Breakout Cardiff: Cursed Carnival

By | March 20, 2019

by Breakout Cardiff (website)

Unit 9a, The Brewery Quarter, Caroline Street, CF10 1FG

Cardiff

2-5 players

60 minutes

closed
You and your friends have won a prize at the local carnival, but it's a prize with a difference. Since you've taken it home, you have been tormented by strange dreams and a haunting voice that tells you that you must return your prize within 7 days. You return to the carnival on the 7th day and enter the old repair shed where you must solve the mystery with only an hour left before the clock strikes midnight. Can you break the curse in 60 minutes or will your nightmares come true...
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Rated 3.5 out of 5

based on ratings from 43 users
combined with 6 pro reviews

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Wesley Mead expert rated this:Rated between 4 and 4 out of 5
shelby2003 rated this:Rated between 3.5 and 3.5 out of 5
Played: 6 Dec 2023 Team size: 2 Outcome: Successful escape!

I'm just not sure about these rooms. We did enjoy  this one and there wasn't anything particularly wrong with the room or the games but it just didn't give the same buzz that we've had after completing other rooms elsewhere.

The theming was OK, and the host was helpful

Gemma Victoria rated this:Rated between 3 and 3 out of 5
Played: Jan 25 Team size: 2 Time taken: Fastest of the day Outcome: Successful escape!

We are always cautious with rooms by this company. However, we have to say it wasn't bad at all.

The room flowed well and the puzzles made sense. Can't complain! 

stockylocky expert rated this:Rated between 1 and 1 out of 5
stockylocky expert rated this:Rated between 2 and 2 out of 5
escaperooney rated this:Rated between 1.5 and 1.5 out of 5
Team size: 4 Time taken: 47:00 Outcome: Successful escape!
great hostingillogicalquite difficult

This game was very… meh. 

It was sold to us as being scary so we were really looking forward to it. It’s not scary at all. 

Some puzzles just made no sense at all. Also, one of the locks didn’t work, to the point where the girl literally put the code on the screen. We said “yeah, that’s what we’re doing” and eventually she came into the game… turns out, the lock was either broken or the code had been changed accidentally by previous team. 

Really didn’t enjoy this at all. 

laettischlaettix experienced rated this:Rated between 3 and 3 out of 5
defeating_tie1 experienced rated this:Rated between 3 and 3 out of 5
NovemberGolf21 expert rated this:Rated between 3 and 3 out of 5
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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.

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A reasonably well themed, not very scary carnival game. Good puzzles and a reasonable flow made this an enjoyable experience.

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?

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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