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| - First escape room experience; won't be the last. I've heard of escape room addiction and after escaping Shanghaied (& placing in the Top 10 September scores) - I am addicted. Escapology was great in explaining, giving out (our single) hint, and had great production value.
The experience checking in was swift and flawless. Came in, warmly greeted, slightly eerie feel - but it seems like that's what they are going for. We signed our waivers and were escorted into our room right away. Rules, questions, and story background were given. The timer started and we were off scrambling and assembling clues together. Everything was of use and the little details that we managed to figure out were really satisfying. When we did get stuck, I was a little mad that our hint was "push up then pull down on the lock" DAMMIT! We knew the code, but had to use our hint on how to figure out how the padlock opened!? The surprises, design, and way each item was utilized was very thoughtful. They even had a variety of different locks from keys, numbers, and even words on some.
Our veteran escape room friend was slightly disappointed in the ease of one of the hardest rooms. (since we finished rather quickly for being a majority of our's first escape room ever, but maybe she was just that good?) The rest of us newbies were just very impressed we escaped and even made top 10! Escapology set the bar for future rooms I will for sure be visiting in the future. Will definitely have to come back to try out the Budapest room, which has the same difficulty as the Shanghaied room. #TeamSteaknEggs
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