Lost City of Atlantis

Again, a Kingpin room so can’t expect anything crazy. And still. Similar problems with the Pirates room with tech that didn’t work, doors that opened randomly and props that weren’t maintained well. No good. Asked for assistance with a broken prop and how it was meant to work and instead had an entire puzzle explained to ask that we didn’t ask for, didn’t love that. You know, they’re not good but they don’t have to be this bad. Spend your cash elsewhere.

The Lost City of Atlantis was ever so marginally better than its pirate-themed counterpart but this was only due to its surprisingly cool set dressing. That’s really about all the positives I have as the rest was a convoluted, symbol-heavy mess. For what is a pretty unique theme, the puzzles themselves felt so monotonous and lazy that we honestly just wanted it to be over by the 25 minute mark. Pair this with the tech failing for two different puzzles and you’ve really reached peak mediocrity. I’m not sure why escape rooms attached to bowling alleys are so notoriously terrible but I feel like companies with big budgets like Strike and Kingpin don’t really have an excuse for selling such underwhelming, unmaintained experiences. Please don’t go here.