Ameritown [A 3DAC PARK]

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Note- I had started this park before John (Coasterdude5) or Zack (kennywood007!) released their American themed parks, so please dont say Im copying.

 

Anyways, the coaster101 community got a sneak peak of this park a while back, and Ive been dilligently working on it ever since. I took many screenshots but they are not re-sized yet so pictures will come later. For now, here is a history of Ameritown:

 

In March of 1921, Frank Mannery started construction of his small coffee shop. He decided to locate it just outside of the small town of Grand Island, Nebraska on Kuester Lake. The shop opened on July 4, 1921 and was properly named Ameritown Café.

It wasn’t until two years later in 1923 that Frank decided to turn his cafe into a theme park. He first added two carousels and a canoe dock on the lake. Later in 1935, Frank added the first coaster to the park. Standing only 58 feet high, and traveling only 38mph, Thunderhawk isn’t a giant thrill ride by today’s standards. However, back then, Thunderhawk was a state-of-the art thrill machine. After the first coaster was erected, the park pretty much has steadily grown. In 1948, Little American was added to the park. It is a 20 foot tall kiddie coaster that offers a 27mph journey through multiple helices and drops. In 1963, Timber Tumbler was added to the park. The coaster was built by PTC and stood 120feet tall. In 1971 for their 50th anniversary, Extreme Splash was added to the back of the park. ES stands 58 feet tall and reaches an unheard of (for a log flume) 43mph. In 1981, for their 60th anniversary celebration, Ameritown added two coasters to their coaster collection. Kusester kork is a 45mph, 77 foot tall corkscrew coaster from Arrow. The coaster is painted yellow and contains three inversions. American Scream is a 116 foot tall, 54mph shuttle coaster from Schwarzkopf that features two loops and two airtime hills. The coaster goes forward and backward through the loops. Soon after their 60th anniversary however, Ameritown started to lose money. Timber Tumbler had to be removed in order to balance the losses in 1989. In 1999, the park declared bankruptcy and was soon to be shut down. The park was not set to open for the 2000 season. However, The Third Dimension Amusement Company bought the park in early 2000. Though the park was closed for its 2000 season, it opened its doors once again in 2001, completely revamped. Thunderhawk was re-tracked, and two brand new thrill machines were added. Mission Space is a duel launch tower from S&S. Also, Ameritown added Freedom Flyer. Standing 148feet tall and launching riders to 63mph into and over banked curve and a sea serpent, then doing it all over again backwards, Freedom Flyer was an instant hit. The park was back in business again and soon became one of the most widely known parks around, but Ameritown still hadn’t hit its peak. In 2005, S&S rides inc. built a 50 million dollar 4th dimension coaster at Ameritown. Spirit of American is the largest capital investment in park history. Standing 137 feet tall and reaching 54mph, Spirit of America is one crazy beast. You will be turned fully upside-down by the track 5 times throughout the course. With SoA, Ameritown was officially on the map, and there’s surely more to come.

 

So that was my horrible history report of Ameritown. I’m pretty sure you didn’t read it, but that’s okay. Pictures coming soon once re-sized. I am nearly done with the park, this is so I will actually finish it this time (unlike Oasis Park).

 

 

^Timber Tumbler before it was taken out.

 

^The old cafe which still stands (restored) today.

[coasterdude5]

Yeah, this park is going to be really nice! Alot better than mine has turned out, IMO.

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Here are some pictures of the park taken last week on our trip.

 

DAY ONE-

^We got to the park a day early so we decided to buy night passes and spend a couple hours at the park.

 

^The park is beautifully lit at night. This is Freedom Flyer.

 

^One of the two carousels.

 

^The Thunderhawk entrance is not as extravagant as the other coasters' entrances.

 

^Spirit Of America's lift hill has red lights going all the way up it, it looks amazing at night. I like the station too.

 

^American Scream.

 

^Thunderhawk is also lit up at night.

 

^Little American and Mission Space.

 

^The Kuester Lake section of the park is themed to feel woodsy.

 

^Extreme Splash's final drop offers a bit of airtime...

 

^...and a lot of splash.

 

^Keuster Kork from the top of Extreme Splash's final drop.

 

^Now the exact opposite, Extreme Splash from Kuester Kork.

