This was my first escape room, and I loved it. It was a really entertaining immersive experience that just the right amount of challenging for a group our size (8). The story started off a little weak, but the ambiance and the clever puzzles made up for it. The story took a turn halfway through the experience, and the second half of the puzzle were very narrative-driven and satisfying. We finished with 8 seconds left on the clock.
Lots of different, cleverly designed puzzles that worked well with the story that was being told.
The props and set design were very well done. Definitely an immersive experience.
Staff were all very friendly and encouraging.
Particularly interesting or different
Yes
Some of the puzzles were pretty tricky! But none of them felt frustratingly difficult.
The story started off a little weak, but the ambience made up for what felt like a lacking narrative. Halfway through the puzzles, the story took a turn, and the second half of the experience was very narrative-driven and satisfying.
It was a little bit harder than I was expecting, which is a good thing! We did ask for a couple of hints, but for the most part, we were able to solve all of the puzzles on our own.
I would say it was a satisfying mix. A lot of the puzzles were purely mechanical, and the ambiance was created using plenty of normal, everyday objects, but we received a couple of video transmissions throughout the experience, and some of the later puzzles involved buttons and touch screens. All of it felt appropriate to the story.
We had a group of 8, which at times felt like a bit too much. I would say the ideal group size for this room would be somewhere between 4 and 6. It might be too difficult for just 4 people, because there were a lot of puzzles, and usually there were people working on different ones simultaneously. But eight felt like a bit of a crowd. So maybe six?
The storyline took a turn that I thought was quite dark, but the kids in our group did not seem bothered by it at all, and it’s probably not too different from what they see in movies and on TV.
We had some young kids in our group, and they seemed to enjoy it, but I think kids younger than 8 might not get that much out of the experience.
As far as I could tell, nothing was broken and everything was working smoothly.
There were actors that delivered video transmissions from time to time during the experience.
Physically active
Somewhat
Toward the end, we were scrambling to try to finish the final puzzles on time, which got our heart rates up a bit.
Accessibility
Unfortunately, I don’t think this experience would have been super accessible to someone in a wheelchair. I don’t remember if there were captions during the video transmissions, but I think those were the only parts of the experience that might have been inaccessible to someone that was hard of hearing. There were a couple of puzzles that might have been challenging to someone who is colorblind.
I’m not sure what the parking situation was. We arrived via rideshare.