Shiver me timbers! This was a fun, immersive, and very well decorated room room! This was my 34th room (29W - 5L) that I played with three other players with similar stats. I still consider myself a bit of a newbie but two of my teammates are pretty intelligent and saw solutions while I was still reading the instructions - lol. I gave the room a thumbs up, but it is pretty close to a heart. We have played three rooms at Escapology Carlsbad and this one is probably my favorite so far (with Lost City). We are going to play four more this week. The Escapology staff is super-friendly and accommodating (and funny) and the room was in great condition, very well decorated, and fun to play. I think this would be fun for a family with tween / teen kids. We had 14:07 remaining - yay!
The room was expertly decorated, everything was working, the props and puzzles were in theme with an easy flow to the room & story.
The set design was beautiful and high quality. The props and puzzles were all working and in theme. I really enjoyed this room (my fav at Escapology so far).
The Escapology employees are amazing. They are super-friendly, welcoming, accommodating, and funny. We are scheduled to play four more of their rooms this week.
Particularly interesting or different
Yes
I enjoyed the Pirate theme. The props were high quality which made the game play very enjoyable.
I liked the story - to be fair, I don't really listen to the details of a story, but the rest of my group does. I liked the Pirate theme though! Everything in the room was very well integrated into the theme.
Ooh, tough rating... I would rate this on the hard side of medium. One puzzle tripped us up so we had to ask for a clue. Once we received the clue, we were like, "oh, yeah, that makes sense..." I was fortunate to play with two pretty sharp kids who often saw solutions to puzzles while I was still reading instructions or messages - lol. As I mentioned above, this was my 34th room (29W - 5L) that I played with three other players with similar stats.
The room was a mix of tech and mechanical, maybe a bit more tech. I usually prefer locks & keys, but this room was definitely enjoyable.
We played as a group of four which felt perfect.
The room is not scary (we don't do scary...) so I think it would be fun for families with tweens / teens.
I think the theme is fun for families with kids.
All of the puzzles and decorations were in top condition.
No live actors, thank goodness.
Physically active
Somewhat
There is lots of walking around, one person might have to crawl (I can't remember if the crawling was mandatory or if our player just wanted to - lol)
Accessibility
The room feels large enough for a wheelchair, but there are puzzles and clues which require vision, color, and auditory abilities.
There is lots of mall parking.