Escape rooms?

RandallFlagg

Escape rooms? good thing or bad thing?

BRISTOL86

I’ve done it twice.

One was excellent, with superb attention to detail and was genuinely an exciting and challenging thing.

The other one was absolutely naff, with hardly any thought at all put into it. 

So in short, I guess like most things, product quality varies depending on who is supplying it

jellyroll

Took my kids. They escaped

BRISTOL86

Oh and we also did this - called ‘Hell in a Cell’

https://bristolhorrorescape.com/

It was amazing. 

stickyfiddle

We have several here in AbDab and Dubai. They're good fun. Of the ones I've done, the quality ranges from "some stuff in boxes with combination padlocks and paper clues" to "Fallout-themed room with multiple rooms, electrically-controlled doors, tasks like actual metal detection and full-scale high-quality props (including a frickin' laser rifle)" 

RandallFlagg

anyone done the Trappd escape rooms at Peterborough?

https://trappd.com/book-now/peterborough/

CHRISB50

I went to the one at the Excel in London for my mate's stag. It was pretty good.

2 rooms, one easier than the other (both were tougher than they should have been as we were all half cut).

Both had hidden doors / rooms etc. Had to use endoscopes etc. to find some clues / keys. It was pretty well put together and enjoyable.

The easy one we escaped with about half an hour left on the clock, the harder one we got out but only with about 15 seconds to spare.

A good way to spend a few hours I'd say.

Handsome_Chris

RandallFlagg said:

anyone done the Trappd escape rooms at Peterborough?

https://trappd.com/book-now/peterborough/

No one's done it.  Apparently there are gangs of people still wandering around in there since it started. 

In short it is quite difficult.

RandallFlagg

Wife looking to book us in for my birthday, I might shove her in the door with a bowl of her stew then lock it and disappear to the pub for an hours peace, she'll never figure it out.

BRISTOL86

Not sure if you have the ‘locked in a room’ chain of them where you are, if they even are a chain rather than just a Bristol outfit, but that was the one that was really good. Went to another operated by ‘city mazes’ and it was awful  

RandallFlagg

BRISTOL86 said:

Not sure if you have the ‘locked in a room’ chain of them where you are, if they even are a chain rather than just a Bristol outfit, but that was the one that was really good. Went to another operated by ‘city mazes’ and it was awful  

Doesn't look like it, Peterborough or Norwich are the closest

guitarfishbay

Have done 3, escaped 3.

2 were really fun, one of those quite difficult.  The third one was pretty simple despite being rated at medium difficulty, genuinely reckon I'd have escaped that one on my own with time to spare.

Definitely fun with the right group of people.  But the quality of the challenges varies, so try to go for one with good reviews.

LuttiS

Took wife  for her birthday when she was pregnant and couldn't do traditional birthday shenanigans and get silly drunk.
Had a great time. We keep on intending to return.. 

BigMonka

I've done one in York for a mate's 40th and it was brilliant - we had two teams do two matching rooms at the same time like a race. You had an hour to escape and both team's finished within the last minute!

A friend also bought a DIY kit from  website and set it up at his house for us, and that was brilliant too (although he made it a bit hard by putting in too many decoy clues!).

rich75

Did the Locked in a Room one at the Excel in Docklands as a work social event. There were over 30 of us in 6 rooms simultaneously and everyone really enjoyed it. All of our groups made it out but it varied from 15 minutes left to 10 seconds left.  

roundthebend

RandallFlagg said:

anyone done the Trappd escape rooms at Peterborough?

https://trappd.com/book-now/peterborough/

I live in Peterborough and don't think I knew about this one. I've done a couple of different ones in the city, one paid for by work and one paid for myself. They're expensive for what they are, though I enjoyed both and think they're quite well done.

I'm gonna try that one out. One of the companies I've used have opened one in the Priestgate Vaults which are 'secret' corridors into the Cathedral. I imagine that'd be a good setting.

https://www.escape-peterborough.co.uk/book-now

Sambostar

funkyfraz

Did one with work mates. Started a bit slow, but ten minutes in we were all getting stuck in! Great bit of fun!