RCT2 Ride Overview - Merry-Go-Round

[@nickh8721]

I think an important factor you didn't mention is that it's a covered ride, meaning guests will still queue for it during rain. Stuff like this, the Manor, and the Observation Tower have a big advantage over things like the Ferris Wheel because of that.

[@ErikHuizinga]

Not only that, but rollercoasters don't have that! Not sure though: do they count as covered if largely/entirely underground? Or is there a coaster type that is covered?

[@galfisk]

@@ErikHuizinga an underground coaster is considered indoor by guests. Not sure what percentage of cover is needed. I think OpenRCT2 had a bug where this didn't work (or maybe I misremeber a suggestion that roof scenery should contribute)

[@DudokX]

Things like this are what gives this game a soul.

[@Noschool100]

@@galfisk That's interesting, I never knew being covered in the rain was a mechanic i just assumed guests never wanted to ride anything during the rain.

[@fabptitpom]

I don't understand how OpenRCT2 knows wether or not the ride is covered and if guest will ride it when it's raining. I tried to build thrill rides (Pirate ship, space ring) in a building, and guests wouldn't ride them if it was raining...

[@MichaelfromtheGraves]

I love the back story on the music too. It's from a record that Chris Sawyer's father owned. The recordings are from 1976 from a player organ (like a player piano but much larger. basically a giant music box), a Voigt Model 35. The exact organ used to make the recordings was in England at the time but has since been purchased by a man in the Netherlands, which is quite fitting.

[@kutkrokodil]

plot twist, Marcel bought it.

[@calvinthedestroyer]

You mean a nickelodeon?

[@PINKBOY1006]

@@calvinthedestroyer a nickelodeon is for a bar style with coin op. Its a. player piano with drums and a few other instruments like xylophones and sometimes organs

[@PINKBOY1006]

@@calvinthedestroyer here is a very good example of one kzbin.info/www/bejne/ZpDHaGqZibN_opo

[@MichaelfromtheGraves]

@@calvinthedestroyer probably not a Nickelodeon. If referring to an instrument, those were typically smaller and coin operated. The Bressingham Voigt is a Fairground Organ, which would have been on the back of a trailer. Set up as an attraction itself and to supply background music for events.

[@MA-naconitor]

The best thing about the Merry-Go-Round to me, is that the control failure proves that the music doesn’t come from a pipe organ onboard the ride, but instead a record- or tape player (or another analogue music player). If there was an organ on the ride, only the tempo would increase, not the pitch.

[@Graknorke]

ok but consider: it makes it funnier

[@bruhbbawallace]

@@Graknorke i think thats their point lol

[@DogsRNice]

Technically it is from a record

[@HeelBJC]

Or you can look at the fact that there's a drum part lol

[@WeebJail]

why would there be an organ ON the ride

[@__KB]

Ah, memories. My first experience playing this game as a young child went well, placing bathrooms on top of each other, designing the most horrific paths possible, the usual. Until the Merry-Go-Round broke down from a control failure. I watched in terror as it and the music gradually sped up, and when it began shaking, I ran upstairs to my parents’ room and hid under the bed crying. My mother had to go “fix it.” Not my finest moment. I genuinely thought the computer was going to explode.

[@stocks_9750]

Lmao bro i can feel the fear

[@Songbearer]

My man, nothing is scarier as a kid than the satanic warbling of the poor innocent merry go round

[@hauntedshadowslegacy2826]

lol, to be fair, you were a young child at the time. I wouldn't expect anyone's 'finest moment' to be that early on in life.

[@607]

@@hauntedshadowslegacy2826 LOL!

[@Just_som_Ottur]

Awwww

[@MickanMansRCTStation]

4:34 '...especially when you have 8 of them in an arch over the entrance'...spat my tea out laughing at this. Loved the different background music in this video too, was actually really refreshing

[@bbbbBeaver]

the hard cut to the merry-go-arch when he said "EIGHT" was genius comedic timing.

[@velvetbutterfly]

"Especially if there're eight of them in an arch over the entrance" I love some of the nonchalant craziness in these videos, always makes me laugh.

[@archtansterpg4246]

5:43 The sight of all those merry-go-rounds experiencing control failures in hell is just perfect.

