Park / Islands of Adventure Hollywood

Park_38 Islands of Adventure Hollywood

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  • iris%s's Photo
    NEV2 has now had it's first spotlight, and what a great one it is. Schuessler brings to us "IOA Hollywood", a beautiful Universal park that gives Universal the edge once again over the "Disney Conspiracy" as Prince Ashitaka would call it. With some of the most beautiful themed areas ever, some really incredible coasters, and the best park atmosphere of any spotlight ever. I actually felt "in the movies" in The Mummy & Jurassic Park areas, and the Marvel Super Hero Island & Lost Continent were done perfectly as a West-Coast compliment to the most popular theme park in the world: Islands of Adventure. This park will grow on you whether you like it or not!!

    Post Comments and Congrats to Schuessler.
    (Maybe he'll even post now! ;))
  • Nitrous Oxide%s's Photo
    I must say. The best thing about this park is... IT IS NOT DISNEY... But the bad part about it was... I really didn't enjoy it... Though I really liked Spider-Man! ;)

    Nice Park!
  • TheGuardian%s's Photo
    I really liked the diffrent way he set up Marvel Island.
    especially Goblin and Spidey

    great job, not the best park but great job.
  • bokti%s's Photo
    Entrance- I'm very, very keen with this entrance. Good stuff.

    Lost Continent- Excellent. Not too bare, but not overthemed either(I should know the difference).

    Merlinwood- Fucking great. Dragon Flight is my favorite RCT beemer ever made. Almost perfect. in fact, I can't see anything that I don't like about it. Very ambient. I hate JS for making this one.

    Jurassic Park- Not what I'd expect. Then I remember that it's Isla Sorna and I am a dumbass, so I just have one one quarrel with this section- not enough foilage. Yes. Look at that lack of foilage in Jurassic Park.

    Hammunaptra- The ONLY thing I thought was bad about this secton was the lack of detail in the Chamber of Doom building. Then I remember that most Egyptian architecture didn't have THAT much detail. THEN I think, "Well, that is why their sun god got Romans to destroyed them all... They didn't work hard enough." and then I get pissed again. Go figure.

    Marvel Superhero Island- I didn't like this one. Too "grey" think. Or maybe it's something else, I'm not sure. Whatever the case, the coaster was nice, and theming was rather innovate, but I'm just detached from this particular section.

    Rating- I don't do ratings, so I'd just say that the park as a whole is awsome. When I saw that JS were making an IOA, I said "Fuck. Now I'll be going after Schuessler" with my IOA park. X-Sector's will be fairly easy to try and outshine, but I know that I won't outdo this one. The way JS tied everything together was great, and I sure hope HIOA doesn't shame IOAH in the battle of pseudo-Universal vs. the prolific pseudo-Disney.
  • Mr. Glass%s's Photo
    Overall I really like the park. It didn't really meet the expectations that I had, but I still liked it. I thought that the architecture in ever area except Marvel Superhero Island was superb. I thought that Spider-Man and Pteradon Flyers were great. I liked the drop on Dragon Flight but the rest of the layout didn't really appeal to me. I know this sounds stupid, but the one thing that bugged me more than anything in this park was the color. What I mean is when you look at the Marvel Island all you see is gray and nothing else. Isla Sorna was all brown and nothing else. And Hamanaptra(sp???) was all the light sandy color. It would have been easier on my eyes if there was some contrast.

    Overall I would give the park a 8.5/10.
    Great job Schuessler.

    [Mr. Glass] :w00t:
  • YetiGKM%s's Photo
    I must say that I am absolutley impressed to see that Schuessler has remained in top form. After this park, he also remains my number 1 park maker too.

    My favorite part of the park has defiantely got to be Dragon Flight. To me, this is the pinnacle of what a Floorless Beemer should look like in RCT. This is my new favorite coaster.

    I also liked all the other sections of the park. Keep up the good work Schuessler and don't quit like a lot of the RCT Legends are doing at the moment. 8@
  • Fanatic Of RCT%s's Photo
    Well, I thought that the park was very nice in general, but there were a view things that real stuck out, to me atleast.

    One would have to be the lack of anything in the Jurassic Park section...It just seems so boring and empty...

