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Can you and your shipmates solve the crime and get off the ship? That’s the last thing you remember is relaxing in Hong Kong harbor celebrating Christmas with a friendly man who befriends you and buys you drinks. The next day, you wake aboard the huge 3-masted 800-ton Chinese ship called the Keying that has set sail on the arduous and risk-filled journey around the perilous Cape Horn. You quickly realize that you have been fooled by the King of the Crimps, Joseph 'Bunko' Kelly and forcefully drafted to work with the ships' company of 12 British and 30 Cantonese sailors. After months of living in dangerous, unhealthy, unsanitary conditions with little hope of pay, an impending storm drives the ship to seek refuge. You make eye contact with a few of your shipmates and realize now is your only chance to escape! Your Captain, Charles Alfred Kellett, is no fool and it won’t be easy, for he has rigged many obstacles. The risks are high. If caught, you face a lifetime of punishment or worse, you could be hanged!
- 2-8
- 60 mins
- Not scary
All ratings (110)
Mostly positive
- Gameplay
- Mostly positive
- Atmosphere
- Very positive
- Customer service
- Very positive
Reviews
SnaxyLady
41 escape rooms
Fun room with friends. Lots of moving parts and immersive environment.
Gameplay
Atmosphere
Customer service
Difficulty
Medium
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SlightlyAmused
73 escape rooms
Totally got Shanghaied!
Gameplay
Atmosphere
Customer service
Scary
Not scary
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tjs616
33 escape rooms
My first experience at Escapology was not good but we thought we’d give them another shot. When we arrived for our chosen game, we were told they were having issues with the room and we had to pick another. We chose again, and they started the game but then that one wasn’t working either so they moved us to Shanghaied. I wanted to like it. I really did. It just didn’t feel like it really had puzzles that went along with any real storyline. It was mostly just doing busy work of cracking codes to get confident crack as you keep working through locks. It wasn’t great and I won’t be giving escapology a third shot!
KReven
135 escape rooms
Fun room! Not a top one in Vegas but a must do for locals/enthusiasts trying them all. I’ve read from other reviews it’s a tough start but we had no issues as the start puzzle was one we’d seen before. Everything was logical, non-linear. We got stuck on one particular puzzle for a long time and asked for a hint. Wasn’t the difficulty just how you had to find all the pieces.
Preven
131 escape rooms
Challenging game especially if you are a beginner. We had to lean on a lot of previous experiences to complete this. There was a bit of a hide and seek element that I do not enjoy in escape rooms.
Gameplay
Non linear
Atmosphere
Customer service
Particularly interesting or different
No
Story
Difficulty
Hard
Game tech
Mechanical
Ideal number of players
3
Scary
Not scary
Minimum age
7
Was anything broken?
No
Live actors
No
Physically active
Not at all
Accessibility
Very
Easy to find location
Yes
Parking
Easy
hashtagjohnpaul
362 escape rooms
A well themed room but puzzles seemed very spread thin. Some puzzles were too convoluted. Using hints to understand the puzzle removes you out of the experience and makes it just a chore to finish
Gameplay
Atmosphere
Customer service
Particularly interesting or different
No
Story
Difficulty
Medium
Game tech
Mechanical
Ideal number of players
4
Scary
Not scary
Minimum age
5
Was anything broken?
No
Live actors
No
Physically active
Not at all
Easy to find location
Yes
Parking
Medium
Sportyod
74 escape rooms
This one was hard to start. It was a bit confusing and required confirmations and a couple hints. In general it was fun.
Conqueress
124 escape rooms
A twist on the standard pirate ship theme! A couple puzzles will be familiar for anyone who has played more than 10 games. Still a solid theme and logical progression through the experience.
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