[@stitchfinger7678]

That music just instantly transports me back to being 10 years old

[@Gigidag77]

The Music is actually from the vinyl record "The Bressingham Voigt". you can find the full record on youtube. So you have RCT's Merry-Go-Round Music in high quality. :)

[@KevinWhzkd]

Are you NightHawk from the OpenRCT2 forums? I did follow your tutorial to add the two missing merry go round music and i love it! Finally the empty files css10 and css16 has a use!

[@KevinWhzkd]

I wanted to post the link that explains how to restore the music but it keeps getting deleted sadly...

[@Gigidag77]

@@KevinWhzkd yep :3

[@KevinWhzkd]

Your tutorial needs to be more known in the world.

[@Brad_is_Brad]

Your background park designs are always so amazing! I'm impressed by the amount of work that must take.

[@MarcelVos]

It's taken a lot of work, but most of that has been done years ago. I very rarely build a park specifically for a video. I either use old parks that have the ride I want footage of already in them, or I build a ride in an already existing park (like with the double deck carousel here). Also sometimes I just use the prebuilts that come with the game. This video has footage of quite a few real life parks. Edit: I should mention I do use parks I built more recently on stream quite a lot. Streaming is also working and a source of income, so I don't consider building those parks as work put into the videos.

[@drunkenhobo5039]

@@MarcelVos Uhh... the fiery hellscape at the end with dozens of broken down Merry-Go-Rounds was built just for this video though? You're not _that_ sadistic... right?

[@MarcelVos]

@@drunkenhobo5039 If you look at the top right corner you can see I didn't build that.

[@drunkenhobo5039]

@@MarcelVos Ah forgive me for missing it, my eyes were drawn by the insanity that was unfolding in the middle of the screen. At least we know MaxArceus needs to be put on some sort of a watchlist.

[@ext93]

@@drunkenhobo5039 so is this confirmation that anyone who goes to hell is just stuck on a merry go round for eternity? Doesn't sound too bad honestly, could be worse 😂

[@sabretooth1997]

Every time I get on a Merry-Go-Round in real life I hope and pray that the "control failure" is not a phenomenon confined only to the RCT universe.

[@E-102_Gamma]

Wait, you hope that real Merry-Go-Rounds can also experience control failures?

[@ryanclemons1]

I also want to go on a broken marry go round.

[@RainingMetal]

I always build the Merry Go Round as one of my first rides. It's handy as an indoor ride, which makes it essential for my flat ride collection. It's too bad it's excitement rating is a bit low compared to other gentle rides.

[@matthewgladback8905]

I like the circus for this. It's a cheap all-weather ride with a high capacity, so it's good for reducing crowding, especially during the rain. It's pretty bad at basically everything else, though, like most flat rides. The observation tower is also all-weather, I think, and can actually see decent stats and profits if you spam scenery like crazy. The double-decker gives it a high capacity if it's available.

[@-DeScruff]

This! Its a good ride to put inbetween roller coasters to lower the amount of guests on the path when it rains.

[@WingedFish66]

I was absolutely one of those kids who worried that the carousel would explode back in the day. Never even heard any urban legends about it, I'd just see the whole thing shake and the music go crazy and would rush to get a mechanic over to fix it ASAP

[@puokki6225]

The breakdown explosion is probably the biggest case of the Mandela effect I've ever experienced. I was beyond conviced that I had seen a Merry-Go-Round explode in RCT 1 at least once. I guess my memory just misinterpreted me hearing about that particular urban legend.

[@IanMustafa]

maybe you've drifted to this alternate reality, where Merry-Go-Round doesn't explode in RCT.

[@StefanVeenstra]

Dementia does crazy things to the what were we talking about?

[@nthgth]

Memory is funny like that. "Memory can change the shape of a room, it can change the color of a car" just scratches the surface of the tip of the iceberg

[@bsharpmajorscale]

Marcel has done some videos where he made a non-exploding ride explode. That might also be something bouncing around in your memory.

[@MarcelVos]

@@bsharpmajorscale You need OpenRCT2 for that, which was only created in 2014. It might've been possible with old trainers as well, but if they used trainers to do that they probably would've remembered that.

