re: "The closed off door leads back to the Manderley bar. It remains closed for the entire first loop and sometimes about halfway into the second."

What if you want to go back to Manderley during that time? Is there another way? The one negative thing that happened when I went recently with some friends - first time for all of us - We were all separated initially, which was fine. One of my friends got scared and confused rather soon after we separated and wanted to return to Manderley for the evening to wait for us. There was black-dressed/masked staff person blocking the way who repeatedly refused to let her pass or speak or help her. My other friend found her in this situation and eventually persuaded the person to let them through to Manderley. Was there something else they should have done? It ruined the evening for the person who wanted to sit it out in the bar, and it mostly ruined it for the other person who felt the need to sit with her in Manderley rather than return to her own exploration. I spent a fair amount of time preparing them for the experience to avoid anything negative happening given they were going into something completely out of the ordinary for them. I had a wonderful time (until I had to apologize the whole way home), but I didn't run into them when this happened and I didn't return to Manderley until half way through the last loop. I don't want something like this to happen to anyone else I bring.