The Disappearance of Flight 13

Possibly my favorite room here. Whereas the others impress with their impressive scale, this one cleverly packs a lot into a confined area.

Design of this room was amazing. Really felt like you were on an airplane. Gameplay though was not so great. We apparently skipped a step, which broke the game. We had to leave the room and wait for it to be reset. Really broke the immersion. So as much as I wanted to love this game, technical difficulties kind of ruined it for me.

Another great 13th gate game. Technically, we didn’t escape as time expired as we were finishing the final step, but they did allow us to finish and experience the ending. Great set design! Nice, mostly intuitive puzzles. Smaller groups recommended. They have a 4 person minimum, but I would do much more than that. Easily my #3 favorite (behind Cutthroat and Spellbound).

This game was very cool. There were so many puzzles to solve. I’d say this room was certainly difficult, but it moved quickly once we really got started. The design was something very unique.

At last we get to my favorite game at 13th Gate, The Disappearance of Flight 13. Wow, just wow, What a ride! (No pun intended.) Where to start? Let's start with the set. 13th gate is known for their elaborate room designs, some of which are crazy huge like Cutthroat Cavern or Tomb of Anubis. Compared to that scale, Flight 13 is an average size room, but holy crap, it’s the most meticulously designed set I have ever seen. I’ve only done one other plane escape room, but this one leaves that in its jetstream. Simply put, you completely feel like you are on a MOVING airplane the entire game. Meaning they indeed simulate the gentle moving of an airplane during the game (reinforced with horizontal rain if you look outside the windows)! Everything from the seats to the flushing toilet in the bathroom to the overhead bins and (when you eventually get in) the cockpit, are all perfect. Then there was the storyline. No spoilers, but they could easily have gone down the "terrorist leaving a bomb on the plane" route, but instead they went totally sideways with a crazy-but-somehow-this-works storyline involving the government, Area 51 and people disappearing off the plane! IT WAS GREAT!! Plus the story wrapped up really really well. 13th Gate uses an "automated" hint system that they bake into most of their rooms. Someone, like a cat in Spellbound or another victim in The Collector, gives you a pre-recorded clue when you need help. In this game, it was a stewardess locked away in a different part of the plane. The effect works surprisingly well and the gamemaster stays on top of things to jump in if the automated response isn't helpful. Meanwhile the puzzles flowed well and there was nothing that seemed non-intuitive. I will say there was one computer puzzle that was a little laborious and could've been shorter. The only issue I had with this game was the same I have with any game at 13th Gate. These are 60 minute rooms that really need to be 75 minute rooms. There's a LOT of puzzling to be done. We were a group of 4 and we ran over and they let us keep going. Come to 13th Gate for pretty much any & all of the games here. Put Cutthroat, Anubis and definitely Flight 13 as the must-dos. This company is worth the 90 minute drive from New Orleans. If you are coming out, just plan to spend the whole day there & do all of their games.

Awesome immersion for this room. Better than almost any room we've every played. Fun puzzles and a good story.

Flight 13 was great and so unique

Have you always wanted to do an escape room on a plane? Well, here is your chance. Our team did this room last after a long day of escape rooms. We had five minutes left, maybe we were just really tired but it was still very fun! Something to note is that you get different endings depending on what you all decide to do! This has always been a bucket list of items of walking around a plane and checking out the cockpit. This also means though that the area is cramped and we don’t get as much space as the other rooms. The storyline took a turn for the unexpected and I’m still confused by it, but left very intrigued with the possibilities Immersive set design and there are plenty of puzzles that were challenging to do but not satisfying to solve. Our game master, Trace, was the most helpful game master. He gave us a gentle nudge in the right direction and he was paying attention to our game play so he knew how to direct us!

You get to actually be in a fuselage of a plane!! It's so beautifully designed with many things to do. Make sure to communicate and fasten your seatbelts. It's going to be a bumpy ride. Would suggest 3-4!

This was the first game I ever played with a razor-thin close shave for winning. We thought we had lost for sure but our "pilot" got us where we needed to go so that the game triggered a win scenario at the exact 0:00 mark on the screen. The game feels like you are actually on a flight.