Ever got in debt

Ever gone backruped or in major debt.

When i first start RCT i'd had just pay-one-price, but i realize that i got in major debt, and i mean major, talking about $50,000 in debt, so i'd had to reform the park, it took a lot of time but the park now is a blast and i have $100,000 now!!  That was i while back the park is really booming now

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"Fly like the American Eagle"

Do you mean borrowing $50,000 from the bank or having your money meter at -$50,000? If it's the latter case, that's... pretty bad. I usually borrow some money to make some decent rides, but I can pay them back quickly.

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Joshua Wilcox
Knowing others is intelligence, knowing yourself is true wisdom.
Mastering others is strength, mastering yourself is true power.

I invested in to many ride without making a good profit, soon i realize that the pay-one-price did'nt go as well i switch to pay-as-you-play, and the park started to make money and i can re-pay the loan and invest in new rides.

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"Fly like the American Eagle"

The way to make sure you will never be in debt (if you have a good layout of paths and good patrol routes for handymen so the guests stay happy) is to have an admission price for both the park and rides.

Have major coasters be around 1.50, not major and older coasters 1.00, thrill rides (except the scrambler) 0.50, and gentle rides free-0.30 depending on which one (always have the carousel, ferris wheel, and haunted/crooked house be free).

For the admission of the park, have it be around 10 bucks, and every time you get a "guests are commenting..." message, raise it 5 bucks until you get to 50-60. Don't go higher than 60, because then you won't get all of the guests to go in the park (most don't have more than 60.) Also, in some scenarios, some carry as few as 50, so in those have the gate price be 50. That way you can take all of thier money at once, and then the rich guests will be the ones that stay long, spending the remainder on rides, while the ones who go broke paying the gate admission stay for the free rides.

Not one time has this plan failed me. The last time I had a park which was in debt was over a year ago when I was still learning how to play the game effectivly. It wasn't a surprise I was going broke, I had almost twice as many staff as I needed (with handymen which mowed grass, keeping them off the paths, allowing vomit to pile up), horrible path layout (dead ends everywhere,) and overintense rides that nobody would ride. This resulted in a very low (100-150) park rating, and people stopped comming, and the money stopped comming in, but expenses kept getting higher and higher. I wish I still had that park, it would be interesting to compare it to my modern parks.

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Hey, SFGAm management, can I buy a couple cages of Sky Whirl?

The guests in my park a crazy. They talked me into raising admission price to $48 and they still pay the charges to ride the rides. My coasters range from $.20-.70 in charges.
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Kennywood Park Unlimited
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I always wondered why Diamond Height's prices were so expensive. $5 for a major coaster? That's pretty extreme, IMO.
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No, I always have an admmission price and a pay per ride price.  If i charge no admission for the park, i charge 5 dollars per coaster 2.50 -300 for thrill rides and 1.00 for gentle rides.

I always have a pay as you go.  I usually charge for a ride until I pay off the loan.  Then I just wait until my gate prices make me enough money.  I then build more coasters.