Every so often, a park comes out of left field. It’s safe to say that until today, most members here have not heard of prodigy. Starting out at rct-world.com, prodigy began with his PHL’91 project that showed quite a lot of promise in his architectural ability. From there, he moved on to several ‘World of Pleasure’ parks. With his first release here on New Element, prodigy introduces World of Pleasure - Mönchengladbach.

While not particularly large, there are several areas and 4 coasters total. The entrance opens into a large plaza surrounded by pleasant two-storey architecture. Behind these structures is the park’s largest building, housing 3 rides behind an arched glass façade. Across the midway lies Nookie, the park’s largest coaster. While rather short in length, the ride packs 6 inversions into a tight layout along the side of the park. Castle Farystone is a Gerstlauer bobsled that flies in and around a medieval themed area. This ride doesn’t particularly fit into a themed area, but exists on its own in a back corner of the park. Sharing the back section is a mythology themed section anchored by Wings of Icarus. This hacked water coaster / flume ride takes place entirely over water across from a boardwalk style path with a row of nice architecture. After a quick pass through the curiously themed Gotham City section, guests reach the pirate themed area. Treasure Train is a powered coaster that interacts with Wild River, a hacked log flume.

World of Pleasure - Mönchengladbach is a very nice small park with quite a few rides and pleasant, detailed architecture. The foliage is a little weak and some of the themed areas lack cohesion, but overall this is a very solid park. We can hope that prodigy will continue to build parks and continue to improve!