Ghastly Escapes - Ch. 1 The Bag Man

Get ready to be scared! The flow was great and just when you started to get things going...the shrieking started!! This is an immersive horror game done right!

Set design was fair. (The story takes place in an old escape room company...) But massive! So many rooms you were involved in, but nothing overwhelming!

They were awesome and so welcoming!!

Very! The whole thing is just an unbelievable experience! And it's only chapter one!

Amazing!! You truly are stuck in a horror movie situation!!

As puzzles go, it's not that hard. But that's not why you do this room!

The Bagman. 😱

You have to move from room to room, sometimes quickly. And you'll have to hide. A lot.

Quite a hard room for someone in a wheelchair. I believe there's at least one puzzle with colors.

Very unique game-flow and it was super fun! The puzzles weren’t as challenging as other rooms at this location but that felt necessary given the intense context of the room. The split between time to interact with actors and time to work on puzzles was well done!

The atmosphere for this room is immersive given the fact that the setting for this room is a haunted escape room. It was interesting to see how the concept of an escape room was incorporated into an escape room.

The staff members at this location are all so kind and welcoming! Even in an intense room like this, I felt as though the staff members were very respectful. We didn’t ask for any accommodations in this room in regards to interactions with the actor but they made sure to check in about our boundaries before the room started anyways which was great!

Super interesting concept and unique gameplay!

Cool storyline! I am very interested to see how the latter chapters in Ghastly Escapes will be incorporated into the same space and will definitely return for the future installments!

The puzzles themselves were not very hard. If you get distracted by all of the other things happening in the room then you might have more difficulty with the puzzles.

I wouldn’t recommend doing this room with a group smaller than 3 but I think anywhere from 3-6 would be good!

If you like haunted houses and other scary escape rooms but you’re nervous that this one will be too scary for you, don’t be. I was really nervous for this room but ended up really enjoying the whole thing and was never too scared to function. The staff members are all so respectful and you can always ask for accommodations in regards to interactions with the actor. Definitely worth a visit even if you’re nervous, I came out of this room so excited to come back to future installments of Ghastly Escapes!

If you enjoy other escape rooms and haunted houses then you would probably enjoy this room.

The game master stays with you the whole time and the creature (the bagman) is also a big part of the room even though it isn’t with you 100% of the time.

You might need to duck or move quickly at times but I feel like the staff would probably be able to make accommodations if you have concerns about mobility.

It’s probably not the best option for people with mobility issues (they might be able to make accommodations but I’m not sure).

AMAZING!!!

Flowed well!

Perfect to the story

Everyone we interacted with was polite

Multi room with live actors

Immersion was excellent

Jump scares and live actors with hands on immersion

We could have paid more attention to the lore but there was clearly a lot there - more of a problem with us lol

4 was probably the best

I was glad it was not gory

It was dark but you had flashlights. Only one puzzle used colors

All the puzzles flowed well and were pretty straightforward so you didn’t have to make any leaps!

Very interactive!

Skye was AMAZING as a game master!