At The Hop Ice Cream Shoppe

Very cute theming. The puzzles weren’t as intuitive as I would have liked but overall I enjoyed the fun retro vibes and themes 10/10 :)

Very cool setup and vibe, but every clue and puzzle felt like a huge reach that was nearly impossible to come to the conclusion. The story line was cool, my only real complaint was how cold it was😭

While not one of my favorites and could probably use some fine tuning, this is a mostly good room that should be considered by enthusiasts only. Probably one of the more surprisingly difficult games we’ve played that really pushes your skills to their limits. Many leaps in logic and multiple confusing or obtuse puzzles that require suspension of disbelief and creative problem solving for unrealistic (and unreasonable) game logic. Starting off with the good: the production design and art direction is actually REALLY good and does a nice job of capturing a sense of time and place. It’s even cold inside (like an ice cream parlor would be) and in its freezer. Kind of crazy when you experience it for yourself. Plenty of details to absorb and see. Then the not so good: many puzzles requiring too much arduous reading and exposition. Lots of puzzle logic that are superficially difficult, time wasting hoops to jump through. There’s ALMOST too much to do, and one of the least favorite things you could ever include in escape rooms (and one I consider a cardinal sin): MATH. Oh my god how is this still a thing? Nobody should be including this anymore in an escape room. It’s so Gen 1 and needs to be retroactively removed entirely. This brings me back to my original point about fine tuning. A room like this could really benefit from an overhaul with its puzzles. Cut the fat, trim the extraneous and you’ve got a great, streamlined escape room ready for the modern era. It feels too stuck in high end Gen 1 puzzle design and it hurts the room greatly because it’s actually a pretty creative and good time otherwise. Even though it’s billed as a family friendly experience, I think families will leave this one frustrated and annoyed. This is not for newcomers. Experienced escape room players need only apply.

Wonderful Game masters and one of the best storylines ever!

I can’t say enough good things about this place. The staff at Dare 2 Escape are so nice! We love the GM Mandy. Always sweet and always helpful. This room was very hard for just 2 people. Even with the 75 minute time limit there is so much to do. I wouldn’t have too many people though because the rooms aren’t very large. But it’s multi room which we love. We will be back in September to do more here!

Yup, like everyone else says: this one was hard! We don’t normally need clues, but we needed several throughout this experience. Clearly our brains don’t work like the designers’ brains. The space is small and even with our group of three there were times when one person couldn’t help at all just because of space constraints. Fun though!

This was a very fun room. It’s on the smaller side. I’d recommend 3 people max for the room for a comfortable fit. There were a good mix of word puzzles and tactical/scavenger style puzzles. The decor is very well done and does truly make you feel like you’ve been transported into the storyline. 8/10

EXTREMELY tricky! Bring your thinking caps!

First we had the best GM we could have asked for Mandy did an amazing job! This one kept us on our toes down to the last few seconds. You truly feel like you're in an ice cream shop. And it had a variety of puzzles which we appreciate. Not scary at all with lots of fun back to the future references.