12 hours ago, fletch said:

Better?

That sign was added 3-4 years ago when they opened that gate for public access

hmmmmmm. Maybe I just have really crappy memory cause I don't remember seeing that sign up this year. My mum sometimes tags along with me and she says she doesn't remember seeing it either. Maybe they took it down for a bit then put it back up? I'm not really sure. This is my first time having a season pass in over 7 years, so I really only know stuff from this year...

18 hours ago, zacsta_1997 said:

I’m hoping with the maintenance happening on Batwing Space Shot, and it may be far fetched, but I’m hoping they extend the tower to make it taller, and add the new S&S Spin Shot seats. 
this will bring new life to the ride!!  

I'd actually really love to see something like this happen. It'd beat Dreamworld to the punch with any potential Giant Drop refurb plans. The only concern there would be capacity - losing those four seats might be enough to kill the idea before it gets off the ground.

Just going to rant for a second - Arkham's closed. It's 100% confirmed by park social media teams. Can they hurry up and rip the signs down and put a presser out to make it ultra clear to guests?

It's so contemptuous to expect paying customers to invest heavily into their comms strategy (social media posts, newsletter and their app), but on the other hand are making permanently shuttered attractions look "closed for maintenance." If they want customer buy-in, some respect across the board for guests is in order.

 

31 minutes ago, Slick said:

The only concern there would be capacity - losing those four seats might be enough to kill the idea before it gets off the ground.

4 across seating is too much capacity.

 

Lol. Seriously though - do what other parks have done and install a second tower. There's plenty of room for it, and you could diversify your experiences, while also maintaining uptime by staggering maintenance and teardowns.

Too late for a 2nd tower now IMO, and it doesn't get busy enough to warrant it.

9 minutes ago, AlexB said:

4 across seating is too much capacity.

 

Lol. Seriously though - do what other parks have done and install a second tower. There's plenty of room for it, and you could diversify your experiences, while also maintaining uptime by staggering maintenance and teardowns.

I'm sure they could do a 4x3x4x3 configuration too, choose between crazy seats or normal seats.

13 minutes ago, Slick said:

I'm sure they could do a 4x3x4x3 configuration too, choose between crazy seats or normal seats.

I always thought S&S only offered it as a whole train, not as selected sides.

Where does it say that?

2 hours ago, Slick said:

I'd actually really love to see something like this happen. It'd beat Dreamworld to the punch with any potential Giant Drop refurb plans. The only concern there would be capacity - losing those four seats might be enough to kill the idea before it gets off the ground.

Batwing is a reasonably quiet ride when compared to its neighbours in the DC area so I don't see going to 3x3x3x3 really being an issue there imo.

Provided Green Lantern has been a problem child and nearly killed people, I'd say though that we're being generous suggesting Village would want to work with S&S again on a project like this.

5 hours ago, fletch said:

hmmmmmm. Maybe I just have really crappy memory cause I don't remember seeing that sign up this year. My mum sometimes tags along with me and she says she doesn't remember seeing it either. Maybe they took it down for a bit then put it back up? I'm not really sure. This is my first time having a season pass in over 7 years, so I really only know stuff from this year...

Did you visit during Winter Wonderland? The sign was covered by a Christmas one during the event. Might explain it!

7 hours ago, Naazon said:

A lot of cables in that small section.

Gotta keep your cables somewhere, I guess 

3 hours ago, Slick said:

I'd actually really love to see something like this happen. It'd beat Dreamworld to the punch with any potential Giant Drop refurb plans. The only concern there would be capacity - losing those four seats might be enough to kill the idea before it gets off the ground.

Just going to rant for a second - Arkham's closed. It's 100% confirmed by park social media teams. Can they hurry up and rip the signs down and put a presser out to make it ultra clear to guests?

It's so contemptuous to expect paying customers to invest heavily into their comms strategy (social media posts, newsletter and their app), but on the other hand are making permanently shuttered attractions look "closed for maintenance." If they want customer buy-in, some respect across the board for guests is in order.

 

Considering they hung shit on DW for closing a bunch of rides with no replacement, it would be a bit awkward if they announce Arkham before Leviathan opens 

2 hours ago, AlexB said:

4 across seating is too much capacity.

 

Lol. Seriously though - do what other parks have done and install a second tower. There's plenty of room for it, and you could diversify your experiences, while also maintaining uptime by staggering maintenance and teardowns.

I heard there's a nice chunk of land free in the middle of the SE envelope... 

5 minutes ago, Jdude95 said:

Considering they hung shit on DW for closing a bunch of rides with no replacement, it would be a bit awkward if they announce Arkham before Leviathan opens 

*Cries in Vikings Revenge

Arkham just slowly gets pieces of it removed over the next 5 years as they say a replacement is coming. Only for them to put 3 new rides down near WWF and pretend Arkham never existed

Well they managed to fool everyone into thinking Rivals didn’t exist while it was being constructed. So I’m sure they’ll be able to do the same with AA 😏

WWF is down for unscheduled maintenance...

Some of the maintenance periods have now been updated for the rest of the year. Most notable is a 3.5 month closure for WWF 

Yikes that's a big one for WWF. Hard to know for sure, but looks like with what else is going on over winter it's closure has had to be delayed a bit this year. Also interesting that Scooby's regular end of year downtime isn't on there yet, so perhaps more to come later in the year.

Junior Driving School is also only listed for 6 days, so some changes to come to this list for sure. Doomsday is missing also, although I dunno if it needs more downtime in 2021.

Given Doomsday is still closed and assuming annual literally means 12 monthly surely it's good for the rest of the year. Things aren't quite that simple though so who knows.

I feel the closure of Road Runner is a bit long compared to normal. Road Runner Next Generation?

Wow that’s a massive downtime for WWF and later than usual too.

they usually work to have that open by late sept. Leaves a real hole in their attractions heading into summer 

Superman was testing frequently this afternoon, so hopefully looking good for its reopening date!

14 hours ago, OgreMagic said:

Superman was testing frequently this afternoon, so hopefully looking good for its reopening date!

and GL was still having issues all day. Not sure what the problems are but I feel it probably should go back into maintenance until it can be figured out. Its also a waste of staff as the 3 Ride Ops just stand out the front of it all day telling people sorry.

Was at the park today. Superman working well after it’s maintenance period, and they have actually fixed the water effect on the stairs now too. Was a reasonably busy day for a weekday. 

Green lantern still having frequent issues and only running two trains. The wait for it for most of the day was around an hour. 

On 03/03/2021 at 3:05 PM, joz said:

Given Doomsday is still closed and assuming annual literally means 12 monthly surely it's good for the rest of the year. Things aren't quite that simple though so who knows.

At what point do you write off that whole ride and themed area?

It's a lot like metre maids in 2021 - beautiful, useless and sticks out like a sore thumb.