The Castle Dungeon — Attraction in Warwick

Went in scared little babies, came out brave knights. Our review of the cast members were as follows: the JUDGE- said being from Birmingham was a crime enough and called me stinky multiple times (he was correct). the executioner- was funny and appreciated a good posh accent. witch - was committed to scuffling past us but struggled to find one of the three people in the room, strong effort with terrible aim. Torture guy - tried to tell us he would chop our willies off… there were no willies to be found, he ran with it. Chef- very committed, she was slurping that arm like a shake that was too thick for the straw, too much eye contact for the groups preference. Priest- he had a hard job preaching to a crowd of cowards. Jester- intense, which was probably good at the start, the Americans (me) had a hard time understanding. Witches daughter (aka door lady) - after hearing we have the plague, being executed, and being called stinky and dumb, she came with a lot of tea close to the end, it was a lot to process in a little time. Overall, 10/10 experience, I have been laughing for hours. This has given us so much content, everyone in our lives have heard about this. Our faces hurt from laughing and we will continue talking about this all day tomorrow. We forgot to do the real...

Really fun attraction. The actors were all great and we enjoyed going. Would definitely recommend visiting if you are at the castle.

One star taken off due to the fact that we arrived 1 minute before our pre-booked time to be told that they had already started without us and we would have to wait for the next one even though we were on time.

As is standard with these types of things, you get your photos taken at the beginning with the obvious intent of having the option to buy them at the end. But when the end comes, you instead get handed a booklet with all your photos already printed. Once you spend a good 30 seconds looking through them all (and thinking "wow, this is nice that they gave us this") they eventually chime in and say that it's £20 to keep and if you don't want it then put it down and leave it!

No real need to waste ink and paper like that to pre-print it and then be put in the awkward position of having to decline it when it's already in your hands. Just do what everyone else does and have a monitor showing the photos at the end with prices so you can choose if you want it. Felt a bit like aggressive selling to be put on the spot like that. We just declined but I'm sure a lot of people feel pressured...

Save your tenner. This experience is far from immersive and did not scare even the laughing 5 to 8 year olds with us at any point, and instead left us astonished and wondering how anybody thought this revenue generator was actually a conceivable attraction to offer. Don't get me wrong, the aesthetics and acting are not bad, and I can see how a few may like it - probably those giving glowing reviews here - but the 'I really enjoyed that' factor was missing. In the 30mins or so, not once was I wowed. I would not complain if it were part of the entry fee, but they feel it warrants a £10 fee and for an experience in mostly pitch black dark, cramped stairs, tight corridors, with occasional lighting and muted sound effects, together with some not so convincing acting and props - it's just not worth the time let alone the money. Sorry. Try much harder Merlin. It's 2021 and you need to step up your game. Also, the £22 charge at the end for the photos pack is a joke. Nobody in our party coughed up a penny. Perhaps what was more amusing was how the staff member grabbed back the photo pack out of my hands the second I indicated my disinterest. But what about the £10 I just paid for your absolutely naff show you arrogant...