I have been using the demo for a few weeks now, and generally greatly enjoying it. I particularly like flying around the Caribbean, and have lots of add-on scenery for FS9 for the Caribbean. So I was thrilled when I saw the job that FSX had done on the island of Saint Martin (which includes Juliana and Grand Case). The coastlines, the mesh, the sandy beaches, the dense urban-ish areas all look great. So I was looking forward to getting FSX and trying out the rest of the Caribbean - and indeed the rest of the world.Then I read the following in another thread in this forum, posted by Manny, one of the most respected contributors to these forums:

This guy is right, the scenery is better there than anywhere else. Also it's one of the very few places that feature wildlife in free flight.

>This guy is right, the scenery is better there than anywhere>else.You may have a look at this multiplayer flight over here :http://www.fs2004.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=94607Just for example.

Special attention was paid to Princess Juliana, but it was only one of dozens of high-detail areas that got personal attention from the art and data teams.

I've been playing the demo for a while now-and I absolutely love the Juliana Airport scenery.

???I've flown to numerous places that have definitely had as much attention paid as Juliana!I don't know where you've been flying!James

I don't see any wildlife there :-hmmm

Thansk for all your comments.>Special attention was paid to Princess Juliana, but it was>only one of dozens of high-detail areas that got personal>attention from the art and data teams.That's a relief to hear. Presumably, talented add-on developers will be able to bring whole regions of the world up to the same (or evem higher) standard? I can't wait to see the potential of using the very high resolution textures.Martin

Hi Brian,Any chance you could list a few of those dozen or so areas that got special attention? I'd like to visit them and check-out the extra goodies that the art and data teams added.Thanks!JerryG

There was a full list posted around here some time before release. I don't have it handy. Seattle looks very nice. And check out Rio De Janeiro:http://www.fs2004.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=94607

Well, some more nice places i visited lately:Dubaihttp://www.fs2004.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=92984&hl=Cairohttp://www.fs2004.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=92966&hl=Stuttgart :-)http://www.fs2004.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=93467&hl=And much more to come. Right now we are off for a multi player flight around the world. It's just awesome and sure anything else than boring.Almost forgot - the missions...http://www.fs2004.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=94359&hl=