The Haunted Hotel

The room was fun! The themeing was good, lots of locks though

In a word: frustrating. Receiving clues on a tablet would be fine if all components in the room were working and available, or if game masters were actually paying attention to what’s happening in the room. Our team got stuck on a simple lock puzzle because a lock was put on backwards during the previous room reset; the word we were trying to spell on the lock was correct, but the alignment was wrong. Game masters didn’t pick up on this, and we kept receiving clues that would describe items we didn’t have or things we hadn’t come across. We lost ~20 minutes at the start due to confusing, non-sensical clues and not realizing that a lock was backwards. There were mechanical failures in the room, and we found out after our team escaped that certain items had been removed (due to damage), yet we still received clues referencing these things. This location used to be owned by Ravenchase and this room was nowhere near their standards. It’s sad that new management doesn’t seem to be maintaining their rooms (at least this one) properly. And it’s a shame, because The Haunted Hotel has so much potential; there’s some good puzzles and the atmosphere is awesome. But this room is hard to recommend in its current state.

A great escape room with some nice original puzzles, no real leaps of logic or anything that I thought was unfair.

While my group had a good time overall there were a few things that didn’t go as expected. We actually solved one of the puzzles out of order which put us in the wrong room at the wrong time. Also one of the puzzles was broken but we were not told so it just seemed like something would happen there and never did. Lastly as other reviewers have stated, the clues on the iPad were annoying to use and you had to remember to bring it with you between locations. A good room but not 5/5.

Solid room. There were quite a few locks but I don’t think it slowed down or affected gameplay too much. Spooky hotel theme that I enjoyed. Hints were done through an iPad by someone off site. We always ask for no unsolicited hints but there was a slight communication break down and we were given a hint we didn’t ask for in the beginning. It only happened once though as I loudly complained lol. Definitely worth doing and Halloween is right around the corner!

Really gave the atmosphere of an old hotel. Everything was put together nicely, nothing to break the mood.