9 - 1 - 1KW EscapeEscape roomIRLThe use of a real fire truck was super cool and the room was well designed. We never really got stuck in a way that felt like it was as a result of bad design. Very fun and fair. One complaint is we were a team of 2 and this would be almost impossible to complete in an hour as a team of two. Thankfully there was no one right after us so they gave us some extra time and we were able to finish. There is just a lot of puzzles and a lot of combination locks. In total probably something like 30 locks and corresponding puzzles. It was just too much volume and with 2 people we barely interacted at all since there isn't a linear nature to the puzzles - you can more or less do any of them at any time. So it was divided and conquer and my friend was basically in another room the entire time. A minor complaint though since we still had a great time. I'd highly recommend but I'd probably recommend at least 3 people, maybe 4 if you want to be solving puzzles together. With 2 it's basically solving puzzles while adjacently. Only other commentary is it isn't that immersive because the walls don't go to the ceilings and there are 11 other rooms so you can hear stuff happening in other rooms. Not a big deal to me because the wow factor made up for it, but would have been far better with something above our heads to block out sound and make it feel more like we were on our own.
Secret InheritanceTrapped MidtownEscape roomIRLShould have read the other reviews before paying to do this room. Was not a well designed room with a couple spots where it was unclear what to do (reusing elements), unhelpful hints and deliberate red herrings. As others have said it started off well enough but the wheels came off pretty quickly. Do not recommend.
