michaelyoung
132 escape rooms
We feared that an escape room company in the small town of Cottonwood would likely be little more than a bunch of trite puzzles in a scantly-decorated room. What we got was something with a moderate degree of polish and a few truly great theatrical moments! This is definitely worth a visit when you’re in the Sedona area!
Gameplay
There was quite a bit of searching involved, but many puzzles did fit the theme well and offered solutions beyond finding the combination to a lock.
Atmosphere
Surprisingly, the production design was really nice! The first room looked a lot like a mine, and the office (second room) has a really fun Rube Goldberg machine to dispense a key.
Customer service
Really friendly staff. The younger gent who started us off was clearly new and awkward, but the two owners were very gregarious and talked to us a bunch after the game!
Particularly interesting or different
No
Story
A thin story of a miner gone mad. However, many puzzles complemented the theme nicely!
Difficulty
Medium
Game tech
High tech
Putting sticks of dynamite into the wall and activating it with an authentic plunger was a highlight!
Ideal number of players
4
There’s a small degree of nonlinearity, so having a couple extra brains would have sped things up a little.
Scary
Not scary
Minimum age
10
Was anything broken?
Yes
A door was supposed to close to reveal a key component of the final puzzle, but it likely wasn’t fully reset, so one of the owners had to sneak in during the game to fix it.
Live actors
No
Physically active
Not at all
Accessibility
There was one color puzzle, but it was wisely paired with symbols, so that helped its accessibility quite a bit.
Easy to find location
Yes
Parking
Limited
