I would say that in most cases (where work is spread over multiple years), we know well in advance that we are going to spread work over several seasons. We have seen rides that may need some minor TLC all the way to rides that need complete overhauls. Secondly, it depends on the nature of the ride prior to our work. To help to mitigate this in some situations, we may deem it an option to work on a ride over several seasons two great examples being Bolder Dash at Lake Compounce and the Coney Island Cyclone. We want to provide a great product or service, but need to be within the budget of the park. How to Make an Old Coaster GreatĬoaster101: You guys have sort of become the experts in refurbishing wooden coasters, do parks reach out to you specifically to do a refurbishment on a ride, or is it more of a broad request for proposals from them the way it is with new coasters?Īdam House, GCII: In the early days, we really had to push customers to give us a chance at repairing there problematic wooden coasters, but now, we have so many great repairs under our belt that typically clientele come to us.Ĭ101: The scope of your refurbishment projects varies a lot, how is that determined? Is it based on how much time/money the park has, or do you guys do some kind of assessment to figure out how much work needed?ĪH: I would say that the scope is based on two things one is certainly the financial aspect. No more complaints about the queue being full or running out of park for that Roller Coaster you really wanted in.Adam House, senior engineer at Great Coasters International, and really good interviewee. There you have it, long queues in the smallest space possible. Do note the Priorty Pass queue must be shorter than the ride queue to be valid. With the larger rides you can cut off some of your main queue to give you more room for the Priority Pass bit. If you have a bit more space then you can extend it closer to the ride. For some reason the game does not like it off the first section but will allow you to connect the loops and leave some room for scenery. With the space left from the original build you can add in scenery or the Priortiy Path. You can change the size and space needed for the queue as you go along. Note if you are building the queue for a priority pass ride do not put your path all the way to the bottom. Just bring the path back down and repeat until the path joins the entrance point. Once at the top move to the right and place the next section, it should snap at a 45 deg angle. Start the entrance on the main path by the exit and take it up to the side of the ride. I use Angle Snap again for straight paths, 1 length and width 2m. If you select it right it should auto snap to the exit path. Then place the Exit on the side of the Exit path. Next place the Entrance on the opposite side of the ride to the exit path. Next chose the ride and place one of the corners diagonal to the end of the path. Make the exit path about 4 long for a baisc ride and 5 for priority pass rides (you will see why in the second part of the guide). Next make the length 1 and the width around 5m for the exit path. Select the path you wish to use and tick Angle Snap. How to Make Queues in a Small Area to Maximise the Space in Your Park A guide to making snaking queues to keep the space used to a minimum.
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