[@sfisher923]

Fun Fact - The Merry Go Round at Waldameer has a similar playlist as the one from RCT with an added track being the RCT1 Theme

[@voodootrois]

Neat! There's a KZbin video uploaded just a few days ago that exhibits this.

[@csucskos]

4:35 "Especially if they are in an arch over the entrance"... Yeah, that's a completely normal thing to have :D

[@hamsterfloat]

Scenario without merry go round is significantly harder in difficulty due to lack of Fairground Organ Theme's unique guest thought bonus, generous 45 guest generation bonus, fairly high popularity despite of being gentle ride, rain proofed ride advantage, and the most importantly, loss of player motivation. Even for practicality, Merry Go Round is the ride that player must build as the first ride.

[@JakeTerch]

I hope to see a similar video for the Ferris Wheel! Guests complain about wanting to get off even with only 1 rotation and I’d like to know why.

[@arioctober]

In my experience this happens when the Ferris Wheel breaks down, so the guests spend longer than 1 rotation on the ride. Even if the ride is fixed very quickly, they tend to complain. When this happens I reset the Ferris Wheel, even if it means losing the queue line. Better than having a bunch of pissed off guests!! I don't know if that's the only time it happens on only 1 rotation, but it's definitely one of the situations.

[@johnfoltz8183]

Or guests on bumper cars waiting for enough guests to start the ride

[@billyshears2032]

is it a pay per ride park?

[@billyshears2032]

If you set it to wait for max load and and the price changes while guests are loading the ones who boarded already will be stuck until you lower the price or turn off wait for max load

[@mjc0961]

Probably because it takes so long to load and unload. I went on a Ferris Wheel once in real life, and never again. By the time the stupid thing is actually loaded and starts just normally rotating, I wanted off already.

[@Slash27015]

me: pff how interesting could it possibly-- marcel: 45min custom tracks me: WHAT

[@nameless5413]

the breakdown music was pretty incredible stroke of dessign in my opinion, Chris Sawyer was on top of his game dessign back in 99.

[@kwatar54]

Since watering flowers doesn't change scenery stats, I'm just imaging Marcel's guests circling around on the Merry-Go-Round at 0:01 amidst a sea of dead, blackened flowers.

[@Gameprojordan]

One of the best features of openrct2 is being able to turn off plants dying. I always hated that overly amount of micromanagement trying to water every single flower bed in my park

[@BigBrotherMateyka]

I've always been keen to placing a Merry-Go-Round near a food court or a long queue line for the sole reason that guests will think "the music is nice here", thereby increasing their happiness slightly.

[@marchingbandtakemebythehan1887]

“The coaster may be the heart of the park, but the carousel is the soul.” also fun fact: the carousel in RCT is based off the english spooner gallopers carousel, which is much different than american carousels

[@3possumsinatrenchcoat]

I'm curious what the difference is now, since it looks like every one I've seen in the US?

[@DAOzz83]

For one thing, it goes the wrong way. Just like _everything_ British, apparently.

[@marchingbandtakemebythehan1887]

@@3possumsinatrenchcoat well, the differences in RCT are subtle, because tiny pixels and such but seeing a british carousel and an american carousel side by side irl is night and day. For one british carousels have basically only a big circle panel for their outside rounding boards. While American carousels have segmented rounding boards. British Carousels tend have horses with the same exact poses and look to them. (they are also ugly) While American carousels are known for unique horse carvings that are more realistic.

[@Churchtastic]

I often work to the Fairground Organ Style when I need to drown out the office around me. Sorry, Marcel, I missed most of what you were saying... Another great video!

[@Songbearer]

The Merry Go Round breakdown is the same feeling as seeing the family dog turning rabid. Nooo!

[@SemiHypercube]

To this day I'll randomly hear a certain piece of classical music and think "oh hey that's one of the songs they used for the RCT merry-go-round"

[@Davtwan]

I wonder how much height and scenery affects the Excitement rating of The Merry-Go-Round and other flat rides.

[@emsouemsou]

0:59 fun fact: the author of Track 1, Julius Fucik, is the same guy who wrote Entry of the Gladiators (you probably know it better as the circus theme)

[@rinoz47]

i will not accept this until the perfect number of rotations is discovered!!

[@rowbot5555]

Test it yourself.

