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Bros for Life: Fraternity Heist

Bros for Life: Fraternity Heist

The Escape Ventures - Orlando Waterford Lakes

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OMG! This was soooooooo much fun. Multiple rooms with so much to do, but it doesn’t feel overwhelming because everything is pretty logical and flows nicely. The GM, Michael, was great! Gave hints & nudges when we needed and didn’t interject when we were on the right track on our own. He also always stayed in character so that added another level of fun to it. Everything in the room (including the puzzles) was so on theme and entertaining! Truly a great experience. We had already planned on doing another room with Escape Ventures during our time here, but now we will likely be doing two more. *there were multiple moments that were cool but one in particular was a special effect that I hadn’t ever seen in an escape room and we really enjoyed it! Such an immersive experience ☺️*
Puppet Heist: The Hand Of Life

Puppet Heist: The Hand Of Life

The Bureau Adventure Games

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It’s hard to rate this room. There were some cool moments throughout & good production value. However, a lot of it felt sort of… unintuitive. We didn’t really enjoy the gameplay, which stinks. I see a lot of potential, though. Also, I feel the props need some revamping and lots of things could use some cleaning 😅 our GM was nice and attentive & the place itself when you enter looks quite nice. This room just wasn’t it for us.
Curse of the Hidden Temple

Curse of the Hidden Temple

PuzzleConnect Escape Rooms

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The set design, ambiance, tech, flow, GM’s attentiveness, everything was great. This also was such a fun story and immersive experience. You can really appreciate the amount of thought and time that must have went into this room. We had a great time. And I really like that they take your picture in the room; it makes for a great memory when you look back on it. Highly recommend this place. We definitely will be doing their other rooms.
A Pirate's Curse

A Pirate's Curse

Escapology - Garwood

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  • IRL
One puzzle was color-based and it was impossible at times to differentiate. Another puzzle was already solved before we got to it and we took the components off their spots and replaced them and they still weren’t activating the mechanism they had to activate. We wasted a lot of time on this. Also, unfortunately, the GM wasn’t exactly attentive to us and our progress in the game. Just an example, after spending lots of time on the puzzle that wasn’t working we asked for some help and were told to just take off the components and put them back on until it worked (we had been doing that for 5+ minutes). There were a few other annoying things about the room & some others that weren’t too bad, but honestly, this was probably our worst experience at Escapology 😐
The Black Widow

The Black Widow

Escape Quest

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Nice set design and storyline. Some things can be done at once so good for maybe a group of 4-6. Music was a bit loud 😅 hints limited to 3 and when one is on the screen you won’t be able to see your time left. Some hints not removed for a while (even after asking) so it can be hard to gauge time. We also were taken out of the room for a minute or two while something was fixed and that kind of messed with the immersion. Some things were quite ambiguous, but overall game flow wasn’t bad. I wouldn’t say go out of your way to do this room but if you’re in the area, why not? 😝
Train Robbery

Train Robbery

Cyber Raccoon Escape Room

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I think we let the hype get to our heads and then ended up slightly disappointed. Overall the set design was great, the GM was helpful (only gives hints if you ask), but the game flow wasn’t the best, especially for a group of two. It just felt like we were getting lots of ambiguous pieces of information & parts of the game at once so we found ourselves not knowing what to do next a couple of times. It’s not the most linear game and I think it would be a lot better for a bigger group. The room overall is pretty good … it just wasn’t for us.
Poe's Chamber

Poe's Chamber

The Great Escape Room - Arlington [prev. Escape Room Arlington]

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We really weren’t big fans of this room. It was darker than it needed to be which always is difficult but there was also a Morse code part that was very poorly executed. I mean, we have done a decent amount of Morse code but the sounds were difficult to follow & didn’t correspond properly. The set design and ambiance were quite good and there were some unique elements, but honestly, that Morse code puzzle sort of ruined the whole experience for us.
Mind Trap

Mind Trap

The Great Escape Room - Arlington [prev. Escape Room Arlington]

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My husband and I really enjoyed this escape room. The set design, theme, and atmosphere are all great. It gives off creepy vibes and has one decent jump scare but apart from that nothing actually scary. We were able to escape with 22 minutes remaining with just the two of us (and we were feeling a bit rusty beforehand) so I would say it’s definitely an easier room, but a lot of fun. There are a few really cool reveals & fun, on theme puzzles. Something I want to point out is that there was no excessive reading or big jumps in logic like a lot of escape rooms seem to have. We only asked for one hint and I think if we would have thought about it a little longer we probably wouldn’t have needed it as we were already halfway there. So, in general this room flowed really well & I would recommend it for those that are newer to escape rooms or those that just want to do a fun, easy room.
The Cellar: Dead End [prev. The Cellar II: Saul's Revenge]

The Cellar: Dead End [prev. The Cellar II: Saul's Revenge]

Prodigy Puzzles Escape Rooms [prev. Mystery Soup Escape Rooms, Lock & Clue]

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Soooooooo much fun! This was the first time I actually jumped in an escape room… and it’s quite hard to make me jump 🤣 also our GM’s acting was so good that it made things a million times more immersive, scary and fun 😝! I also thought it was cool that he was giving hints in character when necessary. The set was also great and quite convincing. The room had good flow to it. Just know there is a looot to do… we would’ve made it out if we would’ve had a couple more minutes, but then we were told that only one group of 2 has ever made it out and they were a very experienced group (100s of rooms done) so that made us feel slightly better haha. I 100% recommend this room. I’d say get a group of 4-8 people together. The experience of the room alone is worth it. You will have to do multiple things that you’ve probably never done in any escape room, and will have an awesome, immersive experience. *Some notes: multiple jump scares and if you’re not good with scary or gorey stuff, this isn’t the room for you. Also, you can’t see your time countdown, don’t have a notepad nor flashlight… so with all that being said, some things may be a bit more difficult and it’s another reason why I recommend a bigger group to tackle this room.*
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