Planet Coaster 2: Park Manager’s Handbook

Hayo Park Managers!

The launch of the Spooktacular Pack brought us the all-new Walkthrough Attractions, allowing you to create fantastic themed areas your guests can explore and react to.

Walkthrough Attractions are really only limited by your imagination so let’s dive into a few of the fun ideas we’ve had to get you started!

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Walkthrough Attraction Ideas

Walkthrough Attractions open up so many new possibilities for themed areas in your park beyond haunted houses, from peaceful natural garden walks and elaborate overgrown mazes to a creepy castle tour and fairytale dragon cave.

Combined with the Reaction Points from Update 12, you can create amazing things with both base game and DLC themes.

We’ve put together a few different ideas to get you started! Are you ready to delight and amaze your guests with wonderful Walkthrough Attractions all year round?

Enchanted Woods

Lead guests through a sweet enchanted woodland filled with smiling wishing trees and glittering fairy magic!

Create a charming walk through a forest with the Tree Giant pieces and place special effects along the path to mimic falling flower blossoms.

Here are a few recommended scenery pieces, animatronics and SFX we think would look great in this build:

• Fairytale Tree Archway (Base Game – Fairytale Tema)
• Tree Giant Pieces (Sorcery Pack)
• Crypt Fence (Spooktacular Pack)
• Pavilion Tents (Base Game – Fairytale Tema)
• Sorcery Crystals (Sorcery Pack)
• Wishing Tree (Base Game – Fairytale Tema)
• Special Effect – Falling Blossom (Base Game)
• Special Effect – Glitter (Base Game)

Shipwrecked Pirates

Oh no! Pirates have washed up on the shores of your theme park! Let your guests explore the wrecked ship and discover pirate treasure.

Use the pieces of the Shipwreck from the Pirate theme alongside the Pirate Animatronics to build a makeshift hideout decorated with barnacles, seaweed and netting from the wreck.

Here are a few recommended scenery pieces, animatronics and SFX we think would look great in this build:

• Shipwreck Bow, Hull and Stern (Base Game – Pirate Tema)
• Barnacle Clusters (Base Game – Aquatic Tema)
• Skull Torch (Base Game – Pirate Tema)
• Coral (Base Game – Aquatic Tema)
• Seaweed (Base Game – Aquatic Tema)
• Boatyard Netting (Base Game – Viking)
• Cargo (Base Game – Pirate Tema)
• Animatronic – Pirate Lookout (Base Game – Pirate Tema)
• Animatronic – Idle Pirate (Base Game – Pirate Tema)

Shoot Out Saloon

Your guests wandered in for a peaceful drink in this quiet saloon and found themselves in a wild west shoot out!

Build a bar complete with cacti and wanted posters outside. As guests explore further use the Cowboy Animatronics to create a walkthrough path with shots fired from either side.

Here are a few recommended scenery pieces, animatronics and SFX we think would look great in this build:

• Cactus (Base Game – Western Tema & Nature Tema)
• Oil Pump (Base Game – Western Tema)
• Rope Lift (Base Game – Pirate Tema)
• Small Town Clock (Silver Screen Pack)
• Wanted Poster (Base Game – Western Tema)
• Animatronic – Bandit Angry Shot (Base Game – Western Tema)
• Animatronic – Cowboy Cover Shot (Base Game – Western Tema)
• Special Effect – Blowing Dust (Base Game)
• Special Effect – Rubble Fall (Silver Screen Pack)

Alien Abduction

One minute your guests are at a theme park, then next they’re in an eerie glowing spaceship… will they make it to the exit and back to earth?

Design the ultimate spaceship complete with an airlock and strange glowing acid puddles for your guests to tiptoe around. Fill this alien laboratory with strange equipment and rogue robot arms that trigger as guests walk past.

Here are a few recommended scenery pieces, animatronics and SFX we think would look great in this build:

• Airlock Archway (Base Game – Sci-Fi Tema)
• Radioactive Tank (Base Game – Sci-Fi Tema)
• Metal Alloy Walls (Base Game – Sci-Fi Tema)
• Robot Arm (Base Game – Sci-Fi Tema)
• Equipment Trolley (Silver Screen Pack)
• Acid Puddle (Spooktacular Pack)
• Eerie Industrial Wall Lyst (Spooktacular Pack)
• Animatronic – Tropper Typing (Base Game – Sci-Fi Tema)
• Special Effect – Spooky Slime Radioactive (Spooktacular Pack)
• Special Effect – Plasma Blast (Silver Screen Pack)

Wizard’s Castle

Welcome to the Wizard’s castle filled with bubbling cauldrons, glowing bottles of potions and strange symbols!

Use the Stone Walls and lit up Keep Windows to build a castle for guests to creep around and explore rooms filled with sigils, cauldrons and illuminated bottles.

Here are a few recommended scenery pieces, animatronics and SFX we think would look great in this build:

• Bottle Lamps (Base Game – Fairytale Tema)
• Keep Stone Walls (Sorcery Pack)
• Keep Windows (Sorcery Pack)
• Castle Window Oriels (Base Game – Fairytale Tema)
• Cauldron (Base Game – Fairytale Tema)
• Drawbridge (Base Game – Fairytale Tema)
• Sorcerer’s Sigils (Sorcery Pack)
• Sorcerer’s Statues (Sorcery Pack)
• Animatronic – Spellcasters (Sorcery Pack)
• Animatronic – Giant Spider (Sorcery Pack)
• Special Effect – Magical Smoke (Sorcery Pack)

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Community Inspiration

Walkthrough Attraction Showcase

Take a little tour around the Grimspire Manor Walkthrough Attraction built by our amazing Park Builders!

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