Great start! It’s going to be another fun one. There was, at least at first, a difference in motivation between the east and west coast Universal parks. Because the Hollywood park started out as a functioning film studio, the rides were sort of plunked down between the working sections, and backlots, more or less as an extra draw for guests.The Florida park seemed more of an amusement park first, studio space second. So, you get sound-stages tucked between the ride areas. Maybe Geekism Studios might be something in between. And why didn’t you go with “20th Century Sparrow”? Heh
Volcano Bay uses the same parking building as the other parks, they use the first floor for volcano bay and guests take a bus to the "island". After leaving the bus they get through security and walk through a tunnel (thats actually under the road instead of a bridge on top like the other parks) that takes you to the turn tiles after a really amazingly themed entrance. Love the fact that you're doing this style of park. -Your friendly Universal Orlando team member
So much self promotion, I love it. also at 7:38 you use the terrain paint for the first time and you flip your screen around it almost looked like you were shaking you were so happy you had it
Hey Jonti, I recently found your channel and I really love your Planet coaster content! I get tons of great building ideas and techniques from watching! By the way Disney Hollywood Studios no longer has Mickey's Sorcerer hat as there weenie. It's weird because the focal point when you walk in is there Chinese Theather (used to be home of Great Movie ride but soon will be home to a Mickey ride) but on weenie merchandise they use Tower of Terror.
The fence in between the alley way and the store selling oversized lollipop doesn’t look like it fits. You should put a building in its place or something but still for staff only
This park is going to be tops, I can't wait to see where it goes! And I can't wait until my kiddo is finished playing Sims so I can dive into this new pack.
Wait, hold on. The first toilets are in the same building where all the water for the waterfall comes out. *Geekism, are you trying to tell me something?*
If it's an American park... c'mon, it's got to have a weenie! Something really large and over-the-top, because we Americans are attracted to large, loud, gauche things ;P Maybe the weenie would be part of a coaster? If you're doing a Surviving Mars ride, maybe an oversized shuttle or a spire?
The Disney Sorcerer Hat in Hollywood Studios is actually pretty small, especially compared to Cinderella's Castle and the World Tree. And it's not anything fancy. Last I saw, it just housed a pretty basic gift shop. I would say you're right that this style of park doesn't require a weenie.
Hey Geekism. Universal kind of has a weenie for each land now. Especially after the introduction of Harry Potter. Diagon Alley has the dragon. Hogsmeade has the castle. All of the new stuff at their parks have a distinct focal point. Take the new kong attraction. It has excellent sight lines and draws you in. I recommend following this pattern in your studios park. Even Disney is doing this now. Take avatar, toy story land, Star Wars, etc as an example.
Yeah I am on board with the Geekism hills sign, though I really hope you would take your own spin much further than the Hollywood sign. Maybe make it vertical or diagonal instead of horizontal. Or you could use the new tour piece to travel behind the sign and the spotlights to highlight it at night in a thematic way (cough cough, color. cough cough, Union Jack & tea). I'm curious to see where this park goes, especially with your concepts for rides. I hope you use the new ToT type flat ride and venture out into a storyboard for the ride instead of the preset one. It would be a great way to highlight another game or even Geekism as a brand (and like other commenters, could make it a weenie if you prefer). I'll stop rambling now with ideas....
Great video, keep up the excellent work. I really like your idea of incorporating different games in the form of rides and themes. One quick suggestion I have is to make misters as you enter and leave the park. Most of the parks here in America (especially in the south) use misters to help keep guests cool. I was thinking you could use some of those water effects along with some of the new lamp posts to come up with something clever. Anyway great work once again and cant wait for the next video.
Excited for the new series! Maybe an idea for a weenie for the park would be an amphitheater. Hollywood Studios and Universal use the out door theaters for Stunt shows and would be an excuse to make a large, grandiose theater but also sticking with the park theme.
For the subnautica ride in the queue can you have something like Armageddon with special effects to make it like your falling out of the Aurora in the life pod.
