The Mystery At The Majestic TheatreFind & SeekEscape roomIRLThis room had potential but as soon as we came to the FIRST exhaustingly long puzzle (a logic problem that didn’t fit the theme and took us almost 15 min to solve) we knew there was no way we’d succeed in this 45 min room. I’m really opposed to rooms that are under the standard 1-hr minimum but then on top of that, give you time-sucking puzzles that feel like a chore to solve. This is definitely an hour room with only a 45 min timer. It’s setting paying customers up for disappointment. We paid over $110 for this experience and we left feeling frustrated and ripped off. We haven’t played hundreds of escape rooms like others we know, but we’ve played over 30 (escaped all but 3) and only a very few of those were 45 min escape rooms. Please change this scammy business model.
The Curse Of Madame Zita’s CuriositiesFind & SeekEscape roomIRLOverall this is one of the better rooms in Vancouver. The decor and set design were exciting and fun. That being said I’m opposed to 45 min rooms. People are paying a chunk of money for an experience, and 45 min falls short, especially if the room is a 1 hr room in terms of difficulty. You’re setting paying customers up for failure.
Ringmaster: Cursed Curtain CallExit CanadaEscape roomIRLSuper fun and really enjoyed the theme and puzzles. The puzzles were pretty standard but fun, and there were no “wow” moments for me, but it was still really enjoyable
Transylvania - The Lost ChildExit CanadaEscape roomIRLI really liked the theme of this room.. fun story. My one main complaint with this chain is there crappy immersive-breaking hint system. The GM’s just come into the room to tell you a hint. But I did like this room and had a cool flow
Space Mission: GuardianThink Tank Escape RoomsEscape roomIRLI’m giving this a heart for the immersion alone and there were definitely a couple major “wow” factors. The flow was pretty good but the puzzles were overwhelming at times. This company has this odd way of choosing your own difficulty (in reality, they never really gave us a choice and I think just ran it at “average”. The problem with this method is it leaves a lot of puzzles that look like obvious puzzles that you don’t need to do so you feeling like you’re missing things.
Prison Break: Warden Strikes Back!Escape - DivisionEscape roomIRLGod we loved this room! Even though we allllmost got out but failed, we still had a blast. There were so many fun elements in the room, and it everything felt well done with great touches in the theme. We’ve done other prison rooms that were a bit more immersive but this was still fabulous.
Mayan DoomsdayThink Tank Escape RoomsEscape roomIRLThis was a great room.. the set design was incredible and immersive. There were a couple puzzles that I wouldn’t choose to use in an escape room but with got through it. The hint system was definitely not my favourite, but we still used it and appreciated it. Overall I loved this room especially for the beautiful immersive design of it. And we definitely knew when we’d finished!
Evil Dead 2Hourglass EscapesEscape roomIRLI am so glad we got to do this room before we left seattle. There were 3 of us and the pace was perfect. It’s a 70 min room and we made it out in 61 min, so we felt it wasn’t too hard, but it was perfect for our team. Full of tons of fun props, amazing decor. We haven’t seen the movie but we want to now!
Midnight ManorEscape Hour Gig HarborEscape roomIRLThis room is visually stunning with some really cool puzzles but we were definitely finding ourselves really stuck and overwhelmed several times. The GM was always helpful when we asked but we still felt like we were struggling quite a bit. When we got out, I’m pretty sure we went a few minutes over our time but our GM told us we had 6 seconds left on the clock which was an awesome way to run a business. We didn’t feel like total failures when we left lol
Motel 66Horror EscapeEscape roomIRLWe really loved this room. My expectations were low because there were a lot of negative reviews to the point that we almost didn’t choose this business, and the 45 min is quite off-putting, but we did manage to escape in 41 min, and on top of that, we left reeling with excitement and exhilaration from the coolness of the room. It was an awesome design, great flow, great puzzles and nothing too complicated. I think if the owners made these rooms 1hr to fit the present industry standard, they’d have mostly terrific reviews. This room deserves praise, it was great.
