Wizard’s Alley

AWESOME set design!! I really wanted to spend some time looking around at all of the details!! Linear room with a nice mix of different kinds of puzzles. Having some prior Harry Potter awareness didn’t hurt either. 🙃

The theme was great, and the sets and props were excellent. Almost everything worked, except one solution we had to attempt twice because it didn’t seem to detect what we did properly. The real issue we had was the large amount of unused set decoration and red herrings. It seems the difficulty only comes from figuring out what you can ignore. There are some very cool things that could be used in a puzzle, but weren’t. That left us disappointed overall.

This room was just okay. Half of our group didn’t enjoy it. There wasn’t enough for 12 people to do, which is what this room is rated for “up to”.

Fun room with very good theming. We completed with two experienced players with 13min to spare and a handful of hints given at the GM's discretion via a wall screen. There were a lot of mostly linear puzzles throughout the multiple rooms, to the point where I thought for sure we were running out of time because we had done so much and there's no clock in the room or time notifications. A combination of high tech puzzles would often lead to a key to open a standard lock to get your next clue. There were a few puzzles that we didn't understand how we were supposed to figure them out on our own, including how to "cast" a specific spell, but we made it through and had fun.

We had a lot of fun! My kiddo loves this theme and the room was very detailed. The puzzles were quite varied and interesting. It’s very kid friendly; my 10 year old actually solved the majority of puzzles herself. My favorite thing may actually be the clue system. You don’t request clues; they give them when they feel you need them. This keeps the room paced well and prevented us from ever getting super frustrated. It was a great experience.

Perfect room for great family fun. Love all the games/traps!

The theming and decor were all on point. Good puzzles that made sense. One puzzle didn’t quite work as it should but the GM overrode it as soon as we completed. Any HP fans should do this

For a general escape room audience, I might rate this room as OK. But since Morty is for enthusiasts, I would tell anyone who's played more than 3 rooms to skip this one. My biggest complaint--and one I hope you don't encounter--is that two puzzles were not reset, which is a lot for a room that's already short and easy. The game master, who was clearly overworked and managing more than one game was nice, but all we got was a half-hearted, "I'm so sorry." Take that as you will. Additionally, enthusiasts will be disappointed that it's mostly a collection of low-effort mindless off-the-shelf puzzles mass produced for escape rooms that can't be bothered to design and fabricate their own. That said, the scenic design and layout were pretty good. Bottom line, if you're in LoDo drinking and you can't make it to one of Denver's better escape rooms and you really enjoy uninspired puzzles and copycat themes, maybe this room will be ok. But seeing as you're reading reviews on Morty, my suggestion is just skip this one and go to one of Denver's better companies.