[RCT3] Monarch Park

[Rocketman1219]

Hi there TPR! Its been a long time since Glenwood Park, but I've finally got a new project to post up here. In the time since Glenwood, I've taken the plunge into RCT3 custom scenery, so I don't have a lot of experience using it. I am enjoying using it however, and I thought I'd post up work on the park here. A few conditions are:

1-The park has no story, this is simply my imagination running wild

2- No custom-supported roller coasters; I am amazed by what people can create with custom supports, however, the ingame supports do not bother me, and I don't have the patience to spend days or weeks just supporting one coaster, I'd rather spend that time designing more stuff

3- There will be some default scenery as well, there are elements there that I like

4- When the park is finished, it will be posted to the Exchange

 

So, with that in mind, welcome to Monarch Park!

 

An overview of the park, showing all current rides and attractions

 

One of the park's two coasters is Corkscrew. The layout is based on a Vekoma prototype from the 1980's

 

Monarch Park's Grand Carousel. I made this building several years ago (I don't think Soaked was even out yet) and have always been fond of it, it captures the feel of a classic carousel pavilion quite nicely

 

This shot shows two of the most popular rides in the park, the looping Kamikaze, and the lift hill of Big Dipper, note the lights on Big Dipper's track

 

One of two items I am particularly proud of is the Monarch Park arcade( the other is the gift shop, but we'll get to that in a bit). This building is my first big custom scenery project and includes a fully detailed interior.

 

A close-up of the marquee on the front of the building. Scenes like this are what convinced me to take the plunge into custom stuff, I love the lighting effects.

 

Inside the arcade looking towards the left of the building

 

What amusement park arcade is complete without Skee-ball?

 

What one sees upon entering the arcade. Wall-to-wall classics from the golden age of Atari are all present and in working condition thanks to a staff of dedicated volunteers.

 

The right-hand side of the Arcade, including a place to exchange all of those tickets you won for some nifty prizes.

 

The Arcade at night is spectacular, with dozens of lights crisscrossing every corner of the building. Interior lighting is also installed so that night-time visitors can see to play

 

Big Dipper's pre-lift tunnel was a joy to build with the new custom objects. I had built one using ingame scenery, but it looked horrible. The custom one looks so much better and was also very user-friendly to build. The layout of the tunnel itself is inspired by the opening of the now-lost Greyhound from Burlington Beach and the station borrows a little from the also-lost Shooting Star from Lakeside, Virginia.

 

An overall view of Big Dipper's layout. It is a pretty typical L-shaped out-and-back layout with a few modern additions such as block brakes.

 

I like the angle on this shot, and it shows a lot of major features. Corkscrew's station is the white building on the left, the Enterprise ride is at the bottom, the Ferris Wheel pokes into the shot, the brown building on the right we'll get to in a bit, and in the distance is the Carousel, Kamikaze and Big Dipper with a good view of its station

 

Remember I said there were two buildings I was really proud of? This is the other one. This is Monarch Park's gift shop, and just like the Arcade, it has a fully detailed interior. Also, note that Monarch has some pretty big contracts for stuff it can sell.

 

Here's a look inside the gift shop looking left, we'll be taking a more detailed look in a moment

 

Here is part of the reason I love the gift shop so much, notice the REAL music inside the music stands. The scenery item was intended for a candy stall, but a few hours with Google Images and a photo-editing program produced these wonderful music stands as well as four more stands to come with other products. (Gee, could the signs by the door have anything to do with them?)

 

A look along part of the back wall near the music stands, note the Coaster Dynamics kits on the left, something that every big theme park should sell!

 

And here we have the Game Center! All major consoles are supported as well as the PC. In addition, Monarch Park sells the actual consoles as well! (kept locked in a case for obvious reasons)

 

A close-up of the games and accessories racks for the various consoles. All major brands are supported and Monarch Park carries the most popular titles. Also, look closely at the second and fourth shelves on the PC rack, Monarch Park supports TPR!

 

Looking towards the right-hand side of the gift shop, notice plenty of cameras so that everyone can take home some memories.

 

Continuing on the right side from about the middle of the store

 

The end of the right side. The right side mostly stocks toys, candy, and more typical park souvenirs.

