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Park_38 Islands of Adventure Hollywood

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  • Segaman75%s's Photo
    I have to say that I really like this park. Of course, I am a HUGE fan of IoA, so any good IoA-style park made instantly has a chance of becoming one of my favs. Still though, this one was great in my opinion. I enjoyed most of the areas immensely, with the exception of the Jurassic Park area, Isla Sorna. I didn't care for the mountains in that section, but that's a minor, minor criticism. One other thing I didn't really like was the interlocking loops on the Beemer, a little unrealistic, but all in all it was an awesome coaster and very well themed. JS is WAYYYY better at coasters and parks than me, so I don't have much room to complain! ;)

    The Marvel Superhero Island section was very well done, yes it's a little TOO grey but that's just fine. I'm not a big fan of those brightly colored walls in RCT anyways! :lol: The Spiderman coaster was interesting, not the greatest coaster in the world, but an interesting take on the section where Hulk is in Florida. I like that he did include the Hulk in the park, only WAYYYY in the back of Marvel as a top spin! Very cool.

    Anyways, I give this park a thumbs up. Nice job.

    Segaman
  • Roberto Roboparks%s's Photo
    I really don't like the park at first sight. It seems rather plain and simple, but I haven't examined it closely yet. After I'll look into it closer, I'll probably like the park more and more. So had Moonlight Magic. I'll post a more detailed opinion on it later. For now, I'll be busy with the new No Limits :lol:
  • Tyler%s's Photo
    Two words: Let down.

    iris said, and I quote, "iris2486 (12:10:42 AM): You will LOVE this park in about 2 weeks".

    No. NEVER! I don't necessarily hate it, but it just seems so... bare.

    The Port of Entry: Yes, it has its moments, but the lighthouse is just plain sad. It is decent, but a bit too spread out and not enough stuff. If he would have pulled everything in a bit, and added some more shops, it would be more leeter.

    Marvel Island: First off, the bastard stole some of my ideas for USP. I hate him. However, they were not executed nearly as well as mine were planned to be. The last half of Spider-Man is good, but the first part is poorly designed. And what the hell is that shit theming?!

    Hammanaptra: It's not a bad area, per say, but it looks like it's missing something. I can't determine what, but some of the theming just seems lacking. Why are there so many trees in the desert...?

    Isla Sorna: Not. Enough. Green. When you watch the movies, there is jungle stuff everywhere! This is just a brown hill. What about the bird cage (or do I have my islands mixed up...)? And all the Ingen buildings? If it wasn't supposed to be from Jurassic Park, I'd think it was better... but it doesn't scream JP at all.

    Merlinwood Forest: This is the highlight of the park, although the area is small. Dragon Flight is good. Nice, fast, and exciting B&M (note: does not actually represent B&M coasters). The theming is excellent (especially the station). But, it only has two attractions. TWO! WHY?!

    Lost Continent: I like this area, but it is not that high on my list of "Best Themed Areas". It has its moments, but it could have been much better. The stadium is nice.

    I will never accept this park fully. It will not grow on me.
  • mantis%s's Photo

    Entrance- I'm very, very keen with this entrance. Good stuff.

    Lost Continent- Excellent. Not too bare, but not overthemed either(I should know the difference).

    Merlinwood- Fucking great. Dragon Flight is my favorite RCT beemer ever made. Almost perfect. in fact, I can't see anything that I don't like about it. Very ambient. I hate JS for making this one.

    Jurassic Park- Not what I'd expect. Then I remember that it's Isla Sorna and I am a dumbass, so I just have one one quarrel with this section- not enough foilage. Yes. Look at that lack of foilage in Jurassic Park.

    Hammunaptra- The ONLY thing I thought was bad about this secton was the lack of detail in the Chamber of Doom building. Then I remember that most Egyptian architecture didn't have THAT much detail. THEN I think, "Well, that is why their sun god got Romans to destroyed them all... They didn't work hard enough." and then I get pissed again. Go figure.

    Marvel Superhero Island- I didn't like this one. Too "grey"  think. Or maybe it's something else, I'm not sure. Whatever the case, the coaster was nice, and theming was rather innovate, but I'm just detached from this particular section.

    Rating- I don't do ratings, so I'd just say that the park as a whole is awsome. When I saw that JS were making an IOA, I said "Fuck. Now I'll be going after Schuessler" with my IOA park. X-Sector's will be fairly easy to try and outshine, but I know that I won't outdo this one. The way JS tied everything together was great, and I sure hope HIOA doesn't shame IOAH in the battle of pseudo-Universal vs. the prolific pseudo-Disney.

