This is an escape room concept I might actually enjoy. Cool!
I may have mislead you! I went through the process, but didnāt actually purchase. Itās not something my wife would want to do. I worked at an escape room place in 2021 for the summer. (That where a chunk of my Universal trip funds came from.) Theyāre a lot of fun - if they are done well.
This looks like it is going to have a high production value. My only concern will be the solutions being posted online. With a smaller escape room business, itās not someone people vlog about. Someone out there is going to āneedā content about this and I bet they do a walk-thru.
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Aw, boo 
Canāt wait to do the BTTF one though. Itāll be great.
I will actively avoid spoilers.
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If I was going solo Iād organize an Escape Room Meet-up with the OIM peopleā¦maybe February??? 
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A bit pricey, but weāll still plan to do it when we are there in May. There will be 8 of us, though. 
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In my experience working escape rooms, you should break it up into two groups of four people. Eight people doing an escape room is too many. I recommend no more than 5. Your ideal group is 4 people.
Maybe one group can do JP and the other BttF?
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I wonder how this will be for younger kids. Too hard for a 6 and 8 year old?
I agree, seems a bit pricey but then I have no idea of how much a regular escape room would cost. Never have done one.
IME - Escape Rooms are for ages 12 & up. Younger kids donāt have the attention span and get too frustrated when they donāt progress quickly. Then you are stuck in a small area with a kid that is fussy while you are trying to solve puzzles within countdown.
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I just noticed that you can book a āprivateā experience for $300 for up to 8 people, so that would shave $100 off the total cost to do it that way.
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I donāt want to be a āknow-it-allā, but I promise you putting 8 people in one escape room is going to make at least three of them miserable.
There will be in-fighting and someone with āshut downā when they donāt feel heard. Youāll have a younger person sitting on the floor bored and needing attentionā¦
I saw it with almost every group of 6+ that came into my facility.
Itās really not a large group activity like laser tag, mini-golf or go-karts
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It appears Universal will put 8 people in the room, whether you have 8 or not.
Iāve had conversations with others who have done them, and they said they are more enjoyable with larger groups than smaller groupsā¦so it sounds like it will likely depend on the room design. Iāve personally never done one.
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So paying $50 doesnāt get you your own room? You need to share or pay extra to get a private experience?
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$50 per person, but they will put you in the room with other folks. But if you pay $300, you have have the room for your own group up to 8. Thatās my understanding so far.
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I just saw this posted:
There are two adventures, Jurassic World: Escape and Back to the Future: OUTATIME, and they each have eight rooms. Solutions are randomized, customized based on party size, and adjust based on skill level.
Maybe that will make it a better experience!
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Thatās kind of coolā¦ārandomizedā and ācustomizedā. They seem to have thought through this.
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Ok, thatās really disappointing 
I guess I will have to try and justify $300 for our family of 4 because I donāt want to have to share the experience/glory with strangers. That sucks.
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Really. Iām not sure I want to be stuck with MY family in one of these rooms much less anyone elseās 
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Yeah with the two of us that means $150 per person. I would most likely be the one solving and DH would try to be helpful but anyone who doesnāt know him could easily thing heās not smart or not trying and just take over the room. I hope that made sense. Putting you with other people is just plain dumb unless it was an option for those who do want to work with strangers. But making a group of 2 pay $100 extra per person is worthy of Chapek. 
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I agree too - my 8yo has been itching to do one locally and I say no. I thought this theming might be better but it gives me a good excuse to say no. After all, I asked someone who worked in one.
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