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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?

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[kensan-oni.livejournal.com]

You need many different things for amusement areas, as I said before.

1) You need entertainment for your age groups. Youthful, Adolescent, Adult, and Mature. These needs are different for each age group.

The Youthful need energenic and safe exploration space. Playgrounds and places where they can touch and feel things tend to be really really good for them. So, you should at least have a Petting Zoo, with beasts and stuff (And a Zoo in general tends to be a good idea as an attraction). Also, given your world, a playground that can heal minor breaks and sprains of children performing childish stunts off of high places wouldn't be out of order.

The Adolescent need seemingly life defying feats, and experiences that seem daring, even if the events themselves are not. Although what that translates to typically is different between Primes, I'd imagine, and different between genders, a popular form of entertainment in the adolescent at least in my world is falling. I *personally* don't see the thrill of it, but there are a lot of people that love to just jump off of really high things, or dangled off of high places, and then just let gravity do it's course.

I think that a tall platform where you can jump off, and get caught into a bubble machine at the bottom, and then floated back up to an exit point would just be fantastic for these kinds of things.

The Adult needs places where they can spend time with love interests in shared experiences. The Fire Garden is excellent for this kind of entertainment, and if there was music and dancing, it would be even better.

The Mature needs places where it can spend time with family. They don't necessarily care about thrills anymore. (As an aside, this is what really drives attractions like It's a Small World, and the Monorail, at Disneyland). What they do care about it having enjoyable experiences with their loved ones and family.

Outside of having Shows and Circus, and dinner theater, I'd recommend a Magically enhanced Orchastration, using elemental conjurations to provide colorful and interesting displays for the performance, switching among more classic, and more modern styles.

2) Food and shopping! I almost forgot I had a 2 and maybe a 3 but I think I killed my gumption with number 1!
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Part of me realizes that you, Sythry, are aiming to create something more akin to Vegas then the Disney Resort. Vegas main attractions tend to be romantic spotlights, amazing shows, and gambling. Lots and lots of Gambling. However, I don't really have any experience in that. I do have a more intimate knowledge about the Resorts, though, and that really colors my suggestions. So I apologize, in that way.