Escape Chronicles - Trapped No More!!!

Monday, May 12, 2014

Pirate Ship The Curse of the Adventure Galley - Escape Room Curve

Pirate Ship - Good Flow & Extensive

Arrrrr... I started preparing my best pirate imitation on my drive to Curve as I was really looking forward to the experience of my ~~life long~~ 1 day dream of being ~~Jack Sparrow~~ a pirate.

Anyways, Hollywood aspirations aside, we were both hyped to try the the largest room at the Curve outlet. The room is themed after after a pirate adventure where you are out the search for the treasure. As usual, the staff was warm and welcoming. Professor Sherlock asked the staff the back story of the room and the staff gave a very sketchy story that didn't sound at all interesting. However, as soon as we stepped in the room we were rather impressed.

This particular room is very large and the first room looks as if you were in a abandoned ship. The Escape Room team deserves credit for the theme and the props as it matched the story and the mission. The room has multiple rooms within the room and you need to rely on some scouring skills as some of the clues are hidden rather well. In one of the room we had to rely on sheer strength to open a compartment and ~~Jack Sparrow~~ I thoroughly enjoyed that section.

Professor Sherlock's favorite was solving one of the cryptic puzzle involving the most minute part of a significant prop in the room. I know that the previous sentence sounded like a cryptic message itself, but I'm trying my best to tell you something about the room without any spoilers.

At the end, both of us managed to break out with 17 minutes remaining. It felt really good as the staff cautioned us that, escaping will be tough as it was only the two of us. Nevertheless, both of us found matching pirate hats and swords and completed the winners pic.

We enjoyed the room much more than the Mysterious Room and credit goes to Escape Room team. The room was well designed and the flow of the story made sense. We appreciate theme and the plot aspect of any room and we appreciate it more if there is flow to the story-line. That is a critical aspect for Professor Sherlock and she concurs that this room scores high on that category.

Well here is the scorecard!

Room Theme

Puzzles

Thrill/Fear Factor

Music

Story-line Flow

Overall

We enjoyed the room and we were already starting to plan our next ~~mishap~~ adventure! Till we meet again.... Keep digging Watson :)

Sunday, February 9, 2014

Mysterious Room - Escape Room Curve

Mysterious Room - Fun, Exciting & Absorbing

We walked past Escape Room so many times before finally deciding to try our luck at the latest craze that has taken our social media.

As it was our first time we were extremely intrigued and excited with the notion of being trapped in a room and finding a way out using just our smarts. The staff were very professional and it was nice to see the enthusiasm as it rubbed off on us.

We were told that we are both breaking into a room to recover/steal a precious jewel which is hidden in that room. As soon as they locked us in the room the time started!

I don't want to give any spoilers but I have to say that the room is well designed and the lasers were a really nice touch. The whole Entrapment scene came into our mind but we soon realized that you have to be extremely nimble to maneuver through the maze. Since neither of us are national gymnast we used our brains and found a way through.

The room scores high on the theme and the use of unique puzzles. However, it does have its WTF moment as we had to use the Help button for one of the puzzle that didn't make any sense even after the staff explained to us. Long story short, we managed to steal the jewel and dashed out with 1 minute remaining. Being this was our time, we dashed out with huge grin as if we were being chased by NYPD.

We rummaged through their extensive array of props for the winners photo and we knew at that point that we have found a hobby that fulfills our love for puzzles, riddles and investigations!