The Attraction

Great sets, great tech, great story! Weird game. Certainly not for everyone. This was a more story driven experiential game than most. Felt a little like you were being driven through the game rather than driving. (Though pet of that was that I was with a team of 5 really good solvers when I am used to doing most rooms with just 2, so there was a lot less for me to solve myself. ) The pop culture references were an area of disagreement among my team. Some liked them, I found them out of place, and immersion-breaking. I highly recommended everyone play this game, but not until you have maybe 20 escape rooms under your belt. Be familiar with the escape room “rules” before you can enjoy how this game breaks them.

Played a lot of escape rooms and some more “experience oriented” rooms. Overall I was quite disappointed. Though the set design and technology was amazing, it felt very tasky and there were a few apparently arbitrary puzzles. The group finished in good time but after finishing there was a really embarrassed silence leaving the building. It didn’t feel playful. It didn’t feel like we had any agency. And the story telling just went on and on. It just felt tedious despite all of the fun window dressing like sets, pop culture references and so on.

Beautiful game with so much amazing tech! Love the puzzles and the theme. It’s like a Disney ride but it’s an escape room! Palace Games keeps killing it and are in a league of their own. Recommend four or more for this one.

It's an innovative "escape room" for sure. And the tech is incredible. But I don't think it's great for a group larger than 5. It's very linear. Don't get me wrong, everyone in the party participates, but often it's one puzzle at heart (one person figures out the puzzle, and then tells everyone what they need to do). Aside from that, the room is impressive, and the theme is very well executed. It's more of a story, and less of an escape, which is neither good nor bad. Overall, a very positive experience, just don't do it with a large group.

If you have done The Dome in Amsterdam then this room will feel like a poor attempt to do something similar. If you have not done The Dome then it would be a pretty unique concept, if cheaply orchestrated. At this price point I would expect higher quality props.

Words can’t really describe the extent to how hard this room goes. This is the most high tech room I have ever played and probably will continue to be so for a few years. It was like if Disney poured their money into making an escape room. The story was interesting, not super unique, but it takes you to so many different intricate and immersive environments. There was a large variety of puzzles that were pretty nonlinear. I would say above all else this room required a lot of teamwork and communication. It is hard for people to split off and each do their own puzzle. Everyone really needs to work together to finish on time. Also there is no GM to ask for hints. Hints are organically provided by the room as you’re going along if you’re taking a long time, which I thought was a great mechanic. All I have to say if everyone in my group of 5 had their minds blown by this room and had a great time. It’s expensive like all the Palace rooms but the cost is justified. Highly recommend!

There is no way to describe this game in words. It truly is something you have to experience in order to understand. It is not the best room I've ever played, but it was wondrous and an absolute feat of engineering. Read nothing else and play it.