(Archive) Advertising District / Melaus

I find it hard to find right stuff to place but I understand what you mean, however, there is stuff like temporary delivery routes and in later ''years'' you will see that I placed demountable offices.
What do you think I can do to make it more living?

Don't make all paths two wide, add peeps, don't fill every tile that isn't path or a building with ugly foliage. You desperately need better foliage, with a more carefully chosen tree selection (no monkey puzzles or golden rain trees) and lower foliage as well.

Alright, I will keep the foliage advise in mind and use it at my new park, that one doesn't have foliage at all
About adding peeps: thats hard when they don't come.

1981
The management can look back on a succesfull year.
At the start of this year ''Castle Anguish'' opened. A total of 1.1 million visiters have already seen the show.
The ride is 8.5 minutes long and features 18 animatronics.

Some pictures from ''Castle Anguish'' and the construction:









And ofcourse pictures from the darkride ''Around the World''
The ride wil cost 7.4 million dollar, the system will be delivered by Pinfari.






On the drawing you can see:
Blue: backstage
Orang: load/unload station
Red: queu/exit
Green: restaurant ''Compass Rose''
White: souvenirshop ''The Suitcase'''
Grey: scenes





In 1983 Europe will get its first rapid river. Restaurant ''The Rear'' will get a make-over.

I like the way you do to organize your ideas like in this pic:

Your stair-railing is floating. Otherwise I like your planning and stuff, although I've seen everything already .

This is quite interesting. I've never really beena fan of these "super realistic construction" stories, but I do have a thing for timeline parks. Looks good so far, can't wait to see the rest of the park. And I disagree that your stairs are floating. They look fine the way they are.

^Not the stairs, the rails. The upper rails have nothing holding them up.

Oh ok. Yeah, now I see that the rails are floating.

Wow! Major trip down memory lane. I've seen/produced so many Dutch timeline parks like this throughout the years.


This is clearly how (in style/concept) a lot of Dutch parkmakers start out, and like many of them, you show great potential! For now: Try adding more detail and really focus on your foliage/landscaping. A good park is more than rides/buildings alone. (Heck, people constantly tell me my parks miss those two. )

1982

The park is now seven years old and is does not only want to grow, it can actually grow.
Like prommised the ride ''Around the World'' openend this year, the ride system is unique.
While visiting the old square you enter an even older building where you deside to take a seat, not much later a huge globe is coming towards you, or are you moving? You don't have much time to think about it 'cause within the next few minutes you will visit all the continents.











A last look at ''The Rear'', Intanim has started working on the first River Rapid in Europe. The ride will be called ''Tiki'' and opens on the first of April 1983.



Construction really started:





You can see where the boats will enter and leave the backstage area and where the employees can eat:











Another huge announcement, in 1986 ''Melaus'' Will open the largest darkride in the world, more info will follow.
Unfortunatly the canoes will disapear.


1983

The first boats of ''Tiki'' left at the start of this season, with this new ride and the 1.2 millions that visited the park, ''Melaus'' believes to be in the top 3 of holland in 10 years time.

Some data from ''Tiki'':

[li]Constructor: Intamin[/li]
[li]costs: 8.5 miljoen gulden[/li]
[li]location: North-east boundry[/li]

Photo's made just before the opening:







''The Rear'' is now ''Uru Bamba'':



Pinfari started working on an old-timer track at the other side of the park, a souvenir shop will be added as well.









The first work on the new darkride:



See you next year.

I stick to the point I made in my previous comment, although I must say; I'm really starting to enjoy the typically Dutch, rational soberness of this park. It is really charming to look at, so simple and minimal, while still having atmosphere. Although it feels a bit 'hollow' I respect your way of building and organizing. It is certainly interesting to look at.

1983
At the start of this year, on the first of april the first rafts of ''Uru Bamba'' left the station, thanks to the succes of this ride Melaus could be one of the most populair theme park in The Netherlands in ten years time.
Some info about ''Tiki'':
Construcor: Intamin
Costs: 6.7 milion dollar
location: North-East boundry

Photographs taken prior to the opening:









In the meantime Pinfari started working on an old-timer track on the southern side of the park, ''The Square'' will be extended with a souvenirshop as well:









The first signes of the oriental darkride:



1984
The old-timer track;









How the canoe pond looked a few years ago and now, after the construction of the new darkride started:



After the first trucks:







Blue is where the boats will be, black is backstage and the scenes are grey, bottom right is where the restaurant will be.
Under the floor you can now see is unother floor where the technique of the ride will be.
You can also see where the emergency exits will come;



The station will come on an other island:







Next time more about the transportation system.

1985
The park is now ten years old and the newest ride is almost finnished, unfortunatly the ride is not ready to open yet.
The deconstruction of the canoes:



The main building is complete and the first tower has been placed;



The entrance with a test track:



A couple of months later:





The station:





About the transportation system, last winter the lake has been emptied and the track of the ride has been placed, the boats are connected to the tracks with a cable and can be controlled seperatly, when evacuation is needed the boats can be stopped at any point and the visitors can leave trough the emegency exits.