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Onboard the famous trans-European Budapest Express, you are with Karine Peaufiner, a famous French detective from Paris. You are traveling to Budapest to meet with other detectives showcasing the latest developments in crime scene forensics. It is nighttime and you are passing slowly through the heart of Europe during a heavy snowstorm. You are reviewing case notes in your cabin with Karine and your colleagues. Suddenly there is a knock at the door, it is the train manager. He looks worried and asks you to come quickly to the First Class dining coach. When you arrive, you see a man slumped over a restaurant table. He was Sir Clarence Hayden and he has been murdered! The manager informs you that in one hour the train will stop at the next station, if the killer hasn’t been apprehended, they will be free to escape into the night and get away with this horrible crime! Your reputation as brilliant detectives precedes you, he asks you to solve the crime so the murderer can be caught and brought to justice. You’re able to narrow down 5 suspects who were seen in the dining car around the time Sir Clarence was murdered. Moving through the cabins and gathering evidence, the killer knows you are hot on their trail and has decided you are their next target. With you out of the picture, they would be free to escape when the train stops. Solve the riddles and puzzles, gather the evidence and solve the murder before it’s too late! Do you have what it takes to find the killer before they find you? Time is of the essence!
- 2-10
- 60 mins
- Hard
- Not scary
All ratings (63)
Mostly positive
Gameplay
Mostly positive
Atmosphere
Mostly positive
Customer service
Very positive
Reviews
horrorliveshere
25 escape rooms
They have some pretty good rooms… just need to change them out more often and maybe stay up to date with broken stuff cause there’s been times I’ve gone and stuff doesn’t open
Gameplay
Atmosphere
Customer service
Live actors
No
TurtleAngel
100 escape rooms
I tend to love train rooms, and this one is no exception. The puzzles were great, and flowed really well. The atmosphere was wonderful. The staff rocked! I truly enjoyed this game. You will too!
Gameplay
Atmosphere
Customer service
Particularly interesting or different
Yes
Story
Difficulty
Medium
Game tech
Mechanical
Ideal number of players
4
Scary
Not scary
Minimum age
13
Was anything broken?
No
Live actors
No
Physically active
Not at all
Accessibility
Yes
Easy to find location
Yes
Parking
Easy
MikethePuzzler
100 escape rooms
My wife, sister, amd sister-in-law all love trains so we jumped at the chance to ride the Budapest Express. The puzzles in the room were challenging, but I felt it was a little linear. There are a few puzzles that aren't really puzzles, more like hide and seeks, which is something I enjoy, but only one or two per room. This one felt like more. Otherwise, the story and the theme were perfect! Kudos, another great room.
Gameplay
Atmosphere
Customer service
Particularly interesting or different
No
It's a great room, but it's got a lit of the standard train room themes.
Story
Difficulty
Medium
Game tech
Mechanical
Ideal number of players
4
Scary
Not scary
Minimum age
12
Was anything broken?
No
Live actors
No
Physically active
Somewhat
Accessibility
The rooms are tight at points.
Easy to find location
Yes
Parking
Easy
samrose0308
52 escape rooms
This room was not one of my favorites, but it had some fun puzzles. If you have ever done Murder on the Orient Express, I feel that it was similar, but that room was better in my opinion. This one had some confusing puzzles and one that takes forever, which takes up your whole game. If you have multiple people in your room, not everyone can work on it at the same time, so I feel like there was a lot of standing around. I think Escapology offers better rooms that I would pick first.
Gameplay
Atmosphere
Customer service
Particularly interesting or different
No
Ideal number of players
3
Scary
Not scary
Live actors
No
jschwarz22
5 escape rooms
Great staff. Puzzles made sense. It was a difficult room with great atmosphere
Gameplay
Atmosphere
Customer service
Scary
Not scary
Parking
Easy
JakobFire1
34 escape rooms
I believe this room to be very different from a lot of the escape rooms in the area, what made this room stand out was the amount of reading and papers the room had, reading isn’t one of my groups strong points so it definitely hit us hard, but if you like escape rooms with a lot of reading should definitely give this room a try, the props were alright this time around not too ratty, I like how they tied the puzzle to the storyline and character connections, I wouldn’t say this is there best room at this location but decent. I personally give it a 6.5/10.
Gameplay
It was decent, A WHOLE LOT OF READING
Atmosphere
Could some some refresh, one of the tv was glitching when we played
Customer service
The game host we’re nice, but game masters felt weird with us
Particularly interesting or different
No
Murder mystery’s are pretty popular in nj but their theming was different
Story
Somewhat I can barely remember the story cause of how much reading there was but it was cool to how they integrated the story with the puzzle
Difficulty
Hard
It was tough, if reading isn’t your strong point
Game tech
Mechanical
A lot of physical locks and key but a little tech in there
Ideal number of players
6
Definitely can get a bit cramped in there but wouldn’t try to fit more than 6
Scary
Not scary
Minimum age
15
I wouldn’t say it’s not kid friendly just very riddling material.
Was anything broken?
Yes
The tv wasn’t displaying the background
Live actors
No
Physically active
Not at all
Accessibility
Very- it’s nice and flat, no ducking climbing of any sorts, they have chairs in the room too
Easy to find location
Yes
Parking
Easy
Finnadora
62 escape rooms
Organization is key in this room if you want to solve the mystery. A good room for those with a love murder mysteries and brain teasers. Lots of red herrings and items that will come in handy more than once so be sure not to just put things aside once you believe you are “done.”
Gameplay
Atmosphere
Customer service
Particularly interesting or different
No
Story
The story is a core part as you need a little of everything you have found or done to solve the central mystery
Difficulty
Medium
Game tech
Mechanical
Ideal number of players
4
Smaller space with areas where you can split up a little bit
Scary
Not scary
Was anything broken?
Yes
One of the TVs was malfunctioning so not game breaking but noticeable and killed some immersion.
Live actors
No
Physically active
Not at all
Accessibility
There is a partially auditory puzzle and the space is on the smaller side and a big narrow so there may be some difficulty navigating a wheelchair but plenty of seating if you have people who can’t stand long.
Easy to find location
No
Parking
Easy
JessicaCasanova
96 escape rooms
I really loved the design of this room. There were some red herrings and a lot of props which made it difficult if you’re not organized. Impressive room and lots of fun. Didn’t make it out but one I’d definitely do again!!
Gameplay
Atmosphere
Customer service
Particularly interesting or different
Very cool
Story
Difficulty
Medium
Game tech
Mechanical
Scary
Not scary
Was anything broken?
No
Live actors
No
Physically active
Not at all
Easy to find location
Yes
Parking
Easy
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