Vanishing Act

Overwhelmingly positive (182 ratings)

Black Mountain Escape

Escape room
IRL

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Congratulations! Your team has won the backstage pass at the McKoy Theatre to tour the workshop of esteemed magician, Fritz Franco and his fabulous friend, Fluffy! Beyond a traditional escape room experience, this is a magical hour of performance art …and you may just become part of the show!

2-8
60 mins
Not scary

Awards

Ratings

All (182)

Overwhelmingly positive

Gameplay: Very positive

Atmosphere: Very positive

Customer service: Very positive

Reviews

GuyFawkes

210 escape rooms

This is a great game, and it's proof that you do not need to spend a lot of money to make an incredible escape room. I highly recommend it.

Gameplay

Atmosphere

Customer service

Particularly interesting or different

Yes

Story

Difficulty

Easy

Game tech

High tech

Ideal number of players

Scary

Not scary

Minimum age

Was anything broken?

Live actors

Yes

Physically active

Not at all

Easy to find location

Parking

Limited

Safety

I stepped out into the real world, and I didn't feel safe. What a fuckin surprise. This is the stupidest question ever.

Mar 11, 2026

Panda

608 escape rooms

A magical room from intro to end with some surprises in-between! Pay attention or you’ll miss the trick. There were some falling objects that actually did fall onto our stuff in the room, so didn’t really appreciate that so much. Luckily, nothing fell on us. Otherwise, solid puzzles and nice tricks. I love Fluffy! 🐇🐰❤️

Gameplay

Atmosphere

Customer service

Particularly interesting or different

Yes

Story

Difficulty

Medium

Game tech

Mechanical

Both

Scary

Not scary

Was anything broken?

Live actors

Yes

There are some fun magical interactions with the GM

Physically active

Not at all

Accessibility

Color

Easy to find location

Parking

Limited

Safety

Yes

Felt safe until things fell on us, but otherwise it’s a safe room

Feb 18, 2026 | Experienced Feb 18, 2026

Harmaakinkku

7 escape rooms

SO FUN! The experience started from when we opened the door to the lobby. The staff was very kind and interactive, including in room acting. Well thought out puzzles sticking to the magic theme. Cool and creative multi room experience. A lot of boxes with key locks was my only "complaint", I like a little variety but not much of an issue. The website recommends 4-8 players but we completed it fine with two adults and a ten year old.

Gameplay

Atmosphere

It's in the oldest building in black mountain, so there were a couple things with the design where it didn't know if I was supposed to life a carpet square or not. But experience was immersive from the lobby introduction. Not many special effects but magic elements had a large influence on the room.

Customer service

They were amazing!!

Was anything broken?

Yes

A phone is provided at one point and it was at 1% battery when we got it. But easily fixed given we all had a personal phone

Jan 17, 2026

wtdawson

105 escape rooms

Jon, the owner and host for our game, was amazing and engaging the whole time. This room is truly a magical experience in ways I can't describe without spoiling it. The puzzles were on theme and signposted fairly well throughout, so we were able to solve them with just a few hints. We had a magical time!

Gameplay

Fun mix of traditional puzzles and some unusual conundrums.

Atmosphere

Some excellent effects in a room that seems fairly normal at first but quickly becomes enchanted.

Customer service

Jon was fantastic, energetic and his love of escape rooms was infectious.

Easy to find location

Yes

It's in the oldest existing building in Black Mountain. There's a free municipal parking lot a very short walk away.

Jan 11, 2026 | Experienced Dec 27, 2025

bennybillbob

7 escape rooms

Very fun room Nathaniel was a great host

Dec 30, 2025

kahlucy

1 escape room

Such a fun magic room! Loved the presentation from our hosts, the extra touches of magical flair in the room, definitely great for kids and great time overall. Would highly recommend you check out!!

Gameplay

Atmosphere

Customer service

Difficulty

Hard

Dec 29, 2025 | Experienced Dec 29, 2025

3RedHeadsAndMom

127 escape rooms

Jon (owner/Game Master/Magician 's apprentice) for our game was very entertaining. It was quite amazing how he popped in and out of our game without seeing him leave. The puzzles in the room were fun and challenging but Jon made sure we were able to finish the game to see the fun ending. My wife and I had a great time doing all three rooms at Black Mountain Escape this weekend for her birthday. The atmosphere was very cool as it is set in the oldest building in Black Mountain. It was quite amazing how the rooms were incorporated into the old building. He even included a few fun things into the Vanishing Act game to honor her birthday. Can't wait for the new room to open whenever it is ready (hopefully soon).