Hijinx Hotel [Immersive Experience]

I would not qualify this as an escape room. IT WAS A LOT OF FUN. You basically spend about 5 minutes in each room, an each room has its own activity and own theme and you complete the task in each room to score points and your points are added up at the end. It’s a little physical and a little mental, family friendly, and a good laugh. I did it in a pair and I feel it would also be fun to go in large groups. I enjoyed that each room is private, but you can talk to other teams in the hall a little as you approach your next activity room

This would be considered an immersive experience rather than an escape room but it does have some puzzle elements and physicality involved that makes for a great time. Hijinx Hotel is an amusement park wonderland. My group participated in their challenge rooms and when we checked in to the “hotel”, they gave us a key with our room number. We then made our way to the elevator where we were greeted by the concierge and they shared with us that each room in the hotel is a 5 minute experience. Some rooms are more physical in nature while others require teamwork to solve a puzzle. During your stay, you earn points to get on the leaderboard. The points don’t seem to have a reward system other than the sheer pride of seeing your group’s name on the leaderboard but that was enough for us to do our best on all the rooms. There is the option to do 1-2-3 sets. Each set is a 30 minute experience where you get to try out 5 rooms in total. If you opt in for the 3 sets, that means 90 minutes of 15 different rooms! This was a great time that reminds me a lot of Activate! The price point is higher than I would like but the visuals and the production value cannot be beat. A wonderful addition to the Irvine Spectrum and they have other attractions that I would like to try in the future - such as the Holey Moley Mini Golf, karaoke, and dinner experiences.