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| - Escape Chambers Madison is going to give you a memorable experience that you will be talking about for hours afterwards. If you have never gone to an "Escape the Room" before I highly recommend the experience, despite the hefty price tag.
I was surprised with a trip to Escape Chambers by my lovely wife for my birthday. I had no idea that Madison had a venue for this, and apparently Yelp didn't either. My wife, 7 other friends, and I signed up to do "The Raid." The room was built around being DEA agents trying to bust a drug dealer. I won't say much beyond to avoid spoilers.
You are given 60 minutes to find clues that will help you get out of the room and open secrets in the room. The room was well themed and laid out. Overall, it was a good thought provoking puzzle. You are given 1 hint for free and an additional 2 if you check in on Facebook. The clues are very helpful so you are pretty much required to check in and help advertise the business. We ended up using all 3 of our clues by the end and escaped with 7 minutes to spare.
Despite the overall positive experience, I do have a small gripe with Escape Chambers. The whole operation feels like a giant cash grab with low overhead. There is one employee and the rooms are filled with everyday items. Aside from rent the business is paying very little to operate. Each room maxes at 10 people, but if you don't reserve the room with the entire cap or close to, Escape Chambers will throw random strangers in with you to maximize their profit.
The whole experience costs $30 a person, which is insane for 1 hour or less of enjoyment. That money would buy you three movie tickets, a lot of beer, a ticket to an amusement park, among other things. The cost for one hour of entertainment is a ridiculously high cost-time ratio for Escape Chambers. After going once, I would never go again because of this cost-time ratio. I would definitely revisit to do their other rooms if the cost wasn't so insane per head. I've done it once now, the experience was great, but I will not be returning unless their business model changes.
I recommend going to Escape Chambers Madison if you have never done an escape the room before, but otherwise the cost-time ratio is too off balance to be worth the experience.
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