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Click 'N Glitch Arcade Palace

Click 'N Glitch Arcade Palace

The Escape Ventures - Port Charlotte

  • Escape room
  • IRL
Another Escape Ventures banger. I feel this ranks in my top 3 from EV based on enjoyment factor of the theming, the in-room actor and the overall story which was super silly and just good fun. This mostly linear puzzle is a great room to introduce new people to escape rooms. Within my group of five, three had not played a room ever before and by the first few puzzles, they had picked up on how to solve what the room was asking of us. I would probably have this pegged a bit lower than a 9/10 on difficulty, as we only needed a couple simple nudges to keep on track. Overall, incredible experience and shoutout to Haley who was a terrific GM and (poor) arcade manager! 😜
Area 51

Area 51

The Escape Ventures - Winter Garden [prev. Escape Goat]

  • Escape room
  • IRL
Another awesome room from Escape Ventures. This room is the perfect blend of practical puzzles meets number/word code locks with a flow that makes sense and is pretty linear. Two people with intermediate experience solved this with only needing one nudge
 I think 2-3 people is the perfect size group, and this is a very solid starter room for larger groups too. Theming is fun, a couple of effects in the room really level up the experience and our GM Mary Grace was absolutely awesome!
Baldwin Manor

Baldwin Manor

Escape Artists - Orlando

  • Escape room
  • IRL
This room is a solid addition for Escape Artists who always provide a great experience. As a group of two intermediate level players, this was quite challenging. This escape is not a linear path, crossing clues found between three distinct rooms. There is a LOT to solve for just a team of 2, I would say a group of 4 would be ideal for this room. All the clues triggered correctly, and be warned there were a couple of clues that caused me to jump because they’re a bit jarring, but nothing scary 😅 Our GM Seth was super helpful and made for a great time.
Stolen Relic

Stolen Relic

Will To Escape - Orlando

  • Escape room
  • IRL
Overall, this is a very fun room and my first experience at Will To Escape. I would definitely play here again. The puzzles were a pretty challenging blend of mostly problem solving within the room, some deciphering of code, and limited amounts of number/word locks which made them pretty straight forward to solve (since there were only a couple). I would say that if you’re a beginner, you’d struggle in this room and would benefit from having a more experienced player who understands what to look out for when solving mechanical/logic puzzles. With two intermediate-skilled players, we had to ask for a few nudges. The only true gripe with this room was that the answering machine/phone recordings, while inventive, were super quiet and it was really hard to hear them
so much so that the GM had to repeat them over the intercom just so we could proceed. If they can boost that audio up, it would significantly help. Score: 7.5/10
Trapped In Neverland

Trapped In Neverland

The Escape Company

  • Escape room
  • IRL
Overall, this room has the potential to honestly be a very solid 9/10 experience. This is a room that features no word or digit locks, but finds creative ways for players to solve puzzles that advance themselves in the experience. The theming is great, the atmosphere is very creative and the difficulty was just where it needed to be for two intermediate-level players. Unfortunately, execution was lacking. Several (at least 3 times) puzzles did not activate when we solved them correctly the first time, leading to us solving it incorrectly and being thrown off, only to have the game master come over the speaker and say “try this to make it trigger.” One puzzle in particular was a “wrong answer” when the clue was directly pointed at
it felt more just intentionally misleading than attempting to be deceiving. The staff was friendly, and it was a very busy day between two GMs. I have to say, however, we attempted to ask for a nudge for over 3-4 minutes by waving our hands and asking for a clue, only to not receive a response. It took away from time needed and frustrated a bit. Overall, this is a 6.5/10 experience but has so much room to be amazing, if the execution was better.
Hidden Temple [prev. The Society of Adventures and Explorers]

Hidden Temple [prev. The Society of Adventures and Explorers]

Evasive Escape Rooms - Kissimmee [prev. Edge Escape]

  • Escape room
  • IRL
We did the holiday overlay of this room and had a great time! I would say this room is most optimal for about 2-3 people, as me and another friend who are intermediate players solved this with only a couple hints in the allotted time. There is a good amount of carry over of clues and things you need from room to room, which is cool. A pretty linear puzzle, where one step clearly leads to the next. Fun design and fun puzzles!