Aurianna
26 escape rooms
So this may be a “you get what you pay for.” This isn’t a good escape room. There’s no theme or decor or plot. There are no large & intricate puzzles. You’ll likely have to play with strangers which I don’t enjoy. But at only $10 a person, I’m still of the mindset that a weak escape room is better than no escape room. If you love puzzles and want to kill an hour on your cruise there are worse ways… I just can’t give this room the same “like” rating I’ve given some far superior rooms.
Gameplay
There were a couple of fun puzzles in this room, but the whole experience was brought way down by the fact that one of the “puzzles” was just finding a bunch of keys that were hidden round the room under tables and chairs. That was a huge time suck and not fun. Unless you have a large group, you will also likely be playing this game with strangers and that can be really awkward, especially when they are struggling but you don’t want to be a bully and take over everything.
Atmosphere
It’s folding tables and chairs in an empty room.
Customer service
Our room host was perfectly friendly but he definitely wasn’t a typical game master. He didn’t give clues or anything. He was more or less there to babysit us and watch the timer.
Particularly interesting or different
No
Story
No story
Difficulty
Medium
I considered giving a hard rating but not necessarily because of puzzle difficulty. It’s hard because it’s only 50 minutes to do a lot of puzzles… with strangers. You more or less have to dole them out to the huge group of people the cruise line sold tickets to and it’s not necessarily the people who would be good at those puzzles.
Game tech
Mechanical
Ideal number of players
7
There were a lot of puzzles, several which could be worked simultaneously so it does support a large group… and if you don’t come in with a large group you will get joined by randos.
Scary
Not scary
Was anything broken?
No
Live actors
No
Physically active
Somewhat
You have to be able to crawl on the floor to look under tables.
Accessibility
You need people who can duck and crawl and lift folding furniture and have good enough eyes to find things hidden.
Easy to find location
Yes
Safety
Yes
