asr Posted June 29, 2007 Share Posted June 29, 2007 See Page 3 for latest updates This is my new park, which I have been thinking about for a while. It will be called "Old Colony Park" and be a celebration of the region of New England. It will be presented as a story (similar to CoasterDude5's parks like Hawaiian Escape), and is planned to feature three themed areas, a large mountain, and two Arrow coasters for it's opening year. -The Story- In the 1920s, there was a thriving beachside amusment park and boardwalk named Bridgeport Beach, as it was located just outside the town of Bridgeport, Connecticut. In it's heday, it had 5 coasters, including the Harry Traver designed Whirling Coaster. However, the great depression hit it hard, and struggled along and finally closed down in the early sixties. It was almost forgotten until now. In Autumm 1976, two children were exploring a forest near their house against there parents wishes. What they found suprised them. It was the remains of Bridgeport Beach. Unfortunatly, one of them was injured playing on the park's old ferris wheel, so his friend ran home for help. At a city meeting soon after, it was decided that the park posed a danger to people of the area. However, someone stepped in and purchased the park. Interested in these developments, I decided to explore the park before the inevitable changes made too it by the new owners. Sad little entrance hut. More soon as the official press release comes for the park, and construction begins! No more flat rides. Nothing but trench and station. Just a tiny bit left to demolish. Almost completly gone. Station track gone. Cars sprawled out on the ground near the station. The ending almost completly gone. First drop leading into nowhere now, flat ride gone. Big turn coming down. Supposedly the ride structure was just too rusted to operate under state safety regulations. Whirling Coaster comes down! Headchopper. Big turn. It had a station flyby long before Thunderhead made them cool. The boardwalk side of the coaster. The Whirling Coaster, the only coaster left standing. The boardwalk. Flat ride on the boardwalk. A tree has completly taken over this building. The Rotor. The once proud ferris wheel. The entrance gates. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kingbooba Posted June 29, 2007 Share Posted June 29, 2007 Cool! I'm gonna follow this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asr Posted June 30, 2007 Author Share Posted June 30, 2007 -Summer 1977- OCP Holdings Inc, the company that last fall purchased the abandoned Bridgeport Beach amusment park, has just announced a celebration of new england culture - Old Colony Park. This theme amusment park, the first of it's kind in new england, will allow guests to expierence new england in a way never before possible. Guests will, in the parks four themed areas (Capitol Plaza, Green Mountains, Fisherman's Wharf, and Revere Beach) will expierence a fun and scenic train ride through the berkshires, learn how new england was central to shaping america since the 18th century, stroll through a seaside fairground, and get caught up in the full force of a Nor'Easter - All in one fun filled amusment park. The park will feature many rides, including two rollercoasters from a Utah based company named Arrow, who was responsible for famous rides like the Matterhorn Bobsleds at Disneyland. The park itself will be designed by Jason Helm, a former Disneyland employee, and is planned to open in spring 1980. Don't miss out! Track on the side of the mountain where there was scafolding in my last update. A helix and what looks like a second lift hill is going up. Big turn and lots of scafolding, which I'm guessing is a brake run. Materials. You need these to build coasters. If we didn't have these, there wouldn't be any coasters! Alot has happened to the mine train. I heard that the mine train will be named "Hoosac Tunnel" after the famous tunnel in the Berkshires. I came back a few weeks later. Nothing has happened with the markers. Atleast most of them are still here after the storms we got recently. Looking into the mountain. Mine train lifthill. Looks like a helix. Part of the boardwalk is missing for construction. Markers from the boardwalk I was kinda confused about these markers. They go straight, then there is a parralel line of them, and a marker inbetween. Any ideas? Markers on the beach. Loads of markers. Huh? Scafolding on the side of the mountain. Peaking into the mountain. And a mountain with bits of coaster coming out! Coming back a while later, I see the track. Another shot of the track. From the looks of, this is going to be an Arrow Mine Train. I really didn't think that a new amusment park would be built on this site. And even more so with Riverside and Lake Compounce so nearby. But, with an ex-Disney employee in charge, it has alot of potential. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steffen_Dk Posted July 3, 2007 Share Posted July 3, 2007 I think this park has big potential..... But I don't like that green/brown colour at the mine train... Can't wait to see more.