Completed Votes
A few days ago @Ice729 had a pretty incredible idea—use Planet Coaster to create an alternate history version of Busch Gardens Williamsburg featuring all the best elements from the park's history. After some private conversation, the two of us agreed that he would handle the Planet Coaster side of this project and I'd take over the community involvement/"theorycrafting" side of things.
The goal is to have a new conversation and poll in this thread every week about a location inside the park that has housed multiple attractions/shows/etc. Through debate and a forum vote, the community will decide which attraction is most deserving of that location. For example, was Gladiator's Gauntlet a better use of Festa Italia's entry area than Apollo's Chariot? Which major coaster does the community want east of Oktoberfest: Die Wildkatze, Big Bad Wolf, or Verbolten? What attraction most deserves DarKastle's land: Glissade, Wild Maus, or DarKastle?
Before we get to those (possibly fairly explosive) debates though, we need to develop a more complete overview of the park we want to design. Luckily, much of the park's major, area-sized changes have come in the form of expansions and not rethemes, so there won't be too many of these "macro-sized" issues to deal with. That said, we do need to start with them since they will have a fairly notable impact on the decisions we make moving forward.
First up we have a battle of park hamlet giants: Hastings vs. Killarney.
Right off the bat, this decision could cause many cascading effects that people should keep in mind. If, for some reason, someone's end-goal is to have King Arthur's challenge inside of the hamlet's simulator building, that person would probably want to vote for Hastings since King Arthur's challenge is far more appropriate in Hastings than in Killarney. Something similar could be said for Tournament Table. If you have to have it back, Hastings is probably the right vote here since it would clash pretty severely with Killarney.
And, of course, it goes the other way too. I'm sure a lot of people will be pulling to have Corkscrew Hill as the simulator building attraction and Celtic Fyre as the main stage show in our perfect, timeless BGW. If that's the case, Killarney is almost certainly the right vote here since Corkscrew Hill and Celtic Fyre would both be laughably out of place in Hastings. [Edit: Further clarification here.]
Hopefully other people will point out similar results to the Hastings vs. Killarney vote throughout the discussion below. To make all of this work, discussion and debate is crucial. Many people reading this discussion won't know many of the intricacies involved in each selection. Basically, if you think of something, say it.
I'll be back to share my take later. ?
- Areas
- Hastings vs. Killarney
- Eagle One Monorail, Threadneedle Faire, Wolf Haven, Wolf Valley, and Lorikeet Glen
A few days ago @Ice729 had a pretty incredible idea—use Planet Coaster to create an alternate history version of Busch Gardens Williamsburg featuring all the best elements from the park's history. After some private conversation, the two of us agreed that he would handle the Planet Coaster side of this project and I'd take over the community involvement/"theorycrafting" side of things.
The goal is to have a new conversation and poll in this thread every week about a location inside the park that has housed multiple attractions/shows/etc. Through debate and a forum vote, the community will decide which attraction is most deserving of that location. For example, was Gladiator's Gauntlet a better use of Festa Italia's entry area than Apollo's Chariot? Which major coaster does the community want east of Oktoberfest: Die Wildkatze, Big Bad Wolf, or Verbolten? What attraction most deserves DarKastle's land: Glissade, Wild Maus, or DarKastle?
Before we get to those (possibly fairly explosive) debates though, we need to develop a more complete overview of the park we want to design. Luckily, much of the park's major, area-sized changes have come in the form of expansions and not rethemes, so there won't be too many of these "macro-sized" issues to deal with. That said, we do need to start with them since they will have a fairly notable impact on the decisions we make moving forward.
First up we have a battle of park hamlet giants: Hastings vs. Killarney.
Right off the bat, this decision could cause many cascading effects that people should keep in mind. If, for some reason, someone's end-goal is to have King Arthur's challenge inside of the hamlet's simulator building, that person would probably want to vote for Hastings since King Arthur's challenge is far more appropriate in Hastings than in Killarney. Something similar could be said for Tournament Table. If you have to have it back, Hastings is probably the right vote here since it would clash pretty severely with Killarney.
And, of course, it goes the other way too. I'm sure a lot of people will be pulling to have Corkscrew Hill as the simulator building attraction and Celtic Fyre as the main stage show in our perfect, timeless BGW. If that's the case, Killarney is almost certainly the right vote here since Corkscrew Hill and Celtic Fyre would both be laughably out of place in Hastings. [Edit: Further clarification here.]
Hopefully other people will point out similar results to the Hastings vs. Killarney vote throughout the discussion below. To make all of this work, discussion and debate is crucial. Many people reading this discussion won't know many of the intricacies involved in each selection. Basically, if you think of something, say it.
I'll be back to share my take later. ?
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