Alice's Dream

Very positive (391 ratings)

Mind Twist Escape Experience

Escape room
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Welcome to Cowley Manor, a bed and breakfast in the UK. It’s a historical location that even contains the very room where Lewis Carrol wrote his masterpiece, Alice in Wonderland. You’ve had a long day touring the city and finally make it to your room at the inn. You sink into your bed and have very strange and colorful dreams . . . at least you think you’re dreaming, but you don’t remember ever falling asleep. Can you make your way through Alice’s dream before the innkeeper wakes you?

2-6
75 mins
Hard
Not scary

Awards

Best of Morty (2022) - Morty

Ratings

All ratings (391)

Very positive

Gameplay: Overwhelmingly positive

Atmosphere: Overwhelmingly positive

Customer service: Overwhelmingly positive

Reviews

frotes

71 escape rooms

Game had a lot of mechanical triggers but they were flaky based on position of the magnet or we couldn't hear what opened. The locks needed more TLC Also while the room was linear, it felt like it was missing a little bit of direction on where the next clue was or where to look Nice that it had a lot of rooms but they were small and this wasn't my favorite version of this theme

Gameplay

Atmosphere

Customer service

Particularly interesting or different

Story

Scary

Not scary

Was anything broken?

Yes

Many locks didn't seem to trigger if you were precise on its placement. Added to that it was hard to tell what opened afterwards at times, needed a larger noise or more obvious trigger

Live actors

Physically active

Somewhat

Accessibility

Some cramped space, especially in the beginning. Would need to use alternative entrance option if that was a problem for you

Easy to find location

It's a bit difficult to find in this large mall. The email does provide some good directions and nearby location names

Parking

Medium

Safety

Yes

Jul 24, 2026 | Experienced Jul 23, 2026

syj

2 escape rooms

Many creative puzzles

Jun 9, 2026

JLG

106 escape rooms

Great concept. Had a lot of fun. Room needs some TLC. Great time

May 7, 2026

jivinstev

136 escape rooms

It was a really pretty escape room, but the puzzles were generally pretty not intuitive, and it was so linear that a couple things we did "just worked" later but not earlier. it was also really hard to tell when we were about to break the set by trying to do something. Had to ask for multiple hints because of that, took the fun away.

Apr 5, 2026

scottwhead

362 escape rooms

A game that honors the source material well through a number of distinct and hand-built environments, with plenty of puzzles to keep us busy, but a quick refresh of some of the props and tech could make this experience a bit more cohesive and seamless.

Gameplay

There were plenty of puzzles that all fit the story and theme well, but most puzzles begin with interpreting a riddle or text, so they started to feel a bit repetitive toward the end. The puzzle flow only had one small obstacle toward the end - we were ready to begin a newly opened puzzle, but our GM told us to wait until we had solved another puzzle in the room before continuing.

Atmosphere

You can tell a lot of love was put into building a good number of unique spaces that felt lived in.

Customer service

Particularly interesting or different

Story

The story follows the beats of the original story well, but the story didn’t quite build up to an ending and the game concluded rather suddenly.

Difficulty

Medium

Game tech

High tech

Only one lock in the entire game

Ideal number of players

A couple of the spaces might start to feel tight with more than 4 players

Scary

Not scary

Minimum age

Was anything broken?

Yes

There were a handful of times where our GM had to notify us what happened when we solved a puzzle. One puzzle’s mechanics weren’t working when we solved it, but our GM helped us move forward.

Live actors

Physically active

Somewhat

Before the game, our GM offered a secondary way to avoid the one physical activity during the game.

Accessibility

Stepping up and crawling are built into the experience, but avoiding those might be possible. A couple of puzzles rely on color differentiation. Clues are given with audio only via walkie talkie.

Easy to find location

Yes

The confirmation email provides plenty of detailed instructions on how to find their location in the mall.

Parking

We walked, but the confirmation email provides detailed parking information for the mall.

Safety

Yes

We did encounter a hanging wire while feeling around for a clue, and our entrance door seemed like the only emergency exit door we could backtrack to if needed, but nothing that made us feel unsafe.

Mar 4, 2026 | Experienced Feb 28, 2026