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[sythyry]

If I help construct a city -- especially if I expect to depend somewhat on visitors and visitations -- I'd like to have some exotic and wonderful attractions.

One such attraction is a Fire Garden. There are a couple of others around, so they're not quite unique; but if there are three on the World Tree I haven't heard of the third. The other two are, in effect, statues of formal gardens constructed entirely of flame, and planted and populated with plants and animals as are suffiently fireproof. So, one might have a topiaried tree made of fire, with a living epiphyte growing on it. The first two are intended only for Zi Ri. If I make one, I will include protection spells aplenty, so that anyone can visit it and even touch the flames.

So that's one idea. My friends and advisors have listed some dozens of other ones -- but they are all very conventional people. O readers and commenters, you come up with the most remarkable concepts! What sorts of exotic attractions would you suggest for me?

Comments

[gavinfox.livejournal.com]

If you like the idea of a fire park, you will LOVE my universe's take on the 'water park'.

While we have water parks that have more sedate fountains and pools and such, there are water parks that are more... extreme.

Many of the ideas for water parks originated because of the constructions which were made to transport logs down mountainous terrain to a sawmill. These were basically big, mildly angled chutes along which water fell down, that you put a log in. People found that standing or sitting on the logs flowing down the chute was great (albeit dangerous) fun, so some people intentionally used this idea of 'going down a wet chute' to design safer rides as attractions.

Here are some of the attractions that a water park could have:

1.) A 'wave machine' that makes four to six foot waves in a pool, for people to bodysurf, bodyboard, or surf the waves

2.) A bunch of slides, which are basically tubes that have water flowing through them, where people slide down. The slides often have sideways loops and dips and stuff, and empty into a big pool

3.) Things that simulate whitewater rafting, but safer, and in a big loop, where you don't have to actually row or anything like that. This is for people who don't want to get *as* wet.

4.) Inner tube rides, where people lay on these inflated, donut shaped rubber tubes, and ride them in the aforementioned chutes

5.) Of course, there are attractions that are a floating ride in a boat down a spooky tunnel, with things popping out at you to startle you and such. These often end with a bit of an angled drop which is at a point where you TOTALLY won't expect it, where the boat goes down maybe a 45 degree waterfall, creating a huge splash at the end. Of course, there is an observation bridge right in the 'where you get splashed from the boat' section near the end.

6.) Some of the more sedate things that we have that attract people that are water related are hot springs spas, where people go to soak in hot water pools of various sizes and temperatures. These pools are often filled with water with minerals in it, said to have rejuvenating properties. These places often have steam rooms and dry hot rooms and such also. These places also have hot spas where you not only soak, but there are jets of water under the surface that help give you a back massage!

Anyway, I hope other people chime in with ride ideas that I forgot, as well as clarifications!

[gavinfox.livejournal.com]

How you monetize this is you sell day passes to the park, and you have an attached hotel where people and families can pay to stay, and you sell lots of services at the hotel too. In the actual park, you have an adorable theme mascot, and sell lots of toys and such of the mascot, and lots of things to remind folk of the park. Maybe with one of the rides with a big drop, people could buy prints that have a picture of their faces taken at the surprise drop??

Also, when people are having fun, they will pay more for fast, nourishing, delicious, albeit often bad for you, street food!

[kris-schnee.livejournal.com]

Think in terms of magic, too! Tunnels and globs of water hanging in midair, space and time distortions, fancy illusions, and Orren-transformation amulets would all be popular.

[goodluckfox.livejournal.com]

And it will attract ORRENZ THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS OF ORRENZ!!!!11!oneleventy

[cowboy-r.livejournal.com]

One must be careful in the construction of loops, and especially dips. I know of at least one water park where an adult went down a slide designed for children, and knocked himself out hitting the top as the bottom dropped out below him.