Dear God, I appreciate that when you have props etc. it makes sense to use them, but Merlin are obsessed with passing off old toot as "Easter eggs" and such aren't they?! It always screams "What rubbish do we have kicking about that we can make look old and abandoned, throw it all together, new attraction innit"
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Some retro Thorpe park items have been spotted including the rangers outfit.
Not sure what they are for because it surely can’t be for a maze because they are gonna get horrible and damaged in the rain.
However if it is going to be used for the new maze. I hope they don’t destroy or alter the props. I could see it fitting in with the speculated toy shop or children’s toy box theme. (Side note - if it is this theme it feels like they’ve taken inspiration from the curse at Alton manor specifically the second half)
Just to expand a bit on this, I'd imagine we're pretty certain to see false MDF walls and possibly even ceilings put in place too - the tent is basically just there to ensure it's all waterproof. Once inside the maze I'm sure it'll be perfectly fine and you'll likely quickly forget you're inside of a tent, which again pleads the question of how are they going to make the outside look like whatever they're going to put on the inside?
Again, at the end of the day it really doesn't make much of a difference either way - it's purely just for immersion and first impression's sake.
Excited to see how it turns out!