Adrenaline Land (NL & RCT2)

As alot of people have noticed, my uploads haven't been that interesting of late... all either lame coasters or recreations of existing coasters. The truth is, all the pressure in Fall 2003 cleared my mind of creative roller coaster thoughts. The bad news: I haven't won anything for 11 1/2 months, with all of my new coaster ideas falling flat. the good news: This summer, I finally got my inspiration! Details follow.

The Story: as most people here already know, I worked at Cedar Point this past summer. The first month I was there, I just kind of chilled and went with the flow. Then, halfway throught the summer, I started going to different amusement parks. As I was visiting Holiday World, my eyes were truly opened up to how good a small park in the middle of nowhere can be, and I had never been happier in my whole life. Upon returning to Cedar Point, the first thing that I noticed was the parking sign that said "$8.00". then there was the admission price sign at the front gate, "$43.00", and admission to the water park was another $29.95, just for one day. Holiday World was only $31.00 to get in, with no parking fee, free admission to the water park, and free soft drinks all day. If I had been at Cedar Point as a guest instead of Holiday World, the same day would have cost me a whopping $80.95, not including drinks and food. When I returned towork the next day, I found out that the size of our french fry trays had been degrated from 12 oz to 8 oz. Yet, the price was still $2.45. At this point, I began thinking... why can't there be an amusement park that has fair pricing and terrained coasters like Holiday World in a big park setting? Over the next month, I took notes on all of Cedar Point's coasters, figured out how all of them couyld be better, and began to draw a layout for the new super-park in my free time. I wanted it to have a classic midway with big shady trees and some classic wood coasters, and thn an extreme section with improved versions of Millennium Force and Top Thrill Dragster, and then a nice area in the woods, with 2 terrained coasters, a small one like The Raven, and a monstorous one like The Legend. The whole park would be on a flat piece of land surrounded on 3 sides by hills, and with a valley on the other side. And of course, the park would have to have admission of $30, free drinks, a free water park, dirt cheap parking, and fair prices on great food and souveniers. But where could there possibly be such a park? It seemed just like a fantasy of mine, and I knew I would never get to build the super park because no such landscape existed that wasn't either too far from civilization or already heavily populated. Still, on the drive home to Tampa, FL, I looked out my car window to see if there was any suitable terrain, for miles and miles. Then, just north of Cambridge, Ohio, I found it. There was an uninhabited stretch of land just off the interstate, and very close to an exit, that was just right. Now, I am determined to make that piece of land, north of Cambridge, into "Adrenaline Land" one day. I will make the park, if I ever have $200 million laying around somewhere. I am writing a fantasy novel that several friends have raved about so far, so you never know. One day, there may be a new dominator in the Ohio amusement park industry, Adrenaline Land.

Touching story, isn't it? Okay, now on to the speculations. I will be constructing the entire park on RCT2 to start off with, and then each individual coaster will be created on No Limits to provide a realistic ride profile. Look for the files to start appearing sometime late this month or next.

Adrenaline Land, or "AdrenaLand" for short, will feature the best of the old and the new. Right into the park entrance, you will be immersed in a classic midway, with big, shady trees overshadowing lots of flowers and very beautiful places to sit and remoniss. All the classic attractions, such as an old-time carousel and a gigantic ferris wheel, as well as a lot of shops and stalls will be here. But the highlights of the midway are the 2 classic wood coasters. The first, Timber Streak will resemble a good old Herb Schmeck 40's-era coaster, with lots of airtime and a classic double-out-and-back layout as the features... only this coaster will be slightly taller and faster than its predicessors. Coaster #2 will be perhaps the most insane wood coaster since the late '20s... Cyclone. This wood coaster, designed by GCII will follow a slightly modified but still fiendish version of the Crystal Beach Cyclone's layout. The curves and hills will be nonstop, and the ride will throw and toss you like a hurricane in its twisting wood mesh. As you walk to the end of the midway, the most insane coaster in the park dominates the sky... Lava Blast. This is a TTD-style rocket coaster designed by Intamin, only modified to include monstorous hills with insane airtime, and a 200 ft overbanked turn at 100 mph. The initial launch is 0-130 mph in 6 seconds, which all the guests walking into the back of the park can see from almost every angle. Then, the track burrows under ground, and turns up 90 degrees, coming blasting out of the top of a manmade volcano structure, with fire screaming out of the top of it as the train passes. then, it does a 90 degree twist, and crests over the top of the 435 ft first hill, and roars down a 400 ft first drop. Unlike TTD, this drop is STRAIGHT DOWN... no spiral, no banks, just 400 feet of vertical terror. Continuing straight, the track goes into the hills, cresting over the top of a 280 ft camelback with maximum airtime, followed by an overbanked turn, another massive camelback, and a 4.5-g helix to finish it off. Then, heading to the left, you come to 2 more coasters. Hydro Thunder is a modified version of Millennium Force, but has a terrained layout, and a lot more airtime. It starts out with a 325 ft first hill and a 1/4 turn to the right, followed by 2 giant camelbacks, an overbank, 2 more hills with great airtime, and then a wicked terrained twister finale. Spectre is the smaller of the 2 terrained woodies, and features mailny alot of airtime in the first half, and then a wild run off the hillside at 60 mph to finish it off. On the other side of the park, The Rockler is the signature wood coaster of the park. It lifts riders 100 ft above the hillside, and then drops them clear off of it near the end of the ride, with a top speed of nearly 72 mph. Then, there will be "Stunt Plane, the world's first terrained inverted coaster, which will feel like a collision course, dodging between buildings and hillsides at 65 mph featuring 7 inversions, and it will not follow the "clasic" B&M sequence, beginning with a straight drop, and an immelman to begin the inversion sequence. Cool stuff.

These are the ideas I have come up with already... there will be several more coasters that I will add to the plans before I finish the park, including a kid's area and a few bonus rides, plus some more classics to add to the midway. Well, that's my new inspiration... tell me what you think, and I will begin posting screenshots of some parts of the park as aoon as possible. Till then, see ya'.

-AdrenaLand, by cjd