Universal’s Great Movie Escape – Back to the Future: Outatime

If you love Back to the Future this escape room experience is for you. The theming is fun and nostalgic, there are also puzzles for of things to solve for all types of puzzle fans. Not the most fun escape room especially considering not everything is interactive. Additionally if you are unable to complete a puzzle you a moved to the next room automatically.

Man whoever keeps leaving bad reviews for Universal, you're F'ing clowns and just want something to cry about. We know "they're not REAL escape rooms and they shuffle you along" we know.... read up on it before you play and you might be informed prior to stumbling into a good thing and whining and bitching that it doesn't fall into a cookie cutter template of what you feel an escape game should be defined as. Stop the bs and stop ruining the reputation of these pretty awesome experiences for others searching for good games on here. We're pushing up on 350 rooms and can say with enthusiasm that we loved both of their games. Jurassic was by all accounts as gen 3 as it gets with excellent theming and some great puzzles, (definitely not an easy room especially with 2 people). Back to the future was slightly more mechanical and had a more classic escape game feel, still with some very solid tech. Had a great time all the way around. Also, if you're knocking it based on price, for the average fun seeking person, yes they're pricey even for an already pricey market, but for an enthusiast, if the expense is an issue, pick a different hobby. Me personally, I don't mind paying a little more for full immersion. Obviously, Universal is inherently expensive because the theming is over the top (especially with Jurrasic).

Much like Universal Studios’ other escape room, Back to the Future is more guided, and forces you through its multiple rooms regardless of if you finish the puzzles within. Unlike the Jurassic Park room, which consisted of repetitive tasks, this experience featured mini escape rooms with more interesting puzzles. There are well constructed sets of various eras to explore with fancy effects, videos to watch in every room that tie directly into the movies, and an interesting variety of challenges. There are built in automatic nudges to get you going if you’re running outatime in a room, but thankfully, you’re not told what the puzzle is before you even start, which is how Jurassic Park handles it… The whole thing is expensive, uses public booking, and again, is a forced guided experience, but at least it’s fun. You’re scored on how many challenges you accomplished, and we got a perfect score! Great Scott!

This is a puzzle walkthrough experience. not a trad escape room. you will make it out and win no matter what! it's all about how many puzzles can you do in the time. you'll also never get the full hour... its just not designed that way.

If you are a back to the future fan, you'd love this escape room. The rooms were like stepping into the movie. This has been the best escape room we have been to ever. We were a bit skeptical because we have heard such bad reviews but it was completely opposite of that. We beat the time by 5 minutes and it was just two of us. We would absolutely do it again.

Some of the puzzles were too obscure and/or there wasn’t always enough guidance as to what you were supposed to be doing in a particular room. Lack of a live game master hurts, but it’s a fun, different take on escape rooms.

Not a fan. Each room is timed because they cycle people through. In there with strangers. We were in there with a guy who had done 1 and ordered everyone around, didn't communicate, etc. Not much was solved, but needed to get us to next room because had group behind. Great teeming, bit Not great experience.

As other reviewers have already stated, this is not really an escape room. Each section is timed and you automatically advance whether you have completed the puzzles or not. We didn't know this when we did the Jurassic Park room and were disappointed with the experience. Since we went into this room knowing what to expect, we enjoyed the experience a lot more. The theming is fun and nostalgic. If you are a fan of the BTTF movies you will enjoy this room. The puzzles were fun and not super difficult. If you time your arrival for a slow time (like during dinner time), you can enjoy a private game without paying for a private game. We were able to do this for both Universal Escape rooms.

I had read a ton of reviews and first accounts of this place so I put it off for so long. I agree it’s not an escape room. The fact it has escape in the venue title is the only thing close to it. If you go into it with an open mind that this is a walk through nostalgia experience with interactive elements and a few rudimentary puzzles you’ll have a better time. I walked out and said.. meh that was better than I expected. Not great, not entirely good, but there was still a good time to have. My only complaint is the pure expense to fun ratio is out of whack and I would only recommend this to someone in a group of non escape roomers or… when you’ve done every other venue in Orlando but need a fix.