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(exiting the ride)
"Ladies and gentlemen, please exit off the side of the boat.  If you find yourself wet, you got off the wrong side."

Corny, yet so funny!

^ The best I've heard was "And we're coming up to the end of the ride now. Looks like we've got a dock on the left... and on the right. It's a pair-a-dox."

"and here's a pair-a-dorks to help you out"

Speaking of dirty and hairy things, Nick and Jennifer will help you out of the boat when we dock.

^ yep

February 8, 2005

So guess what? Basically seven of the nine themed areas are done. I finished the European Experience last month, and I just finished Toon Town Escape right now. The only thing I'm contemplating is adding a Jolly Roger Trolley, but I don't really have a place to put it. Nor am I sure it's worth it, since Disneyland doesn't even run theirs anymore, I don't think. Anyway, The Adventures of Winnie the Pooh, a whimsical romp through the 100 Acre Forest, is done. That's what finished off Toon Town.

I have Fantasyland and Tomorrowland left. Fantasyland needs the arena for FANTASMIC! to be built, along with a walk-through attraction, Ariel's Grotto. Tomorrowland has practically everything left. The main entry is practically done, but I need to open it up into a Discoveryland-esque sort of area. And of course, the rides need to go in place.

Here's a quick shot of The Fall of Claude Frollo, which is envisioned as a ToT type of ride (I made it a regular drop ride because I was too lazy to hack it though ) based on the climax of The Hunchback of Notre Dame. Fittingly, it takes place inside a recreation of the famous cathedral.

I did the best I could given the absolute lack of any custom scenery, and I think it turned out about as nice as I could have hoped. Sometimes I like it, and other times it looks plain, so whatever.




Remember: If I don't post an update in this thread, I haven't done any significant work on the park. So if you ask me how WDE's going, I will probably brusquely refer you to this thread.

Which basically means don't pester me on AIM about the park unless you want to annoy me.

Well I think its .. okay. A bit too plain and big for my liking.

Given the lack of custom scenery, iI think it is AMAZING. Good job and I can't wait for more.

I thought the cathedral was more tan in color, maybe dull brown. I don't know, the grey just doesn't fit it correctly. Other than that the form is perfect.

ride6

I think it's a bit plain, but that's probably due to the lack of custom scenery. So it looks good, and definately the best way to do it without custom scenery.

I would go nutz trying to build something like this without my Toon blocks or Fisherman scenery......so I commend you Corky on this, because it looks quite good. However, the grey is a little overwhelming....

so,

how's WDE going?

One word.

Amazing.

There's something about those flying buttresses that isn't right. Perhaps making the last peice of inverted track one that transitions to sixty degrees. Maybe not; I just don't know. I don't think I've commented too much in this topic, but Corkscrewed, it's looking really good. I'm sure it will be a spotlight

Look who's choice it is lol...

I agree with Nate about the butresses, the inverted track really doesn't look as if it is attached to the vertical at the moment.

I think you need a fence lining the area between the grey walls and the pirate rooves. The transition is a bit too sudden at the moment.

I'm glad to hear it's finally nearing completion, you must be very pleased.

It really does look good, but i'm not sure if you'll win spotlight. We'll have to let Corkscrewed decide.

Looks a bit like like a factory, but a very good factory at that.

There's something about those flying buttresses that isn't right. Perhaps making the last peice of inverted track one that transitions to sixty degrees. Maybe not; I just don't know. I don't think I've commented too much in this topic, but Corkscrewed, it's looking really good. I'm sure it will be a spotlight

I actually tried that, but unfortunately, no matter what I do, it deletes the track above it, so that it never looks quite right. Ideally, it would have met the diagonal part at a sharp angle on one side and curve into it underneath. But I can't get it to do that without screwing up stuff. If only you could turn vertical track invisible. Then I'd do that, build anothers set up so that it doesn't merge into the original, then make the first part visible again. Ah well, I didn't like doing this because there wouldn't be custom scenery, but that's the price.

Personally, I do think that it's a bit too huge, but that's more because of lack of foresight in where I sited the building than in building style anyway.

Thanks for the comments though.

And to my knowledge, Notre Dame is gray. Or rather, given the RCT pallettes, the gray is closer to its real color than the tan is.


(random picture found on Google)

^eh. It's a marble color but you don't have that without custom sceanery. I guess you've got it as close as you're going to considering the workbench. I'm really impressed by the scale of that thing though... Damn...

ride6

I actually tried that, but unfortunately, no matter what I do, it deletes the track above it, so that it never looks quite right.

If you elaborate on what you mean by this, I may be able to help you. Looks amazing btw especially with the scenery, but I would prefer the top of the front towers to have path on them instead of what you have and then put like an entertainer to be the Hunchback and stuff, and maybe one of them can be used as an observation deck and the path/ride that leads up to it could be like a tour of the bells. There's lots of stuff you can do with a big building like that to adapt it in an amusement park, because imo in a real park a building that big besides just a drop ride inside of it, and just because there's a big building doesn't mean necessarily that only a thrill ride inhabits it.

I like it a lot, but there's no colors, really.

You could have took you're own twist on it and atleast made some of the porticullis doors a dull red or something. Maybe even some hanging flowers on the building. Anything to spice it up, because as is, it's a bit boring, and big.

But glad to see it's getting done. Nice job!