ciallkennett
Strata Poster
This is something that has been puzzling me for ages now, so I'll ask it.
What is it with parks and building on top or directly next-to existing car parks? I notice the trend specifically in the US (Green Lantern is a notable example at the moment), but what with talk of Alton potentially building on car-parked areas, it's left me wondering a few additional things:
1) Is it any easier to build on concrete such as a car-park than a grassy field? I'd imagine that with all the landscaping that'd need to be done with a grassy area as well as unstable ground, it would cost a lot more to build on grassy areas.
2) What is it specifically with parks in the US? I know that US parks tend to minimalise themeing on many rides, so "plonking" them on a car park wouldn't matter much. With some parks I can understand that space can be an issue, so "plonking" a ride on old, disused or overspill car parks is a simple solution. One thing that I do ponder is why they a lot of the time make no effort to remove the existence of the car-park that remained there beforehand and watched several POVs of many US coasters, you can still see old car park markings - off putting surely?
I'm just curious that's all Heck, I may have started to answer my own questions...
What is it with parks and building on top or directly next-to existing car parks? I notice the trend specifically in the US (Green Lantern is a notable example at the moment), but what with talk of Alton potentially building on car-parked areas, it's left me wondering a few additional things:
1) Is it any easier to build on concrete such as a car-park than a grassy field? I'd imagine that with all the landscaping that'd need to be done with a grassy area as well as unstable ground, it would cost a lot more to build on grassy areas.
2) What is it specifically with parks in the US? I know that US parks tend to minimalise themeing on many rides, so "plonking" them on a car park wouldn't matter much. With some parks I can understand that space can be an issue, so "plonking" a ride on old, disused or overspill car parks is a simple solution. One thing that I do ponder is why they a lot of the time make no effort to remove the existence of the car-park that remained there beforehand and watched several POVs of many US coasters, you can still see old car park markings - off putting surely?
I'm just curious that's all Heck, I may have started to answer my own questions...