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Postby Great America Guy on April 4th, 2004, 7:45 pm
twixmix0303 wrote:Maybe they are taking it out permanently. It seems like they're trying to make GA more family friendly with the addition of all the flats and a family coaster. They toned down Demon's theming a while ago. Maybe Batman was next. I hope not.


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Postby Do I Know You on April 4th, 2004, 7:58 pm
twixmix0303 wrote:Maybe they are taking it out permanently. It seems like they're trying to make GA more family friendly with the addition of all the flats and a family coaster. They toned down Demon's theming a while ago. Maybe Batman was next. I hope not.


I doubt they're doing that. Batman is based off of a comic book for children. None of the theming there is too harsh. I think it's either in storage so paint won't drip on it or they're refurbishing it.
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Postby SFGAM_and_the_BEARS! on April 4th, 2004, 8:09 pm
I agree. Plus most of the kids who go on it are old enough that they wont be scared by a police car and some graffiti.
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Postby w00dland on April 5th, 2004, 12:36 pm
Well just think about NOT having the theming this season, if it's a busy day the queue line will just feel like its taking twice as much time. It's always fun to look at the theming and read all the graffitti and stuff like that while you are waiting for potientially an hour and a half. On a busy day people won't want to wait that much for a shorter ride that has so theming.
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Postby playerplex on April 5th, 2004, 3:26 pm
I was at Six Flags Great America on Friday April 2 to fill out an application to work there and I saw a guy painting it a yellowish gold color and it looks like crap. They should repaint it black. :twisted:
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Postby SFGAM_and_the_BEARS! on April 5th, 2004, 3:33 pm
yea I like the original color all though a change may be good. :wink:
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Postby SFGA 11 on April 5th, 2004, 4:37 pm
great america76 - You still havent answered, how do you know that they removed the theming?
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Postby twixmix0303 on April 5th, 2004, 4:47 pm
playerplex wrote:I was at Six Flags Great America on Friday April 2 to fill out an application to work there and I saw a guy painting it a yellowish gold color and it looks like crap. They should repaint it black. :twisted:


Or "Batman Blue" to be exact. :lol: But I don't want to start another arguement over what color it is (I mean was); I just had to say that!
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Postby Papas on April 5th, 2004, 5:36 pm
Alright, who cares about what it was, it's yellow now. If your going to be working there they probably dont want you to be b*tching about what they're doing on SFGAmWorld anyway ;).
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Postby SfGaMownz on April 5th, 2004, 6:33 pm
I still can't get the picture of the B:TR queue line without themeing, it would just be dumb to do. What do they accomplish by doing it? I highlt dou they have good reason to remove theming that has been in place for 12 years, what could have made it so they had to take it out? These are all questions that can't be answered by SFGAM I bet. I want to hear why they took out the themeing, because I'm betting the reason is BS....
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Postby SFGAM_and_the_BEARS! on April 5th, 2004, 7:39 pm
I believe they are going to either refurbish the theming or get new type. But still I enjoyed the theming. hopefully we will get better theming :D
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Postby SFGA 11 on April 5th, 2004, 7:55 pm
Does any one here even have any proof that the theming is indeed missing?
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Postby RagingBullFan on April 5th, 2004, 8:07 pm
The Proof will actually be seen when the park opens to the public, any sooner and that is illegal. I think the themeing is gone, simply because it was getting old anyways, and if GAdv did it, I'd suspect we'd do the same, hopefully not with cheap paint...
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Postby greatamerica76 on April 5th, 2004, 8:44 pm
Yeah I dont want to see any chips on opening day.
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Postby Great America Guy on April 5th, 2004, 8:48 pm
Well if they took the theming away and are painted the ride the same color they will use the same paint and since Sherwin Williams is a big sponsor they will use that paint which is what Great Adventure used. So we will see how the paint will hold up
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Postby twixmix0303 on April 5th, 2004, 9:09 pm
How do you guys even know that those were in fact paint chips. They could have just been paint drips from the paint and it's normal for paint to drip like that. I didn't see anything wrong with the paint on the track, so I don't really think it matters. I think it's so close to opening day and everyone is so excited that they're coming to conclusions and making some of the smallest rumors into big things. You're not the one running the park, so if I were you I'd wait until opening day before jumping to conclusions. It's only 25 days away.
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Postby Papas on April 5th, 2004, 9:14 pm
Their doing everything fine, Revy should be open but Mardi Gras, eeehhh. Demon was cycling even though it's not even near being finished painting, B:TR's theming, the new important people probably thaught it was trash and threw it away :flemy cough:, sorry bout that.
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Postby w00dland on April 6th, 2004, 12:35 pm
twixmix0303 wrote:How do you guys even know that those were in fact paint chips. They could have just been paint drips from the paint and it's normal for paint to drip like that. I didn't see anything wrong with the paint on the track, so I don't really think it matters. I think it's so close to opening day and everyone is so excited that they're coming to conclusions and making some of the smallest rumors into big things. You're not the one running the park, so if I were you I'd wait until opening day before jumping to conclusions. It's only 25 days away.




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Thats where i got the paintchip story from...thats not our batman though.
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Postby Binks Drake on April 6th, 2004, 8:09 pm
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twixmix0303 wrote:Maybe they are taking it out permanently. It seems like they're trying to make GA more family friendly with the addition of all the flats and a family coaster. They toned down Demon's theming a while ago. Maybe Batman was next. I hope not.


I doubt they're doing that. Batman is based off of a comic book for children. None of the theming there is too harsh. I think it's either in storage so paint won't drip on it or they're refurbishing it.


Not to change the subject but "A comic book for children?" Have you ever actually read Batman. Becasue after the first year or so, when they realised it wasn't working, it got much darker. Batman is sort of Creepy and Bloody. He's called the dark knight for a reason.

Plus, since it came out in the early 90's, it's more based on Tim Burton's movies. And they are creepy and bloody and really weird. The themeing works perfectly for what they were going for. And if they did take it out permenantly, i'll be mad.
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Postby Papas on April 6th, 2004, 8:22 pm
So what if they took out some of the ghetto area theming? Sher it was cool but if it goes, it goes.
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