    Why the fuck must you say everything i've been wanting to say before I get the chance to say it?

    It's unfair.
  • Scarface%s's Photo
    ok....not my favourite but it has its good points

    +'s
    Dragon flight was amazing
    Entrance was nice (didnt like the lighthouse)

    -'s
    Marvel too grey - take the paths off the roofs and it'd be nicer
    lack of foilage in jurassic area

    i expected a little more but overall still nice
  • Prince%s's Photo
    First off, Iris, you talked to me way to much last night, my conspiracy is starting to get to you. Finally, Schuessler, you've done it again I mean WOW...only thing that was a little dissappointing was JP because of the massive rock formations, let's just say this park was so good that even my dad enjoyed it...that's rare...I pray this isn't your last work, your to good to lose...

    ~Prince Ashitaka~ 8@
  • Alec%s's Photo
    tis aight. wme..finish dtoe. its the bestiest.
  • bokti%s's Photo
    Daily insult:

    It's "per se," Ty. And Grinch. And anyone else that should learn how to actually SPELL words before using them.

    "per say"... What a bunch of dumbasses..

    GO SCHUESSLER!
  • Tyler%s's Photo
    Yes.

    THANK YOU HARAKIRI!@!@!

    (please note that Ty has the power to edit your posts and/or kick you from the thread)

    I LUV U@##%@#@!@
  • cg?%s's Photo
    Iris is upset...

    1.Schuessler was on a time limit to finish this park, as he's heading/headed off to college, and was rushing to finish this park before college.

    I can compleatly understand this, however it doesn't excuse the fact of it being so bad. There is absolutely no excuse for crap.

    2.Not every park in RCT has to have every single tile of path fully themed. Some one isn't allowed to have a bare mountain? It's a mountain for god's sake, mountains ARE bare in real life.


    Iris, in case you haven't noticed, this is not real-life, this is a game. Within this game, a bare mountain is hopelessly ugly, and it compleatly ruins the look and feel of the entire area.

    3.This park took a different style then the current "NE style" of parkmaking, which it seems like everyone is trying to imitate. People, get you're own style! Schuessler has his.

    No, he stole it from Snowbound. However, the rest I agree with compleatly.

    4.And why do some people think that every themed area in IOA has to have a coaster? In the real IoA, only two themed areas have coasters (not including Pteradon Flyers, since 99% of patrons cant ride it). This park has all but one area with coasters, and some great coasters to.


    I agree, not all areas must have coasters. In fact, a park jammed with coasters is becoming so cliche it's, um, bad. However, the coasters in this park are truly terrible, and hopelessly unoriginal. There is not one thing remotely enjoyable about watching these coasters, except what one could gain from watching any coaster.

    This is a problem.

    5.I'm wondering why people think that the architecture isn't "flashy". Seriously though, if I'm making a realistic park, I'm not making my buildings flashy. I'd like someone to take a helicopter view over IOA, and look down at Spiderman, and see if that building its in is "flashy".


    The difficulties with the architecture are not over glitz, but boredom. We've seen the same thing over, and over, and over, and over, and over, and over, and over, and over, and over, and over, and over, and over, and over, and over, and over, and over, and over, and over, and over, and over again. Why would we want to see it anymore?
  • chapelz%s's Photo
    Thank God Someone Will Tell Iris How It Is This Totally was way below NE standards 8@

    :t2: The Hive
  • iris%s's Photo

    Thank God Someone Will Tell Iris How It Is This Totally was way below NE standards 8@

    :t2: The Hive

    Dude, I just got a bunch of IM's copying what you said, making fun of it. WTF are you talking about? Chauncey didn't "Tell Iris How It Is This Totally was way below NE standards", he stated his opinions in regard to mine.

    I think that a few of the coasters are nice. Dragon Flight was done very well imo, and Spider-Man was fun to watch. The flyer wasn't my favorite ever, but it was still a good ride, and it fit the area right.

    About this being a game, I understand that, but lots of people in this game try and make things as real as possible, so they take more qualities of a real life park then a fantasy one.

    Hive, grow up man, and stop blowing Chauncey.
  • cg?%s's Photo

    Dragon Flight was done very well imo, and Spider-Man was fun to watch.


    Damn! How did I forget that one? Yes, Dragon Flight is an amazing ride, the rest aren't.

