PCA 2024 Nominated Enchanted Lake

[Wowman]

here is info about when the trademark expired.

https://trademarks.justia.com/714/85/3-good-times-to-enjoy-life-more-2-4-10-71485630.html

 

 

[Wowman]

a couple of night shots of the diner

 

 

 

 

 

Edited October 9, 2023 by Wowman

[Wowman]

Next Attraction is Drive the USA.

Here is my buddy's explanation of this ride: "Children can drive miniature cars through beautiful landscaping and famous US landmarks in reproduced in miniature, such as the Statue of Liberty, Mt. Rushmore, the Grand Canyon, Hollywood, New York, Chicago and even a miniature Enchanted Lake." Well, we don't have a children's car ride in game, so had to use an adult version. And we don't have scaling for props, so no miniatures either. This turned into basically a car ride through scenic area of the USA.

 

In this first shot you can see the main track was laid out, but will be revised later. The only real scenery is the section of the ride I copied from a workshop item. That workshop file was a self contained car track, but I manipulated it so that it could be used at the beginning and then again at the end of the ride track. Everything outside that workshop blueprint was added later.

 

You can also see that this was before I really started work on the fire truck ride which is on the far right of this picture.

The final queue line is also not placed yet in this shot.

 

 

This second shot is looking down on the ride area. The queue has been reconfigured to what the final placement will be, and a few more pieces of scenery have been placed.

[wolfpaw]

Excited to see the next attraction take shape in this park! 

[Wowman]

Here is the completed ride from above, and again with the track highlighted so that you can see how it travels around.

 

[wolfpaw]

Can't wait to see eye level shots of this, the foliage work looks incredible!

[Wowman]

here is the entrance to the queue line and looking down on the beginning of the queue (on the other side of the sign).

 

 

[JB]

Woodsy! I like that the entrance is an honest-to-goodness old-style billboard, like you'd see along the roadside. 

[Wowman]

yep - it was a workshop item I found. I changed all the photos used on it, but I totally exploited this in and around this ride...as you will see. 

[wolfpaw]

Agreed, love the direction of this area - feels so nostalgic.

[Supra G.L.]

Man, I need to step up my landscape and foliage game. This looks great!

[Wowman]

Here are a few shots of the next section of the queue.

 

 

[wolfpaw]

That first shot looks gorgeous with the cars overlooking the path like that. Really like your foliage and landscaping work on this attraction, probably your best yet!

[citytrader]

Been looking forward to seeing this ride sincce you first mentioned it!

[Wowman]

The queue continues into a back and forth section that is surrounded by large trees and large billboards.

 

 

[wolfpaw]

All the set pieces tie together so perfectly - lovely queue!

[Wowman]

The queue continues on and crosses back over the track where it enters and weaves around an old gas station that also holds the load platform for the ride.

 

 

[JB]

Love the idea of the queue going through a gas station, with all the cans, tires, signs, barrels, and other clutter laying around. See the USA! 

[Wabigbear]

Clever idea using the gas station as the loading area!

[Wowman]

it was like this in a workshop I used for a section of this ride, so not my OG. Although, I did switch it out for more of a Route 66 looking station.

[Wowman]

Here is more of the end of the queue showing the lines cutting through the station and also coming up to the load platform from inside the station.

 

 

[Wowman]

Here are a couple shots of the ride exit pathway.

 

 

[Wowman]

Lets take a better look at the actual ride now. The cars leave the station and go around a small bean that circles the station and queue.

 

[JB]

It's kind of neat that the cars start out amongst all the hubbub of people and buildings, and then it's off into the wilds of the USA with all its National Parks and monuments.

[Wowman]

The track continues on past the queue area.