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| - My family and I (5 of us, ages 21-34) did The Ventriloquist room today as a post-Thanksgiving Day outing. We had done two rooms at Escape Room Live (Georgetown & Alexandria) a couple years before in DC. The location of The Box is a bit in "random Charlotte," rather than downtown, but that we didn't have to look for parking for that reason, which is always nice.
I booked the session on their website, which is well-designed and already gets you into the game mood! Also, if you sign up for their newsletter, they'll send you a 10% off promo code! The other escape rooms I was looking at in the area were $25pp, while this one was $27pp. The promo code will even things out, if that makes you feel better about trying out a new company for the first time, but you'll find that they're worth the price.
Our session was the second of the day, so when we arrived the lobby was empty except for the host, Andy. He was already in game mode as well, which made things fun. Both rooms have a creepy theme to them, so the lobby followed with slightly dim lighting and music to match. We signed e-waivers on iPads and were oriented quickly. There are small lockers for storing your things if needed.
The room was dim as well, but it made sense for the theme and eventually it was lit well enough for us all to see. The room is for up to 7 people and was big enough for 7 people to roam about. It also had matching creepy music, but there were no people popping out or things popping up, which is something we were all very anxious about! As with the two other rooms we had done, we had to solve combo locks, but we didn't solve the puzzles in a linear fashion and we were all able to work on individual puzzles to bring things back together. The room was well-designed to match the theme and the puzzles/riddles were the right amount of challenging - even though we didn't get out in the end.
At the end Andy the host showed us how to finish the rest of the room and our gamemaster came out to tell us how we did. He was helpful throughout the experience, paid attention to our progress, and provided us with the two hints we asked for closer to the end. The team at The Box are new, but they are really eager to provide a high-quality and fun experience and are open to critiques to improve. We didn't really have any feedback in that area; we didn't think outside of the box as much as we should have and we'll keep that in mind for when we go back to try the other room!
TL;DR:
- did the Ventriloquist room
- it was creepy, but fun w/o pop-ups
- puzzles were the correct amount of challenging and play wasn't linear
- room was for up to 7 people, which is appropriate, but is playable for smaller groups as well
- host & gamemaster were great!
recommend!
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