What type of fads do you guys remember from the good ol' days.

• "Box" coasters

• Mario-themed parks (predating Universal's real attempt)

• Death coaster/slide/parks

• LONGEST ROLLERCOASTER/WATERSLIDE

• Coasters themed to brands

Not sure about the park building/coaster building side of the community since I was mainly on the pyro side but the pyro people definitely had their fads.. a few that come to mind:

• Waterscreens.. waterscreens everywhere - at one point everyone was including waterscreens once World of Color debuted into their shows with some video overlayed on top of it, got old real quick, haha

• CASTLE SHOWS - I know this one has never really died, but everyone and the mother would create a Disney-themed firework show using the castle as a set and post it everywhere. So. many. castle. shows.

• Baba Yetu - this song was everywhere at one point in the pyro community. So many people created a fountain show to this song!

• 360 shows - This isn't exactly a fad, but there was a point where everyone was creating a 360 show (a show that can be viewed from any angle with a moving/rotating camera) with a minimal set design. You can thank this show for starting this.

• Realistic effects - The AFE in RCT3 is a hell of a tool that can create literally anything you can think up, but for such a long time, everyone was so fixated on realistic effects. If your show didn't have realistic effects, it was usually criticized and not viewed highly. This fad has changed since those days, and we now see more fantasy and experimental effects - yay!

• Calling yourself a production or company - This is one I'm guilty o,f and one that doesn't necessarily only affect the pyro community. At one point, everyone was 'branding' themselves and all their work as a studio or company production. "ErnieG014 Productions" was mine that I'm 100% guilty of 😅

I'm sure there are tons more that I can't think up of but these are some that I've witnessed on the pyro-side of the community!

Speaking for myself:

• I used to make a giant flat rounded raised terrain mesa for my Test Track ride buildings.

  • Used the in-game automobile cars that were on a coaster track and launched them at max speed around the main turn.

• Dig my lakes all the way down to the maximum depth.

• Tower Of Terror would be the launched freefall.

• Mountain-based Disney attractions would use the mountain terrain.

• Spamming the same tree (or two), douglas fir and sugar pines were my go-to trees.

• In-game fountains (enough said).

• Max powered lasers (enough said).