The Escape Hunt Experience Houston - Houston We Have a Problem

This was so much fun, and I'm looking forward to going back with a group I know and hoping for a better outcome. Our biggest downfall was around who was in charge of communicating, and that choice lost us so much time that there wasn't a chance of recovering. There was general confusion and lack of things we needed being shared with us. One of the other astronauts and I were lucky in that we both have unique skills that let us solve puzzles without using the information that should have been shared, but for other groups this would be a huge disadvantage. Just choose wisely and you should have better luck. But either way, you will have a fun time.

Price:$$$$38 per person

Theme:★★★★A lot of time went into making this the most realistic space travel room I've ever done - extremely detailed and very well put together.

Quality:★★★This was nicely done and things generally worked well. Towards the end, however, we did something wrong and got it so stuck there was no chance we'd move past it.

Difficulty:★★★★I don't think that any individual puzzle was particularly hard. Rather, the poor decision we made about communicating early in the room made our experience here painful.

Fun:★★★Super fun - I got to wear a space suit in the room and who doesn't want to do that?

With:12 peopleEvan, Judy (with 10 others)

Outcome:☹Win

Time Left:⏰N/A

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Houston Panic Room - Cabin Fever Room

The game we played was a decent game, but most of the issues we had were more with the person running our room. He wasn't particularly welcoming, and looked like he'd rather be anywhere else. This set a somewhat strange mood going into the room. Also, we had issues with getting clues on the puzzle we were on, instead of one we'd already finished, which makes it seem like they weren't paying attention.

Price:$$$25 per person

Theme:★The theme is well-defined, but I'm not sure it made the best of sense to our group. Let's offer that snow and snow plans are not things many Texans have a ton of experience with.

Quality:★★Things were pretty good, but we had some issues reaching or finding things.

Difficulty:★★★This wasn't too hard, but it included one of our least favorite types of puzzles, so that immediately made us slow down while we figured that out.

Fun:★★We had an okay time, but when we were done, we were ready to leave and not excited to do another like happens at other places.

With:5 peopleEvan, Judy, Justin, Pat, Robbie

Outcome:☺Win

Time Left:⏰13:22

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Escape Now - The Sherlock Room

This was a good time as a family the day after Christmas. We had a good time going in, and overall everyone was able to contribute something to solving puzzles. We missed a few fairly obvious things, which is unfortunate because they were fun puzzles. There was also a puzzle that we just have no idea how they did it but it was super neat and I've yet to see it used in any other rooms - we would like you also to be surprised by it because it was a neat little challenge.

Price:$$$24 per person

Theme:★★There were some neat things in here, some of which were a little distracting, but overall pretty good.

Quality:★★★In good shape - all but one puzzle worked perfectly and they had warned us about problems with one before going in so we were able to get a work around when we got to that.

Difficulty:★★★Honestly, we just made things so much more difficult than they needed to be. There were at least three puzzles that had we paid better attention we could have made it through without using the hint so early.

Fun:★★★We had fun - it was a first puzzle for the in-laws and even though we didn't get out they had fun.

With:4 peopleEvan, Judy, Justin, Pat

Outcome:☹Loss

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Crazy Cat Escape Room - The Deadly Dining Room

In the end, we got out and found what we were looking for, and I inherited everything (if only that were true)! Depending on who you were with, this could go very well for you or not, and we got lucky in that once we started communicating properly everything came together. There were some fun puzzles and everything was intriguing; we'd recommend that you examine the room VERY carefully and pay attention to everything you are told before you go in.

Price:$$$$35 per person

Theme:★★★★The room we were put into was exactly as expected and fit in perfectly with the mission of the room.

Quality:★★★This was in good shape and well put together.

Difficulty:★★★★★Most of the puzzles were great and fun - the real difficulty lies in communication with other members of the team.

Fun:★★★We had fun, even though some times were frustrating while some of the team was stuck waiting before we could be much of a help to the others (again - communication issue and not a fault of the room).

With:12 peopleEvan, Judy (and 10 others)

Outcome:☺Win

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