Breakout Manchester: Cursed Carnival

By | May 28, 2019

by Breakout Manchester (website)

51 Church Street, M4 1PD

Manchester

2-5 players

60 minutes

Roll up, roll up! The Cursed Carnival has come to town, promising thrills, chills and marvels! There are games to be played and wonders to be seen - but you're drawn by something much more sinister...
Can you return Francesca the Haunted Doll to her home in the freak show before the hour is up? Or will the carnival's curse follow you forever...
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Overall rating

Rated between 3.5 and 4 out of 5

based on ratings from 33 users
combined with 6 pro reviews

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Player reviews

Anonymous rated this:Rated between 3 and 3 out of 5
Outcome: Successful escape!
TheLosersClub rated this:Rated between 3 and 3 out of 5
Played: 7 Aug 2019 Team size: 4 Time taken: 37 Outcome: Successful escape!
immersivestory-drivenquite easy😨creepy

The first room we ever did

Really enjoyed the production on this one.

Was fairly easy which in hindsight was good as our first room.

Was not scary really though

MerseyMarauders expert rated this:Rated between 3.5 and 3.5 out of 5
Team size: 3
originalfamily friendlyquite easy
Simon (The Overthinkers) expert rated this:Rated between 4 and 4 out of 5
Played: 15 Apr 2022 Team size: 3 Time taken: 24:20 Outcome: Successful escape!
funnyfamily friendlyquite easy
Sabrina (The Overthinkers) expert rated this:Rated between 4 and 4 out of 5
Played: 15 Apr 2022 Team size: 3 Time taken: 24:20 Outcome: Successful escape!
funnyfamily friendly
flyingoctopus expert rated this:Rated between 3.5 and 3.5 out of 5
Team size: 2 Outcome: Successful escape!
quite easy

A fun, slightly eerie experience. The carnival theme is great throughout. The decor and props work well to create  a good atmosphere. I was expecting it to be a bit scary and jumpy, but it wasn't.

There are some nice games in here and it kept the 2 of us entertained. A fairly easy game though, larger experienced teams may finish it quite quickly. 

Anonymous experienced rated this:Rated between 4 and 4 out of 5
Team size: 2 Outcome: Successful escape!
great hosting
Scotus0 expert rated this:Rated between 3 and 3 out of 5
Played: 01/09/2019 Team size: 2 Time taken: 42:07 Outcome: Successful escape!

Cursed? More Like Cute...

I went for this room as I like a spooky challenge. Little did I know...

Story

Return to the cursed carnival to rescue a doll possessed by a girl...or is that a girl trapped in a doll? Even so, our Game Operator said our mission was to find said doll to sell it on the black market. Who knows.

Puzzles

Straightforward, standard solving with the odd carnival game or two thrown in.

Mise-en-scène

There were plenty of circus-themed articles, but none had been given the horror twist I expected. The Hall of Mirrors was a highlight.

Final Comments

We bossed it as a team of two. No one else is needed. In relation to 'Cursed', the name is very inaccurate, but as for 'Carnival', it's spot on. The difficulty rating should be two stars, not three. Overall, a chilled and amusing room.

caroline354 expert rated this:Rated between 2 and 2 out of 5
Jess Phillips rated this:Rated between 2.5 and 2.5 out of 5
Team size: 2 Time taken: 59 mins Outcome: Successful escape!
overpricedplain😨creepy
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We have sinister dreams about a doll possessed by a little girl that wants us to help free her from a carnival. Can we save her?

Rated as the easiest of Breakout Liverpool's games, we added Cursed Carnival to our schedule partly for the theme and partly just because it was available at a convenient slot time. With most of Breakout's games being on the easy side for experienced players, I was expecting Carnival to be brief and insubstantial, but was pleased to discover that it's actually one of their better games, and not noticeably shorter.

Every now and again an escape game gives you an item or clue before you go into t...

A reasonably well themed, not very scary carnival game. Good puzzles and a reasonable flow made this an enjoyable experience.
This room was okay, but it could have been so much more! Click the link to find out our thoughts!

A fun and lower difficulty room that is great for beginners and surprisingly very family-friendly, despite its supposedly creepy theme.

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