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Legend Of The Pharaoh
Escape NJ
Escape room
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Escape May Overall: I have been going to Wildwood Crest / Cape May just about every year since I was a kid, so it thrills me that there is a really high quality escape room company in my favorite place on the Jersey Shore! This is truly a family operated business with the help of very close friends, and they are all incredibly warm and inventive and enthusiastic. Their rooms are very high quality, challenging, affordable, and inviting. I was not expecting as great an escape room experience as I was at Escape May This Room: This room could use a fresh coat of paint but I really liked it! I haven’t done many Egyptian tomb themed rooms and thought this one pulled it off quite well with a number of unique puzzles. But really the best part of Escape May is the staff. They’re all SO wonderful. Of the rooms I did there, I’d say this one is the best for beginners. A good medium difficulty with some fun reveals along the way
Frankenstein's Monster
Escape NJ
Escape room
IRL
Escape May Overall: I have been going to Wildwood Crest / Cape May just about every year since I was a kid, so it thrills me that there is a really high quality escape room company in my favorite place on the Jersey Shore! This is truly a family operated business with the help of very close friends, and they are all incredibly warm and inventive and enthusiastic. Their rooms are very high quality, challenging, affordable, and inviting. I was not expecting as great an escape room experience as I was at Escape May This Room: This is one of the hardest rooms I’ve done, and one of the very few I have not been able to escape. That didn’t sit well with one of my teammates but personally I like being stumped! The added difficulty comes in partially because it’s effectively scary (some jump scares, but no live actors!), very dark, and the ambient sounds adds a lot to stress factor. Many of the puzzles were multi-step and others I definitely over thought. But the last big one that got me really got me. The room was so well done though that…I didn’t care! Just go in knowing it’s hard as hell and may scare ya!
The Library
Escape NJ
Escape room
IRL
Escape May Overall: I have been going to Wildwood Crest / Cape May just about every year since I was a kid, so it thrills me that there is a really high quality escape room company in my favorite place on the Jersey Shore! This is truly a family operated business with the help of very close friends, and they are all incredibly warm and inventive and enthusiastic. Their rooms are very high quality, challenging, affordable, and inviting. I was not expecting as great an escape room experience as I was at Escape May This Room: Jason was our game master and he was FANTASTIC. He also coached us through their mini-escape room in the lobby (The Elevator) which was a fun diversion and a super neat idea that I haven’t seen in any rooms. I really liked the library! It had a really great reveal and finale. Puzzles were pretty challenging, but never unfairly. Personally I’d like the office-y walls to be decorated a bit more, but that’s minor in the grand scheme of an excellent room
Sword In The Stone
Escape May
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Escape May Overall: I have been going to Wildwood Crest / Cape May just about every year since I was a kid, so it thrills me that there is a really high quality escape room company in my favorite place on the Jersey Shore! This is truly a family operated business with the help of very close friends, and they are all incredibly warm and inventive and enthusiastic. Their rooms are very high quality, challenging, affordable, and inviting. I was not expecting as great an escape room experience as I was at Escape May This Room: I actually haven’t done many medieval themed escape rooms, so this was a treat! Of the escape rooms I did at Escape May, this was my favorite. The decor is very immersive and the puzzles inventive. I felt very fairly challenged and my group of three (which included one newcomer to escapes) felt it well constructed for dividing and conquering. I highly recommend this room
Drago's Castle
5 Wits
Escape room
IRL
5 Wits Nyack in General: this company makes a big deal out of making sure you know this is “not” an escape room. But I actually think they do themselves a disservice that way! I’m a very avid escape room escaper, and I was VERY taken by 5 Wits! The immersive nature of each themed adventure here is extremely high quality and well done. This approaches Disney theme park quality, and that of my favorite escape room company: The Escape Game. The staff is great and I appreciate the reveals in each adventure as well as their cute intros, and that you get a score at the end (which for me helps keep it competitive even though you always technically “escape”) This room: Of the three rooms here, this was the most “active.” The first puzzle involved a maneuver with a key on a chain that reminded me a lot of a challenge on Survivor. There is also a tunnel to crawl through to be aware of (but you do have the option to work around it). I don’t want to spoil anything, but this was the CUTEST intro video. Also if you have easily scared young adventurers, do be aware the final bit can be scary. Puzzle wise, id call this the weakest of the three I did, but only because the nature of the puzzles gave me too many cooks in the kitchen vibes. Sure it’s not an “escape room,” but I loved it
Tomb
5 Wits
Escape room
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5 Wits Nyack in General: this company makes a big deal out of making sure you know this is “not” an escape room. But I actually think they do themselves a disservice that way! I’m a very avid escape room escaper, and I was VERY taken by 5 Wits! The immersive nature of each themed adventure here is extremely high quality and well done. This approaches Disney theme park quality, and that of my favorite escape room company: The Escape Game. The staff is great and I appreciate the reveals in each adventure as well as their cute intros, and that you get a score at the end (which for me helps keep it competitive even though you always technically “escape”) This room: I’ve been to the Valley of the Kings and I was extremely impressed with the final room’s walls. This is the most immersive “Egyptian tomb” themed adventure I’ve ever done. I always loved how the puzzles here incorporated teamwork. This was a very smart room and the “best” ending involves a very gorgeous reveal. I can’t recommend this enough
Deep Space
5 Wits
Escape room
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5 Wits Nyack in General: this company makes a big deal out of making sure you know this is “not” an escape room. But I actually think they do themselves a disservice that way! I’m a very avid escape room escaper, and I was VERY taken by 5 Wits! The immersive nature of each themed adventure here is extremely high quality and well done. This approaches Disney theme park quality, and that of my favorite escape room company: The Escape Game. The staff is great and I appreciate the reveals in each adventure as well as their cute intros, and that you get a score at the end (which for me helps keep it competitive even though you always technically “escape”) This room: this all feels very high budget! It’s really impressive. The puzzles are fun and active (you must move, maneuver, transfer objects across rooms, and then also play a big touch video game at the end). The last room is REALLY cool, but also quite tough if you don’t intrinsically think like you’re in a video game. For me, this was the weakest of the three rooms here, but that is by no means cause for a poor review. Also, love the Portal references :)
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Escapology Garwood NJ
Escape room
IRL
Of the four rooms I’ve done at Escapology, this one was my least favorite. It’s by no means bad! Some of the room revelations are also quite cool. But the decor overall isn’t super high quality, and some puzzles require a logic jump that’s a bit larger than necessary or fair
Antidote
Escapology Garwood NJ
Escape room
IRL
Probably the easiest room at this location, but not a cake walk either. We did need a hint for one clue that we absolutely would not have arrived at - and then it was like DUH. The room needs some tender love and care though that would alleviate that. We were surprised how quickly we got out haha
Mission 01: Cyberbot
Beat the Bomb
Escape room
IRL
This was different and fun!! But I personally prefer a more cerebral experience. If you are an avid escape room fan, don’t go into this expecting puzzles and locks (etc). The experience is a series of mini games with relatively simple tasks offered with limited explanation, so it’s on you to figure out how to play the electronic game within ten minutes. One of them in particular was more difficult than it needed to be simply because the censors you have to scan with your wristbands had seen better days, which made for a more frustrating experience than necessary Still had a great time though! But escape room junkies like me might be a little disappointed
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