Rotten Manor has a cast of approximately 70 – 75 actors between both the Manor and Forest. We found the cast, as a whole, to be quite exceptional and would go as far as saying that there were actually a couple of performances that we would consider to be, among the best that we have ever seen! Our group enjoyed many extended interactions with a wonderful assortment of characters. We normally don’t like to give away too much regarding the characters we see, as to not spoil it for the reader but we feel it would be doing the cast a disservice if we didn’t at least mention some of our favorite performances. Feel free to skip ahead to the next category if you would rather not know anything beforehand.
The lady in the toy room, the long-haired man in a room full of black oil barrels, the guy in the dummy mask who was playing with “Slappy” the dummy doll, and the mental patient who sang “Welcome to the Jungle” all gave excellent performances. Extended interactions were the norm with much of the cast, but there were two characters who excelled at saying very little. Bubba the Clown and the man wearing a pig’s face both kept popping up at just the right time, scaring one group member in particular relentlessly. Often times when we visit an attraction there will be an actor that stands out above the rest. That actor’s name at Rotten Manor is Alex, who is a patient at the “Rotten Asylum.” We came across his character in 2016 in said asylum on a slow night and what ensued after entering his room was a 10-minute performance for the ages. This time the only thing that kept Alex and his “pussy” from topping last year’s performance was the fact that we had another group on our heels, so we had to move on to the next room quicker than we would have liked. Even though the scene didn’t extend into the epic length of the previous season, it was still our favorite moment of both attractions. The entire cast deserved applause with even the lesser characters doing a fine job. The only thing we would say that needed some improvement actor wise, was their ability to keep the groups separated. We ran into other groups and had groups run into us on several occasions in the Forest. At one point in the maze portion of the Forest, it became a little chaotic with several groups merging together to make one large group. Perhaps what we encountered in the Forest, was more of an isolated incident because our trip through the Manor was smooth sailing, we didn’t see another group at all in the 37 minutes it took to complete our journey.
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