Once Upon A TimeRed Door Escape Room OxnardEscape roomIRLParts of this room were very very cool. A few other things were really unintuitive. A real mixed bag. The good outweighs the bad by a lot though and I’d recommend it.
Escape! at Margarita Adventures: Rita's RelicsMargarita AdventuresEscape roomIRLVery high quality room that will be a fun challenge to enthusiasts. It is tougher for new people but anyone and everyone will be blown away at how well done this room is. Bravo! and if you’re ever traveling along Highway 101, make this room a priority to visit.
Egyptian TombEscapeWorks DenverEscape roomIRLWe had a great time. Unfortunately we were grouped together with strangers to maximize the group size. It wasn’t the best but that’s not the room’s fault. We loved the Egypty feeling of the room and had a ton of fun.
ConfinementRed Door Escape Room OxnardEscape roomIRLWe had a great experience with this room. There is an early puzzle that to me required a leap in logic but it didn’t sour our time. This was a full of puzzles, codes, and riddles. It was fairly linear so I’d recommend a small group. Extra points for using a prop as a puzzle in a way that I’ve never seen before.
Blackbeard's BrigEscapeWorks DenverEscape roomIRLThis has a very high puzzles per hour rate. Tons of little locks to decode. We were busy the whole time because it was just 2 of us. It was satisfying to get out but the final stage of the room wasn’t my favorite. It was not very intuitive and I’d call it buggy.
Atlantis RisingPanIQ Escape Room Las VegasEscape roomIRLLots of novel puzzles. Some are more finicky than others but overall a unique experience. Good theming with a real challenge even for experienced people.
The ReelThe Puzzle Effect San Luis ObispoEscape roomIRLThis was a good room. It’s the one I’d most recommend here but all of them are good. There were some puzzles that were challenging to the point where I was getting frustrated. But once I knew the solution, I’d realize that the puzzle was just smarter than me. Other parts of The Reel were really fun to solve without being too easy. I remember one element involving math that was tough once our brains were fried.
Pipe WorksThe Puzzle Effect San Luis ObispoEscape roomIRLSuch a standard room. Really great option for an inexperienced large group though.
A Christmas StoryOscar’s PlaygroundEscape roomIRLWe had a bunch of fun and this room is essential for anyone who likes the movie that this is based on. Pretty standard puzzles that were fun to work through. Good theming. The environment of the loud, neighboring arcade made it a little hard to know what noises were for us and what was just arcade noise. Overall I’d give it an 8/10.
The SubmarineEscape the Room Fort WorthEscape roomIRLSo much of this room was spent navigating around on a computer and solving puzzles in a digital space. Extremely finicky and unintuitive. We walked away feeling like we got hosed on an old point and click video game. It was a real bummer because we saw the potential in how cool the rest of the room could have been.
