The Secret At Whitmore Estate

Some really fun puzzles and the mystery theme was prominent throughout. Solving things felt very satisfyingly and loved the use of sound in the room. Felt like there was great care in creating this room and enthusiasts will really enjoy the attention to detail in here. We did have 1 minor hiccup where something was not reset properly but the GM stopped the timer and had us wait in the start area while making a quick adjustment. Not that big a deal for us. Our team of 4 got through this with just 1 hint, which we were kicking ourselves for not being as observant as we should have been. Overall, a solid room for an afternoon of fun.

I enjoyed this game. The set design is great in the starting area but that seems to be where they spent most of the money as it gets a little spartan as you progress through the game. Still, there are some nice props and a couple of clever puzzles (the other ones are not “non-clever,” but they are mostly very easy). The voice actor for the main NPC is suitably hammy, as the situation most certainly demands. Recommended but with the caveat that two players would be better than four as there isn’t all that much to do.

Yet another room where you can see the love and effort put into it. Puzzles stood out to me a lot, very logical and flowed well. Really pretty set design, kind of like a mystery who did it kind of thing. What this does room does right is definitely the story, each puzzle actually connects and progresses you in the story, which I don't see other cookie cutter rooms do, which makes this one really immersive.

Lots of great tech and puzzle variety, and does a pretty good job of presenting multiple puzzles at a time so players can be working on separate puzzles simultaneously, and some fun puzzles that required players to be simultaneously doing things in separate rooms. That said, it felt like there were "too many keys, and not enough locks"; we were constantly finding keys before finding the locks they went to, which felt weird and out of order. One bigger complaint is that the final puzzle is very simple and doesn't feel at all like it'll be the "final puzzle". So when we got the clue for it, one person in the group ran off to another room to do it, which triggered the finale, which the rest of us missed because we weren't in the room. We also had about half an hour left at that point, and all had an "is that it?" reaction when the host came in.

This was a good room. Nothing more, nothing less. The setting is nice, the set looks cool, and the puzzles are fun. There is nothing mind blowing here, but we had a good time. We played this with a group of 4, and finished with 30 minutes left on the clock, without trying to play for speed at all. This is one I would personally save for when you have played all of the higher rated games in the area!

Whitaker was a good room! I liked how clever the puzzles were, there was about 75% technology and 25% basic lock and keys. I personally like more technology type puzzle then basic lock and keys. I came with a group of 6, which i’d say is ideal, a little less could be good, around 4-5 people so it’s not so chaotic. Overall loved the room and definitely planning on coming back to do Headcase.

The set was cool and the puzzles were fun. I enjoyed the puzzles in Headspace more (same location), but this was a very solid room.

This was a very fun room with good puzzles! It reminded me a lot of haunted mansion and I loved it.

The Secret at Whitmore Estate reminds me of a Disney Haunted Mansion if it were an escape room. The room itself is iconic and honestly, I would have stayed here longer just to admire every little detail! You only get that jaw-dropping reaction when you know how much love has been poured into the planning of this room, and I really do think that if more people knew about this escape room, they would definitely make a trip out of it. As for the experience, I have yet to think of an escape room that blends automated technology with your manual lock and key. The experience itself is seamless and not too hard. If you did Headcase, this escape room is a lot more friendly to beginners. Though we came with a group of 4, a team of 2-3 with good experience could arguably finish with less time.