Review: Summer has landed at Phantom Peak with new Burning Blimp festival
It’s officially summer at Phantom Peak and its latest season has just launched.
Summer has finally landed at Phantom Peak as the experience welcomes visitors to stop by for its new Burning Blimp festival.
For those who are yet to visit, the attraction which is set right by Canada Water station on the Jubilee line, welcomes visitors into a small town-like settlement where an array of mysteries are waiting to be solved.
Visitors stopping by this summer in particular will join in on this the town’s Burning Blimp festival which honours the event which changed the once mining town to what it is today.
As my second time at the experience, everything felt so familiar, yet so different.
Having first visited the attraction at the start of the year for its Jonacon season, the layout of the town remained largely the same but there were also some new places to explore - including a creepy game like cave.
Just like before, the experience is based around a quest portal of sorts which you use your phone to access.
Depending on how you answer a set of questions you are assigned a different mission that you’ll need to interact with locals and take part in activities to get to the bottom of.
The latest season has 11 new trails to complete including one on a hippie cult and another on an evil board game.
We managed to complete two quests during our visit, but you could easily squeeze more in if you wanted to.
Set across a 30,000sq ft mixed indoor and outdoor site, there is truly so much to explore but if you’ve been before you really do have an advantage on knowing where you need to go.
This time around I also got to see more parts of the map that I didn't before, including watching a show at the Picturehouse and stopping by the general store.
Phantom Peak is certainly the type of attraction you can’t help but come back to.
Whether you want to keep up with the latest events happening in the small town or simply want to solve some mysteries it’s an experience you can visit time and time again without getting bored.
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