I did the Great Escape Room today.

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It was so much effing fun. We did it as a team building at work.

If you have one near you go do it. Go do it with a group right now!!

We went over the clock by 90 seconds. Literally.

I almost cried. But our guy let us finish on our own.

It was amazing.

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Ok. So you have one hour to use clues in a room to find the code that unlocks the door. The door is locked shut, but you can hit a panic button to leave if you have an emergency.

We had a Sherlock Holmes themed room, and there were 4 stations of "puzzles". The room was filled with clues that coordinated to each color. We had to search high and low to find the clues. They were over all kinds of stuff. Like, marked passages in books and under tables and stuff. A bunch of clues fit into an equation which led you to the next puzzle. It was very, very cool and an amazing team building activity.

There is an instructor in the room to guide you, but not help you.

We were split into two teams and true to laz form I was incredibly competitive and loved every minute.

It was so very well done I was blown away.

[bonquiqui]

I want to do this!! There is one by me and my friend and I walked by it last weekend, but didn't have time to stop. I've heard it's awesome

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Aug 25, 2016 17:35:50 GMT -5 bonquiqui said:

I want to do this!! There is one by me and my friend and I walked by it last weekend, but didn't have time to stop. I've heard it's awesome

I was expecting it to be so lame.

But it was SO MUCH FUN.

[jlt19]

My friends have talked about it but I'm so controlling and anxious that I think I probably wouldn't have friends after we left.

[W.T.Faulkner]

I did this last year at my friend's bachelorette party. She doesn't drink, so Escape the Room it was, and it was as much fun as something can be without alcohol. lol

[pandorica]

I took my family to do this for Christmas last year. We had so much fun! Way more than any of us expected. Ours was set up a little differently than yours it seems. I would definitely do it again.

[elleblue]

A friend of mine produces these in LA. I keep meaning to get up there to try one because they really sound fun.

[notsopicky]

I REALLY want to get my one group of friends together to do it. Have to figure out where one is near me.

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Aug 25, 2016 18:08:29 GMT -5 @heyitsme said:

Aug 25, 2016 17:39:43 GMT -5 jlt19 said:

My friends have talked about it but I'm so controlling and anxious that I think I probably wouldn't have friends after we left.

LOL - this would be me. My competitiveness would go into over drive.  However...now that I'm thinking about it, I should just get high before we go in - that may solve everything!

I was super competitive.

It was fun.

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Aug 25, 2016 18:09:13 GMT -5 @32flavors said:

I should do this for my office. Great idea.

It was fantastic team building.

[JLV]

H and I did one by ourselves and it was so much fun. We didn't escape but we had a great time and didn't want to kill each other during. Win!

[lo]

My H and I did the Great Escape Room with 4 other strangers and we also loved it! We finished with like 14 seconds. We went back a few weeks later to do the game room and it was just us and we didn't finish. we weren't stuck, just ran out of time! I think if we had like more mins we would have had it. My H now wants to open up an escape room business, lol.

Edit: we also did a room with another company and it was super easy and we finished with like 15 mins to go. The Great Escape Room have the best and most complex rooms, I think.

[arch01]

We did this for a work team building event and we all loved it. I would definitely do it again!

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Aug 25, 2016 19:36:11 GMT -5 loonylunalovegood said:

Just thinking about these rooms FREAK ME OUT. I think I would die.

I thought so too.

But they aren't bad at all

[sapphireblue]

There is one an hour from me.

My coworker went with a group, she didn't know what to expect. They loved it! In fact, in the last couple of months, they have gone back probably at least five times.

[knx9211]

We were turning the last thing when the timer went off. I was so mad.

[knx9211]

Aug 25, 2016 19:36:11 GMT -5 loonylunalovegood said:

Just thinking about these rooms FREAK ME OUT. I think I would die.

I had a panic attack going in because my trigger is being in a place I can't leave. But the girl showed me how to get out if I need to and assured me it wouldn't dq everyone else. Then once we got started I got distracted and didn't panic anymore.

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Aug 25, 2016 19:52:54 GMT -5 knx9211 said:

Aug 25, 2016 19:36:11 GMT -5 loonylunalovegood said:

Just thinking about these rooms FREAK ME OUT. I think I would die.

I had a panic attack going in because my trigger is being in a place I can't leave. But the girl showed me how to get out if I need to and assured me it wouldn't dq everyone else. Then once we got started I got distracted and didn't panic anymore.

Yep, same here.

I forgot that the door was locked and what we were working towards. I just kept focusing on figuring out the puzzles and clues.

[cville]

I would rather go to 15 cocktail parties with nothing but small talk about people's exotic bird collections than voluntarily be locked in a room.

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Aug 25, 2016 21:01:43 GMT -5 jodippls said:

Aug 25, 2016 19:36:11 GMT -5 loonylunalovegood said:

Just thinking about these rooms FREAK ME OUT. I think I would die.

Let's go drink somewhere downtown while my H & SIL do the one here. I have no desire to do this at all. I takes me think of Saw.

It's sooooo not scary.

The rooms are very cool. Mine was Sherlock Holmes theme.

It looked like a library sort of.

I thought it would be scary. But it's realllllly not!

If that is stopping you don't let it!

[mandymay]

My cousin's boyfriend works for one in LA and they go around trying all the escape rooms around. I've gone with them a couple of times and it's been so fun! They mostly seem to be in the middle of nowhere We've passed all but one room. One, The Basement (https://thebasementla.com) we escaped with less than a minute left on the clock. The one room we didn't solve, The Hex (https://www.crossroadsescapegames.com), was really great and I'm sad we didn't solve it in time! Anyway, what I'm trying to say is I really enjoy puzzles and these games are my jam. I'm just sad they can be so expensive!

[casarosada]

I love escape the rooms! We've done 3 and are doing another one in about a month. We've done one in a spaceship, one in a library and one in an apartment.

[googled]

H and I LOVE these. We've done four and have beat three so far. So fun!

[happywife]

That sounds like it would stress me out.

[lo]

Apparently in NY it's illegal to actually lock you in a room. So next to the locked normal door, there's like a mini door that's unlocked at all times that you can use.

[liverandonions]

We're supposed to be doing that for a team building at our meeting in December, but now it might be an all team meeting somewhere else. I want to do it!

[frenchies]

We did this at work. The place was so new they only had 1 room open so we had to split into 2 groups. I had a lot of fun but a couple of the people in my group (one in particular) was sooooo over it by the time we finished. Our team beat the other team by like 8 minutes so we got bragging rights.

[Saint Monica]

They give you a code to punch I like if you have to go to the bathroom. There are also cameras in the room and you are being watched.

It is fun.

[cinnamoncox0]

Aug 25, 2016 17:39:43 GMT -5 jlt19 said:

My friends have talked about it but I'm so controlling and anxious that I think I probably wouldn't have friends after we left.

Lol! Me too seriously. I tried getting people at work to do it as like a team/dept outing and I think they all got scared. They had wicked wtf faces on when I was explaining about it.
Sounds fun but I can see myself getting controlling quick if circumstances are right.