The venue faces the ferry terminal. Everything else you need for the day is below.
In short: Escape This Manly is at 2B The Corso, directly opposite the Manly ferry terminal. Arrive 15 minutes early, allow 90 minutes per room, and note that no current Manly room is wheelchair accessible.
By ferry is the easy way. Escape This says Manly ferries run all day from Circular Quay’s Wharves 2 and 3, take about 20 minutes, and land you across the road from the venue.
By bus, Escape This lists the Chatswood service from the west, Palm Beach and Warringah Mall routes from the north, a weekday Wynyard service from the city, and the council’s free Hop, Skip and Jump shuttle around Fairlight, Balgowlah, Seaforth and Clontarf.
By car, street parking is tight; the council car park on Whistler Street is the nearest of four close by.
Arrive 15 minutes before your session for the briefing, and allow 15 minutes after the game. One room is about 90 minutes door to door.
All the current Manly rooms carry a 9+ guide. Children from 7 can play as paid guests in a family group with a parent or guardian in the room. Groups with children aged 10 to 13 need an adult to stay on site; groups aged 14 and over don’t. Under-3s can sometimes watch, at staff discretion, and count towards the room’s player limit.
No current Manly room is wheelchair accessible. None involves crawling, tight spaces or smoke effects, and all use controlled lighting with some darkness or flashing light.
| Room | Players | Age | Wheelchair | Crawling / tight spaces | Smoke |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Entombed | 2–6 | 9+ (guide) | No | None | None |
| The Dunny | 2–6 | 9+ (guide) | No | None (jump scares possible) | None |
| Magic School | 2–6 | 9+ (guide) | No | None | None |
From Escape This’s Manly room pages. “Ask” means the page doesn’t say; call (02) 9173 8535.
Some things on the old Room Eight site no longer apply: the outdoor Packhunts and the monthly singles sessions have gone, and every booking is now private. The address, the phone number and the ferry across the road are unchanged.
Yes. Escape This Manly sits at the harbour end of The Corso, at number 2B, directly opposite the Manly ferry terminal. Step off the boat, cross the road and you are at the door; the beach end of The Corso is roughly a hundred metres further on.
All 3 rooms at Escape This Manly carry the same 9+ guide, so any of them works. Magic School has the highest escape rate at the venue (98%), which makes it the gentlest bet, while Entombed is the one Escape This singles out as popular with children’s groups.
Not in the way the horror rooms are. Escape This Manly runs adventures only: Magic School has mild spooky moments, The Dunny’s page warns of possible jump scares, and Entombed leans on mystery. The 18+ horror rooms are at Escape This Sydney CBD on George Street, not in Manly.
Generally no. Entombed has a pharaoh’s curse and some dim lighting, but no smoke, crawling or tight spaces, and Escape This says it is a favourite with children’s groups. The guide age is 9; children from 7 can play as paid members of a family group with an adult in the room.
Each room at Escape This Manly takes 2 to 6 players, so with all 3 rooms booked at the same start time the venue can host up to 18 people. Groups that need more than one room are best planned through Escape This’s team-building site.
Take a Manly ferry from Circular Quay; Escape This says services leave from Wharves 2 and 3 and the crossing takes about 20 minutes. Escape This Manly is directly across the road from the Manly ferry terminal, so it is the shortest walk on the trip.
Street parking near The Corso is limited, so Escape This points drivers to Manly’s council car parks, with Whistler Street the closest to Escape This Manly. The council publishes live space counts for its car parks online.
Escape This lists the Chatswood to Manly bus from the west, Palm Beach to Manly and the Warringah Mall services from the north, and a weekday Wynyard to Manly service from the city. Manly Council’s free Hop, Skip and Jump bus covers nearby suburbs such as Fairlight and Balgowlah.
Escape This asks Manly players to arrive 15 minutes before the session for the briefing, and to allow about 15 minutes afterwards. Budget 90 minutes for one Escape This Manly room from walking in to walking out.
Every Escape This Manly room is guided at 9+. Children aged 7 to 9 can play as paid guests with a parent or guardian in the room; groups with 10 to 13 year olds need an adult on site; groups aged 14 and over need no adult. Under-3s may watch at staff discretion.
Not at present. Escape This lists all of the current Manly rooms — Entombed, The Dunny and Magic School — as not wheelchair accessible. Its Sydney CBD venue on George Street has rooms that can take one wheelchair per session; call (02) 9173 8535 to match a room to your needs.
No. Escape This lists no crawling, no tight spaces and no smoke effects for Entombed, The Dunny or Magic School, which makes Escape This Manly a sound choice for pregnant players, people with asthma and the claustrophobic. All three use controlled lighting.
Yes. Every room at Escape This Manly has a panic button that opens the way out, and staff watch each game on CCTV. Escape This also turns away anyone who arrives under the influence, so leave the beers for after the game.
Some. The Escape This Manly rooms involve a moderate amount of English reading and the clues are spoken, so Escape This suggests most of the team should be comfortable in English. A group can manage with one strong reader sharing the load.