 

DAY TWO- Day two started off a little rainy when we first got to the park, but it stopped in an hour or so, and really kept the crowds down which was good! Ill update with pictures from day two A.S.A.P. Thanks for reading!

[Stitch]

Nice work on the scenery and I think the tripple down on the splash boats is funny

[coasterdude5]

Nice work, these American-themed parks are great! I like Mission Space's structure. (the top part)

[kennywood!007]

Wow! That looks great Justin. I can't bild 4-d's they make me angry...lol

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Day 2- The day started out a little rainy, but it stopped in about an hour and left us with perfect coaster riding conditions.

 

^Walking up to the park, these are the ticket booths.

 

^The first thing we did was buy this postcard at the giftshop.

 

Now I dont remember the rest of the order of what we did, but here are the pics:

 

^Kuester Kork from the Kuester Lake Canoes conveniently located on Kuester Lake

 

^American Scream's loops from the canoes.

 

^Spirit of America from Thunderhawk's first drop. Kind of ironic huh?

 

^A random park pic taken from Thunderhawk's first drop (yes the lift is that slow).

 

^Thunderhawk and Spirit of America from Mission Space.

 

^Another random pic taken from Mission Space.

 

It took a few rides on Mission Space to get all of these pics. This is Freedom Flyer.

 

Here comes the descriptive section of the PTR-

 

Mission Space is tall.

 

^Kuester Kork is sexy.

 

^Spirit Of America is new.

 

^Though its restored, the Ameritown Cafe (the red part) is old.

 

^American Scream's entrance is artistic.

 

^Kuester Kork's station is modern.

 

^Freedom FIGHTER is wet.

 

^Thunderhawk is classic.

 

^The lake is scenic.

 

^Ditto from the caption above. [/descriptive-ness]

 

^Right before the last drop on the log flume (Extreme Splash).

 

^An overview of the park taken by helicopter.

 

Thats the end of my Photo TR, I hope you enjoyed it (and look for a download of the park soon too!).

[kennywood!007]

Great, very discriptive PTR! The park looks great. Personally I think you need some more landscaping though.

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^The park area where all of the rides are is mostly flat. However, the areas surrounding are very hilly and stuff. I might go back in and landscape more where possible, especially behind Lake Kuester which was actually slated to be a water park and more rides, but got cancelled. But yea, I guess Ill make one more update of the park just "beauty-fied", then Ill release it for your riding pleasure

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So heres the down low: I just got a YouTube account and I have decided Id like to make some videos of this park before I release it. However, I got a little anxious and made a really crappy video of just pictures since I have no footage yet. Here is the link for the video.

Be sure to look for more videos, and then a download!

[CP_RULES]

The park is complete!

 

Here are the latest photos of the park, at the bottom you will find the final video of the park (with POV of Thunderhawk!)

 

This and all of the following photos were taken from my helicoptor tour that I went on yesterday!

 

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This pond isnt invisible from the park itself (except when on the rides of course).

 

Finally a photo that shows the entire layout of Extreme Splash!

 

I think the park is beautiful.

 

Wouldnt you agree?

 

VIDEO CLICK HERE!

 

Look out for the download to be released TOMORROW! (Sunday)

[coasterdude5]

Great video, that triple dip log flume is great!

[Adriel]

Beautiful park! I also love the flume ride. It's a good idea you have those three drops! I love the layout of the park. So, is it really complete?

[kennywood!007]

The park looks great, can't wait for the download!

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DOWNLOAD! Okay everyone, thank you so much for following this park and giving input on it. The park requires the following scenery packs:

Shy Guy’s-

• Circus Center Set

• Main Street packs 1-3

 

Vodhin’s-

• Light Kit (latest version)

• Vermont Scenery (latest version)

 

KLN’s-

• Framework

 

Pumper’s (Jcat)-

• Steelworx

 

Stuk’s-

• HGR71

 

Icestcs’s-

• Billboards

 

 

Look for some information on my latest 3DAC park coming soon!

 

EDIT- Place park file into my documents/RCT3/parks. The file should show up under Sandbox.

Ameritown.dat

Enjoy! O yea, and if you play the park, tell me what you think! (Zack you owe me a PTR....jk.... but really you do)

[GURZU]

Really nice park! Awesome!