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The Alley Hotel escape room in Redlands, CA – a vintage, story-driven experience presented by Escape the Booby Trap, where guests explore a haunted hotel with a dark past.

About The Alley Hotel

 

 

 

 

 

Welcome to The Alley Hotel


Where history clings to the walls… and some guests never check out.

Located in Redlands, CA, hidden within the shadowed corners of Umbrella Alley, this once-grand 1920s hotel has long kept its secrets behind locked doors and peeling wallpaper.

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After decades of silence — and a series of unexplained disappearances — The Alley Hotel was shut down in the 80s. Abandoned. Forgotten. Until now.

 

You’re invited to its grand reopening.
Not as a guest... but as part of something much stranger.

Each room has been carefully restored, not just with antiques — but with stories. Disturbing ones. And you're about to walk through the very halls that may have claimed the lives of those who vanished long ago.

Now, for the first time in over 40 years, the doors are open again.


Will you uncover what happened here… or become the next mystery?

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Why Choose The Alley Hotel?

Not Your Average Escape Room

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You’ve played puzzles in locked rooms. But you haven’t done this.

At The Alley Hotel, we’ve reimagined what escape rooms can be. This isn’t a room full of props — it’s a story you walk through. A living, breathing mystery that reacts to you.


You don’t just play the game… you become part of it.

This isn’t a warehouse room with padlocks.
This is a living narrative — a crumbling hotel full of whispers, old keys, and a mystery with a pulse.

You don’t just escape a room…
You escape something that doesn’t want you to leave.

Because here, you’re not solving a game.

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Two Ways to Play… One Dark History

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🕯 Option 1: The Tour

A Night at The Alley

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You’ve heard the rumors about this hotel… now it’s time to check in and see what it’s all about. The historical society has allowed the reopening of The Alley Hotel, and many rooms have been left exactly as they were found—but some rooms were never meant to be seen.

From the moment you step inside, the hotel comes alive. Candles flicker in forgotten hallways, whispers linger in empty rooms, and the shadows seem to watch your every move. Secrets lie behind every door, and not all of them want to be discovered.

As you wander the corridors, the line between story and reality blurs. Some rooms hold puzzles woven into the very fabric of the hotel’s history. Others… contain things far stranger, far darker, than you could imagine.

Will you make it through your stay… or will the hotel claim you as part of its story?

 

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🖤 Option 2: Jack’s Version


Want something more disturbing? Enter the mind of Jack — the man who lost everything… 

Think you’ve seen it all? Think again.


This version transforms the same hotel space into a psychological labyrinth of unsettling visuals and chaotic, unconventional games. 

And if you're paying close attention...

You might even find an area of the hotel you’ve never seen before.

It’s more intense. More psychological. More… broken.
A descent into grief, madness — and maybe the truth.
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Why Not Do Both?

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Each version shares the same physical space, but through completely different eyes.

Play both to uncover the full truth.
Discover how the same hotel can hide entirely different secrets — and how your choices might change what you see… or what sees you.'

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More Than Just Locks

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​This experience challenges more than your logic — it challenges your nerves

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You don’t just solve puzzles — you make moral choices.

You don’t just explore — you uncover layers of loss.

You don’t just finish — you carry it with you.

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And remember… your game starts before you even reach the lobby.
Codes, keys, hidden messages… they all begin before you arrive.
Because this is more than a game — it’s a stay you won’t forget.

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