal structure as it's actually made up of multiple spiral strands of wire wrapping inner cores, themselves spiral wrapped forming an even larger inner core surrounded by outer spiral winds. Think of it more like multiple wire ropes surrounding multiple inner ropes spiral wrapped around to form the outer. Most of the reasonable cost testing machines run the length of the rope checking for variations in thickness with very fine tolerances or use very powerful magnets checking for deviations which indicate some sort of deformity (usually broken strands). The absolutely unreasonable machines basically xray the rope. 

Alternatively, as preventative maintenance you can inspect it and replace it well before the next test date is required or the service life is reached. 

These are the end stops holding the rope packed tightly. They are sandwiched between wear blocks and bolted into position to anchor them to things like the catch car. 

Edited August 24Aug 24 by Levithian

I'm pretty sure the DCR painting got postponed last year because Superman shit the bed and they wanted DCR back online to fill the hole. So the locker upgrades got put on hold. This doesn't mean they've abandoned the idea... (although it doesn't mean they haven't either - if the money allocated for it in last year's budget got spent elsewhere, and they didn't allocate funds for this year, then it's stalled indefinitely.

Movie World have provided some insight into the closure of Superman on this post: 

https://www.facebook.com/100044242655297/posts/pfbid02FMhC4bN4vTYvQwZmh8GvaciD1xYKSmYRPrxcj7aWYF4DeNJE4w4SarfEAcggTxcrl/?

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Sounds like the same thing as last year, a 3 month closure. The rides at the end of its life, I wonder how much time its got left... are they waiting for scooby to reopen? I'd imagine that these parts would be very very expensive due to the limited installations of the model, and it's back to back years now.

Edited August 29Aug 29 by TV15