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

Mostly negative (254 ratings)

  • Escape room
  • IRL

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Great Scott—Biff’s at it again! He’s stolen Doc Brown’s newest time travel device to sabotage the timeline for his gain. Follow Doc’s clues to find the prototype, track down Biff and save the day before you’re outatime. No escape room in the past, present or future has ever been like this.

  • 1-6
  • 60 mins
  • Not scary

Ratings

All ratings (254)

Mostly negative

Gameplay
Mostly negative
Atmosphere
Very positive
Customer service
Very positive

Reviews

W

WEReno

118 escape rooms

Not worth the $ for a badly put together experience! Did not meet or even approach expectations. You're sharing the time with others and depending on who you get it can drastically change how you feel. The puzzles are bad and there aren't any thrills that make the experience interesting.

Gameplay
Atmosphere
Customer service
Particularly interesting or different

No

Story
Difficulty

Easy

Game tech

Mechanical

Ideal number of players

2

Scary

Not scary

Minimum age

8

Was anything broken?

No

Live actors

No

Physically active

Not at all

Easy to find location

Yes

Parking

Easy

Sep 7, 2025 | Experienced Sep 6, 2025

N

Normotory

43 escape rooms

Room wasn't really an escape room. More of an immersive attraction. Well done however.

Gameplay
Atmosphere
Customer service
Particularly interesting or different

No

Story
Difficulty

Easy

Game tech

High tech

Ideal number of players

6

Scary

Not scary

Minimum age

13

Have them watch the movie first

Was anything broken?

No

Live actors

No

Physically active

Not at all

Easy to find location

No

Parking

Medium

Depends on how your staying or going

Aug 17, 2025

c

cusekateland

7 escape rooms

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.

Gameplay

Only a few challenging puzzles. This felt a lot like a walk through or parallel of the films which could be fun for some people

Atmosphere

As with most Universal theming the special effects and move like sets are cool to see.

Customer service

More of an attendant style of GM. If you do not complete a puzzle faster you are forced to the next space.

Particularly interesting or different

No

Story

The plot is what you would expect from Back to the Future. Fun and followed a family friendly storyline

Difficulty

Medium

Game tech

Lots of fog, sound and videos

Ideal number of players

5

If you’re party does not fill the whole booking you will complete the escape room with strangers.

Scary

Not scary

Minimum age

8

Was anything broken?

No

Live actors

No

Physically active

Not at all

Accessibility

This experience could easily accommodate any individuals needing ADA accommodations.

Easy to find location

Yes

Parking

Easy

Please note this location is at Universal Orlando’s City Walk and you will need to account for additional parking time as it is quite a walk from where the parking is.

Jun 14, 2025 | Experienced Apr 3, 2024

E

Escap88

372 escape rooms

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).

Gameplay
Atmosphere
Customer service
Story
Jun 8, 2025
@Panda
Panda

520 escape rooms

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!

Gameplay
Atmosphere
Customer service
Particularly interesting or different

Yes

A forced guided experience

Story
Difficulty

Medium

Game tech

High tech

Scary

Not scary

Was anything broken?

No

Live actors

No

Physically active

Not at all

Easy to find location

Yes

Parking

Medium

May 25, 2025 | Experienced May 24, 2025
@xrickiedgex
xrickiedgex

41 escape rooms

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.

Gameplay
Atmosphere
Customer service
Physically active

Somewhat

Apr 24, 2025

A

Amg2012

14 escape rooms

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.

Gameplay

Game play was fun, challenging, and flowed very well.

Atmosphere

Amazing! Like stepping back to the future.

Customer service

Staff was very friendly.

Live actors

No

Mar 24, 2025

r

reamenaza

70 escape rooms

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.

Gameplay

Good for the most part; got the second highest score grouping possible

Atmosphere
Customer service
Particularly interesting or different

Yes

Feb 28, 2025 | Experienced Jan 17, 2024

B

Bakeratti2

35 escape rooms

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Sep 1, 2024 | Experienced Aug 31, 2024

S

SummerAnne

37 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.

May 12, 2024

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Editorial

  • I felt this room did the most to reward fans of the original trilogy the best,

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