Vanishing Act

Vanishing Act

Overwhelmingly positive (177 ratings)

  • Escape room
  • IRL

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Congratulations! Your team has won the backstage pass at the McKoy Theatre to tour the workshop of esteemed magician, Fritz Franco and his fabulous friend, Fluffy! Beyond a traditional escape room experience, this is a magical hour of performance art …and you may just become part of the show!

  • 4-8
  • 60 mins
  • Not scary

Ratings

All (177)

Overwhelmingly positive

Gameplay
Very positive
Atmosphere
Very positive
Customer service
Very positive

Reviews

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Harmaakinkku

7 escape rooms

SO FUN! The experience started from when we opened the door to the lobby. The staff was very kind and interactive, including in room acting. Well thought out puzzles sticking to the magic theme. Cool and creative multi room experience. A lot of boxes with key locks was my only "complaint", I like a little variety but not much of an issue. The website recommends 4-8 players but we completed it fine with two adults and a ten year old.

Gameplay
Atmosphere

It's in the oldest building in black mountain, so there were a couple things with the design where it didn't know if I was supposed to life a carpet square or not. But experience was immersive from the lobby introduction. Not many special effects but magic elements had a large influence on the room.

Customer service

They were amazing!!

Was anything broken?

Yes

A phone is provided at one point and it was at 1% battery when we got it. But easily fixed given we all had a personal phone

Jan 17, 2026
@wtdawson
wtdawson

103 escape rooms

Jon, the owner and host for our game, was amazing and engaging the whole time. This room is truly a magical experience in ways I can't describe without spoiling it. The puzzles were on theme and signposted fairly well throughout, so we were able to solve them with just a few hints. We had a magical time!

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Gameplay

Fun mix of traditional puzzles and some unusual conundrums.

Atmosphere

Some excellent effects in a room that seems fairly normal at first but quickly becomes enchanted.

Customer service

Jon was fantastic, energetic and his love of escape rooms was infectious.

Easy to find location

Yes

It's in the oldest existing building in Black Mountain. There's a free municipal parking lot a very short walk away.

Jan 11, 2026 | Experienced Dec 27, 2025

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kahlucy

1 escape room

Such a fun magic room! Loved the presentation from our hosts, the extra touches of magical flair in the room, definitely great for kids and great time overall. Would highly recommend you check out!!

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Difficulty

Hard

Dec 29, 2025 | Experienced Dec 29, 2025

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3RedHeadsAndMom

115 escape rooms

Jon (owner/Game Master/Magician 's apprentice) for our game was very entertaining. It was quite amazing how he popped in and out of our game without seeing him leave. The puzzles in the room were fun and challenging but Jon made sure we were able to finish the game to see the fun ending. My wife and I had a great time doing all three rooms at Black Mountain Escape this weekend for her birthday. The atmosphere was very cool as it is set in the oldest building in Black Mountain. It was quite amazing how the rooms were incorporated into the old building. He even included a few fun things into the Vanishing Act game to honor her birthday. Can't wait for the new room to open whenever it is ready (hopefully soon).

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Was anything broken?

No

Dec 15, 2025 | Experienced Dec 12, 2025
@Jblanton0
Jblanton0

149 escape rooms

Super fun room with a variety of high tech and low tech puzzles. The host was amazing and added to the experience throughout the game. We usually play with our children but they missed this game and we were disappointed about that because they would have loved it. Highly recommend for any level of experienced player and for children because the room is a lot of fun.

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Minimum age

6

Aug 6, 2025 | Experienced Aug 6, 2025
@Tanae
Tanae

161 escape rooms

This was such a fun room! Our whole experience, start to finish, was a great ride. Really unique room and puzzles. It made you feel like magic was real! John, our GM, was absolutely wonderful! Immersive and down-right FUN!

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May 3, 2025 | Experienced May 3, 2025

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