Having been to the home grown one room escape games which you pay $20 for an hr, this one by far is well worth the money and quite well done. If you're a fan of escape games, this is a must try. It takes place in the actual tower in casa loma.
It's $41 pp including taxes. Books up quickly and you're looking at a 2-3 month time frame for a spot. For the tower escape there are 12 ppl per time slot. Ideally you'd find 11 other good friends to fill this spot, otherwise another group may join you. The tunnels escape there are 16.
Do you actually need this many people? I would say for the tower you need at least 10. There are a lot of things to do in each room, dividing and conquer is necessary and only possible to complete it in the time frame with enough people to help.
The whole escape experience was well designed and puzzles clever, challenging and cohesive. Puzzles were not easy but not impossible making it fun and progressive. There is a good story, with missions to complete and is followed through until the end.
One of the best things was that the experience was guided by actors that not only immerse you in the story but provide guidance and focus. Ask them questions, and they also provide hints like that help you figure out what is relevant and not. It's quite helpful to keep things going rather than dwell on things that are not relevant.
Although $$ it's well worth it and pretty fun. Excellent team building. We are already planning to go again for the tunnels escape.
Free parking on premises after 5pm. Enter on the left side
It is 1.5 hrs with 30 mins of intro and ground rules given. Arrive 15 mins before your allotted time (5:30, 730, 930)