RobDedede

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It's honestly quite impressive how many distinct themes and IPs you have been able to squeeze into this park. At first pass, it is just so joyous and full of life. It has that classic Babar "feel," just like many of your parks that have come before this one. You have done a fantastic job of establishing a clear style. I would have immediately known who built this park, even without seeing the creator.

As I noted earlier, it is indeed notable how much you have packed into this park. However, I wish some of the more unique themes, like the Tintin area, were more fleshed out and obvious. I think some themes at times feel a bit difficult to distinguish.

Nevertheless, this park was a joy. I think your ride design is improving from your previous works, but I would be remiss if I didn't note how most of them felt very "serviceable." For such a large-scale park, I would have liked to see more emphasis ride integration. The mine train coaster does a great job of that, as does the Smurf coaster, but maybe less so for the parking lot coaster.

I also think the architecture was slightly hit-and-miss. Some areas, like the Smurf area and the Tintin area, were awesome. The miniature facades you made near the mine train coaster were superb. However, for me as a viewer, one of my personal priorities and tastes is coherence and the use of motifs. There is simply a lot going on in this park, and it can be a little hard to digest.

Overall, it's a superb park. Don't let my criticisms draw away from that, please. However, I think the next step for you as a builder is going to be marrying your endless joy, creativity, and micro with focused macro and complex and meaningful ride integration. Nice work!

This screen is a wonderful Minecraft reference. I love it.

I simply cannot wait for this park. The shape of the station is so unique and cool.

I am copying my message from discord:

I just want to say thanks to Liam and CC9 for their service on the admin team. It's a job that (sadly) often goes underappreciated, and oftentimes we can all be a bit ungrateful. Let's take this opportunity to reflect on what they have done to help our community, especially Liam, being an admin since I was seven years old and on the site since before I was born. I think that's a reflection of how longstanding NE is as a community, and I think that is really cool. I would like to think that there are people out there that won't find their way until years and years from now. There really is an overlap of multiple generations (or at least sub-generations) on this site, which is honestly rather unique on the internet today. NE has given more to me than I have given to it over these past 4 years, and for that I am grateful. Here's to more RCT!

Inspiring.