Big Maw Bertha's Fussin' & A' Feudin' Moonshine Hill Hootenanny

A moonshine “heist” escape room felt like the perfect theme for our time in Tennessee, and we’re so happy we visited! We absolutely loved the chaotic detail in the set and the unique storyline. There were some exciting puzzle elements that we hadn’t seen before, and we loved the interactivity of the ending. Our GM Travis jumped right into character from the start and did a great job of confirming if we wanted a nudge when we looked stuck. The set did rely a bit on finding elements vs. unlocking them more than we would have liked, and there was an audio portion that was rather long/difficult to hear, so the GM helped us by repeating things as necessary. Those were only minor detractors from the experience, though. We really enjoyed the quirkiness of the room as a whole and are still looking back and chuckling about certain elements. It’s a bummer this is public gameplay by default. There’s an option to make it a private room, but at more than double the cost for 2 players, we couldn’t justify it. Thankfully, we got lucky and it ended up being just us! And we were pleasantly surprised to be able to upgrade our tickets to experience other activities at Gatlin’s Fun Center, as well as receive a discount to all of their escape rooms for the rest of the week. We only wish we had visited earlier in our trip so we could have taken greater advantage of the offer — very worth it!

The GM was truly phenomenal and made this room a standout experience!

This game has been one of my favorite escape rooms of all time! I loved how interactive the set was. The theming and attention to detail were fantastic. Highly recommend!

It's a very cool room with some quality puzzle ideas, but the GM was clearly trained to handle tourists and gave a LOT of voice instructions we felt were very uncessary. Good place to take family/friends who aren't already escape room fans, but not a must for enthusiests. Probably best closer to 4 than to 8.

We selected this one due to the unique theming and previous reviews. We thoroughly enjoyed the room. Our Game Master was super friendly and fun (I think we even had him laughing at some of our shenanigans.) theming was on point.

Tier: A (see bio) We did this game as a joke. The idea of a Moonshine-themed escape room was just too funny to pass up, so we did since we were in Gatlinburg area in the middle of our Escape Room/Theme Park trip for Dollywood and had some free time. This game also happened to be one of my favorites on the trip and possibly the biggest surprise of the entire thing. This game is so well done. It does a really good job tying into the area’s history with the camp of the tourist traps that now inhabit it. This game exudes pure chaos, not just in the rapid-fire gameplay (and hectic audio), but simply in the way the set was constructed. It’s so cluttered and just… stressful looking, in a really fun way. The general plot is ridiculous and is constantly being progressed by silly commentary from your gamemaster, who, while never a live character, is always in character and makes the game feel constantly alive. It’s rare for a game in a small chain (a public booking chain no-less) to use a game master so much like this. My only major issue was one audio element that was extremely hard to hear. This shouldn’t be a major issue in most cases, but this audio element was so long and so important that we ended up losing around 10 minutes to this. The gamemaster had to tell us what it said, and even she was kind of hard to hear in the room. It doesn't sound like this is the first time she’s needed to do this either, so this is something the company really needs to fix. This is a really great game that I recommend to both new and especially to experienced players. If you’re a major enthusiast and are near here, try this one out because it will really stand out as unique for you. If you love both the over the top Southern charm of PIgeon Forge/Gatlinburg and also love Escape Rooms, this is the perfect combination of both of these things. This is the ultimate Gatlinburg Escape Game. But wow that audio thing was annoying. (Also this game is a public booking game where even if you book in advance anyone could walk in from one of the dozens of tourist traps on the street right before it starts and join in your game. In fact, our gamemaster was not allowed to start the game (as much as she wanted to) until their boss was 100% sure no one was going to book the remaining slots last second. Because of how non-linear this is (though it does have a pretty small footprint), it wouldn’t be the worst to play with strangers, but public bookings are just stupid in general.)

This is a great room! It's the right amount of humor and not taking itself too seriously. The theming and environment are fun and very well done. Definitely recommend! Tyler was a great GM.

Rating: 3.5/5 - Unique theme with a lot of goofiness Pros: ➕Great looking set with lots of hilarious details ➕Puzzles were mostly enjoyable and advance the storyline. Not too difficult, nothing illogical. ➕Numerous tactile/physical interactions ➕Goofy, unique storyline ➕Multiple rooms to explore ➕Doesn't take itself seriously, lots of funny moments ➕Mix of padlocks and tech ➕Ending sequence/contraption is fun ➕GM was friendly and helpful Room for improvement: ➖A bit too reliant on searching for items and finding random keys ➖It's showing some wear and tear, some finicky tech ➖Some unnecessarily loud and obnoxious sound effects ➖Public bookings by default, private costs extra I'd recommend teams of 2-4 enthusiasts, we finished with almost 10 min left as a team of 2 with some nudges and hints. My ranking of the games I played here starting with my favorite: 1. Masters of Magic (play at Pigeon Forge location since it is newer and bigger) 2. Boogeyman 3. Haunting of Hyde House 4. Big Maw Bertha's Fussin' & A' Feudin' Moonshine Hill Hootenanny

I completed this room solo, and it had plenty of puzzles along with red herrings that didn’t throw me off. I enjoyed the interactive chaos it offered, though it could use some polishing for a smoother experience.

This room was so fun and interactive! Plenty of unique and fun puzzles! Included plenty of locks and a good stress! Very challenging and immersive! Funny and goofy as well