Monorail ride options

[Roxxsmom]

I find it strange that the monorail operates one car at a time rather than having groups of cars (linked together like a train) possible. Amusement parks and zoos I have been to with monorail rides (thinking the San Diego Safari Park and Disneyland) have the cars linked together, which is more efficient. It would add a touch of realism, and design flexibility, if the monorail rides had the option at least of setting them up to run more like the trains.

Note, as I understand it, the SDZ Safari Park has recently replaced their old monorail with a tram ride that gets even closer to the open African habitats and even goes through them in some spots (I really want to go there again next time I am down in Southern CA). The original tram was nearly 40 years old, which makes me feel old, because I remember going on it as a kid shortly after it opened! I also recall they always had a problem with the thing breaking down. Clearly they didn't have enough little mechanics who could be summoned within seconds!

 

[Leaf Productions]

Agreed. If we're able to get a train for the monorail, that would be great.
Hell, make it a whole update. I'd love to see a trigger system, as @Iben suggested a while back.
It'd be perfect for making a monorail that synchs up with your voice, and having different voice tracks play in front of different habitats. Reformat / add brakes / stops systems to the transportation rides as well as you would normally see in zoo's as well.
There's so much potential with this system that I'm tired of seeing it get overlooked.

 

[Cocolori]

I would settle for just the guests leaving the ride fast enough that it isn't impossible to get a good flow of people through. They take so long to finish their staring and pointing animations and then walking very slowly to the exit that I want to throw them to the lions...

 

[tigris115]

I'd also like the seating to be arranged so that the guests only see 1 side. If you have trouble imagining this, I basically want the Wild Asia Monorail from the Bronx Zoo

 

[tigris115]

Bumping this thread because all of these features would be amazing to have.

As someone who works on the Wild Asia Monorail, I'd love to see these features

 

[Spiderhawk]

I really think rides need some serious love in a future update
Let us costumes the monorails so that they can be in trains or solo
Let us change the seating arraignments. I don’t know if I get bad ratings on habitats from guests who are on the monorail but are faced in the direction where they can’t see the animal whose habitats they are going over

 

[The Carcharodontogenius]

Just out of curiosity, why do we have a monorail in the game? The next thing we know is the same catastrophe that happened with Lyle Lanley.

 

[Captain Callum]

Just out of curiosity, why do we have a monorail in the game? The next thing we know is the same catastrophe that happened with Lyle Lanley.

Chester Zoo's monorail would be my guess.

 

[Orkan]

Agreed. If we're able to get a train for the monorail, that would be great.
Hell, make it a whole update. I'd love to see a trigger system, as @Iben suggested a while back.
It'd be perfect for making a monorail that synchs up with your voice, and having different voice tracks play in front of different habitats. Reformat / add brakes / stops systems to the transportation rides as well as you would normally see in zoo's as well.
There's so much potential with this system that I'm tired of seeing it get overlooked.

Going along with the voice thing, they could even have an AI or something similar read it so you don’t have to, or you could import audio files like you can with images on billboards.

 

[tigris115]

Going along with the voice thing, they could even have an AI or something similar read it so you don’t have to, or you could import audio files like you can with images on billboards.

I feel them making a whole AI would be too much. Just have it so that you trigger specific audio files at specific destinations.

 

[Fallax]

Chester Zoo's monorail would be my guess.

Which ironically doesn't exist anymore.

 

[tigris115]

Something else I'd like to say is that there should be an option to change the speed of the monorail based on different areas.

At the Bronx Zoo for example, our monorail goes faster along some exhibits like the deer meadows, and slower along stuff like the tigers and elephants.

So, the following features I'd like for monorails are

• The ability to make a multi-car train
• Make 1 side the exit and the other side for viewing like the Bronx Zoo and the former Dallas Zoo monorails. This means that everyone gets to see everything without having to look over anyone's shoulder or turn their necks.
• The ability to have an audio track of your choice for all the different parts. Markers can be placed on the track to start and finish different audio clips. Someone can even narrate their own tour
• Controlling how fast the train goes along different parts of the track

I know the game is very close to being put out to pasture but these tools would be invaluable to the community