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I'm really curious about the PC DLC's and if they will bring them back. Bringing back the PC base game themes felt like reaction and quick fix to the initial backlash. I feel like bringing back paid DLC for free would be a step to far for them. I do think It could work if they included 1 PC DLC with every new PC2 DLC pack. In that way they don't have to give away previous paid content for free and it'll give them a strategy and roadmap to drip feed them. That will also give all the new DLC an extra boost when they release. Thanks for the comment! Well you're in luck because they all are on the workshop already. This topic is a bit behind where I am in real life so you'll also get a sneak peak in what's to come :P Have fun stea- borrowing! Workshop page

Ohh I love the pool shot! The fences with the square lamps also look really aesthetically pleasing.

Thanks!! That means a lot coming from you!

The iron gazebos with flowers and plants turned out really nice. The raised berm with greenery also feels very realistic!

Thanks for the comment! It was really fun but also a struggle to get everything on the right scale. I projected a 4m by 4m grid on top op the park map and went square by square to get everything in the right position. For all the buildings I've found all the original blueprints in the city archives so they were a huge help.

It really is a stark contrast when you see them next to each other. I've played a lot of PZ in the past years before PC2 came along. I got so used to PZ that I forgot how PC looked. It's also really fun to now have a lot of the same pieces from PC in PC2 again like the swirling icings pieces I used for decorating.

Hi all!I won't finish this park before PZ2 but I did put in many years of hard work so I wanted to share it with you all. ~Rotterdam Zoo - Rotterdamse Diergaarde~This is a historic recreation of my local zoo. The Rotterdam Zoo used to be housed in the old city center and was fashioned like other old city zoos such as Artis in Amsterdam or the Zoo Antwerp. When Rotterdam grew bigger the city wanted to use the ground the zoo was located on for other buildings. This gave the Zoo an opportunity to move and start from scratch. This also was a very special moment to design and master plan a full size zoo in one go. Sybold van Ravensteyn was the man who would design the layout, building, interiors and many more decorative elements for the zoo. This has resulted in a zoo with 1 very strong style and cohesive architecture look. The new zoo was build on a polder/piece of farm land just outside the city boundaries. This new neighborhood was names Blijdorp after the original farm lands and so the zoo also adopted the Blijdorp name. ~1940-1950~ The Zoo opened in 1940 which is a very specific year in Dutch and Rotterdam history. This is the year when the Netherlands got invaded by Germany and the WOII started for us. The city of Rotterdam was heavily bombed and the historic city center was almost fully destroyed including the old city zoo. The weird coincidence is that 1940 also was planned to be the opening year for the new Blijdorp Zoo outside the city. The new zoo was almost fully finished and opened in 1940. Because the city center was almost fully destroyed the zoo took over the roll of main event space for formal events but also for entertainment for the people of the city (and sadly also for the occupiers) ~Recreation~For this recreation I wanted to capture the early years of the new zoo when all of the buildings and layout by Ravensteyn were still in tact. A lot of the original buildings and layout can still be found in the current zoo but some mayor elements have been lost or altered. I do know animal welfare standards have improved immensely since 1940 but for recreation sake and for historical accuracy I still wanted to follow the original plans. To tackle this recreation I've collected many old photos and blueprints from the city archives. I've also used and edited the old map as a base for this recreation. This is a screenshot of the park plans from the early years. I've traced and colored it in Illustrator myself. This is the current stage and I don't really feel the need to finish it before Planet Zoo 2. I love the project but I think stuff like scaling will and my grown skills and knowledge of the zoo will be great for a second go around in PZ2. The zoo seen from the north. The layout was designed around a central axis that stretches from the 2 points of the zoo that are farthest apart. Most of the mayor building were located on this central axis. Fanning of this main axis are all the animal habitat and fields. The center of the zoo and focal point was the observation tower and lake. Attached to the tower was the main building complex of the zoo which housed the tropical greenhouses, a stage for events & concerts, indoor exhibits for the great apes, indoor exhibits for pachyderms and a restaurant and smaller exhibit spaces. The Zoo as seen from the north looking at the south. The zoo seen from the south. This gives a better view of the massive central building complex of the zoo. In the left corner on the lower end of the axis you can see the old predator building with a large chimney to heat the indoor holdings. This building used to house lions and tigers on 2 separate terraces. The south was closer connected to the old city center. The large intersection and tram loop is where the main entrance is located. This angle is also from the south but shifted a bit more to the west. On the left of the surrounding trees you can see a large playground that was added after opening. I never got to the playground part in my recreation sadly. Planet Zoo 2026-07-01 22-11-18.mp4 A quick spin around the observation tower for an overview of the park! Coming up!I want to go around the zoo and take you on a tour of the stuff I've done so far and stuff that I never got around finishing, hope you all enjoy :D ~Dexter~

This looks really cool. I like the lighthouse and overall feeling of the Pinniped Point area. The new cart is also well done, very detailed.

