BeWitchedLara’s Labyrinth - San Diego [prev. Quest Room]Escape roomIRLWe were on the fence about this room. It has several features that we saw in other rooms and we felt like they tried to copy ideas but didn't manage to pull it off. The game wasn't very challenging by its design or concept. Because it was a witch room we kind of expected something a little more but understand its hard to not become a haunted house type room and still be an escape room with puzzles to solve.
Hotel NocturnusNightwalker Caverns Escape Room AdventuresEscape roomIRLWe've been doing escape rooms for the last couple of years and a friend said we should try this room. I can truthfully say it is the best escape room business that we've been to so far and highly recommend. Its a combination of haunt and escape game. Hotel is a serial killer themed room but not like the other serial killer rooms we've been in. It is a lot bigger than most of the rooms we've done and had 13 areas we made to make our way through to get to the end. We were really pleased with how they pulled you into the story with all the handcrafted hotel rooms and games. They did not use the plastic wall panels we see being used in so many escape room games now. We're not interested in going to a sterile commercialized escape room that lacks originality and that seems to be what so many escape room owners are producing but not these people. You can tell they poured their hearts into this room. We've never seen the detail they put into the design of the game in other rooms. We particularly liked the games that are made directly into huge intricate props. We were expecting a bunch of combination locks but that wasn't the style of this room. I don't want to spoil it for anyone but we screamed more than once. They put live actors in the room with us like their advertising says but we felt safe because we had an actor with us throughout the game that managed to scare the crazies who had been trapped in the caverns away. Our guide also helped us with nudges when we got stuck. We hadn't seen their style of room in other places and it was thrilling but not overwhelming meant to throw us off our game. You should not be afraid of small spaces if you play this room. You will also be expected to crawl a little bit and stoop down. If you can't do these things you might be able to avoid them if you let them know in advance but I would say you should play a different room We really enjoyed and liked the fact that they did not rely on cheap tricks like turning off all the lights to scare us. The atmosphere is scary by itself. If there had been more it would not have been an escape room but would have been more like a haunted house. We booked another room already and recommend you try this business.
Mansion MurderEscapology - San DiegoEscape roomIRLNot impressed. The room was cheaply put together for what they charged.
