Universal’s Great Movie Escape – Back to the Future: Outatime

After hearing many horror stories about how this wasn’t a true Escape Room we decided to visit as a group of 2 and we were paired with another group of 2. I was prepared for this to be the worst Escape Room I’ve ever done, but I really enjoyed that you went on an adventure and move from room to room. The best bit. Out of 100,000 people in approximately 15,000 groups we were the fastest team ever! And we weren’t even trying to be fast! The staff are awesome. Venue is smart. They even made us special pin badges because they were so amazed at how fast we did.

This was closer to a traditional escape room than the Jurassic World one. I think I liked this one better of the two. It did help to have knowledge of the Back to the Future movies, but not hugely. It was cute and well done.

The experience is made up of multiple rooms and you have about 9 minutes in each room. If you fail to complete the room you are moved into the next room regardless but they give you a rating not based on whether you escaped or didn’t but more on how many rooms you completed the challenges in. I could see this being a disappoint to escape room fans, but personally I didn’t mind it because it provided a unique experience. Some of the puzzles were incredibly easy, a couple were frustrating and not as innovative as they could’ve been, but not bad. As an officially licensed escape room, the theming is incredible, along with some great time travel effects. Regardless of its flaws I would highly recommend this to any avid Back to the Future fan

Not worth the $ for a badly put together experience! Did not meet or even approach expectations. You're sharing the time with others and depending on who you get it can drastically change how you feel. The puzzles are bad and there aren't any thrills that make the experience interesting.

Room wasn't really an escape room. More of an immersive attraction. Well done however.

If you love Back to the Future this escape room experience is for you. The theming is fun and nostalgic, there are also puzzles for of things to solve for all types of puzzle fans. Not the most fun escape room especially considering not everything is interactive. Additionally if you are unable to complete a puzzle you a moved to the next room automatically.

Man whoever keeps leaving bad reviews for Universal, you're F'ing clowns and just want something to cry about. We know "they're not REAL escape rooms and they shuffle you along" we know.... read up on it before you play and you might be informed prior to stumbling into a good thing and whining and bitching that it doesn't fall into a cookie cutter template of what you feel an escape game should be defined as. Stop the bs and stop ruining the reputation of these pretty awesome experiences for others searching for good games on here. We're pushing up on 350 rooms and can say with enthusiasm that we loved both of their games. Jurassic was by all accounts as gen 3 as it gets with excellent theming and some great puzzles, (definitely not an easy room especially with 2 people). Back to the future was slightly more mechanical and had a more classic escape game feel, still with some very solid tech. Had a great time all the way around. Also, if you're knocking it based on price, for the average fun seeking person, yes they're pricey even for an already pricey market, but for an enthusiast, if the expense is an issue, pick a different hobby. Me personally, I don't mind paying a little more for full immersion. Obviously, Universal is inherently expensive because the theming is over the top (especially with Jurrasic).

Much like Universal Studios’ other escape room, Back to the Future is more guided, and forces you through its multiple rooms regardless of if you finish the puzzles within. Unlike the Jurassic Park room, which consisted of repetitive tasks, this experience featured mini escape rooms with more interesting puzzles. There are well constructed sets of various eras to explore with fancy effects, videos to watch in every room that tie directly into the movies, and an interesting variety of challenges. There are built in automatic nudges to get you going if you’re running outatime in a room, but thankfully, you’re not told what the puzzle is before you even start, which is how Jurassic Park handles it… The whole thing is expensive, uses public booking, and again, is a forced guided experience, but at least it’s fun. You’re scored on how many challenges you accomplished, and we got a perfect score! Great Scott!

This is a puzzle walkthrough experience. not a trad escape room. you will make it out and win no matter what! it's all about how many puzzles can you do in the time. you'll also never get the full hour... its just not designed that way.

If you are a back to the future fan, you'd love this escape room. The rooms were like stepping into the movie. This has been the best escape room we have been to ever. We were a bit skeptical because we have heard such bad reviews but it was completely opposite of that. We beat the time by 5 minutes and it was just two of us. We would absolutely do it again.