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The Park Rating tab graphs your park’s approval rating on a
month-by-month basis. This display is for information only; there’s
nothing you can do here.
Number of Guests tracks how many people are visiting your park
each month. This display is for information only; there’s nothing
you can do here.
The Admission Price tab allows you to set the price each guest
must pay to enter your park. Use the arrows to raise or lower the
price. This display also monitors the total number of admission
paid to date and the income you’ve derived from guests entering.
The display of Park Statistics provides a survey of the size of your
park, the number of rides and attractions you have to manage,
how many guests are currently in the park, and your staff head-
count. This display is for information only.
The objectives you must meet to succeed in this scenario are listed
under the Objectives tab. If this scenario has already run its
course, but you opted to continue running the park, your success
or failure is also noted.
Under Awards, you can see what, if any, Park Recognition Awards
your park has won recently. (Winning awards is generally recog-
nized as a sign of superior performance.)
Ride Windows
Every ride has a corresponding Ride window, which you can open in sev-
eral ways. The most convenient is normally to click on the Entrance to the
ride itself. This window gives you control over the ride, and it includes a
number of features for inspecting and enhancement.
When you build a new ride, the Ride window opens after you’ve placed
the Entrance and Exit. You can also invoke this window by clicking on an
attraction listed in the Rides Info window. Note that there are many possi-
ble combinations of display tabs in this window; what tabs you see
depends entirely on the characteristics of the specific ride. The following
list includes all of the most commonly encountered tabs.
The View tab is the default display. The viewing pane lets you
monitor the ride, and the red, amber, and green lights allow you to
♦ If the maze is too complex, your guests will get lost or become discour-
aged (or both).
Information Windows
Every ride, stall, shop, staff member, guest, and even the park itself has a
window associated with it. Collectively, these are referred to as the infor-
mation windows, but they do more than just provide info. As you build
and manage your parks, you’ll use these windows almost constantly, so it
pays to know how they work and what they can do for you.
The Park Window
The Park window provides general information and an overall picture of
your park’s status and performance. Here, you can monitor things such as
your Park Rating, total number of guests in the park, the number of
attractions you’ve built, awards you’ve won, and — most important —
your objectives for success in the scenario.
Click the Park Status button on the Toolbar or the Park Entrance (on the
landscape) to open this window. Within, there are seven tabs — and thus
seven displays — filled with data of substance and utility.
The View tab is the default display. This shows you the Park
Entrance, and the red and green lights allow you to close and open
your park as you please. You can click on this view to center the
source of sound on the entrance. There are a few functional buttons
to the side of the view.
Click the Buy Land button to purchase more land for your
park. (For more details, please see Enlarging Your Park in
the Troubleshooting section of Park Management.)
The Buy Construction Rights button allows you to buy the
rights to build over or under land not owned by the park.
(For more details, please see Enlarging Your Park in the
Troubleshooting section of Park Management.)
The Locate button centers the landscape display on the Park
Entrance.
To rename your Park, use the Name Park button.
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