Guests will be able to stay in five specially built Shaun the Sheep themed wagons at Skånes Djurpark in Sweden.
The world’s first overnight accommodation concept inspired by Shaun the Sheep will be inaugurated in Skånes Djurpark, Sweden this June of this year.
The experience has been designed in collaboration with award-winning animation studio Aardman and the look and feel from the popular TV series will permeate every aspect of the five specially built overnight wagons.
Glenn André Viste Bøe, CEO of Skånes Djurpark, said: “Living in Shaun’s Wagons is much more than accommodation and by far the most exciting new addition to the park in several years. Staying here is a complete experience for the whole family, where guests can experience the rural environment and play with Shaun and his friends and greet all the other animals in the park.”
Shaun the Sheep Land was inaugurated at the park in 2016 and is a 20,000 square metre area with a market and a tractor track of over 250 metres where children can drive around to chase the herd of sheep and avoid the mischievous pigs.
Shaun’s Wagons are purpose-built wagons with four of them being standard wagons sleeping five and a premium wagon with space for six. Each wagon has its own toilet, living room, kitchenette and custom-designed bunk beds reminiscent of Bitzer’s famous dog house, plus a separate bedroom for grown-ups. Freshly laid eggs and buns are delivered in the morning to mini henhouses at the end of the wagons so breakfast can be enjoyed on the guests’ own private patio. In the morning, there will be morning exercise with Shaun and then guests will help prepare the farm’s tractors for the day’s work.
Both breakfast and dinner are included in the overnight packages, and when the park has closed, overnight guests can help feed the animals and then relax and watch an outdoor movie, just like Shaun the Sheep and his flock usually do. Adding to the excitement is the herd of Värmland sheep that roam freely between the wagons.
Shaun the Sheep Land is a collaboration between Skånes Djurpark and Aardman, the company behind the popular animated films about Shaun the Sheep, and Wallace and Gromit, among others.
Ngaio Harding-Hill, head of Attractions & Live Experiences at Aardman, said: “The development of themed accommodation at Faret Shaun Land at Skånes Djurpark is fantastically exciting as the next step in our partnership with the attraction. The interiors and the detailed theming in the wagons have been specially designed to evoke the experience of visiting Mossy Bottom Farm in England. We can’t wait for the arrival of the wagons at the park.”