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asr Posted July 3, 2007 Author Share Posted July 3, 2007 I'm assuming you mean the supports, right? Anyway, there supposed to be unpainted wood. Expect an update on Summerfield VERY soon, and an update for this tonight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steffen_Dk Posted July 3, 2007 Share Posted July 3, 2007 ^Yes I mean the supports Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asr Posted July 4, 2007 Author Share Posted July 4, 2007 ignore this post Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asr Posted July 4, 2007 Author Share Posted July 4, 2007 -Early 1978- I recently managed to get a chance to have lunch with Jason Helm, the man in charge of designing this park. He was really enthusiastic about the park, having grown up in new england hmself. He was also kind enough to let me see the full blueprints for the park and for a large coaster. All I can say about it is that it will have five inversions. We also talked about this park compared to his work as a disney imagineer. Although he loves the atmosphere at Disney, he wanted something more exciting at Old Colony Park. I also got to take tour of construction and get some aerial shots of the park! From this tracing, you can get a rough idea of the coaster's layout. Until next time! Markers from the air. Markers again. Markers. While the building isn't quite finished yet, Federal Carousel is operational, and I got to take the first ever ride on it. This long section of track is the brake run and station track. Hoosac Tunnel's lift hill. The ride is nearly finished, only the station building and mechanical bits are left to be added. Lots of wood. The huge Federal Carousel. A close up of the ticked booths and the HUGE snow pile. The entrance plaza in real life. The large building is a replica of the Old State House in Boston, were the first public reading of the Declaration of Independance was held. Concept art for the entrance, courtesy of Jason Helm, lead designer for OCP. Concept art for Hoosac Tunnel, courtesy of Jason Helm, lead designer for OCP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kingbooba Posted July 4, 2007 Share Posted July 4, 2007 Coasters didn't have 5 inversions back then. The max was like, 3. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asr Posted July 4, 2007 Author Share Posted July 4, 2007 I know, but I wanted something bigger and badder then most coasters of the time, and the park is opening in 1980 anyway, where a 5 inversion coaster would be more realistic. And if you don't like how many inversions it will have, you really won't like the layout... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liseberg4ever Posted July 4, 2007 Share Posted July 4, 2007 ho are you do tunnels? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asr Posted July 4, 2007 Author Share Posted July 4, 2007 The tunnels are done automatically if you have the Wild! expansion pack. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liseberg4ever Posted July 4, 2007 Share Posted July 4, 2007 lol, ok >_ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asr Posted July 10, 2007 Author Share Posted July 10, 2007 -Mid 1978- After a while without getting any tours and a two week vacation in California, I'm back, and managed to get in to the park to get some pictures. Alot has happened, with Capitol Plaza almost complete, and some other exciting stuff! And to finish, here is a view of Capitol Plaza. I decided to hike up the mountain to get a better view of the construction site. Again. A wide view of the footers and markers from the boardwalk. Looks like footers for scafolding supports, like a lift hill or break run. By the positioning, I'm guessing these are for a transfer track. What's this? The pre-lift section. The station still needs some work. The storage shed has been completed, and the trains are on the track, but I wasn't allowed to take a picture of them. A view of Hoosac Tunnel. Another view from the deck. A view of the entrance from Patriot Grill's deck. This restaraunt is named "Patriot Grill" and will serve mainly Burgers and Steak. This is the harbor scene at the beginning. It's far from finished, and doesn't even have a roof yet! This is the building for the dark ride, which will be named "Paul Revere: The Midnight Ride". A little snack place just inside the entrance. Ahhh, it's good to back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steffen_Dk Posted July 10, 2007 Share Posted July 10, 2007 I usually don't like the brick walls, which RCT3 gives you But I think you've made a great job making them look quite okay... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asr Posted July 16, 2007 Author Share Posted July 16, 2007 Well look at that, an update. Nothing to see here, go look at the pictures Bright blue, Arrow track. Since Hoosac Tunnel is black, and complete already, this is for Nor'Easter... Like you couldn't figure that our yourself. The most exciting thing was when we where leaving. Inside the future transfer track. Vertical construction! (But it's not THAT exciting, becuase it is just the transfer track). Footers once again. Another footer shot. The footers on the ocean side of the pathway are complete now. The coaster construction site. I managed to find out that the coaster will be named "Nor'Easter". Capitol Plaza from the air. The building for The Midnight Ride was completed, but I couldn't go in because work on the scenary is still going on. Cool shot of the Old State House replica. