I'm going to use @The man's research as a jumping-off point for this, so thank you to Mr. The Man! 

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https://www.imaginemason.org/download/PDFs/monthly_permit_reports/2026/MONTHLY-ISSUED-PERMIT-REPORT-JUNE-2026.pdf 

The "Project 13" maze cost fascinates me since it has such a high price. It's lower than the $900,000 price listed on the permit report for Phantom Theater (PT:ON probably cost a lot more than that), but it still feels really high. 

What could we see for that price? A total gutting of the building (or one side of it) to allow for a larger maze? A redo of the queue line so it makes better sense? If anyone can find the price Carowinds paid to gut their Action Theater that would be helpful to know for comparison. I'd love to see this ready for 2026, though I'd understand if it's for 2027. As much as I enjoy Hotel St. Michelle, it's within one of the largest maze buildings in the park and only uses a relatively small portion of its footprint.

I do hope the park has something new coming this Fall if they want to justify the continued upcharge for mazes. Some guests will see no reason to pay for what they experienced last year without something new, especially after parks like Kings Dominion removed the upcharge halfway through the event.

I’m actually really upset that Hotel was the next to go since I have emotional attachment to this one, but I’m super hyped for whatever’s coming next.

As far as I’m aware, Plague Productions is working on this house as well. Judging from the facade construction I’ve seen so far, it seems to have a post-apocalyptic or sci-fi theme. My thoughts are that it would be an underground bunker or mining area setting, but that’s just based off of what I can see from WindSeeker. The last I’ve seen from it, they built a billboard onto the facade that probably gives context to the theme if anyone can read it from up there. They enclosed the exit portion, but the permit lists it as a retheme so I’m assuming the basic layout will remain intact. I could not personally see this being an individual upcharge like Conjuring.

With how these permits work, I also don’t know if “Project 13” is a codename or the actual name for the maze. If it was a codename, that would actually really fit a Jason maze though. 

I think the billboard on the facade was used for HStM as well. It might've been the "Loading Dock" sign. The general cleanup they did to get all of the abandoned furniture out of the lawn makes it look a lot better. I really wish they would gut the interior and remove the exterior stairs like happened at Carowinds to give a lot more space to whatever goes in there. While I can't find a price for Carowinds' Action Theater project, it probably cost less than $600k. It's safe to say that the 4D theater concept is dead (for now) at most Six Flags parks.

Here's a couple of screenshots from the video FYE Coasters got while riding WindSeeker (I believe the video is from yesterday). I definitely see the gas pumps, a cart with a striped roof, and the potentially renovated exit, though it doesn't look very enclosed. The fence in the center doesn't look like it has anything specific on it, though as always I could be wrong. Speaking of the exit, this might just be how it looked before/under other facade pieces, but it looks like there is a stylized skull painted to the left of the doorway. I wonder if those are boxes stacked up outside of the left theater or if I'm just seeing random items. Plague Productions did a really nice job with the facade for Order of the Dragon and I hope they can find a way to spruce up Action Theater like that.

Whatever this maze turns out to be, I really hope they do something about the queue. Having two completely separate standby lines without a grouper causes chaos where there doesn't need to be any. Some new fences and a little connector path could easily transform it into one continuous line. 

(Side note: it looks like some new construction is going on backstage between the big storage tank and The Racer. It might just be a new shade structure for something, but it's always exciting to see stuff happening in the realm of park infrastructure!)

It's entirely possible that this might be one of the video game IP-based mazes that were asked about in a past survey. Apparently some of the options included Castlevania, Cuphead, Dark Souls, Left 4 Dead, Resident Evil, The Witcher, and Luigi's Mansion. I think Left 4 Dead could be fun, but I'd also question the presence of a zombie game IP right down the path from KillMart. If that's the case then "Project 13" is definitely a code name.