Guest Thoughts

Guest Thoughts are thoughts that guests have during their time in the park. This could be related to the park, what they want, or even relating to an object they are carrying. It is important to understand what guests are feeling, since it might be affecting the Park Value and Park Rating of your park. Clicking the Guests button and changing the mode to thoughts allows you to see the guests most recent thoughts, as well as summarizing all of them to the ones which are most popular.

The guest thoughts listed below are the ones which affect your park your park the most, and this may be important to achieving a scenario's objective:

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"I want to go home"

These guests have had enough of your park and want to go home through the park exit. They will not ride any rides and you cannot do anything about this to prevent them from leaving. In RollerCoaster Tycoon 2, their status will be "Leaving the Park". See the "I can't find the park exit!" solution below for more information on how to deal with these guests.

"I can't find <Ride/Stall name>!"

Your guest can't find a ride or a stall they are looking for. See the "I'm Lost!" solution below for more information on how to deal with these guests.

"I can't find the park exit!"

If your guest is thinking this, then they could be many reasons why this is happening. If your park is very big with plenty of paths, chances are the guest is walking down the wrong path, since the AI of the game is simplified to only directing the guests towards the direction of the park exit. Other reasons could be because of accidently deleting a path leading to the park exit, and you'll most likely be notified by this due to the Recent Messages at the bottom of saying "Guest XXX is lost and can't find the park exit". If guests are going down the wrong paths, try adding some No Entry banners to prevent them from going the wrong way. If all else fails, you may have to pick them up individually and place them with the Pickup button on the Guest window screen. It is important to solve this problem as soon as you can, as your Park Rating plummets as more guests get lost.

"I'm not paying that much to go on/for <Ride Name/Stall>!"

If you notice a ride with no queue lines, or a shop with no sales, chances are its because of the guests thinking this. You've either set your ride/shop price too high, or the ride/shop is old enough in which the price is too high for guests to consider good value. For rides, looking at the Excitement rating is a good way of determing what the price should be. Low rated rides will usually be cheap, whilst RollerCoasters are usually higher priced. No matter what though, every ride is going to need to be lowered in price as they age, so be aware of this.

"I'm Hungry/Thirsty"

If you get many guests thinking this, chances are you either don't have any food/drink stalls or not enough of them in the park. Place some around the park to solve this problem, but be aware of the price of the food/drinks as well, since guests will not buy anything from the stalls due to the prices being too high.

"I need to go to the toilet/restroom"

If you are getting guests thinking this, chances are you don't have enough toilets, or you have charged too high of a price for one. You'll know when guests are thinking this because they will be running around the park, holding it in. Fix this quickly because it affects the guests' mood in terms of happiness.

"The Vandalism here is really bad"

Your park has broken objects scattered on the paths due to unhappy/angry guests wandering around the park. To fix broken objects, rebuild them over the broken ones with the Scenery tool. Also, hire some security guards around areas with loads of benches, lamps, and bins. Food courts are also a good place to patrol them since it usually gets crowded in those spots. If your park has enough satisfied guests though, natually this usually doesn't happen that often, though its impossible to keep every single guest happy.

"The Litter here is really bad"

Similar to Vandalism, your park has too much litter on the footpaths. Either repair the broken bins or add more into the park. Chances are it could be because the Handyman staff have not cleaned the floors or emptied the litter bins. Patrol the Handymen around footpaths near Food Courts and litter bins.

"It's too crowded here"

Your park doesn't have enough footpaths for the amount of guests that are currently in your park. Either add more footpaths around or balance out the number of guests with queuing paths and rides. This is important because guests slowly get unhappy if they walk into crowded areas too much. This can also occur when you advertise too much, or when many guests leave a ride at the same time.

"I'm Lost!"

Your park has either too many paths or is very big. This doesn't necessary mean that the guests want to go home, but they might be struggling to navigate around your park. Adding Information Kiosks around the park can help to prevent this, but you may still have to make more direct paths to rides and stalls. Try to avoid having too many bridges and underground paths intersecting with each other too, and make sure your paths are not too wide! One scenario with this problem is RollerCoaster Tycoon 1 is "Evergreen Gardens", due to its size and many paths scattered around the gardens, and "Amity Airfield" from RollerCoaster Tycoon 2, due to its thick footpath layouts.

"I feel sick/very sick!"

Your guests are sick and will most likely vomit on your footpaths. Adding some benches can help them recover faster, though some may choose to walk around anyway. Overtime they will recover in all games, but if you are playing RollerCoaster Tycoon 2 or 3, then add some First Aid Rooms near rides that have a high Nausea rating in the ride results.

"I'm running out of cash!"

If guests are thinking this, then they're almost out of cash to spend in the park. This will most likely occur if you set the park entrance fee too high, or make the rides expensive. No matter what though, guests will run out of cash in RollerCoaster Tycoon 1, unless the park is set to Infinite Money or everything is free inside. It's probably best to either only charge for the rides/shops or the park entrance fee, but making more money is easier by charging both, but the catch is you'll cause this thought to happen much faster. In RollerCoaster Tycoon 2 and 3, an ATM Machine can help guests get money out, so build them when you have the opportunity. Either way, if guests can't spend any cash, they'll want to go home, but they may come out of the park happy enough to return in the future again.

"I want to get off <Ride name>!"

Either your ride is too long, or something has gone wrong with the ride. Making a ride longer than 5 minutes will cause guests to think this, but if they have been queuing for a while, their patience is lowered, so try to balance out the queue length with the ride length too. This thought could also be occuring due to a ride mechanical failure, such as cars getting stuck on lift hills for too long, or are just stuck due to cars bashing into one and another (Common in Water Slides and 1 Car RollerCoasters) . If the rides are permanantly stuck, pause the game, double click the red light button, and reopen by the green button. This way, you don't lose the guests queuing for your ride. Also, make sure there is always a mechanic nearby, so that the rides can function normally without guests waiting too long on board.

"I'm not going on <Ride name> while its raining!"

Your guest will not ride this ride while it is raining. This is most likely because the ride is outdoors. On the plus side though, this makes indoor rides more popular for guests. To balance things out, make sure you have some indoor rides so that guests thinking this will ride them instead so that you can still make money or popularise those rides. Once the weather gets better again, they'll reride those rides that were outdoors again.

"I'm not going on <Ride name" - It isn't safe!"

Your ride has crashed and guests have witnessed this. Even after you fix the ride and get a successful test run, guests will still think this and are not prepared to risk their life to ride it. Despite this, some guests still take their chances and ride it, but it usually takes a couple of months before guests stop thinking this. You could try closing a ride for a few months and reopen it to see if it prevents this, but either way, only the time past the crash will stop this from occuring. On another note too, make sure your mechanics are there to prevent those "Station Brakes Failure" breakdowns, because if the ride crashes, this thought will occur!

"I'm tired/very tired"

Your guest is (running) out of energy and is walking slowly around the park. This is often caused when a guest walks around the park for a long time without riding any rides. Try to build as many rides as you can around the footpaths to solve this problem. Sometimes though, guests may already arrive in the park tired anyway, but riding enough rides usually wakes them up.