[RCT2] Pomegranate Valley

Pomegranate Valley:

Hello everyone. I've decided to start a new park in RCT2 due to my recent and lengthy frustrations with RCT3. I have not dropped my other park, Simmons Creek Amusement Park, but for the time being I will focus on mostly this park. Please bear in mind that I just currently got back into playing this game and that I am by no means an expert. I know this is sometimes overstated, but any comments and criticisms are greatly appreciated as the help me improve my park. I hope you all enjoy.

Opening Day-1985

Here's the entrance plaza. Upon entering the park guests are able to visit guest services or buy various souvenirs and snacks.

Another view of the entrance plaza. It took roughly 5 months and lots of hard work to build all the shops and foliage.

After passing the shops, guests are welcomed by Grand Carousel. The inviting music makes the ride especially fun for families and young children.

Left of the entrance plaza is the park's first area, Cedar Hills. Cedar Lodge is the premier place for restrooms and food upon entering the park.

Orbiter is a classic enterprise manufactured by HUSS. This intense spinning ride twists riders at fast speeds while managing to provide a fun and safe ride.

Sun Wheel is also a popular attraction in this part of the park. Riders are able to get nice views of the surrounding forest while riding.

The star attraction of Cedar Hills, however, is Warrior.

Warrior is a small PTC wooden coaster with a crammed layout but loads of forces. It stands at 60 feet tall with a highest drop of 42 feet.

Pomegranate Valley originally wanted an out and back layout, but due to the small space, PTC crammed some airtime moments mixed in with a fairly twisty track.

One positive to Warrior's short layout is that it maintains a short queue line. It provides a quick but fun ride that anyone can enjoy.

Right of the entrance plaza is Emerald Lake, the park's other area.

Mamba, a Schwarzkopf looping coaster, is the main attraction of this area.

Mamba features a 90 foot lift hill and 3 vertical loops. Its interaction with the surrounding lake provides for lots of exciting moments.

Crowds absolutely love Mamba! Both trains run 7 cars, always full of guests.

After some loops and banked turns, Mamba turns and dives under the brake run before one final turn.

Mamba features 2,520 feet of steel track with plenty of excitement.

Swashbuckler is a classic pirate ship ride located near the entrance. Although it is not too intense, it is very well liked by all guests.

The last ride in the park is Sidewinder. This fun scrambler ride is also nicely situated near Lakeside Snacks.

Park Overview, Opening Day 1985. Stay tuned for more pictures!

Good start, maybe you could use some more flowers inntgr landscaping around the paths though. Coasters are cool, looking forward to seeing more.

1986:

1986 saw more national attention for this small growing amusement park. People from all over the Cedar Rapids area have flocked to see this year's new addition, Valley Bumper Cars. I am happy with the park's progress so far and I hope Pomegranate Valley will one day become one of the premier parks in Iowa along with Adventureland.

Of course the hit of this season was the new Valley Bumper Cars, a classic dodgems family ride.

Although not too thrilling, Valley Bumper Cars provides for a fun ride. Speakers within the building play classic ragtime music that give this section of the park a whole new vibe.

Valley Bumper Cars opened to mixed reviews, but I personally thought it was a good addition. Some people were expecting a bigger expansion after a successful first season, but I think it helps solidify the flat ride selection.

Smaller additions to the park were also added for the 1986 season. Roofs for Sidewinder's queue will allow guests to stay in the shade on warm days as well as stay dry on rainy days.

Swashbuckler has benefited tremendously from increased action on the Cedar Hills part of the park.

Mamba of course remained the most popular ride in the park. It's mix of twists and inversions provides for a perfect ride for thrill seekers as well as the casual crowd.

Mamba's station also received a repainting for this season due to heavy rain during the off season. It still looks the same to me.

This classic shot of Mamba never disappoints.

Warrior has remained the same fun ride since last season. I have always liked Warrior's color scheme the best out of all the rides here at Pomegranate Valley.

Quick overview of the recent expansion. See you all next season!

Good start, maybe you could use some more flowers inntgr landscaping around the paths though. Coasters are cool, looking forward to seeing more.

Thank you for the advice! I will definitely try to fine tune my landscaping and foliage skills throughout this park.

A good start. Looks nice. If I may make a suggestion. In terms of your architecture, try to make the buildings less "boxy" and generic. I don't know if you have the use of custom objects but add some variety, colour, and different shapes to the different structures you have (restaurants, ride stations, etc) It'll make a huge difference in your park.

Well a sad update today. Due to more computer complications this park will no longer continue as the park file was lost forever. My computer's hard drive fully crashed and I was unable to retrieve any data, therefore deleting this park and Simmons Creek Amusement Park. It is frustrating as a park creator to constantly deal with these issues and although I would love to attempt to recreate these projects, I feel as a busy person that I will not be able to find the time.

I know not that many people were following my parks to begin with but I do apologize to people who were. I have always wanted to post lots of content here but as I'm sure other people know it is hard to fit parks into a busy life. Thanks for the comments and I look forward to seeing what others will produce in the future here on this site.

Hey man, I know how you feel. I've been working on a park for years and twice I lost it to corrupt files, bad hard drives, etc. I've learned my lesson though, I backup my park files often. Lots of ways to do this... Google Drive, Dropbox, the cloud, email the files to yourself every now and then. Hopefully you'll get back to it. I'm too stubborn to not finish my park but as you said, life gets busy and it takes a while to get these 'pet projects' done.