The opening of the new play area
We are all on course for opening the new play area on Saturday 2 June. It is looking really good and I even got to try out some of the slides and waterplay yesterday.
We are doing a promotion with Rock Fm and Luke Marsden will be here today to record some footage of the play area and this will be played out on breakfast show tomorrow morning if you are listening.
The plan is to have an event after 4pm on Friday for people to come and have a go on the play area - included in this is the Mayor of West Lancashire's children. This is a good trial for us to see how the children play and will allow us to get some good photographs and video footage so we can create a promotional video.
We also hope to run a social media competition over the next two weeks to win an exclusive day at Martin Mere, including entry, lunch and a behind the scenes tour. We will ask people to comment on their favourite part of the new play area on twitter (@WWTMartinMere), facebook (/WWTMartinmere) and of course this diary and the best ones will be chosen to win a prize.
It is very exciting and there is a great buzz around the centre at the moment. Fingers crossed we have dry weather! I will let you know how the opening goes over the weeekend.
