Transport Rides, How do they work?

[secondri]

More specifically, how do I get people to use them?

Currently I am building a pirate/tropical themed park. My idea is to have many islands with different attractions throughout a large body of water, and I want to use transport rides to access said islands.

I tested transport rides in a different sandbox, simply placing a transport ride next to the park entrance and having the ride go to a single station and then back. Not a single guest chose to ride the transport ride and just left.

"Connie Express looks too gentle for me."
"Connie Express looks like a waste of time."

I tested this further, and this time added many roller coasters to a station. This meant the guests would HAVE to ride the transport ride to get to the attractions. (As planned in my pirate theme park.) While some guests did decide to go onto the transport ride at some point, most guests had the same thoughts as listed above

TL:DR: Even after placing rides of interest at the desired station, guests would still rarley get on the ride.

Am I missing something?

[MIKE BURNA]

I dont understand Rides either, sorry.

[secondri]

Still having the same results.

[AnimusNeco]

I ended up putting rides and coasters near my stations around my map. I have 5 stations. I also increased the speed of the trains. And added a ton of scenery to stations and along the tracks. Charge $2 for a ride. And since all that people have been maxing out my lines.

[BLÀde]

everyone hates Connie LOL

[Invasive_pumpkin]

As a real world ezample of this the railroad around Disneyland is pretty much the Connie. In between stations they had views of the park and enclosed areas that you could only we from the park. They were animatronic dioramas of different ages in the world. Without those the ride would be terribly boring. With those scenes the railway was always the first thing I would ask to go on.

As stated above by Necromancer, try placing some scenes around your Connie or monorail or any transport ride. The excitment rating rockets up and people will jump at the chance to ride it.

[Dies Fourth]

Originally posted by Invasive_pumpkin:

As a real world ezample of this the railroad around Disneyland is pretty much the Connie. In between stations they had views of the park and enclosed areas that you could only we from the park. They were animatronic dioramas of different ages in the world. Without those the ride would be terribly boring. With those scenes the railway was always the first thing I would ask to go on.

As stated above by Necromancer, try placing some scenes around your Connie or monorail or any transport ride. The excitment rating rockets up and people will jump at the chance to ride it.

When i was young and the bandits would " rob " the train transport around the park they always scared the ♥♥♥♥ out of me.

[Mr Conspicuous]

I had this problem also wasted ton of resouces building a similar ride in challenge mode. Here is what I have came to believe... no way hating but I just feel its truth. Devs created this game so you can play sandbox and just create pretty stuff and share it on workshop. Keep the parks paused and just enjoy the artwork and layout you have created. The people within the park are not actually at the forefront more so your creation at the forefront. Its like the sims series but without the sims just building, recolor, edit, share.

When I play this game I feel like I am infront of a large table top with bunch of train pieces and trainstation pieces. I put everything together then just hit play watch the train go around and around and have a drink of coffee and enjoy what I have created... every other piece on the table is meaningless in grand scheme of things, its all just for looks at the end of the day.

Am I right or am I wrong?

[mirta000]

^
depends how you play it. I tend to make sure that my rides are actually used. Brings me joy to see little people lining up and having a good time. And it IS possible to do so.

[branes51]

People will use your transport rides if there are popular rides near the other stations. In one of my parks, the queues for Connie express are always full. To make money, charge as much as you can for them also.

[azxcvbnm321]

The transport rides are my biggest money makers because they take on so many people quickly. People will also pay a lot if it takes them to where they want (save a long walk) AND if the scenery is good along the way. I charge more for the train to the middle of my park and back than my coasters.