Nine Mystery Rooms
The 2,800 square feet “Funhouse at Pacific Park” includes nine mystery rooms and attractions that are designed to disorient, amuse and entertain visitors with optical illusions, tricky layouts, and unexpected surprises. These new funhouse experiences include:
STEP RIGHT UP AND MEET ZOLTAR
At the entrance guests will stumble upon an abandoned storage area in the back of the century-old historic Santa Monica Pier. Scenes from the old “Toonerville Funhouse” lay waste in a vintage menagerie. Within the decayed relics sits a sigil granting access to a curiously odd new funhouse. In a jolt, the dusty Zoltar comes to life offering up a clue for entry in exchange for the guests’ name.
BIG TOPSY TURVY
As guests make their way up the ramp to the Big Top, they see their name in lights, thanks to Zoltar, realizing they are the next act – a balancing act. As guests enter the big top where down is up and the sky has a limit, cue the human cannon ball blast. The scent of popcorn fills the air with the sound of the crowd cheering until… thud. The human cannon baller drops out of the ceiling to the sound of the crowd’s disappointment and dismay. The only way out of this mess is into the loud mouth.
LOUD MOUTH
Sprinkles the Clown’s giant mouth leads to a corridor of claustrophobia walls. The surface resembles his cheeks echoing with eerie giggles and laughter. With each step, guests feel a tongue-like floor squishing beneath their feet. Is this a precursor of what’s to come? And just as panic sets in from the tight squeeze, guests are swallowed up.
JACKED IN A BOX
Step into a swirling light vortex that pulls you into a thrilling strobe-filled chamber where every surface glows with vibrant black-light patterns. The room is dotted with oversized dayglo cranks, each daring you to spin them. One particular crank must be turned to the escalating rhythm of jack-in-the-box music. As the tension builds—pop!—an unexpected air blast reveals a hidden doorway, launching you into the next twist of the adventure.
VORTEX IN A BOX
Plunge into a whirlwind of dazzling lights, emerging in a chaotic strobe-lit room where glowing black-light patterns seem to dance around you. Giant dayglo cranks line the walls, beckoning you to turn them. One crank, driven by the fast-paced jack-in-the-box tune, triggers the ultimate surprise—pop!—as a gust of air unveils a secret exit, propelling you further into the disorienting funhouse journey.
PUPPET MASTER
Who’s pulling the strings? A stage filled with massive marionettes on bungee cords take up most of the space in the theatre within a layer of laser fog obstructing a view of the ever-shifting floorboards. Marionettes bounce around as guests find their footing on the moving floor pulling the stretchy strings attached to the puppets triggering loud screams, bangs and lighting effects. Exit stage right.
MIRROR MADNESS
A stack of sliding mirrors positioned just right reveals a path into a black-light mirror maze on steroids. Two-way mirrors revealing animatronic props startle guests while some mirrors are trap doors to nowhere.
GUMBALL GALAXY
Before guests can figure it out, they find themselves inside a giant gumball machine. What just happened? Weren’t they just in a funhouse? A seemingly never-ending heap of gumballs fill the candy-colored room – floor to ceiling. The frightening face of Sprinkles the Clown is peering from a window into the gumball machine at guests. The overwhelming scent of bubblegum fills the air as the glow of the floor below highlights other frolicking guests who seem to have forgotten why they were there.
ICE CREAM TRUCKIN
Honk, Honk, a giant ice cream truck pulls forward as it blasts its horn and beams the headlights. Startled, guests enter the truck only to encounter shifting, hydraulic floors, toppling toppings, and a windshield view of an unhinged drive through a crazy dessert landscape of the Santa Monica Pier. How did guests end up in here and why do they feel so confused?
VANILLA CHILL
Just as guests realize something is amiss, they enter a stark white cold room with the sweet scent of vanilla permeating the chilly air. A frosty welcome awaits them in more ways than one. Somehow they have ended up in the ice cream truck freezer! Was this the plan all along? It’s a white out! Within the white haze are giant caps of vanilla ice cream, waffle cone walls and sprinkles strewn about. But wait? How do they get out of here? Is this the end?