    Second, the lack of substance in some of the sections...If some would've been extended more, they're would've looked more full and nicer...

    Third, the shortness of some of the coaster...It's really not too big of a thing, but itz noticable.

    I did like your take on Marvel Island, was very nice and executed perfectly...Hope to see something more come from you...
  • Chesire%s's Photo
    Can somebody post the park here? (like Iris) I have been trying to go to the Spotlight page, but it just keeps going back to the home page.
  • rhcpraiders%s's Photo
    ye, im having the same problem. please post the park herw

    thanks
  • Prince%s's Photo
    somethings up with NE's homepage and everything links to home and I cant d/load my favorite park makers park...its the end of the world...

    ~Prince Ashitaka~ 8@
  • KaiBueno%s's Photo
    By reading the above comments, I see I'm not alone in getting nowhere while trying to DL the park. When you click on the spotlight link, it reverts to the same initial news page you see when first visiting the site.

    I guess I'll have to wait until after work now. ???

    Oh well. It's by Schuessler, so it should be one of the better ones.

    Kai :yup:
  • Adix%s's Photo
    It's fixed now... for some reason an important setting on gearhosts's end got changed, affected the way things worked..... it should be all better now.
  • Foltzanator%s's Photo
    The park was all-around good. It didnt impress me like MM but it was still a nice looking and well thought out park. It flowed nicely and I like how he was creative with his rides and didnt fall into the same IOA theme. Overall a pleasant park, Nice work!!!!!!!!!
  • Micool%s's Photo
    Well, maybe I'm an idiot, but it didn't really impress me at all, at least compared to Moonlight Magic. And actually, it didn't impress me as much as the new IOA rec by Adamrct and friends. I know, they have something to work off of, but their park is so creative. I thought the park looked kind of thrown together. Maybe that's the style it's supposed to be, but with all those...what are they? Fallen buildings? And the mummy ride is booooring on the outside. I know it's realistic, but we are playing with cartoons here, not real people.

    Overall, it was a nice park. I just think it will be overrated because of JS's status in the RCT world.
  • Toon%s's Photo
    I looked at this park last night, and really wasn't blown away. A lot of things looked like they were thrown together rather quickly and compared to Moonlight Magic without as much attention to detail. There are definitely glimpses of Schuessler's brilliance here, but overall it doesn't seem to be his best. That's what you get for setting the bar so high I guess. Still a good park and better than most, but not one that will reach legendary status. Maybe Iris is right, this one may get better with time.
  • Evil WME%s's Photo
    some parks i wish i had a magnifying glass with me.. some parks i like to go to in rct gl.

    this park puts me to the most outerst zoom.. to realize it still doesnt pack detail nor punch.

    spiderman is a bad coaster, although a nice end that should be after a nice beginning and one inversion just isnt enough. terrible... and the worst area in the park.

    the mountains in jurrasic park scared me.. with harakiri, NeViS, myself, Iris, rrp, xsector, grinch, ETC theming every scrap of land to the best of our ability.. this scared me.. the coaster... Y ANOTHER LAUNCH is spiderman and the mummy ride not enough? the two half loops in the same direction didnt look at all attractive either.. tho i liked the half cork..

    Dragon Flight.. now thats a beemer.. tho two things.. what the heck is "no entre" and y is the station that small.. surely a great big park like universals would make sure theres atleast two trains...

    the arabian area with poseidon really lacked a coaster, thrilling ride, innovative ride, nice good looking water ride.. heck it was just boring theming..

    entrance.. this i actually liked.. tho a bit more detail wouldve done well.. and the blue building 8@

    i did not like the mummy ride either..

    sorry to have to bash this park so much.. maybe it still has to grow on me.. for now i think it sucks..

    on a side note... MY PARKZZZZ are comin in for next spotlight and/or hiddens!!! get MaT, DToE, and UTML in two weeks!

    :devil: :flame:
  • posix%s's Photo
    I'm really really disappointed!

