Escape IT - The Funhouse

I feel like this is a single step up from the less than impressive SAW escape experience from Egan Escape Productions. Pretty good set dressing but less than inspired gameplay and occasionally confusing setups may leave a less than ideal taste in the mouth of escape room enthusiasts. This room is closer to a more interactive haunted house walkabout than it is to an escape experience.

We wanted to love this room and we didn’t even really like it. Chapter 1 was much better. Even if the puzzle wasn’t broken for us we left feeling very “meh.” Just be aware, this is not standard escape. Every section is timed so they really usher you through it.

not as good as the sewers but still very very well done. some of the sets and puzzles I think were better than the first part but our experience felt too held back. that’s to keep the groups separated and not running into each other but it’s a detriment to the experience. hopefully when you play, no one goes before you so you’re free to run straight through!

We played it right after part 1 and it was very enjoyable with great actors and epic sets. Not a ton of puzzling, but enough that you feel some agency moving though the story. If you like puzzles, be sure to ask them to not have the actors prompt you along so you can discover on your own. They have a tendency to be overly helpful if you don't ask.

I liked this better then The Sewers. Maybe it’s because we got lucky and had no one else in our group. I felt like this had more escape room type puzzles. Also the sets were 👍🏽👍🏽

We did this right after Escape It part 1. It’s the better of the two in my opinion but that may be because it was just the two of us. The staff is amazing, the actors clearly love what they’re doing. The puzzles fit the narrative and flow from room to room in a way that makes sense. When they’re helping you they are very, very subtle about it. I can not recommend this one highly enough. Every minute of this experience was exceptional for us.

Too many people shoved in each experience with you. 5-6 should be max

Unfortunately the live actor who started the escape room with us was horrible and ruined the experience. She kept calling Pennywise Joel? Not sure why. When walking into a room she would immediately point things out and straight up solve the puzzles before we even had a chance to all get into the room. It was impossible to get immersed in the experience because of this. Multiple puzzles didn’t work properly as well. Also some content unrelated to the 2nd movie. Overall needs some work to match the Chapter 1 room.

This is a MUST. If you can do Chapter One followed by Chapter Two directly after, I highly recommend combining them together to give it the overall effect. This immersive room concept is just phenomenal. The amount of creativity and time put into this, is just incredible. The staff is awesome and it’s all around just a freaking blast! Go! Now!