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EuroTre Posted July 16, 2007 Share Posted July 16, 2007 Oooh, an Arrow. At least they didn't order a BAD ride. Very good job on the park. The realism is quite excellent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asr Posted July 20, 2007 Author Share Posted July 20, 2007 Ummm... EuroTre, in the late 70s, who would YOU go to for a good sized multilooper?... -In Character- Well, I really wasn't planning on going today, but a friend of mine came over, and brought the park up, and mentioned that he had snuck into the parking lot to get a better look at the park, and said that he saw large white "blocks of scafolding" rising up. Figuring that it sounded like Arrow looping coaster supports, I wen't down to the park. And the park logo. Looks nice to me. And to end, a nice night shot of Hoosac Tunnel and the sky ride. And into the brakes. This part is a little snappy, but the ride isn't anything I would call rough. This curving dive is the best part of the ride. The slow cliff section... Coming around to lift #2... And now going left... Around and around... Up the first lift (out of two). Around the first of three helices. At the end of the day, I was made an offer I simply couldn't refuse: Take the first ever ride on Hoosac Tunnel! Track and scafolding waiting to be lifted into position. Twisty! Footers and alot of track. The lift hill rising into the sky, and some track pieces. The future station and brakerun track from the future queue line. Now to check out Nor'Easter. This is the final helix. Hoosac Tunnel from ontop of the bridge. The rest of Green Mountains area from the basin. From inside the basin for the final drop, you can see the entire ride. This is the third of the park's big three attractions, an Arrow Hydro Flume named "Papermills Plunge". The structure over the path is a bridge that will carry the ride from the second lift to the station. Just in time to see the first test run of the coaster! Interestingly enough, Jason Helm and the rest of the top brass at OCP Holdings where over by Hoosac Tunnel, and they invited me up to the station... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
riccoaster Posted July 20, 2007 Share Posted July 20, 2007 Sorry to burst your bubble but the first Arrow Multilooper was Viper (Darien Lake) but that was in 1982 so your a bit off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asr Posted July 20, 2007 Author Share Posted July 20, 2007 Sorry to burst your bubble but the first Arrow Multilooper was Viper (Darien Lake) but that was in 1982 so your a bit off. I know, but I wanted this coaster to be a five looper when first planning the park. Originally, the park was planned to open around 1981, making be only a yeat before Viper, but I moved it up to a 1980 openng, and it is way too late too change it now. Sorry. Anyway, is there really any clear definition of the term "Multilooper"? And actually, I only used the term "Multilooper" instead of just "looper" so he couldn't tell me that Schwarzkopf also made loopers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EuroTre Posted July 20, 2007 Share Posted July 20, 2007 Well, I didn't know dude. I was just making a smarta$$ remark. Besides, I wasn't around in the 70's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
handy-andy Posted July 20, 2007 Share Posted July 20, 2007 Hey, Great park but i was wondering how do you make transfer track like you did with the log flume? Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asr Posted July 20, 2007 Author Share Posted July 20, 2007 It is an options.txt cheat. I layed one log flume ontop of the other, with very slight differences. Namely, having the each side go in a different direction at the station to make the double station, and S-bending out of the track just before the final drop so that there are two drops side by side like on a real Arrow flume. Also, EuroTre, I wasn't either. But I DID do my research (I love researching classic coasters, and old Arrow loopers in particular). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EuroTre Posted July 21, 2007 Share Posted July 21, 2007 Actually, I do LOVE older Arrows. Even with all those coathangers. They are fun to research, but not to ride. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asr Posted July 21, 2007 Author Share Posted July 21, 2007 Actually, I do LOVE older Arrows. Even with all those coathangers. They are fun to research, but not to ride. \ Agreed. They are very interesting rides, but they hurt, unless you try to pull yourself up in the restraints, which I tried on CP's Corkscrew, and got a "smooth" ride. Not exactly smooth, but no headbanging either. Anyway, back on topic please... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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