 

The outside of the gift shop, across the midway from the Corkscrew

 

The back side of the gift shop facing the queue for the Enterprise featuring the Wall of Adverts! While I personally do not have a taste for some of the choices, they make sense to display here to attract the children and teens to try to convince Mom and Dad to part with their money. (reflecting the fact that in real life, children and teens are a big part of any park's target audience)

 

This overhead shot gives a good perspective of the size and shape of the gift shop

 

A look to the left side of the shop at night with the interior lights switched on

 

A similar view of the right side of the gift shop all lit up.

 

Finally I leave you here. I hope that you all like Monarch Park so far. Updates will be posted as I build more things. I hope that park doesn't look like crap, but I look forward to hearing any comments and suggestions you all have. Bye for now!

 

EDIT: Youtube POV's of Big Dipper and Corkscrew

 

Big Dipper

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Corkscrew

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[ArundelHigh Coasters]

The park really looks nice. I don't really use custom scenery either. For a park with little custom scenery, it really looks realistic.

[Rocketman1219]

Thank you very much. I really am liking the ability with custom scenery to be able to detail everything to the nines. I've got something big cooking up too, and let's just say I have broken one of my rules for this project, but, as a certain pirate captain once said, "they're more like guidelines instead of actual rules."

[XYZ]

It's looking really good, but you seem to be going a bit overboard on the stores. Honestly, I don't see people buying video game consoles in an amusement park. Though, I love the attention of detail.

[Rocketman1219]

Thanks for the compliment there XYZ! Yes, when I added the consoles to the gift shop, I knew I was stretching reality quite a bit, but I had so much fun creating the music stands that I said, eh why not, let's do video games. I also figured that if Great Escape can sell $30,000 Tiffany Lamps in its shops, then I may as well have a wee bit of fun.

 

Now with that out of the way, I've recently completed a big expansion for Monarch Park, and as I said a few days ago, I broke one of my rules/conditions for this expansion, and you'll see which one soon as well as why.

 

First up, in minor news, Big Dipper has been re-tracked and has received new trains!

 

In addition, I have also finished adding the track lights around the entire layout on both sides, it really looks spectacular at night!

 

Monarch Park has received a new roller coaster as well, meet Sky Soarer, a five-inversion Arrow coaster.

 

AND THE BIG RULE BREAK IS:

 

SKY SOARER HAS CUSTOM SUPPORTS!

 

These supports are really beautiful as well as being VERY user-friendly to attach as each piece corresponds to a specific track section,. In addition, it didn't take nearly as long to install them as I had suspected, what you see was accomplished with about four and a half hours of work.

 

Sexy nighttime shot of Sky Soarer

 

Sky Soarer's station building, there is just something charming about clapboard. Now, as good as Sky Soarer looks, I am NOT custom-supporting Big Dipper or any other coaster with a compact layout, however, we'll see what happens with other future coasters.

 

This shot shows most of the rest of the new expansion, can you guess what the red-roofed building is?

 

If you guessed a fast-food restaurant, you would be correct! Also notice that like the Arcade and Gift Shop, the restaurant also has a detailed interior. Unlike the others though, this one is functional!

 

Facing the opposite side of the restaurant

 

Nighttime with the interior lights switched on. (and Third Shift on the fryers)

 

The other major ride in this expansion is the Monarch Park Express miniature train.

 

The train crosses a WORKING grade crossing! The crossbucks are a custom scenery item, and there is a simple trick to get the path at track level without any hacking at all: simply build the train first, lower the land where you want the grade crossing, put pathing in the lowered land, then re-raise the land.

 

This overview shot gives a good view of the developing park. Note that Monarch Park is currently in its 22nd year.

 

The same view at night with the lights switched on.

 

POV of Sky Soarer, this was recorded before the entire section was finished

 

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I have decided to release Sky Soarer as a separate download, the zip file includes a readme listing all required Custom Scenery packs as well as:

 

Sky Soarer on a simple park bench with a few extra rides set up

 

The bare-bones track without the scenery in case you either do not want to dig up the custom scenery, or if you have your own ideas for how the ride should be decorated

 

Sky Soarer's station building, in case you want to use it on one of your own creations.

 

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Sky Soarer's logo

 

And my Carousel pavilion as a free bonus

 

Link to Game Exchange page

http://themeparkreview.com/game_exchange/track.php?id=2878