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| - Such a fun 60 minutes of your life spent here. Yes, I paid $30 for someone to lock me inside of a room. But it's exciting and challenges your brain. I'm a fan of both and so the hour FLEW by way too fast.
My bestie and family did "The Apartment". I gotta say, it was tough. I mean, I thought I was a pretty sharp knife in the smarts arena, but this game started to insult my intelligence. And, I thought bestie had some brain matter too. College-educated w/a finance degree, Accountant for a Fortune 500, etc. Bestie just wore a deer-in-headlights look for the hour. Thank God we had 2 other ppl (strangers) who happen to be nice, cool and very keen to the clues. Ummmm... they essentially carried us... (tail tucked between legs)...But I think they had done another room before.
I was overjoyed when I finally shouted out a possible "next step" and happen to have been right and we got another key for the 6 padlocks.
The set-up was elaborate and monitor spitting out clues worked. I can't wait to try other scenarios.
So, we got 4 of 6 clues solved to unlock the 6 padlocks. The moderator/host person unlocked our room to de-cage us and reviewed our unsolved mysteries. One was very very easy, which was a careless oversight, and the other - pretty obscure, IMO. Booo!
They led our defeated team to hold signs for a group pic which indicated our non-victory. I'm a very poor loser and it took every ounce of me to smile and be "okay" with not winning. I get pissed off losing to ppl at Scrabble even. Yeah, I have issues...
Bottom Line: Money well spent for a different type of entertainment, bonding, and team-building experience.
Tips:
1. Go potty before you're locked in the room. Yes, it is possible to be released in order to relieve yourself (they have microphones/cameras in the rooms), but the game would be paused while you went potty. And who wants to be "that" person?
2. Look presentable for the free group pic after your search (i.e. consider bathing, running a comb/brush through hair, etc).
Smart phones are permitted in the locked rooms, but no photography (for obvious reasons). I took mine w/me bc I would definitely start twitching if confiscated.
In a smaller group and joined w/strangers for new team mates? Be nice, don't be a stuck-up asshole. They could really be smart and be a strong contributor. Plus, it's just more enjoyable that way. ;)
5. Make sure you get plenty of rest the night before your search. Speaking for myself, I only had 3 hours the night before and my thoughts were a tad "grainy". The mission is to solve the clues.
6. Only 20% of participating parties actually succeed. I didn't let the low odds get in my way, as I like to defy odds and be the minority. Come with a positive and optimistic attitude.
Happy Hunting!
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