Fortress Party 2017 Retrospective, part 5 - Down the Rabbit Hole

 

Down the Rabbit Hole took up more than half of the basement, with four different Alice In Wonderland-themed areas.

The corridor into the room was flanked by mirrors at 45 degree angles. 

Messages on the opposite wall could only read when from certain angles. 

The light up dance floor was back, and this time, Alice herself was the DJ, flanked by card soldier bouncers.

 I downloaded this video of the mischievous Cheshire Cat having a one-way conversation from some theater company's website. (I have not been able to find it again to give proper attribution.This was projected on a wall outside of the caterpillar room, but the projector was on a table behind a wall, and somebody bumped into it and knocked it over before 9 pm without me noticing, so most of the guests never saw this. 

There was a stoned caterpillar on a toadstool. The mushroom cap was made from an upside down kiddie pool. 

A smoke machine beneath the mushroom completed the hookah effect. 

The last room was the Mad Tea Party, filled with giant chess pieces borrowed from the library.

Your brain will automatically assume that these hand-drawn "eat me" and "drink me" signs were slightly larger than a playing card, but the cards were almost 2 feet tall. Look at the size of the clothespins for reference.