The Doll Attic

The majority of the things in the room, were not part of the puzzles. So you have to look at a lot of stuff, to find what you are suppose to be looking for. This lead to a frustrating feeling, and long gaps before those great escape room “Ahah” moments when you find clues. MANY dolls and mannequines had “Do Not Touch” stickers on them, which I felt like would hinder any players curiosity.

I was so excited to do this game. I loved the name and the theme- DOLL ATTIC! The dolls and lighting looked cool, initially. But the view from the hallway into the room, was the high point of the game. After entering, some of the dolls were so tattered and dry rotten, I remember picking up a clump of cotton stuffing and fabric scrap from a doll that had fallen to the floor and saying to my son “THIS IS NOT A CLUE.” We laughed acknowledging how run down it was. My son’s friend picked up a large Raggedy Andy doll, excitedly, thinking it related to a puzzle and when we shone a light on it’s face, big coffee colored stain on the white fabric. Just very dirty place. Made you feel sad about the establishment. Sad for the owners, even though I imagine this is a cash cow.🤷🏻‍♀️

The host was about 5 min late. But they were as nice as could be. They called me to tell me they would be delayed. The host was the nicest part of the whole establishment. The owners are lucky to have them. I’m not going to say who they were, because I don’t want my bad review to be tied this person in anyway, not their fault.

I love escape rooms. I don’t mind paying for these modern works of art, which are great group fun. After paying and going in to this Gulf Coast escape room, it seemed so over-priced immediately for how pitiful the effort, that was put into making and maintaining this room.

No. The puzzles seemed surface layer tacked on to the decorated room.

It was hard, because the puzzles were not intuitive. For 1 thing, you are suppose to add up some Roman Numerals, and that seems like a tough conclusion to come to, when there are no instructions to do that.

Sound effects- good and creepy. Minimal amount of light- and it worked just right. Very low tech, which is often great, but these puzzles were not good.

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Yes, several , a key was lost earlier in the day, so the host came in to help when we got to that. The cameras showing us playing were down, so the game host had no idea of where we were in the game. An element was not re-set, so I easily got a code to finish the game. The finale at Gulf Coast in New Orleans is that Mardi Gras beads drop down from a magnet box. But they were out of beads, so just a box flap opened and nothing came out. Very anti-climatic.

Not physical, but the majority of puzzles had to be solved on the floor, which was filthy. It was a rug and it was covered in human hair balls and dust. And I’m not a nut about cleanliness. It was just an unwelcoming, but not clever environment. And getting on the floor may be hard for some players.

It would be ok. There is a small amount of color use. But no one should pay good money to do this game anyway.