The Gift

This was my 3rd solo room and I didn’t enjoy it. I found the non-linear puzzles to be quite unintuitive, with lots of red herrings that disrupted the flow of the game almost constantly (such as a phone number being unused in a phone booth). I narrowly escaped in an unsatisfying way (got more than 3 clues from the GM and five extra minutes I got to balance out a mechanical failure for a puzzle that didn’t unlatch). I was glad to get the GM’s help and enjoyed the premise of this room far more than the experience itself.

This is an enjoyable room. I’m typically not expecting too much from corporate rooms, so it was a pleasant surprise. I will say that Red Door’s storytelling is next to nil, with the barest of premises for each room, and no real surprises or developments. I’m told the rooms form an interconnected story, but you sure could fool me.

Was a great first room for my family and I

Definitely one of the better rooms we've done. Great theme and decor. We needed 3 hints at the end (hubby hates to ask for them! 🤦‍♀️). They gave us a hint for a puzzle that we didn't need to solve anymore so they must have to give certain hints in a certain order. This made us waste some time on a clue that we hadn't solved but didn't need, if that makes sense. Otherwise, great staff and room!

Great escape room for a group of friends. My sister and I are veterans to escape room so this was a great room for beginners with a good vacation of puzzles in the rooms. My friends thoroughly enjoyed the experience. Staff is friendly. Fun thing they do is if you can solve the riddle of the day you receive an extra hint. You are limited to three hints per room unless you get the riddle.

We played the Christmas version of this game. It’s only been up and running for a few days. It’s the same game with a few changes to the puzzles and the theme. One of the puzzles they needed some, any, guidance to tell us what to do because it was where we hit a wall. I was ready to start throwing heavy chucks of coal. But we asked for hints and saved the North Pole (large candy cane) with the help of our amazing gamemaster Sam.

This was an above average game experience for me. I like the quality of the room setting. Some puzzles were cool and novel. Some puzzles were overly simple and a little disappointing. Regardless the room was good fun and well worth the stop. At this location so far I’ve done Confinement and Once Upon a Time. This was the funnest of the 3 but Confinement was harder and more satisfying to complete.

Well made quality room with some good and challenging puzzles. There were definitely some tricky puzzles we hadn’t seen before. Most everything can be logically solved with a couple leaps of faith needed. Will be going back to check out some of their other games.

The Gift is one of our favorite rooms!

Samon was once again our GM (we came back the same day because we got a discounted room). The Gift was fun, but the last portion of the room before exit was frustrating. My team actually skipped a couple of steps and were still able to get out in ample time. Out of both rooms we did that day, Once Upon A Time was definitely the favorite.