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Great building work. I really want to build a proper park but find it so hard from a blank park. I spend hours making a great entrance and then struggle with the park layout.
This channel is so much better than the other one that doesn't build anything, doesn't teach or share anything yet people still submit their stuff to be condescendingly critizised by a self absorbed twat.
its weird when i was trying to do the hide the path with the paint tools on my pc it seemed like the paint suck out like a sore thumb. I cant figure out if im just using the wrong path or what. Im using the gravel path with the concrete paint. any help would be glorious
Can u do a overwatch game plz that would be awesome because u are amazing at building and at rides that would also make me so happy and make my day thx
The studios in orlando has the Chinese Theater (the Mickey hat has thankfully dissapeared a long time ago), DCA (that for all intent and purposes is a studio park) has and had The Grizzly River Run Bear Mountain, Mickey's Fun Wheel and the old tower of terror and Paris has Tower of Terror and before that, even if it was shitty and only at a side in the entrance The Earful Tower (that was a typical movie water tower). Universal Studios uses its giant gate (the one you did) as a weenie. Parque Warner Madrid has the S&S multi drop tower "themed" as Batman's enemy, The Riddler (the position of it in in the DC area), but from all points of the park is only a 100m tower with the park logo on every side at the top of it. I really like the idea of a mountain in the background with Geekism as the hollywood sign (I did that with silver lake park, so if you need Hollywood font to see a good scale for it just ask me for it)
I know this is an older video, but if you see this, can you please show how to connect the wheels to the cars without them looking like the car is sinking into the ground?
The fact that you have to place rooms is actually more than I expected. I thought it would just work like the toilets. Overall the extra features like restaurants and room service 'bother' me more since they are just a list you click on. I love the fountain with the globe. Great start to a new series! Maybe add some benches to the main street? Evil Genius would make a good ride.
8:30 I notice you do rocks the same way I used to. Spread them out as much a possible to get a nice mix. However, I've come to realize that in nature rocks are formed in layers. And when I applied that to planet coaster the results were actually much better than the 'salt and pepper' technique that most people seem to employ. So there's a quick tip for improving your rock work. Also, idea for backstage (maybe) is to have one of the great indoor hanger sets closed off and in the process of being refitted. So you can see in from backstage and it's all scaffolding, curtains and building materials.
Great Stuff. Really looking forward to see the new Geekism attractions. Can you use the new "Half globe screen"-things to show recorded game footage from the respective games? Could be cool!
I’ve been burnt out on Pinewood Hills for a long time so I’m very excited to see this. Maybe it’ll even get me back into Pinewood Hills, too. I’m so behind!
Looking forward to something a little different than the pinewood! Can't wait to see how it develops! I'd love to see an evil genius, ride or section to the part. I'm sure the theme would work for something a little whacky! Also could be fun to use some of the adventure pack traps, for a break into the genius lair or something similar as a junior coaster.
Nice to see a new park, makes a nice change, looking forward to seeing where this one goes. For the adventure pack - maybe some sort of Indy Jones / Lara Croft type ride, though I guess everyone else does that too... but think it would be good for a studio theme.
FYI, Jonti....Universal stole that gate/archway idea from PARAMOUNT's real studio in Hollywood. Universal Studios itself has no such gate or entrance. :) So stealing from thieves is fine and dandy--smile. And while the Universal logo has always been the globe, the one at USH and USF is very much inspired by the NY World's Fair's "Unisphere" too. BTW, I think it will be interesting to see if, as you say, replacing hand-made things that now exist as single parts and the benefits to frame rate are countered by all the new animation and movement which, perforce, will weigh frame rate down. In other words, having seen what you and other RU-vidrs have done, they must have thought "IF we don't give them pre-made replacements, when they put in all these new motion elements their computers will crawl and crash." :) Haven't got to the end yet, but I think your water pump building needs to be recolored "Go-Away Green" too.
