Escape Rooms

mickysf
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edited September 2018 in General Chat #1

Apparently these entertainment venues are springing up all over the country. Has anyone experienced one and 'lived' to explain the attraction? 

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  • cyberyacht
    cyberyacht Forum Participant Posts: 10,218
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    edited September 2018 #2

    What are they? Release your 'inner Houdini'?

  • mickysf
    mickysf Forum Participant Posts: 6,474 ✭✭✭
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    edited September 2018 #3

    The nearest I can get is that they are a bit like the Crystal Maze. You are locked in the room for an hour and presented with different challenges which you must solve in order to escape before the time is up. 

    Here is one

    https://www.houdinisescape.co.uk

  • Hallsontour
    Hallsontour Forum Participant Posts: 199
    edited September 2018 #4

    I've done two of these now and really enjoyed both.

    The first was about 7 different rooms with testing different types of skills with an overall theme of escaping the centre within the time allowed.

    My second was more of a mental puzzle to solve with different elements over two rooms. It was based on Harry Potter and you had to find a wand that the headmaster had taken from a student for misbehaving. 

    With a group of you they can be really good fun and help with team work and bonding. If you have a group of friends or family to go with I would certainly recommend you try one!

  • Takethedogalong
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    edited September 2018 #5

    Looks like some of the outdoor pursuits type team building venues brought up to date and available to all! Good fun. I always enjoyed the team building sessions we did via work. Interesting how some folks react. 

  • redface
    redface Forum Participant Posts: 1,701
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    edited September 2018 #6

    Escape rooms?

    Were they not formerly known as lunatic asylums where you got locked up Ad Infinitum and were thus able to escape from the modern world?

  • nelliethehooker
    nelliethehooker Club Member Posts: 13,636 ✭
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    edited September 2018 #7

    I tow mine around with me!

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