The people of Radiant Shores are getting a water park!

Edited 6 hours ago6 hr by Cody

Paving crews have been quick to get the parking lot on the left side of the entrance prepped for use. The left lot will be general guest parking whereas the right lot will be reserved for those guests who require handicapped parking. Current tasking for the crew is to paint the lines and add the parking bumpers for each parking space. Yellow parking bumpers are for general guest parking and blue are for guests using the handicapped parking spots.

Saturday mornings with a new water park under construction mean Roy has to get up instead of getting his beauty rest. He was up last night with the paving crew working on the left parking lot and finishing the entrance walkway. Contractors also showed up at 10 PM last night to install coverings for the walkway that connects to the nearby shopping district. Roy was already operating on fumes, but his vision does not know the time of day.

Some non-story background on this section of this entrance and water park:

The entrance was heavily inspired by Steve's Wet'n'Wild v1.0 by Mineral that is on the Frontier Workshop. Some details and the size are different than what was done for that project in it being a bit larger. I did pull the top slanted section from his entrance as I was having issues getting the triangles for the corners to align with the slanted rectangles.

Shockingly, I made the entrance sign. I did it during a Discord stream and it quickly developed.

The name "Endless Summer" comes from the resort at Universal Studios Orlando Resort. Because this project is starting in the summer, I wanted to play with that, and this project will be ongoing past the summer season (I hope).

"This way to an endless summer," the sign read when the Conch family decided to stop by to check the progress on the water park. The sign was created by the contractors who worked on the covered walkway to the main entrance from the nearby shopping district. The covered walkway being short enough for it to not be irritating to guests after a long day at the water park, but just long enough to shield them from the elements should the weather act up.

In Radiant Shores, the weather tends to go from sunshine to rainstorms in an instant. Snow has not been seen in a hundred or so years, but every weatherman likes to predict the "big snowstorm will be coming this year" as Roy likes to poke fun of.

Pearl is the head of the color decision department, as appointed by Roy. He handles the financials and the contracting while his wife Pearl tends to have an eye for colors that do not clash. After all, she has been picking out his outfits for about 30 years. She always wags her finger at him saying "if you chose colors, a rainbow would vomit." Roy has always enjoyed how unafraid she was to speak her mind.

The left parking lot is complete, landscaping crews are still adding foliage at the approval of Pearl. One wrong plant and she does it herself.

The left parking lot features 9 accessible parking spots while the right parking lot is reserved for accessibility parking. In the parking lots guests will find the yellow and blue parking bumpers with the yellow parking bumpers are for general guest parking and blue for guests using the handicapped parking spots. It was agreed that these color choices were easy to distinguish and parking attendants could easily guide guests through the parking lots.

The lanes for both parking lots are simple with all of the arrows being painted for the left lot and are starting to be painted in the right lot. It was agreed that the lanes would be one-way lanes from the entrance and exit of each lot. Parking attendants will be present to guide guests to vacant spots and to follow the painted arrows on the pavement.

The entrance is mostly complete. Roy and Pearl have been discussing what will be behind the entrance before the entrance turnstyles. Currently there is a staff room and restrooms after the information and ticket booths. A small gift shop is being considered so that guests can purchase what they need before their day at the water park, with it being connected to the restroom facilities. After the turnstyles will be lockers and changing rooms as soon as guests enter the park, with the lockers already being picked out by Roy for the "optimal size for flip flops and junk."

Roy and Pearl's son Jimmy has been made responsible for anything "techy" in the park. This includes social media with his mother being the second set of eyes for colors and graphics. Jimmy likes to fly his drone around the neighborhood, which has been very unwelcome by the neighbors. With Endless Summer having empty parking lots and a vast amount of space, he was invited to get an overhead shot of the progress.

Roy's parking lot plans show his big dreams for Endless Summer. He was so quick to act that the left lot was not even leveled so there is a slight slant to it. Thankfully the contractors were able to make it blend with the walls around the parking lot.

Hopefully Roy's future ideas are more thought out. He has been going on and on about adding a roller coaster and some attractions for guests who do not wish to partake in the water park. His big idea is a roller coaster for a dry thrill, but he has no idea where to begin!

Great start!