Nice tutorial. Thanks for taking the time to post this. It is all good advice. After developing a good plan I am now able to reach gold every time. As I complete more gold buildings it gets easier and easier using the speed up tokens.
It's nice to know that it can be done in an hour providing I keep on the path I've been working towards. As it is now, I'm level 32 and best time thus far to accomplish Cheetah was 7 hours remaining. That was accomplishing 100 points in the first hour and the rest of the time was needed to make or buy the remaining 60 points. Minus 8 hours of sleep in there somewhere, so it was actually faster than it seemed. That was also with only three 3pt, four 2pt and three 1pt specializations. Knowing that it can be done in an hour in incentive to continue placing more 3pt.
The only thing I do in addition to yours that I would offer is that my daughter plays the game on her phone too. Having her as an extra resource, I move all non-essential items, Storage, Land, Mountain, Beach, Vu, etc to her game as I'm stocking up giving me even more room for the things that will be needed.
Also, at least in my game, your information about only 8 specializations being able to active at a time is not exactly correct. At least in my game with 10 places, when you first start, all 10 had something. It wasn't until after it was completed the first time that it decreased to 9 then 8 and then stayed consistently at 8 the remainder of the time. So the more you have place, the more you can initially complete giving an even quicker start.
I'll get there eventually. Keys come slowly though, so it'll be a while yet.
