So, basically, there is nothing going on in the Heatherdowns that tells me I'm in Scotland. The entirety of the hamlet is a horse pen, some stables, a small courtyard, and a walking path that runs into the Loch Ness Monster. This could be much better...but what to do?
Let's see, Scotland is about 5 things:
1 - Sheep.
2 - Hills.
3 - Rocks.
4 - Mossy things.
5 - Old Castles.
My proposal then would be to put an old run-down, moss covered castle facade on the Scotland side of the existing stable buildings (but not the side that faces England or the horse pen) such that, once you passed underneath the arches and turned around, it would be like you'd been transported instantly to just on the outside walls of an Old Scottish castle. As we go down the hill, we should make sure all structures look like lake-side old houses or barn buildings (Scottish blue with off-white trim).
Essentially, treat the hamlet like a small village on the outside of an old castle up the hill from Loch Ness.
Other changes to the area would need to include changing the generic landscaping to Scotland specific, overgrowing hangy types of things, putting in a bunch of boulders and rocks along the sides, throwing some moss wherever there's room, replacing the non-descript aggregate concrete with some stylized and stamped concrete (like is on the ground in Ireland) and making it permanently raining in the village (optional, I GUESS).
There's not much else you can do as the hamlet has no additional room for stage shows, rides or restaurants. The little snack deal they have is really quite enough, and the animal attractions serve a purpose in the park and shouldn't be done away with for more rides.
Anyway, I'm kind of at a dead-end after than. Any ideas?
Let's see, Scotland is about 5 things:
1 - Sheep.
2 - Hills.
3 - Rocks.
4 - Mossy things.
5 - Old Castles.
My proposal then would be to put an old run-down, moss covered castle facade on the Scotland side of the existing stable buildings (but not the side that faces England or the horse pen) such that, once you passed underneath the arches and turned around, it would be like you'd been transported instantly to just on the outside walls of an Old Scottish castle. As we go down the hill, we should make sure all structures look like lake-side old houses or barn buildings (Scottish blue with off-white trim).
Essentially, treat the hamlet like a small village on the outside of an old castle up the hill from Loch Ness.
Other changes to the area would need to include changing the generic landscaping to Scotland specific, overgrowing hangy types of things, putting in a bunch of boulders and rocks along the sides, throwing some moss wherever there's room, replacing the non-descript aggregate concrete with some stylized and stamped concrete (like is on the ground in Ireland) and making it permanently raining in the village (optional, I GUESS).
There's not much else you can do as the hamlet has no additional room for stage shows, rides or restaurants. The little snack deal they have is really quite enough, and the animal attractions serve a purpose in the park and shouldn't be done away with for more rides.
Anyway, I'm kind of at a dead-end after than. Any ideas?