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Lost & Found: Initiation Into the Society of Engimatologists [Immersive Experience]

Lost & Found: Initiation Into the Society of Engimatologists [Immersive Experience]

Secret City Adventures- Black Creek Pioneer Village

  • Escape room
  • Other
If you loved Lost and Found but thought “hey the puzzles could be a bit more challenging” - this is an absolute ideal experience. There is still some interaction with actors and finding locations, but you are primarily on your own linear puzzle experience while the normal game is going on. There are fewer puzzles, but each one takes longer to solve, felt really satisfying and sort of a “hard mode” on the puzzles you experienced in the main game previously. As with the main game, the actors were great and you had your own designated “newsie” helper if you ever needed help (for only a penny! Haha). Note: You have to have played the main Lost and Found game in order to get access to this one the next time you book. We completed all of the challenges with 2 people, 2-3 seemed to be the right number but you pay the same amount for any group size 1-4. Puzzles are definitely not intended for beginners and does really help if you are somewhat familiar with the actors/locations/areas you went to in the main game.
Lost & Found [Immersive Experience]

Lost & Found [Immersive Experience]

Secret City Adventures- Black Creek Pioneer Village

  • Escape room
  • Other
Absolutely lovely full day experience exploring the village with puzzles and engaging actor interactions. We loved the sheer amount of puzzles and the “pick your own adventure” style to the day. There are about 20 “missions” to do, each involving multiple steps/puzzles/searches to complete. Our duo was only able to do 13 even though we never really stopped, so either be okay with not finishing everything or bring a larger group to split up (note: you only need to complete 7/20 to begin the end game tasks so they dont expect anyone to complete it all all in one day) Compared to their other experiences here and at Casa Loma, this is more “explore” and “engage with the actors” than just pure puzzles. You really do have to get to know the characters and plot to finish. That might resonate with some over others. Actors were fantastic as always. One downside is the sheer amount of paper that gets given to you throughout. It becomes overwhelming. You also need to be working on multiple story threads at once or else you’ll be backtracking constantly (which you will have to do anyways but more than you might want to). For example we got one paper/clue at the very beginning of the day and then didn’t even glance at it until the very end due to it getting buried under other things. There was also enough stuff to keep family/kids involved. There were lots of kids there and there were so many activities for them to do related to the story (puzzle and non-puzzle). So that was impressive.