Hi all!Thanks for all the kind words so far, I feel really welcome here and am happy to show my creations. In this post I wanted to share the other facades I've done for the arcade games. I know it's stuff I have shared before on reddit (excluding the PC1 pictures and builds) but I wanted this topic to be a chronological look at how I've done this park. I'll try to some build per post so we will catch up to the here and now (and new stuff!) faster. ~Games of the Boardwalk 2/3/4~The next few facades also started in PC1 and have been rebuild in PC2 in a more accurate scale and made to fit the arcades. With these 4 buildings I have found a place for all the games and machines that came with the arcade update. I didn't add the video game arcades because I don't think they fit the time and theming I'm going for with this park. The second games facade houses the Casey at the bat game, The third games facade houses the Bullseye Stallion Stampede game, This fourth games facade is actually the queue for Midway Mania but I converted it also to fit the shops. Casey at the bat became 3 Alley-Oop games for the second facade. Bullseye Stallion Stamped became 3 Token Tumble games for the third facade. The Midway Mania queue building is where I started to slowly step away from a full recreation and give more of my own spin on the buildings. This queue was turned into more space for the arcades with 2 Paddle Battle games, 5 Popup Panic games and 5 ticket Claw Machines. The completed facade row for all the arcade games :D I'm really happy how this has turned out in the end and how far it has grown from the PC 1 days! Coming up!For the next post I'll do the 2 souvenir shops, Ice Cream Parlor and Restroom facilities. After that I'll move on to the first 3 Rides with the Fun Wheel, Cosmic Caterpillar and Coaster! Then we'll still have some other rides and facades left before we get to my current time in the game. ~Dexter~

Fun POV! I like the theming and inside portions. The parade also looks cool, I like the more compact floats you've done.

Dang I didn't know that, good for California! I never quite looked for them over here in the Netherlands when it comes to theme-parks. I do work with parking and traffic planning myself in my current job but that is more focused on housing and smaller commercial or industrial spaces. Public handicap accessible spaces are much more free to place (and more on request by the commercial spaces themself) We do have stronger regulation for personal handicap accessible spaces. I believe they are even regulated on EU law levels.

Thanks for the tip! I've just downloaded it and looked around, it does look like something i could use. I'll go try some stuff. Thanks for the welcome and kind words! Any specific requests on what you want to see of the coaster? I've got most of the station and queue done, I still need to clean up some edges. I've used the in-game layout of the Cirrus (City Peninsula Wooden) from the Vintage Funfair Ride pack. I did raise the coaster quite a bit for a more dramatic skyline. Raising the coaster also gave me the opportunity to deepen the dips, lengthen the chain lift and reposition the station.

Thanks, I think I'll give it a try. I think a smaller project like a properly filmed version of my mini parade would make a fun start/try-out. My first questing is what program do you use to edit videos? I use the Microsoft build in gaming mode on my desktop PC to screen capture pictures and videos. Would that be a good way or do you recomend another way? Thanks for all the support and love you've given my work so far!! Cool to hear you've been to DCA, I've never been to parks so I only have pictures and videos to work off on. I'm from the Netherlands and have only been to parks in Europe so far. I like some of the more classic elements of the Pixar Pier but they somehow feel very out of scale and the colors are very garish (look at how they've done the Midway Mania building dirty big time!!) Yeah sadly modern Disney and theme-park lands lean hard on IP only. Can't wait to see more of your Buena Vista Street build. I might be working o a 1 on 1 recreation of Buena Vista Street myself. I've gathered quite some blueprints, pictures of the model, concept art and more. I've layered multiple blueprints and drawings to have everything on scale so far. Thanks! I wondered what kind of software you use to make/edit videos. I've used the game mode on my PC to capture pictures and record videos but don't have software to edit (let alone add sound/music and record sound) I feel a bit overwhelmed by the scenery pieces. I debate on whether I want to renovate the buildings I already have of just use them for newer buildings. I did replace all the viking roofing with the new roofing so that already looks good and more shiny that before. I've also played around with the new pieces on top of the existing Western riverboat for a parade float. (link to redit post with pictures)

Ohhh I like were this is going. Great job on the renovations so far! I love the shot with the tram.

Looking good as always!! I still adore how grid like but also free this park looks. It gives me RCT3 nostalgia. The parking lot is looking good so far too. That is one massive disability parking lot you've got there btw, good to keep accessibility for your guest in mind when building a park. I've stayed away from parking lots myself because I'd be afraid to get lost in all the detailing and roadwork.

I feel your pain!! I had multiple breakdowns trying to fit in the parade route. Just like you I thought I came prepared with a wide street with sidewalks and a space for a potential parade barn. But my street was only 8m wide instead of the 16 I needed to make it all work. I had already build some rides along the riverfront and landscaped a bit but I had to move it all and it was no fun at al. I didn't want to push out al the facades on the city side because I was scared it would mess up the the individual lined up grids (+coaster behind them) so I had to move everything further into the lake. Like Shyguy said, the game pushes you to build the other way around and do the parade path first. Also those black lines are stupid ugly!! (I really hope frontier will patch those out) I still think you've managed to fit it all in really well. It sucks to rebuild the stuff around the lake but most rebuilds end in a better design because you're skills have grown and you know what worked and what didn't. I like the circles and little plazas you've made, the work really well. Also chuckled at the Jet2 Holiday sign :P The new tall Award Wieners also looking sharp! Keep up the great work, be patience with the parades because my games crashed multiple time building those, don't forget to save often in between.