    Anyways, maybe I'll actually get a reveiw done of this park, especially because I have opinions on this park, and I need a wider form in which to state them. But you must factor in my inherent laziness, and the fact I'm actually trying to regain my life after breaking into tear due to self pity, while listening to "Nowhere Man."

    The Beatles can change your life dudes.
  • Fatha'%s's Photo
    My thoughts?

    Well, here goes.

    This park was amazing when it first started out, but as he progressed and worked, i became dissapointed. Iris and I have had many talks about IOAH, and since its finally done, i cant give it a rating. Its quite low, not in the 9 range, but still, the park gets what it gets from me. I give the park a 8/10.

    Why?
    Many reasons.

    Let me start out with the cardinal sin known as Jurassic park in IOAH.
    I could care less whether a mountain is bare in real life, whether Spiderman's building isn't flashy, in RCT, you should always make mountains have at least shrubs on it. The flyer is good, but the station? Horrific. JP was probably the most dissapointing area ever from a top notch parkmaker ive seen.

    Next, on to the Arabian/Poseidon area. Why combine two area, that really should never be combined. The river ride was good, but another sin in my rct book was commited. I think u should NEVER leave the river rides supports veiwable. it looks bare and undone in my mind.

    Next we have the Marvel area, which isnt great, but i known how hard it is to theme a city. So i give props here.

    The entrance is marvelous, one of the better I have seen.

    Dragonflight is good, and the area around it is to. A+ here.

    The Egyptian area is nice, except for two things. That horrendous temple that that flat sitdown coaster lays in, and the kiddie. I dunno why people make lifts, bank them at the top, and then drop. The exit of the lift is slow and boring, and it hurts the rest of the coaster. Other than that, nice area.

    So, final rating sits between a 7.8 and 8/10.
  • Andrew%s's Photo
    Fina-f***in-ly

    w00h00 off to vy00
  • Andrew%s's Photo
    Ok full review when i have less homework, but I loved it. I don't like parks for the same reason as most people. I'm glad it had its bare spots, made it look more realistic to me. I'm glad he tried new things iwth it, and it makes it to spot number 5 on my personal list
  • rctfreak2000%s's Photo
    I liked this park as well. I must say, you have built the first ever flyer that I actually enjoyed. I hate flyers, but you exectued them perfectly.

    Props on using diagonal track. Not many usually do that, but it is making a comeback.

    Great job on the B&M

    That mummy ride was boring to me.

    Great architecture.

    The island wasn't an island, so what was it exactly?

    Lots of path on that island, but still, you pulled it off.
  • posix%s's Photo
    exactly what I think about this park Fatha'

    another sin in my rct book

    I'm glad someone noticed the typical 'RCT-Sins'. I've done a '7deadlyRCTsins.sv4'
    Maybe you could do something like that yourself and put it into 'Fatha's Rant' ...
    what u think?
  • Nic%s's Photo
    well. I've had a quick look.

    Jurassic Park was awful. It takes 5 minutes to put some shrubs on.

    The Marvel zone was good, but a little, well, weird. Can't put my finger on it.

    The Inverted was good, well paced, well themed.

    Didn't like both the Egyption coasters. Not my cup of tea really.

    About 7.5/10 in my book.
  • Roberto Roboparks%s's Photo
    Okay. This park did grew one me, like expected.

    Port Of Entry: Very nice. I liked this one a lot, except the part near the lake, it looks rather plain there. I also thought the tower didn't really fit with the rest.

    Spiderman: My favorite area. I didn't liked it at first, but I do now because of it's simple style with a very fresh atmosphere.

    Egyptian: I liked this area a lot, especially near the scorpion king. The only thing I disliked was the building of the mummy and the caroussel. Again, too plain. Harakiri's is ofcourse right to say that the real Egypt wasn't that detailed, but to quote CG: This is rct.

    Predator: This area sucks. Final. Very unthemed and plain. The flyer was too short and the plain rocks were a pain in the eye.

    Medieval area: This is very nice. A good combinaition of medieval and woodsy theming, with a very nice, unique, floorless. And, fascinating, bushes at some of the rocks.

    Lost Continent: The roman theming is nice. So is the Arabian, but together; it just won't do. And there's also two big buildings, rather unthemed (that word again) that ruined the area. The lift of Poseidon and the theathre, that is.

    Overall a okay park. Too bad it was rushed. It had some potential to be a great park. Still, I think another park should have won. I, btw, have a nice little theorie about this spotlight. I just don't feel like getting flamed here.

    7,4/10