Date Night at the Boomont Hotel

 Mister bought tickets to Boo!  The Boomont Hotel.  It is at the Galleria Mall and we have a late afternoon entry.

The Hotel is located on the second floor of the mall.  It truly looks as though we are entering a hotel.

The story behind our adventure:  In 1901, Rupert B. Boomont built a marvel of American hotel history - The Boomont Hotel - boasting complete electricity and modern elevators, a first of its kind.  The hotel was an instant success, but shortly after opening, Mr. Boomont's wife died tragically, and Boomont himself became a recluse.  Despite Mr. Boomont's absence, the hotel continued to thrive until the Great Lightning Storm of 1924.  During this unprecedented electrical event, many guests, including Mr. Boomont, disappeared without a trace, and the hotel was unable to recover.  It ultimately closed its doors in 1925, but current rumors suggest it may reopen in September 2025, for the first time in 100 years.

We enter and are greeted by the desk clerk.  (All actors are AMAZING.)

Once we are checked in, a key is in hand.

"Please wait in the lobby until your bellman arrives to escort you to your room."

We are called and enter the elevator.  As we work our way to the 13th floor, the elevator begins to have issues.

We are forced to exit the elevator early and head to the end of the hallway - pictures are moving and eeriness is setting in.  

There is an door in front of us - our bellhop directs us that way.  Off we go into what appears to be a closet.  He bids us farewell and wishes us luck.

There is an exit door and we soon depart the closet and enter the hotel.  What an odd way to go.

The rooms are definitely in a topsy-turvy state.  

Mister picks up the phone and instigates a scene - check out the video below.

Onto the remaining rooms - we find a tiki bar full of skeletons.

Each successive room presents a different take on the illusion of "unreal."  I am reminded of Meow Wolf.

After scaring us with two rooms, the next one has a window to look out --- this is what appears on the other side - in the hallway.

(The attention to detail in here is pretty dang cool.)

Even an indoor graveyard?

This hallway appears to have let nature takeover.

With rather cool door knobs.

We've made it to rather interesting rooms in the hotel.  Makes me think someone lived here.

And they were trying to solve something.

Library/Office

A laboratory with rather unusual creatures.

It's been such a fun afternoon/evening.  Mister did good - super great date.  Time for food and a drink.  Odd Muse it is.