New rides. There aren't too many new rides which require explanation.

A guide to beating specific scenarios follows later.

X guests at the end of year Y.
The old style type of scenario, which also requires a park rating of at least 600 at the end. Prices should be set at £2.50 for coasters and on ride photos, £1.50-£2 for thrill rides and 50p-£1 for gentle rides. Reduce prices if guests aren't going on a ride (usually old 3D cinemas and motion simulators) or if the scenario is reaching the deadline and you still need to attract lots of peeps.

Coaster building scenarios.
Whether starting from scratch, or finishing existing coasters, the main problem here is money. Take out the maximum loan and build three or four 'powered launch' coasters with one or two loops, a gentle ride, a thrill ride, toilet, food, drink and information stands. Set prices at £3.50-£4 for coasters, £3 for on-ride photos, £2-£3 for thrill rides and £1.50 for the gentle ride. Unless you're finishing existing coasters, you should research only coasters and set the research rate to maximum. Forget about this new section of the park and concentrate on building/completing a new coaster. For this reason, it's a good idea to not build any bins/benches at the start that may get vandalized whilst your mind is elsewhere. Once you've got a couple of new coasters up and running, expand the park around the new coasters with more thrill/gentle rides and shops/stalls. Then go back and build some more coasters. If you find that you are waiting for cash to build a loop or other expensive track element, you can go back to the rest of your park and tidy it up or add scenery/themeing if you wish (but don't spend all your money!)

Each coaster will need to have a minimum excitement rating, but this shouldn't be too hard to achieve. For tips on building high excitement, low intensity coasters, see the coaster building guide. Build a few sections underground and try to make the coasters cross each other. If a coaster is just (no more than 0.5) short of the required excitement, then themeing can improve the rating. If the coaster has a loop, build a path through the middle of it (the path needn't be connected to anything else).

Finish building the existing coasters
The first thing to do, is check where the coaster entrance/exits are and construct paths to them (if they aren't already there), otherwise you may have a great coaster that nobody can ride. Whilst you don't need to have guests on the coasters to win the scenario, if you're spending the cash to build the thing, you may as well benefit from the ride income! The existing pieces of coaster can't be moved, so plan where lift hills and track into stations will go. Note that you are allowed to change the type/number of cars on the ride - useful if a coaster is just a bit too intense. Work on the coaster nearest to the existing bit of park first.

Build X different coasters, each with a minimum excitement of Y.
Note that the Virginia Reel counts as a coaster here. See what coasters you already have designs for which meet the required excitement rating and build them first. After that you'll need to start custom building - don't forget to build underground to increase excitement.

Build 10 different coasters, each with a minimum excitement of X and minimum length of Y.
These scenarios are real killers as you seem to spend most of your time waiting for enough money. Don't even think about trying to build any of the smaller coasters, such as the Wild Mice, Virginia Reel, Single Rail or Mini Steel. Concentrate on the looping coasters and the bigger woodies such as the Mine Train, Wooden Twister and traditional Wooden. When building the steel coasters, construct a first block which will include most of the loops and inversions (as it's easier to judge the speed at the start so you can keep the intensity down). Build a flat section of track back to the station and test. Hopefully, the coaster will already have the required excitement, in which case you can just extend the track by running it through the existing structure until the coaster is long enough. If not, tweak the initial sections, adding more inversions and underground sections if necessary and then test again. The woodies will need lots of underground sections, and lots of sections that go close to existing rides. The excitement will increase with length, so build as much of the coaster as you can before testing it to see if the correct length has been achieved. Another tip is to save the vertical coaster until last. By having a vertical section that goes underground, you are almost guaranteed a high enough excitement rating and the vertical coaster is easy to squeeze into spaces between other rides thanks to its vertical track.

Ride income of £X per month. Note that the scenario won't be completed until several months after you have achieved your objective. Some say that you need to repay your loan to complete the scenario, others say you need to wait three months. I've found that both of these are true. Just be patient! Prices should be charged as in the coaster building scenarios. The trick here is to ensure that the park has a wide variety of rides, but to concentrate on coasters. They have a high throughput of peeps and so generate the highest profits. Take out the maximum loan and build plenty of powered launch coasters at the start to get things ticking over. After that, it's just a question of expanding the park.

X peeps, park rating not allowed to drop below 700. No financial constraints!!! These scenarios (with the exception of Mega World) are basically just exercises in building mega parks. For tips, see the mega parks section of the park guide. Build a small park before joining it to the path at the park entrance. Hire lots of handymen and don't build long stretches of paths with no attractions and the park rating won't even drop below 999!

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Cut-off the path to the coasters on the right hand side and check the other paths for dead ends and increase the queue lines for some of the existing coasters. Build a small park near the entrance and then begin work on the mouse coaster first. Extend the park round the side of the volcano as each coaster is completed. Leave the suspended coaster on top of the volcano until last so that you don't have to waste money on building a path up to it (as you need never open it).

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See the Scenarios section above.

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An extension of the original Paradise/Big Pier, so the same tips apply. First, put no entry signs on the paths to the exits of the enterprise, carousel and boat ride and extend the queue line to the coaster. Build shops in the empty corners of the park and expand these sections of the park first. Build thin powered launch coasters at the sides of the park and smaller coasters in the gaps between paths. Fill up the spaces with thrill rides.

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A small park with lots of trees and badly placed paths. Shorten the queue to the trains. Build lots of Wild Mouse coasters and Virginia Reels (when researched) on the lake. Build the bigger woodies on the sloped land around the sides. As soon as the river ride has been researched, build it to help stop over crowding (the river ride has a high capacity and is a long ride and so keeps peeps off the paths). Fill small spaces with lots of swinging ships.

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