THE MIND BOGGLES: Potential buyers of Sunshine Castle at Bli Bli have considered a range of different themes, including an 'adult entertainment venue'.

THE MIND BOGGLES: Potential buyers of Sunshine Castle at Bli Bli have considered a range of different themes, including an 'adult entertainment venue'. Marion Jonkers

A PLAN to transform the Sunshine Castle at Bli Bli into an "adult entertainment venue" with scenes from an erotic book in the dungeons, has ended up under the guillotine.

Ray White Commercial agent, Michael Shadforth, who has had the popular children's venue on the market for a year said there had been interest for "50 Shades of Grey in the dungeon".

"There has been a lot of interest from people considering making it an adult theme park," Mr Shadforth said.

"Not a swingers club, think 50 Shades of Grey.

"We get more enquiries about using the dungeons as a venue for adult entertainment, 50 Shades of Grey style, rather than kids running around thinking they are Rapunzel."

But couples tying-the-knot and a bumper Christmas season have saved the Castle from taking ideas from the 2011 erotic book.

50 Shades of Grey book cover

Castle owner, Birte Benecke-Uhrig has had such a bumper Christmas season and was doing so well with weddings and conferences, she was planning on take the castle off the market.

"If the right buyer comes along, we will think about selling," Ms Benecke-Uhrig said.

"But we have exciting plans for the new year.

'We are building the business and making it better and better and concentrating on the castle as new project rather than a sale

"We have cool new projects planned for the year."

Top Shots theme park at Maroochydore announced yesterday, January 17, it would be closing at the end of the month with the site to be transformed into multiple-dwelling units.

Reader poll Would you like to see Sunshine Castle turned into an adult theme park? This poll ended on 26 January 2017. Current Results Yes. 52% No. 35% Depends how adult. 12% This is not a scientific poll. The results reflect only the opinions of those who chose to participate.

The castle has had "many quirky people look at it", including a Hollywood locations scout.

"We had various people flying in from the States, but it is doing really well as a corporate venue," Ms Benecke-Uhrig said.

"The location scout was on site but we were never allowed to find out anything about it.

"The details were hush-hush, there were major waivers we needed to sign.

"There was talk about it being for a pirate movie, or Harry Potter, some kind of big Hollywood blockbuster,

"But they must have gone with something else as we did everything we could."

Ms Benecke-Uhrig had no plans to develop the 50 Shades of Grey theme herself.

"No, I think it clashes too much with other products," she said.

"We are one of the oldest (theme parks on the Coast) still standing and we are still going and growing."