034 REPORT
EL SECRETO DE LOS MAYAS
Company: NetherLED Location: Salou, Spain
Since 1979, Adrian Fisher, one of the world’s leading innovators and creators of mazes and labyrinths has been transforming the traditional art of getting lost into state-of-the-art attractions, experiences and adventures. His most recent creation is the PortAventura theme park near Salou, Spain. Luis Carlos Valencia, Development Manager at PortAventura had a very demand- ing requirement, he wanted Adrian Fisher Design to design, fabricate and install a compelling new attraction into a 175 sq metre building in the Mexico Area of the park, in just over three months. Fortunately, Adrian had the experience, the product and the team to match this aspiration and after a round of meetings over in Salou, he came up with the concept of El Secreto de los Mayas, a self-contained, walk- through themed attraction with a mirror maze at the heart. All Adrian Fisher designs have a strong storyline and this was no exception, the visitors seeking the Lost Secret of the Mayas in an archaeological dig before becoming lost in a seemingly endless labyrinth. As with previous projects, after bringing in Project Manager, Keith Thomas of leisure business consultancy, Petersham Group, a brief was developed and UK- based exhibition company, GTMS was engaged to build and install the attraction, with NetherLED of Maastricht, The Netherlands, brought in to design and install the technical system needed to complete the project to Adrian Fisher’s specifi- cation. This new design allowed RGBW lighting, wind and audio equipment to be triggered by a combination of motion detection and show-control recorders, which undoubtedly brings the whole attraction to life. GTMS pre-fabricated the new attraction, including over 90 triangular mirror maze cells which fit together like a carefully-designed jigsaw puzzle to lose and confuse the visitor, creating delight and playing with their senses as the beautifully-de-
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signed Mayan-style graphics change colour as NetherLED’s RGB LEDs morph colour in sequence, each lamp in each cell under separately addressed DMX control. El Secreto de los Mayas is housed in a building, strongly themed to resemble a Mayan tomb, fitting perfectly into the surrounding Mexico Land at the park and located near to the massive Condor drop ride. On entry, visitors navigate twist- ing and turning corridors with pulsing amber and red LED lights, decorated with Mayan carvings in the stucco walls before stumbling upon an archaeological dig in an adjacent chamber. The lighting and sound - played through high quality Bosch speakers and subwoofers - lead visitors into a pathway where multiple reflections created by mirrors located in the corridor sides as well as front and back cause confusion, while lightning cracks and thunder rumbles around. Turning the corner, visitors must pass over a rickety old rope bridge, as mirrors creating the effect of an infinite drop into a chasm below, before passing through a curtain into the mirror maze itself. In the middle, a hexagonal goal chamber further confuses visitors with the use of a rotating floor with a large helical design. Even if visitors find the right route, a further stretch of maze with a series of blind endings and corridors which turn back on themselves eventually turn into the chamber of doom - a mirrored ceiling giving the illusion of infinite height and six doorways to choose from, only one of which is the way out. As visitors enter, a further sequence of effects is triggered and a deep and ominous voice challenges all who come in to leave immediately or risk the ancient curse of the Mayas. In fact, the way out is the least likely - a completely dark corridor with spongy walls and dangling fabric stirs primeval fears but it’s the only way to go before visitors escape by bursting into the sunlight.
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