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[Antinos]

Every now and then, I'll get into one of those moods to play some RCT2. With school out, I can't ask for a better time.

Palm Tree Landing is a medium sized park built on a narrow strip inbetween the coast and some hills. The park is currently half done, and has a total of seven coasters, as well as plenty of other rides. Here's what I have done. Please allow some time for the screenshots to load. I wasn't able to change them from BMP format.

This first screenshot is of the front of the park. There is the main entrance plaza, and smack dab in the center of it is an Intamin freefall tower. Towering over and tunneling underneath is the park's Giovanola hypercoaster, Genesis. There is a food court area which is inside the castle. In this screenshot, you can also see the park's twister woodie, Gunslinger, and the inverted impulse coaster, Hurricane.



By the coast, the park has a more Coney Island feel to it. Located here is the station for Genesis, an out and back woodie, Cannonball, and a corkscrew coaster, Libertad. The splash boats is Polar Plunge. There are some other classic rides in this area as well, like the ferris wheel and enterprise.



On the opposite side of the park, the area is more wooded, due to the hills. Over here, there is a terrain hugging, floorless suspended coaster called Eagle. Across the path is an Intamin mega-lite called Iron Horse. There is also a rapids ride and go kart track over here.



My RCT2 skills aren't the best, but I think they're sufficient. I don't have any downloaded scenery, so my supports leave much to be desired. My buildings are also a bit blocky.

Comments, suggestions, and criticism are welcome. I'll be working on this park for the remainder of my vacation, so when it's done, it'll be filled. I might remove some things and redo them, but I'll wait and see for that.

[DDRman732865]

First comment! I'll edit in my response

Edit: Nice, better than I can do, even with custom scenery. I actually find it quite a nusence, with the B&M supports at least.

[pkiknex25]

Ummm...Diamondback-esque much? haha Giovanola my ass.

This looks really good, Marc. I see bits and parts of KI in this and it makes me smile. I really like it.

[Antinos]

DDRMan; that's why you don't see a B&M in there.

Kevin: The ride has only the drop over the midway as a resemblance. If you saw the whole layout, you would see it's nothing like it. Plus, it uses Giovanola trains. Also, thanks for the compliment.

I did a bit more work earlier, and I'll do more later. I'm starting to run out of ideas, but I need to do something. I might have an update later tonight.

[Antinos]

I didn't do any work last night, but I did this morning. Here's the next update. In the back corner, I added a Schwarzkopf looper, which I called Loopen. It even has custom tube supports(leik 0mg!!!!111one!11). I also added a few other rides and improved some of the scenery around the park.



Also, here's an overview of the front of the park. You can see that Genesis is nothing like Diamondback. I have also added a wild mouse next to the helix. It's a bit different from other wild mice. The layout is the same idea, but remove the 90* turn right after the lift and you have this mouse. One other thing I did was add a bit of a main street near the entrance plaza. I put some buildings around the area and they look pretty nice. They actually help since they surround the exit to Genesis' tunnel.



More updates tomorrow.

[Westside7th]

It's looking great so far...it's a fun park. I like how you have some big turns at the bottom of some of the coaster's first hills. If you are looking for something to fill the space, you can always make a hotel...even without custom scenery you can make some decent, modern looking hotels.

[Antinos]

Thank you very much. Hearing that come from you makes me feel extremely honored.

About the space, I found a way to fill up the area which worked out better than I expected. I went against my way and decided to add a B&M floorless called Amber. I don't have any screenshots of it, but it has 8 inversions, interlocking corkscrews, and a couple helixes and figure eights. It came out a lot better than I expected it to and it has quite a large queue.

What I do have is a screenshot of the back of the park, which is now finished with a dark ride, called Sands of Time, and Blackout, which is a Premier LIM launch:

[G Force]

It looks very nice for not having any Custom Scenery. But you could add some flowers and plants around the path though, it looks kind of bare.

[Antinos]

^That's what I have to work on next. Now that all the rides are in, I will spruce up the park even more with flowers, bushes, trees, and statues. Who knows when I'll get that done though.

[Westside7th]

Yeah, like G Force said...lots of flowers and trees and maybe add some ponds and fountains. Also, vary the types of trees you use in one area; instead of having just birch trees by the path, have birch and two or three other kinds of trees with different coloring and sizes. Looking great for no custom scenery!

[Antinos]

Ok, I got a bit more done, but I'm not quite done yet. I still have to add more trees and shrubs. I might add another lake as well, or at least a marsh sort of thing. This time, I took some shots that are closer up, so you can see more of the detail of the park. This first screenshot is in the back where Blackout's station is. Libertad is also right across the pathway:



Next is an area already seen, but I think it's one of the nicer shown:



Here is the station and beginning of Amber. I'm still debating whether I like Amber's station or Blackout's station more, but as of now, I'm leaning towards this one. Amber, IMO, is a much nicer addition than that impulse coaster. Next to it is a monster truck ride themed to Jurassic Park:



Lastly, here's an overview of Amber, which runs across most of the center of the park:



If you have any more suggestions, let me hear them.

[Westside7th]

I like Amber's station. And I also like how you put a tunnel on the diagonal section of Amber...I always forget they give you those diagonal walls! I think I'm going to make a tunnel like that in my next park!

[Antinos]

Thank you. Those diagonal walls are probably the most valuable part of non custom scenery. They sure come in handy.

[lazor 22]

I like it! But, and I'm not one to complains about this for the most part, it looks like theres too many coasters packed into one. The park just looks too over-filled that it takes some beauty out of it. But it still looks good.

[Antinos]

I totally forgot to post the finished product, so here is Palm Tree Landing:







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[G Force]

I thought it was a good park, the Roller coaster all had good layouts and had a special themed station. Overall it was good, but it could use more buildings.

[Westside7th]

This is a nice park! I enjoyed the variety in colors and coasters. The only problem was that your ride prices were off since no one would ride the large hyper or gyro drop because it was too expensive. I also didn't like the random fountain in the middle of the park that only the train riders got to see. But overall, this is a great, well-rounded park.