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@Tricoartif you could upload those images as JPG's that'd be brilliant.

Yeah fixed yours for you as well, so no good deed is left unturned.🙂 I have plenty of non enthusiasts friends who will visit Movieworld and see the removal of AA being replaced with a family SFC and 2 family boomerangs as being a bit of a letdown. ( Glad we sorted out it was 3 coasters as well😆) IMHO, a good proportion of the paying public will compare the removal of a 27 year old iconic coaster to what it is being replaced with. Sure it will be a nice shiny new attraction, and there will be plenty ( and rightly so) who will mention that AA was a rough coaster and ride. BUT they will still compare and in this case, my bet is that there will be a fair distribution that will say " Yeah thats a great new attraction but gee it doesnt really hold up to Lethal Weapon" or " Wow I like the new coasters but its nowehere near as intense as the good old Lethal Weapon......" or " Gee remember when the previous coaster that was here?? Now that was an intense ride.." The ride has had 27 years to burn in the consciousness of the public that have visited MW when they were young and now visit with family's of their own. To say that the majority will blithely accept the new additions in an overly positive light probably downgrades most non enthusiasts ability to make a value judgement. I concede that there will be people will who see what is being installed as a great new attraction ( especially those with young families) but to blanket every non enthusiast in this way is a tad disingenous, for mine. See I get what you are saying here and agree in principle but I feel its not as simple or as clear cut as that. Yeah there will be families who will look at this as a win but then you have to look at the segments within the family base. Your statement is true only for those families within a certain age bracket- ie kiddie to say up to maybe 12 year olds. What about the families who visit that have early to young teens who ARE looking for thrills? A thrill coaster will serve their needs just as well if not better as 3 family coasters- some would even be looking for the thrills condition over the family aspect. That doesnt mean they are enthusiasts just that they love a thrill coaster. A big large looping coaster burns more brightly in the consciousness of any person and most of the paying public are very familar with US based theme parks and what they offer. To not have a ride like AA as an option or see it removed and replaced with what is akin to being seen as family coasters would be IMHO, be seen as a bit of a disppointment for that family segment- especially when they compare our parks to their US counterparts. Thats just human nature. We have already ascertained that Rivals was never meant to be a direct replacement for AA with the timegap between their installation/removal too large.The paying public would never see Rivals in any other way than the excellent new addition it was, which is an important designation as opposed to classifying it as a replacement. So in summary do I feel that the 3 new family coasters will be a good addition? Absolutely!! As plenty of posters have pointed out , if these do go ahead, then they will be a strong asset for the park and fill an important gap in the parks offering- which is capacity. However, because we are all enthusiasts here we can see that this argument will hold true. Do I think that most of the paying public will view the coaster in that light? No I do not think so. We cannot put forward an argument from an enthusiasts point of view ( in this case that the new attractions are great for the park from a capacity point of view) to one where we say that only enthusiasts will mourn the fact that we are replacing a thrill coaster with 3 family coasters. That simply is not the clear cut case in this instance. Do I think that MW should replace AA with a STC and a family Boomerang? Once again a resounding absolutely- but I do concede that is the enthusiast in me talking. Do I feel that MW replacing AA with 3 family coasters will be good for the park and fill a much needed gap in their lineup- ie family attractions and capacity soaker? Yep- repeatedly- absolutely but once again- this is an enthusiast argument and opinion. I just dont think that we can blanket either of these views over the entire non enthusiast paying public. What ever the park decides to install I do look forward keenly to see the final product.

Green Lantern when it gets another carpark thrill coaster right next to it:

Sadly it is very unlikely that part of BOH will be removed any time soon. Has way too much valuable infrastructure there. For example behind Stars Cafe that's actually the main kitchen for the whole park (Well one of 2, the other is at Ricks), and there's a heap of offices for different departments and staff services all in that zone as well as the glasses wash room for Roxy and JL.

100% accurate. Its not like for like. DC Rivals was never meant as a replacement for AA anyway and the all the public will see ( rightly so) is a suspended looping coaster being torn down and potentially being replaced with an inferior ride ( in thrills in this case). Its not apples for apples. Also DC Rivals has been open for 4 years. It can hardly be viewed as any potential replacement for a coaster that has stood side by side for that length of time- albeit mostly in a SBNO state.

Its only a disappointment if you want to ride a thrill coaster. If you’re a family looking for more to do it’s a win. I think the addition of Rivals more than counters the loss or Arkham.

Please. Ok another idea from Tivoli is particularly for rivals and taipan. Pay for the upgrade to the back car at the station! All it needs is a lil terminal thing as pictured (the technology has already been made guys!) This turns the painstaking process of deciding you want to do it - walking back to the relevant ticket office, lining up for that, paying for that - receiving a (pointless) wristband, walking back to the ride then doing the ride….. into just double tapping your watch / phone - scanning then ride. Theme parks thrive of spontaneous purchases - they’d make a killing. Also instant repeat rides! Really looking forward to someone disputing this one.

Not all those cobwebs are 'theming' you know.