Crumbly Woods/Scenario Guide

Strategy
This scenario is probably the hardest scenario so far only second to Mothball Mountain, but this is only because this park shows a different kind of difficulty, which is evident. Although there is a high demand of guests, the scenario already begins with 600 guests, making the objective simpler with only 600 more to obtain over the next three years.

Crumbly Woods has one major problem: the rides are very outdated, unreliable, and don't bring in as much of a profit. You have three strategies to follow in this objective; you can either replace the old rides with new ones (demolishing all of the old rides), persevere with the old ones by building new ones, or rebuild all or most of the rides in their original place. The last option is the best, or at least it's better than the second one, where you just leave the rides as they are. Demolishing all the rides is not a great idea but it's far from the worst thing you can do.

There are advantages and disadvantages whichever is your choice. If you choose to demolish all of the rides, you'll get a lot of cash but at the same time you'll lose your current profit makers. Besides, your park will lose its infrastructure as it will only have a long path leading to the wonderland area but nothing at all through the way there, so your guests will be just wandering about until your park gets developed to the level it was at first. If you choose to keep the rides and just start bulding more, you'll probably be flooded by messages about rides breaking down, crashes and guests unhappy in the wonderland area due to the Crazy Critters ride, although you'll continuely get more money from the rides. If you choose to rebuild them, you will be making sure your income will higher greatly as your rides will be renewed and their reliability will be way higher. On the other hand, it will cost you a lot of time since, even if you save the track designs, some of the rides have underground sections which, in this case, will be problematic.

First, you should pause the game. If you wish to place a gate fee, you may do so, but charge no more than $10.00 and adjust ride prices accordingly. Then, you have to hire enough staff and set patrol areas. You will need lots of staff to keep the park clean, especially around the Whiplash, since the paths are very long and complicated (for handymen). If you're going to rebuild the rides, save the track designs of the two smaller roller coasters--Whiplash can be saved trouble-free, but Mean Squeak will require the underground sections to be demolished first. This won't work with Woodchip Woodchip, since it has too many underground parts. Even though you can just let them be, rebuilding the rides can allow you to make an incredible amount of money and attract far more guests with them.

After saving the track design of all the rides, set your research (to thrill rides, preferably) and your staff, unpause the game. First, demolish Crazy Critters at the back of the park. This ride is very problematic, because it's too long and the people who are on it just want to leave, and the people who are in the line for it just get angry. Be quick, and remake all the stalls and gentle rides. Now, make some benches and litter bins throughout the park. Renew the other roller coasters by using the track designs you saved. Last, destroy and reconstruct Woodchip Woodchip piece-by-piece (or replace it with a custom roller coaster or other ride). It would be recommended to rebuild Woodchip Woodchip exactly as it was, because you may charge an admission as high as $8.00 if no gate fee is in place due to its very high excitement rating.

Now, it's time to construct some other rides throughout the park, mostly thrill rides to attract more guests. Build another path through the park to connect the entrance area with the fantasy-land, so your guests can walk in a large circle. Add more rides along this path as you research them.

By demolishing Crazy Critters, you'll be making room for many more rides in the wonderland area. You could use it to build a good roller coaster (it doesn't need to be the most expensive model you have), a Go-Karts or a water ride. Anyway you develop your park, make sure you offer plenty of variety and create a good path infrastructure as your park wil get very confusing if you don't do so.

Don't worry if your park isn't too big, you can safely achieve your objective by building until the Merry-Go-Round area and until the Whiplash area. If you are losing guests, don't be afraid about using marketing campaigns, but you'll probably reach the amount of guests needed very soon. Just keep an eye on the rides constantly and you will achieve your objective with way more guests than required.