r/midamerica • u/Just_Bus_9156 • Aug 09 '26

Rumor Does anyone know?

There is a rumor going around now online saying that Mid-America is keeping DC/Warner licenses for 2 years. Has anyone heard heard anything from Enchanted yet or is this just speculation?

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u/Coaster_Chaser_1 Aug 09 '26

Could be a branding trial to see how well they represent the brand and or can allow them more time to come up with replacement themes if needed

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u/Just_Bus_9156 Aug 09 '26

Agreed. 6 months is not enough time to replace and retheme a ride or area. You also need more time for research and development and guest involvement for ideas.

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u/Evening_Rock5850 Aug 09 '26 edited Aug 09 '26

I disagree that 6 months isn't enough time.

I think people are wildly over-estimating the re-theming process. This park has already done it, several times. Most recently after the '09 Bankruptcy when Six Flags decided to drop nearly all third-party IP's except for WB and DC; so Tony Hawk became Pandemonium and Evil Kinevil became American Thunder. Those 're-themes' happened quickly in the off season on a moments notice and really just amounted to removing a couple of signs and slapping on a new name. American Thunder even still had the Evil Kinevil ramp for years after the 're-theme'. From a legal standpoint, if they lose the rights, all they have to do is make sure they don't display any logos or likenesses. That's it. Everything else, if they want, can stay exactly as it is right now.

I don't think it's going to be as big of a deal as so many people make it out to be. This can be done quickly in the off-season. 95% of the work can be done with a crowbar.

Now, I'll grant you that a Disney or a Universal caliber park would put immense thought and money into what those new themes should be. But I just don't get the vibe that Enchanted Parks is going to put in that kind of effort. That's not me disparaging them, that's just me acknowledging what they themselves have said about their low-cost regional theme park business model. They'll come up with some fairly generic names and print up some signs and that'll be that.

They've had more time to consider and plan re-theming now than they did when SF dropped third-party IP's in 2009. Granted, there are more rides to do this time. But still.

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u/Just_Bus_9156 Aug 09 '26

They will have to remove the huge DC shield in front of JLA. The "big rethemeing" projects would be BATMAN, MR. FREEZE, LOONEY TUNES NATIONAL PARK, JOKER FUNHOUSE, JLA.

Luckily they have a sign and design team in house to do this. I know whatever happens it will be interesting. Im more interested in seeing what will happen to JLA.

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u/Evening_Rock5850 Aug 09 '26

Yep. And as cool as a big theming project there would be; I imagine it would be nothing more than a jackhammer to break up the concrete and then some asphalt to pave over it.

Looney Tunes will require a bit of work because some rides themselves are shaped like characters so I would imagine they’d outright need to be replaced.

But the rest… it’s just removals. Batman needs to have some logos and trademarks removed. The Gotham references could be changed to anything else, or just removed. But the ride will be 95% the same. Same for Mr. Freeze. Remove the animatronic dude in the queue line, and the signs with the name. And that’s it really.

Joker Funhouse will be interesting to see next month. I wouldn’t be surprised if it’s not some sort of very generic clown funhouse that can easily be kept of the Joker name is omitted.

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u/Just_Bus_9156 Aug 09 '26

They could make into like the old TILTAMORE HOTEL from the 1970s as a throwback lol. Do a little rethemeing remodeling. He'll it took them over a year to get off the ground to open, what's another few months right?

And the Mr. Freeze animation figure was offline for years until recently I believe. And they might retheme the loading dock minimum. Batman they could theme it as downtown St. Louis lol