Anyone done this? We went last night for a works night out, was very good, enjoyable and fairly difficult but we managed it. Onto Brewhemia after it, was quite impressed in there too.
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05-05-2018 02:56 PM #1
Escape Rooms
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05-05-2018 05:53 PM #2This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
They are huge at the moment.
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05-05-2018 06:18 PM #3This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
The people I was with, and I very much include myself in this, probably weren’t the greatest minds the world has seen but we also managed it so I presume they adjust the help they give you over the tannoy/intercom thingy to make sure everybody competes it.
I think all companies should do it as a team building exercise and if I did recruitment for a company I’d use it as an assessment centre as think it’d give a great insight into how people’s minds work and how they interact with people.
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05-05-2018 06:20 PM #4This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
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06-05-2018 09:55 AM #7
I’d never heard about them until I watched the film. I quite fancy doing it now.
United we stand here....
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06-05-2018 10:01 AM #8
Did it a few months back and thought it was pretty crap to be honest
Sorry to go against the grain! Not my cup of tea.
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06-05-2018 11:16 AM #9This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
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06-05-2018 02:07 PM #10
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06-05-2018 03:02 PM #12
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Done loads of them now. Different quality definitely applies to each venue. Best one we did was escape hour just off the royal mile. Escape plan in George street was good too.
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06-05-2018 05:02 PM #13
Done one down the shore over from carriers quarters. Was alright, wouldn’t rush back.
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07-05-2018 02:41 AM #15This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
Not really a fan of the 'forced' team building stuff for the most part. A meal and out for a few drinks wins every time for me!
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07-05-2018 09:23 AM #16
Done a couple of them and think they're pretty good. My other half loves them though, whenever she's away on a holiday she inevitably finds an escape room to do.
There's a fair few in Edinburgh now.Mon the Hibs.
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07-05-2018 02:08 PM #17This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
We've got a location in Dunedin www.escapedunedin.com, if you happen to be in the area(it's not a million miles from Wellington i guess) the games at Dunedin Prison are well worth playing. Definitely a more immersive experience in a fantastic location.
It won't be for everyone though and as the market continues to become more mainstream then we are going to encounter people who don't enjoy it.
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08-05-2018 07:45 AM #18
I'm up to 16 now but I've only just started doing the Scottish ones. Most of the ones I've done are with a friend of mine down in London. He's a bit of a seasoned pro at this point - he's done 80 all over the world.
We did 2 of the Escape Reality games in Merchant Square in Glasgow at the weekend - they have 5 rooms in total, and we ended up setting the record time for one of them!
The quality of the room can definitely impact enjoyment, no doubt about it. The first "half-room" I ever did was at the Namco arcade on South Bank - it was very badly set up, and even the guys who "oversaw" it didn't understand how some of it worked. I've done some brilliant rooms down in London, many of them as a team of 2, and they can be really challenging.
In addition to room escapes, if any of you ever go down to London, I can't recommend the treasure hunts around the city - there are a few companies that run these, but inthehiddencity trails are spectacular, and get you walking around London looking for clues etc - businesses are always in on the act too, so you stop in several pubs for drinks etc on your way. Great fun for groups of friends.
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08-05-2018 07:48 AM #19This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
Alternatively, let me know where your sites around Scotland are, and I'll be sure to try and get around them
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08-05-2018 11:13 AM #20This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
We’ve got 2 (soon to be 3) in Edinburgh (St Colme Street, Haymarket, and Morrison Street), Glasgow (Wellington Street), Dundee, and Livingston.
Can’t say anything on the tester front however I’m sure FFK will respond!
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08-05-2018 11:25 AM #21
I done this one as a team building day with the work
http://exitplanedinburgh.co.uk/svengalis-lair/
I really enjoyed it, I'm no really someone who enjoys a puzzle but the team I had with me were really good and that made it more enjoyable. We set the best time that week.
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08-05-2018 01:06 PM #22This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
I'm very glad for folks like you that are continuing to expand the number of rooms, as it's an excellent past-time!
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08-05-2018 01:12 PM #23
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We did the Espionage Room and enjoyed it. Not the best, not the worst.
Best ones i've been to were padlox in Leith and exit plan on Queen Street.
Tried escape hour off the high street, but didnt really like it.
ps. as we were leaving Escape Livingston, the guy told us to use discount code Stu49 to try the other rooms. No idea if it still works, but worth a try.
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08-05-2018 02:39 PM #26This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
https://www.escapeteambuilding.co.uk/
The Magic Emporium looks superb, and The Experiment is a favourite for me of our rooms.
Being honest though, haven’t got a bad thing to say about any of the other companies’ rooms as I’ve enjoyed them all - even the one I failed! Can You Escape’s rooms near the Royal Mile are really good fun.Last edited by SRHibs; 08-05-2018 at 02:44 PM.
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It's good fun creating new rooms, I think the Magic Emporium which will be in Morrison Street will be our best room to date. Although The Experiment and Houdini's Workshop in St Colme Street are both new rooms and I really like them.
They are definitely a step up compared to our Haymarket branch, which is next on the list for a revamp.
If we are looking for groups to test I'll drop a post in here :) - likely be the last week of May.
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08-05-2018 04:52 PM #28This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
Buried Alive in Peterborough is set in the Vaults beneath Peterborough Museum, one of the most haunted places in the UK apparently. I can't vouch for seeing anything but wasn't much fun being down there late at night on your own, imagination runs wild! Being the person in the coffin is ....entertaining
Or the Butcher in Nottingham at Escapologic.
Both definitely have a scare factor to them
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09-05-2018 06:13 AM #30
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[/QUOTE Yeah Espionage is more like an introductory room for a new market, some cool stuff but not overly difficult. That's why we put it on Groupon at the start to try and encourage people to play and then hopefully come back and play the others. The Prison Breakout room there and the Witchcraft and Wizardry rooms are a bit of a step up in difficulty and we have invested in the WW rooms quite heavily in comparison as the initial rooms were successful. I like the Livi site because the property costs are much lower than EH we can use far bigger spaces and be a bit more adventurous. The Prison is cool, got a bit of a Shawshank redemption vibe to it and the Witchcraft and Wizardry has a couple of bits I've never seen in an escape room before.[/QUOTE]
We did the witchcraft one. It was a bit more difficult than some of the others but our teens loved it. Lots of brainpower needed. I just organised and carried things we found
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