Parades

Building with Blueprints

Building breath-taking parades can be as simple or as involved as you like!

Blueprints are a quick way to create a beautiful parade to leave you guests in awe. In the Entertainment tab, we have provided a fantastic selection of Blueprints of fully-fledged parades complete with routes and floats, as well as blueprints for float bases and decorated float designs.

To use float bases and fully designed float Blueprints, you will need to attach these to Parade Trains, as you would other pieces of scenery. For more info about building the routes and selecting your Trains, keep reading this guide!

Creating Custom Parades

A Parade always starts at the Station - from here you can build track along to an End Station, or circle back around and finish where you started. The Staff Gate can be placed on either side of the Start Station, and needs to be accessible in case your Parade breaks down. Parade tracks can have Paths on both sides, allowing your Guests to walk right up to the action! Be sure to add lots of scenery and even Entertainer Platforms to your Floats, to really give your Guests a show!

Before you can entertain Guests with fantastical Floats, you'll need to build the route and add the Trains that are the base for your Parade. The first place Park Managers will need to start is with the Parade Tracks. You can find Parades under the Entertainment tab on the Browser.

Parade Tracks

Parade Tracks not only make a route for your Parades to follow, but they can also provide a walkable surface for your Guests!

Park Managers have a few options for the type of tracks they build for their Parades:

• Path Tracks are not only a track for your Parade but also a path that is walkable for your Guests, meaning when your parade isn't active your Guests will wander over it.
• Standard Tracks are only usable by your Parade Trains and performers so place this down to keep your track Guests-free.

There are Stop/Start versions of both tracks available, so Trains can stop for a set amount of type to allow Guests to admire them, before continuing.

While placing tracks, switch on Parallel Paths to provide somewhere for your Guests to stand at the sides and watch the Parade go by! You can adjust the width of Parallel Paths in the Info Panel too, or connect your own paths up to the side of your Parade track. You can even run a Parade through an existing plaza!

Parade Trains and Floats

Now you have a route planned for your Parade it's time to choose your Trains. Your Parade is made up of Trains, which are in turn made up of individual Floats.

You can decide how many Trains you want in the Trains Tab of the Info Panel, though you can only add more if there is enough space in the Station of track behind it. Select a Train in the Trains Tab to open its own Info Panel.

Train Types:

• Small
• Large
• Bridge - these are made of two synchronous Floats with a space between, for a bridge or whatever else you'd like!

Floats will fill your Guests' Entertainment Need when in range: if multiple Floats are in range, then the effect is multiplied, so it's up to you to decide how best to space them out!

Parade Performers

Parade Performers will walk alongside or between your Floats to provide some extra entertainment during your Parade! You can choose between costumed Entertainers or the stylish Parade Attendants to suit your Parade's theming.

To add Performers alongside a Float, select a Performer Point in its Info Panel. Alternatively, you can also add a Performer Group to your Parade, to break up the chain of Floats!

Performer Groups come in rows of 2, 3 or 4 Performers so you can make all kinds of formations!

Once you have your Parade route plotted and the Train's type selected, it's time to add the personality and pizzazz to your Parade! Customising your Floats is simple with hundreds of Parade specific scenery pieces, including bases, emissive attachments and railings. You can add almost any selection of scenery pieces in Planet Coaster 2 to your Parade Floats. This gives you complete creative control over your Parade, and the ability to increase the Float Dressing Bonus to boost your Parade's Prestige!

Performer Platforms

Performer Platforms are designated spots for Performers on your Parade Floats.

There are two types of Performer Platform: Standing, and Walkway.

Add one to a Float, then select its Info Panel to change the assigned Performer, their Variant and their Behaviour.

Parade Performers only appear when a Parade is active, and as such are only paid for the duration of a Parade when it is Open and running. Parade Performers do not incur a cost while a Parade is Testing.

Adding scenery to your Floats works similarly to the tools for adding Scenery to your coasters, using tools such as Twinning and Symmetry.

The Twinning setting allows scenery to be duplicated automatically. Select Apply to All Trains to decorate en masse, but bear in mind that your changes will only apply to Floats of the same type, and of the corresponding number in other Trains.

The Symmetry setting allows you to easily place duplicate scenery in symmetrical locations. There are two types of Symmetry: Mirrored, which works like a mirror down the middle of your Float, and Rotational, which considers scenery placement symmetrical from a centre point.

The scenery you add to your Floats as Float Dressing, as well as Performers and the duration of a Parade, will have an impact on Guests in range. Keep track of this in the Prestige & Reputation tab of the Parade Info Panel.

Head to the Customise Tab to create a Trigger Sequence. Here, you can set Triggers down onto the Track, and even select specific Trains for them to affect. Here you can also add Trigger Sequences to your track, and specify when to set them off for a show-stopping Parade! Learn more about Trigger Sequences in our Ride Customisation guide.

Parade Music and Speakers

Each Train in a Parade can have its own music! Select the Train then the Customise Tab to set the music for each Train. The music will start when the parade starts. Use this to theme each Train in your Parade!

To keep all eyes (and ears) on your Parade, connect Speakers around your Park to the Parade. Connected Speakers will have their set sounds muted as the Parade passes by, and automatically resume playing once the Parade leaves the area, so sounds won't overlap. Each nearby Speaker will instead play the music of the Parade Train they are closest to while the Parade is running.

Announce the Parade is starting with the Parade Start Sound Effect. Connected Speakers will play this sound when the Parade begins.

Just like other attractions at your park, Parades need maintenance and scheduling.

Maintaining Parades

To get your Parade up and running, you'll have to add a Staff Gate before it can open. This allows your Mechanics to gain access to the Parade Track when it is in need of servicing or repair!

Keep an eye on the Condition of a Parade in the Maintenance tab of it's Info Panel. Here you can also view the Parade's Wear Rate, when its service badge expires and quickly call a Mechanic or Refurbish a Parade.

Scheduling Parades

Your Parade will only run when it is scheduled: decide when and how often your Parade will run in the Scheduler tab. A Parade will attract Guests to come and watch, which will boost their Entertainment Need, and increase their chance of wanting to buy a souvenir. However, time spent watching a Parade is also valuable time that they're not spending at Shops and Rides, so mind that you don't schedule too many!

Parades have two Scheduling Modes: Periodic and Timetable. Both modes allow you to pick how many Parades will run per day.

Periodic sets a fixed interval between runs, allowing up to 50 Parades per day.

Timetable gives you complete control of the schedule, letting you set the time for each Parade run.

You can also use the Run Parade Now button to start a Parade immediately!

After one Parade, Guests will wait a while before they watch another, so don't schedule them too close or you'll get a reduced turnout for the same running cost! Be sure to leave enough time between so that your Parades don't clash, too: a new Parade can't start if the previous scheduled Parade is still running!