[@rinoz47]

@@rowbot5555 you test it

[@rowbot5555]

@@rinoz47 maybe, im drunk as fuck rn

[@Easelgames]

@@rowbot5555 congrats

[@machinatingminotaur6285]

@@rowbot5555 what about now

[@familybroakajonny]

The best thing about this ride is the control failure. XD

[@reecee5454]

No matter what park I build/ built, the Merry Go Round is a staple, plus the music is nice! I always build flowers, fountains and nice entranceways for them. They just add a sort of tranquility to theme parks.

[@der_basic]

Thank god for your eplanation on the 11 music tracks. One time i thought i was getting crazy when the music playing in my Merry-Go-Round sounded differently xD

[@RobinRense]

Playing parkitect right now, and my carousel just had a control failure, guess what? It started spinning out of control 😃🤩

[@BlissBee]

4:36 nice reference

[@lokalnyork]

5:50 - literally hell.

[@deletedaccount1990]

This can't be a true RCT park without the good ol' Merry Go Round. That ride is the very soul of the game.

[@ThieflyChap]

5:42 What is this vision of hell you have created? I like it.

[@AnthonyCloudy]

Hey thanks for posting this at midnight in Japan greatly appreciate it

[@BusterBeachside]

Is that MaxArceus park at the end that's full of fire and Control Failure Carousels actually just hell? It seems like that might just be hell. Purgatory at best.

[@randomuploaderguy]

4:36 Jesus christ I was taking a bong hit when that arch showed up and the sound started playing and I pert near coughed up a lung after a fit of laughter.

[@FiveDallaHalla]

If you want to see something really funny, Marcel has a great video of some things in a livestream he did. Here's a link: kzbin.info/www/bejne/onm5l6GHq9CVl5I&ab_channel=MarcelVos

[@johnjacko8752]

4:30 I remember my cousin telling me this. As a result, I would delete the Merry-go-round and rebuild it whenever it happened.

[@Bread-kun]

I dunno why the merry go round archway caught me so off guard and just with your regular voice and I haven't laughed that hard in a while I don't even particularly know why it was so funny to me. But it was great.d

[@ianmoore5502]

ROAD TO 100K LETS GOOOO I WAS THERE FOR 1 OR 2K U HAVE GROWN SO MUCH N U DESERVE THIS!!!

[@Sagragoth]

it's been on my mind for a while, but do you have a video planned for the observation tower? It's a pretty simple ride but knowing the optimal stats for height/scenery/etc could be useful considering what it brings to the table.

[@K-o-R]

Marcel's grinning avatar over the top of an entire burning hellscape of control-failure Merry-Go-Rounds is very unsettling.

[@oggilein1]

i would love to see an openrct2 plugin which makes the merry go round explode after it has a control failure for enough time. Im sure that's possible right?

[@decalcomanie123]

Marcel Vos: ...the most iconic ride in the entire game! Me: The Spiral Slide :D Marcel Vos: The Merry-go-round Me: The Merry-go-round

[@SurriSama]

God dammit I didn't expect to laugh this much in a ride over view video but here I am lol. Excellent work!

[@ciscodisc0]

For anyone loving the music as much as I do, the music is from The Bressingam Voigt. This is what I believe to be the original LP that RCT used: kzbin.info/www/bejne/m2KXfKuhpLibjcU (Side A) and kzbin.info/www/bejne/hZbXoGyPrq5oatk (Side B) here are some other high quality recordings from the original fairground organ that played the music kzbin.info/aero/PLLISQy9l1YUkoDjICeWn_Mnuucls6NUp9 From the description of those recordings: This recording was made in 1973 at Bressingham when the organ was in the ownership of the Bloom family, it was made in 1930 for Hans konrad and made its first appearance at the Munich Octoberfest of that year. The organ was then sold at the start of the war to a buyer in Austria, Hans Konrad hoping the Voigt would be safe there. After the war the organ played in a park in Prague for many years before eventualy being imported to England. The Bloom family purchased the organ from a dealer in Yorkshire (after it had had 3 owners in about 2 years). I can remember that when the organ arrived at Bressingham there was very little playable music with it and Flora Bloom went to see Heinrich Voigt in Germany to purchase more music. The bandmaster was also supplied by Heinrich Voigt for Mrs. Bloom, who described him as a "charming man" The younger generation will know the sounds of this organ from the game "Rollercoaster Tycoon" The organ is now restored and playing beautiful, owned by my friend Herman Riddering of Garmerwolde, Nederlands. www.riddering.nl/

[@CentralJerseyRailfan]

About two tracks aren’t included with the game and one is only featured in partial form

[@Emanuelmartins69]

for one moment i thought this was a post with my account, same green E, and name.

