Le Cinéma de M. Trippolyte [Mr Trippolyte's Cinema]

Lots of attention to 1980s detail and storyline that fit every kids movie of the era. Lots of fun, lots of puzzles, and very amusing gameplay at the end.

A serious safety incident, and a response that fell short I've played over 1,000 escape rooms around the world, and I traveled from Los Angeles to Geneva specifically to play Trip Trap after hearing great things. The Trip Trap Hotel concept is impressive, and the design ambition is clear. During Mr Trippolyte's Cinema, a heavy door mechanism dropped open suddenly and struck me hard on the head. I had a pounding headache for days afterward, and since this was my only day in Geneva, I played our remaining two rooms in pain. The game master told us it was an accident and that the door had never opened that way before. I asked to speak with a manager or owner and offered to wait or talk by phone later that day. That conversation never happened, and I left with a 50 CHF voucher. The incident wasn't escalated internally, and the owner only learned about it at a staff meeting later. After I emailed, the owner apologized and refunded the room. His first reply suggested our team might have altered the door's counterweights, which we didn't know existed. When I pushed back, he acknowledged that a protective structure meant to keep players away from them had gone missing a few sessions before ours, and said it was restored the weekend after our visit. He also said they've hired a Guest Experience Manager to handle situations like this on site. He declined to refund the two rooms I played injured, offering free replays instead. For a player who traveled across the world for one day of games, a replay in Geneva isn't a meaningful remedy. In 15 years of playing escape rooms, this is the most serious safety issue I've experienced, and it could easily have been worse. A missing safety guard shouldn't go unnoticed across several sessions, an injured guest should be escalated immediately, and a venue that draws international players should have a way to make things right for people who can't come back. I hope the fixes hold. Players should know what happened.

This is a Goonies themed room with a lot of 80s nostalgia built in. We felt the room was fun and creative and got a chance to live out one of our favorite movies. That said the story was a little weak and didn’t really make a ton of sense. The room was well built and had a lot of puzzles that were new and creative but we felt it went a little too fast with a couple of hard time sink puzzles in there. Overall a fun room and worth doing though

The set design is top notch. We felt a little lost initially upon first entering the space, but there are a lot of really fun puzzles and genuine surprises. While not our favourite overall experience the best moments in the room really do capture a sense of childhood adventure.

Wow! What a ride! Worth every minute of the 3.5 hours to get there. I don‘t want to spoil, so I leave it at that! 🤩

It is difficult to review without spoilers, but let’s say I had no clue what to expect, and boy was I surprised. The 80s references were a delight, and the design was (as with their other rooms) great.

Very realistic room with some funny, unexpected puzzles to solve. I really liked the different steps that the team goes through. It is a very exciting room, never boring. There is also room for splitting tasks and working in parallel on some parts. A really nice room and definitively worth doing if you like the Stranger things series and mood from the 80’s.

Fantastic room! I really felt that I am part of a kids gang and we do all the things that kids would do! The riddles were fun and some of them inspiring but the story was the for me the best. You can even compete with another team as there are two identical rooms. The props were super realistic!!