This floor is laid out like an entire village, called Gallow Green. This was my favourite floor, and I probably spent the most time here. The bathtub is where one of the most powerful scenes takes place so if you notice one of the actors encircling it chances are you’ll want to stay.Ī post shared by Sleep No More 4th Floor: Village of Gallow Green At one end is a grandiose bed and in the center of the room is a claw-foot porcelain bathtub. The dancers use these stacks of furniture to prance on top of like they are cats, dancing on a hot tin roof. Stacked from floor to ceiling on one side are rows and rows of dressers and drawers. On the other side of the floor, we find a supersized room occupied by Lady and Lord Macbeth. ![]() This is a bit of theatrical trickery and just one of the ways in which the McKittrick hotel is always trying to fool you. In the reflection, in the mirror, you’ll see not the room you are standing in, but a completely different set of horrors. Walking inside, you’ll see right away it is one of the creepiest rooms in the building, filled with floating headless baby dolls. In their quarters, you will also find a baby nursery. Their rooms are small and cozy, filled to the brim with spiritual trinkets and talismans. The Macduff family residence is located on the 3rd Floor. The 3rd Floor is where we find a series of residences of various characters from the Macbeth storyline. Salt is a symbol of protection against evil and many characters come here in the hopes of escaping the evil which infects the hotel. On the wall is a cabinet filled with a series of smaller salt piles with crossed forks and knives resembling a crucifix. Against the back wall is a huge pile of salt with a giant taxidermied goat sitting atop it. ![]() On the other side of the lobby is a small dining room. In the film ‘ Rebecca‘, from which the name “ Manderley” and some of the Hitchcockian influences come from, one of the characters says, “Like all dreamers, I was possessed all of a sudden with supernatural powers and passed like a spirit through the barrier before me.” For our journey, the elevator is our entry into the dream realm, where we become the spirits and the barriers between time, life and death all seem to fade away.Ī post shared by Sleep No More The Altar The rest of the group is let out on the next floor, and everyone is left to explore the hotel on their own. It is best experienced alone, follow your desires and you will get the most from the experience. The rest of us left on the elevator are told that this experience is indeed a solo one, as so brashly demonstrated to us. Everyone else is held back by the bellhop, and the doors of the elevator close behind them. When the elevator first stops, the very first person at the back will be let out. As you travel, the bellhop gives you an excellent piece of advice, “ fortune favours the bold.“ The bellhop guides the group into the extra-large elevator, and it begins to squeak up the shaft. No talking, no cellphone use, keep your mask on the entire time and follow the crew’s guidance (they will be wearing black masks). Before going inside, you will be given your Bauta masks and read the rules of the game. When your card number is called, you head over to the doors to the elevator. Perhaps the juxtaposition of these two environments is meant to shock your system even more. Hearing their voices is so strange considering that once you enter the elevator and head further into the hotel, there is little to no speaking at all. These actors interact with each other and are there to set the mood and adjust your internal clocks back in time, to the 1930s. There are other guests milling around the bar, and every so often, you will spot someone dressed in 1930s attire, with a fringed dress or slick-backed hair. There is a bar where you can get yourself a drink, but unless you entered late, you probably won’t have time to drink the whole thing. ![]() The stage is set for a three-piece band, and a singer will walk on stage every now and then to entertain the guests waiting to enter the show. The room looks like a speakeasy from the 1930s, and the art deco jazz-themed stage is quite dazzling. The Manderley Bar is a loud and happening place to be, not at all like the quiet and creepy hallways we just passed through. ![]() A post shared by Michael Six Manderley Bar
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