[@jean-sebastienmatte2358]

He who plays RCT1 or 2 and does not build instantly the merry go round for that sweet organ music is truly a monster.

[@LtBarclay]

Merry go round, twist, spiral slide. Always my first three

[@arposkraft3616]

@1:30 I think this is the time to admit that generally when im building a park (outside of the scenarios) ... i do not give a rats arse what the guests want ;)

[@Lennydownyonder]

Got this game again after many many many years and holy crap I can not stop playing. I don't know why I ever stopped playing

[@BestLoserVS]

Any time your cursed park comes up in a video is a happy day for me lol

[@michellestewart4788]

All of my parks, scenario or sandbox, start with the merry-go-round. I'm certain this comes from many years attending Homeschool Day at Six Flags Great America in Gurnee, IL, which features a large, double-decker merry-go-round at the entrance surrounded by fountains and other gardens. We always rode it last.

[@Ahlnie]

The longer ride times with the lower throughput might be more useful than the default configuration when the merry go round doesn't have many guests visiting.

[@simon-ricardokuhn1713]

I have fond memories with the ride's music, especially the Regimentskinder part! When it breaks down with a control failure with the music speeding up, I panicked and even closed the game (I was pretty young at this time)! The ride crashes were also a thing I feared since the ride's windows pops up with audio focus, which is kinda like a jumpscare for me.

[@mobeus5019]

I literally have never noticed that the merry go round has different sound tracks. I have played this game since I was young and never noticed. But now that I am listening to the track list you posted I recognize almost all of the songs!

[@blackvulture6818]

You know what is best about the merry go round music? When stacked in the form of an arch with the breakdown effect.

[@RazgrizBlaze]

Hello! I'm actually making a piano cover of the entire Merry-Go-Round OST on my channel - it will be out on 5/27, so check it out if you're interested! I've played this game so much that the music is burned into my brain- I can recreate a lot of these songs without even listening to them lol. I love your videos Marcel!

[@RazgrizBlaze]

This is a very late update, but the whole thing is done and I'm very happy with it! It's 44 minutes long and I think I did a decent job of capturing the songs.

[@OscarScheepstra_Artemis_]

The rule is clear, the first ride you place on a park is the Merry-go-round, and the best color is the orange one.

[@archtansterpg4246]

5:06 someone _please_ make a Candy Style control failure music video!

[@callumBee]

I feel like in RCT1 during a control failure the stats go into Ultra-Extreme.

[@Robbedem]

they do and a lot of the guests have to puke when they get eventually off. ;)

[@ZeldaACFan17]

Ah, the classic Carousel 🎠😊 My favorite ride in real life theme/amusement parks 😉 I like the gentle motions of carousels, simply going round and round as well as up and down, at a mild pace 😊

[@carlafuqua1685]

Great video format! I could watch a guide for every single ride

[@Gin-toki]

Now I want to see a chart that list all the number of rotations versus profit of the merry go round :P (nay, I'm too lazy to make it myself :D)

[@theaveragecube_]

Marcel please do a video about stalls and toilets, How far away guest need to be Do you need 1 or more toilets next to each other Does it make a difference if I have a lemonade stall or a drinks stall?

[@ihavetwofaces]

I can't wait to see Marcel's suggested designs for this ride.

[@Sumguy21]

Thank you for showing and I will see you in the next video.

[@HECKproductions]

if your gf/bf starts a new park and does NOT build one right by the entrace immediately you need to find a new partner

[@reillywalker195]

I often prefer to put mine toward the centre of my park. That way, I hear it through more of the park.

[@tentenchu8140]

Any chance you can do a ride overview of the Inverted Coaster? I think it's an extremely underrated coaster type.

