The Raven

Thank you for your feedback. Our hint system is different for each of our escape rooms. For our World War 2 spy escape room, we provide hints via a spy radio. But for our escape rooms that are set in the 1500s - 1800s, our game masters are characters in the story and provide hints in person. We felt that using walkie-talkies, or a television screen, or an intercom system would break the immersion of these historical escape rooms. It's for this same reason, that we don't always have timers in our escape rooms. But we will definitely discuss with our staff to ensure we're giving the right amount of hints for each group.

Thanks for playing The Raven! We're glad you had a great time, and it's awesome to hear that Laura helped keep the game flowing smoothly. We appreciate your review and hope to see you for another adventure soon!

Thanks for sharing your thoughts, puzzlequeen! We're glad you enjoyed the problem-solving focus in The Raven and appreciated the balance of challenge in the clues. It's always a fine-line trying to determine the right amount of easy puzzles and more challenging puzzled, but we're glad you liked the puzzles we had in the Raven. We can't wait to have you back again.

We're glad to hear you loved The Raven! We put a lot of thought into making sure the puzzles feel fresh and engaging, especially for escape room enthusiasts. We tried to make this escape room more non-linear relative to some of our other escape rooms. We hope to see you back for another adventure!

Thank you so much for the feedback. We incorporated 5 of Poe's stories into the puzzles of this escape room: The Raven, The Cask of Amontillado, The Black Cat, Annabelle Lee, and The Oval Portrait. In addition we sought to use Poe's actual history at UVA into the story as well. And while the ending might not be historically accurate, we felt it was a suitable ending that coincided with Poe's Raven poem.

Thanks for the feedback. We hate it when technology disrupts the immersion, but we are delighted that you all had a great time in the Raven.

Thanks for the feedback. We're delighted you had a great time in the Raven. We strive to ensure each group is able to see and explore the entire escape room, but during your next visit, let us know you don't want any unsolicited hints and we'll be sure to respect that.

Thank you Jenna. The Raven is probably our most non-linear room. So there's definitely not a specific order that most of the puzzles need to be solved in. But that also means there's lots of mini-puzzles for a large group to work on simultaneously.