Beyond the archive doors lies The Curator’s forgotten collection, where each room reveals a dark secret and every turn draws you deeper into his sinister world.

Located inside the Events Tent, Final Exhibit is themed around The Curator, who collects maps, signs, props and anything else he can from Alton Towers’ history.

The park cleverly used the archive exhibition during the summer as a teaser for this maze, and at the time we never thought anything of it!

We had high expectations for Final Exhibit and were blown away on all three of our run-throughs.

The maze has some amazing theming and is packed with nods to rides, attractions and areas from Alton Towers’ past, including:

- A replica of the Book Worm, which used to be located in Storybook Land
- Theming from the taps on The Flume, which was removed for Wicker Man
- A Mutiny Bay show effects control panel
- Old theme park maps
- “Smile Always” written across several walls
- A roller coaster wheel in the pre-show area

There is so much packed into the maze that we can’t wait to do a behind-the-scenes tour and get the chance to properly look at all the details up close.

The costumes are really cool, there are loads of strong jump scares, and the actors already know exactly how to use the pop-out holes to catch guests again and again.

There are also lots of different effects used throughout the maze, and the attraction even features a figure of The Curator himself.

Our only slight concern is how well the concept will work for normal day guests who don’t know much about Alton Towers’ history, as the theme is very heavily based around the park’s past. Even so, we’re sure guests will still find the maze scary without recognising every reference.

This maze is amazing and we already can’t wait to do it again in a few weeks.

Bring it back next year, please Alton Towers!