[@macdjord]

"You can speed up any music style you want" - Congratulations, you've reinvented nightcore.

[@blondjon]

The hell arch of merry-go-rounds over the entrance of the park made me 🤣🤣

[@timonix2]

man when that music started it was like a nostalgia slap across the face

[@andriesbrouwer8666]

Such an sweet innocent ride

[@RadioactiveSherbet]

Speaking of Merry-go-Round music, it's a crime that RCT3 doesn't include it.

[@AlphaStormMusic]

I know this is unrelated, but could you talk about the color generation when building new rides? I was doing a building with my friend’s suggestions challenge, and he suggested I build 25 merry go rounds. I noticed after a few I’d placed that the game stopped randomly generating colors, as all merry go rounds were yellow after the first two. This seemed to be consistent, as it happened with Dogems, and I believe even a roller coaster did it too.

[@mistermarshall9542]

Funny enough,I have a Minecraft Amusement Park server and for the Carrousel I installed a plugin that plays music,so you can hear 45 minutes of non stop RCT2 Merry go round (or less minutes if youtube shuts down the video of the song)

[@Yas-ii3hu]

Yeahh… I just keep watching your vids and enjoying them. I am convinced I am going to buy and play RC2 soon - very soon

[@ruediix]

The Merry Go Round is always the best thing to place in a park. 45 quick and easy guest limit increase, and it keeps a good number of gentle ride preferring guests off the path.

[@aeroosprey]

I always put one of these in my parks for the music alone. Combined with all the other sounds of the park, it has an ASMR feeling about it

[@Ergil89]

You forgot to mention that it's also a great ride for rainy days.

[@AmTurk55]

ฉันพึ่งกลับมาเล่นเกมนี้เอง อยู่ดีๆก็คิดถึงขึ้นมา แล้ววิดีโอของคุณก็ขึ้นมา 😂😂😂😂

[@DUBSkyLinEx3]

your videos always wanna make me go back to rct2

[@DiaryofaRollerCoasterGirl]

As if you managed to drag out a 6 minute video of the Merry Go Round 😆

[@DabbyLarson]

The Merry Go Round at the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk has rings that the outer riders can grab and throw at targets. I’ve never seen it anywhere else and no other Merry Go Round can compare.

[@Polyrux]

Good video Marcel. These ride overviews are some of my favourites on the channel. I wonder how many rides you have left to overview at this point?

[@SekritJay]

Now all Marcel needs to do is post an hour of the sped up music so that we too can drive people insane

[@Mech4]

I do like the fairground automated orchestras. There was some videos I watched on KZbin with them playing music off of large stacks of linked card with holes punched in them. It would be quite something to see in real life.

[@TheSkypetube]

That organ music gets stuck to your mind for a while

[@VorpalStorm]

Nice hellscape on the outro card. Would definitely go there.

[@foxloaf8843]

11 different songs sounds like a blessing, I'm a ride op that works on a carousel and we only have 5 songs, none of them are on the RCT playlist unfortunately. We also had an incident where the timer that kept track of how much of the ride was left got stuck, it would've just... kept going if we didn't manually stop it, (un)fortunately real carousels don't go apeshit when the controls fail lmao

[@Shrubbery]

We all have different parks in terms of sizes, rides, scenery etc. But no park is compleet without a merry-go-round

[@1manApocalypse_CP]

No way a swinging ship ride is "gentle" 1:31

[@theblode1337]

i had to stop at the arch of 8 broken down merry go rounds, i was laughing too hard

[@WyattGoslingIsCool]

I've always wondered what number of rotations was most efficient. Thanks Marcel! Other flat rides that can be configured this way? Dodgems, Swinging Ship, 3D Movie.

[@MeltMoonBeams]

Can you do a vid on the ferris wheel and why guests want to get off it even when it is at 1 rotation?

[@angrynoodletwentyfive6463]

Marcel: "the most iconic ride in the game the merry-go-round! The spiral slide, literally the icon for rides in the game: Am I a Joke to you?

[@hatimzeineddine8723]

Merry go rounds are about as exciting a ride I can reasonably handle irl

[@rare.and.important.content]

Did not expect that entrance arch. But I did enjoy it

[@etiennevandalen6115]

Oeh, merry-go-round hell, lovely