    A lot of things looked like they were thrown together rather quickly and compared to Moonlight Magic without as much attention to detail

    ...just what I wanted to say!
    To me it seems as if Schuessler had a time limit to finish this park!
    - all brakes are very brutal
    - banners say 'Happyland'
    - some edges aren't any themed

    me loving MM so much I was really mad about Schuessler's next park... but... hmm...

    MM is better imo.

    The entrance blew me away but as I took my way through the park it got worse and worse...
    Dragon Flight is a very nice Coaster but MM's medieval section looks exactly the same ...not to say better!

    Marvel looked crap honestly! The urban theme in general is crap and Spiderman was =/

    The thing that shocked me really bad was the kiddie coaster & that indoor ride! Gosh, this is terrible!!

    well, surely it's a nice park but it didn't do that much for me....
  • x-sector%s's Photo
    It wasn't really what i exspected, I thought it would be a bit better as JS has created incredible parks such as MM and Canterbury Falls.

    Entrance - Now this was awesome it wasn't like the really port of entry which is a mix of styles but that doesn't matter this is minor criticism.

    Marvel Super Hero Island - I liked this area it had a great layout with nice coasters the only problem it does seem a little bit grey all over this is minor criticism.

    Hammanaptra - Now I loved this area my second fav area of the park it has a great layout and constructed well i like the colours of it.

    Isla Sorna - the flyer was nice looked odd at first but I have got use to it and I like it. I really like how you have done the area but I think it does look a bit bare on the mountian and The area seems to be all brown but that isn't really bothering me I think this area will grow on me more and more each time I look at the park.

    Merlinwood Forest - Now this is my fav area the beemer is fantastic and the area is be constructed great my only problem is I wished it was bigger (minor criticism again) as its awesome.

    Lost continent was amazing as well just like harakiri said its not bare and its not overthemed its just right.

    Great park some bits were disapointing but that doesn't matter iam sure this park will grow on me more and more.


    EDIT: well I been looking at this park for about 2hrs now and as iris said this park will grow on you and its taken 2hrs and iam loving this park now. I said the jurassic park area will grow on me and it has I first off said i didn't like the moutian bare but i was thinking not all mountians are covered with bushes and trees and the area does make you think you in the movie. Hammanaptra is now gotta be my fav area of the park it is just constructed so well and it just looks so superb. One thing i forgot to comment on was the architecture I thought this was the great architecture that JS always does. Marval area has also grown on me more I really don't care if its grey that much.
  • GigaForce%s's Photo
    ehhh...

    Good but not awsome

    Entrance - VERY NICE...the entrance was this parks best quality along with coasters

    Coasters - The coasters were very good and themed well (not pteradon flyers.) I really liked Dragons Flight and Spiderman tho.

    Architecture - The architecture that this park had was very nice but i hink the park needed more architecture. there were some places where there was too much path and not enough architecture

    Theming - The themeing in this park was very nice...with some exceptions. The moutain next to Pterdaon Flyers was BARE. Completely BARE. also, some more themeing wouldve been apresiated in the Spiderman and Mummy sections

    Overall Look - This park had a very cool overall look...but when you zoom in, you can start to see its defects. Good job...but not the greatest.

    Rating - I used to do rating but then i stopped...so i guess ill only do them now for Spotlights...8.1...Nice park...but not the best
  • iris%s's Photo
    A couple things I thought I'd point out.

    1.Schuessler was on a time limit to finish this park, as he's heading/headed off to college, and was rushing to finish this park before college.

    2.Not every park in RCT has to have every single tile of path fully themed. Some one isn't allowed to have a bare mountain? It's a mountain for god's sake, mountains ARE bare in real life.

    3.This park took a different style then the current "NE style" of parkmaking, which it seems like everyone is trying to imitate. People, get you're own style! Schuessler has his.

    4.And why do some people think that every themed area in IOA has to have a coaster? In the real IoA, only two themed areas have coasters (not including Pteradon Flyers, since 99% of patrons cant ride it). This park has all but one area with coasters, and some great coasters to.

    5.I'm wondering why people think that the architecture isn't "flashy". Seriously though, if I'm making a realistic park, I'm not making my buildings flashy. I'd like someone to take a helicopter view over IOA, and look down at Spiderman, and see if that building its in is "flashy".

    Anyways, just my thoughts.