Thanks! Glad to be of help. I didn't want to put my stuff on the workshop because I was scared people would claim it to be their own. But now I do enjoy sharing them and seeing what people can do with it.

Thanks for the warm welcome and kind words! Like I've said before you've been influential for my builds and love for theme parks :D The gifs where fun to make and surprisingly easy, I should make more. I want to make some videos too but I don't have experience with making those and I don't really know where to start.

Amazing job on the whole park! I hadn't seen your work before. I love the entrance area for the park. The Hogwarts queue was also really cool to see, keep up the great work!

Such fun and creative builds! Keep up the great work :D

I've seen bits an pieces of this park (and your other work) before on reddit and youtube. I love your work!! it's super creative and out of the box without feeling unrealistic. I really enjoyed reading all your posts in this tread. Toy Story Playland is not my vibe at all but your Carboard Canyon is such a cool and good looking take on the toybox look! The colors and simple shaped kinda remind me of Wind Waker with the cell shaded art style and GameCube geometry. I also yelped when I saw the discovery mountain inspired build on reddit. I adore Tim Delany's work so it was a joy to see unbuild concept art come to live :D Keep up the great work, it has been very inspiring!

Hi all, my name is Dexter! :DFirst time posting on the forums. I've been playing creative games since the late 90ties when my love for these games started with Roller Coaster Tycoon, Zoo Tycoon and The Sims. I've grown up with RCT3, remember the old Atari and Shyguy forums days with much joy. I've had my dreams crushed by Roller Coaster Tycoon World and my dreams came true with Planet Coaster & Planet Zoo. It took quite some time to get in the Planet Coaster 2 flow but the game has grown on me and provides me with a creative outlet. I use the game for buildings parks but also as a digital miniature building space for random ideas. ~Paradise Pier~I've always been fascinated by the 2012 large scale remodeling of Disney California Adventure. One of the highlights other then Buena Vista Street for me has always been the Paradise Pier area and the cosmetic makeover it has gotten. The turn of the century buildings and seaside vibes are something I adore. I love Pixar but the Pixar Pier redo is a big miss for me. The 2012 remodel wasn't perfect and did suffer some cuts between the concept blue sky stage and what got build in the end. I've tried to build in the Paradise Pier style in PC1 before but my skills have grown and PC2 is a much more powerful tool to realize my vision. It also has given me the drive and opportunity to build stuff from the concept stage that never made it into the parks or got cut during the Pixar Pier redo. My park started as a recreation of the midway games and has steadily been growing into it's own full park inspired by the Paradise Pier area instead of a one on one recreation. I wanted to share my progress from start to now and into the future. I've shared some of these build before on reddit but wanted to go the classic route and go the forum way with the park. I think it'll give me more space to share work in progress stuff and such. My reddit posts are mostly just the glamour shots and workshop codes. I hope you all enjoy! I always enjoy doing research for recreations, searching the internet for concept art and pictures. Lucky for me is that the DCA remodel has been documented quite well with a preview center in the park at the time (The Blue Sky Cellar). The place was packed with pictures, art, models and props. I'm very grateful for everyone that has taken pictures of this preview center allowing me to follow along with remodel and still keep me inspired so many years later :D ~Games of the Boardwalk 01~ The actual Games of the Boardwalk 2012 redo of Paradise Pier in Disney California Adventure This image is from my 2018 recreation in PC1. We didn't have arcades or stuff like that so I build and scaled it as a shell for facilities. This next build is from 2024 and is my first go at it in Planet Coaster 2. This was before the arcades happened so I made an implied midway game section with 2 games. To trick the people from walking up to the games I've added 2 souvenir counters in the building. I had fun building these and did some more facades but ran out of steam and ideas soon after. Then came the arcade update in may 2026 and my drive to rebuild it all over again to a more accurate theme park scale and fit in the arcade games. The strip of facades slowly formed and I started on more buildings! Coming up!In the next post I want to show the next 2 facades and how the park slowly has grown! I you don't mind spoilers you can look at my Frontier Workshop profile and see how far along I am with the park. So far I've done 4 facades with arcade games, 2 modular souvenir shops, 1 theater facade, 1 flat-ride and 1 ice cream parlor. I'm currently actively working on the coaster, a hotel/restaurant, Ferris wheel, carousel, parachute drop tower, entrance building, parade and general park layout. I still have more ideas for a dark-ride, bathhouse/swimming pool and more rides. My goal is finish the boardwalk area as a single park. The dream is to expand the park with more themed lands beyond the boardwalk area. I'll be sharing all the individual buildings and rides on there so you download and play around with them yourself :D Workshop profile Feel free to ask questions, share ideas, give advise about the build and share your opinion of Paradise Pier 2001, 2012 and Pixar Pier! English also isn't my first language excuse my wonky sentences. Have a great day! ~Dexter~