tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-85395872994684113992024-02-20T19:55:20.463-08:00Escape Rooms in Melbourne - ReviewI have made this blog to provide my thoughts on some escape rooms in Melbourne that I tried over two long weekends in Melbourne (in 2015 and 2018). My team of 4 adults have tried a total of 209 rooms across Australia and California (as well as many virtual rooms online during the pandemic). Hopefully others who are interested in trying escape rooms will benefit from this blog! [For my Sydney (and beyond) escape room reviews, head to http://escaperoomsydney.blogspot.com]Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04649155942468017696noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8539587299468411399.post-22870353462279652872015-11-29T19:26:00.001-08:002015-12-02T20:50:56.907-08:00Escape Room Melbourne (ERM) - Flemington<br />
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original Flemington room in November 2015. This was our 29th escape
room so far in Australia and our ninth escape room in Melbourne.</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Iain and Owen were our game masters – they are both clearly enthusiastic
about providing genuinely immersive experiences for all players.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">I had been looking forward to this room for such a long time. I had seen this room on TV and on YouTube
with various celebrity teams having gone through it.</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">And it didn’t disappoint. All of
my comments on this room are positive, as follows:</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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room in every way;</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"><o:p></o:p></span></li>
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it was a really cool room theme which was matched by the props and puzzles
within the room;</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"><o:p></o:p></span></li>
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creative and all were home-made. This
room was the first escape room (to my knowledge) to open in Australia and
some 18 months later, it still has some of the best puzzles we have seen
hands down. They were thematic,
clever, really varied and a crap-load of fun;</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"><o:p></o:p></span></li>
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hunt and seek fun and puzzle solving;</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"><o:p></o:p></span></li>
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for communication was simple but effective;</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"><o:p></o:p></span></li>
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enthusiastic about the rooms; and </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"><o:p></o:p></span></li>
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record time (25 minutes). Owen told
us that some 1200 teams had gone through this room, so we were really
pleased to equal the record of 25 minutes.
Normally I would mark a room down when we escape so quickly, but I
think our team was just on fire and we seemed to be in synch with each of
the puzzles (no doubt because we had just tried 5 other rooms designed by
Owen Spears (and his partner Ali Cheetham) in the space of 2 days!). This
room is full of a heap of puzzles – our team was busy in different corners
working separately on puzzles, which is how we escaped so quickly.</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"><o:p></o:p></span></li>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">This room was beyond awesome. Personally, it was my favourite room
in Melbourne (of the 9 we tried). It was
a really awesome way to finish our long weekend of escape rooms in Melbourne.</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Where: </span></b><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">
9 Lee Street, Flemington</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Duration:
</span></b><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">60 minutes</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</b>4 rooms (2 in Flemington, 2 in South Melbourne)</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Cost:
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Overall Summary:</span></b><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> The original escape
room and in many ways the best!!</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04649155942468017696noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8539587299468411399.post-84643303002346217712015-11-29T19:11:00.000-08:002015-12-02T20:49:09.860-08:00EscapeXperience - Burlesque<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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in November 2015. This was our 28th escape room so far in Australia
and our eighth escape room in Melbourne.</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">We had a great game master for our room (I forgot to take note of his
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">They currently have 2 rooms in their Oakleigh Mall location – Amnesia
and Burlesque, both of which are designed by ERM's Owen Spear and Ali Cheetham. We tried both rooms back to back.</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">First off, I'll say what I enjoyed most about EscapeXperience’s Burlesque
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room in every way;</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"><o:p></o:p></span></li>
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themed room in Australia (at least of the 32 I have tried at the time of writing
this review) – the props, the clothing, the puzzles – they all suit the
room so perfectly (and cleverly);</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"><o:p></o:p></span></li>
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- they use the space well and in a really clever way – no real estate is wasted
at all;</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"><o:p></o:p></span></li>
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of hunt and seek fun and clever puzzles;</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"><o:p></o:p></span></li>
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relatively low-tech (with a couple of semi-high tech ones thrown in for
fun);</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"><o:p></o:p></span></li>
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about 45 minutes, which we were told was a really good time;</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"><o:p></o:p></span></li>
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for communication was simple but effective;</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"><o:p></o:p></span></li>
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enthusiastic about the rooms; and </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"><o:p></o:p></span></li>
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back to back, we really liked how truly different each of the rooms are
(very different themes and very different puzzles in each).</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"><o:p></o:p></span></li>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">This room was truly awesome. Not only were we amazed at the
quality of the theming, but we all had a really fun time. Without giving any spoilers, there was one
particular point where the immersion level was off the charts (in a way that no
other room has offered before). This was
also really cool.</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">I don’t have any negative feedback on this room at all – it’s about as
good as escape rooms get.</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Level 1, 38-40 Eaton Mall,
Oakleigh, Melbourne<b> </b></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></b><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">60 minutes</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</b>2 themes </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Cost:
</span></b><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">$144 (4 players)</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Overall Summary:</span></b><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> Off the
charts theming – one of the very best rooms in Oz.</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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More details: </span></b><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> </span><u><span style="color: blue; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"><a href="http://www.escapexperience.com.au/"><span style="color: blue;">http://www.escapexperience.com.au/</span></a></span></u><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04649155942468017696noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8539587299468411399.post-4829101468606277972015-11-28T21:39:00.000-08:002015-12-02T20:48:35.514-08:00Escape Room Melbourne (ERM) - Surveillance Division 5<br />
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is a little different to most of my reviews. Rather than try this room,
we beta tested it with Owen Spear, who along with Ali Cheetham has designed each of the rooms at
Escape Room Melbourne (and the the rooms at EscapeXperience).
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">The game
was in its early stages of design and testing. I won't go into the
details of the puzzles at all, other than to provide a general overview of this
particular room (which is taken from their website):</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Melbourne’s newest and most inventive escape experience.
Following a booked-out debut at Federation Square earlier this year, ERM’s
escape van has returned to the streets to form part of Australia’s only
indoor/outdoor escape room experience. Sleuth your way around the backstreets
of 1960s Melbourne to find the keys to a rogue ASIO surveillance van – but who
are they watching, and why? Once inside, your mission will be clear. Can
you get in and out in time (90 minutes) to gather the evidence you need?</span></i><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">the premise is that you need to first find the “room” and then
break into that room (which sort of turns the escape room concept on its head,
which we loved);</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">for those of you who have tried geocaching before, there is a
little bit of that in this escape room (which was a lot of fun);</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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aspects. There were several puzzles (prototypes) we had never before seen
in any other escape rooms in Melbourne or Sydney – home-made puzzles are always
the best; and</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">We had
heaps of fun and really appreciated the opportunity of beta testing this room.
I’m sure everyone is going to really enjoy this room (which I think has
now officially opened).</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b>Where: </b><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>
Starting
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<b>Themes: </b>4 rooms (2 in Flemington, 2 in South
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Cost:
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Summary:</span></b><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> An “escape room” like no
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Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04649155942468017696noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8539587299468411399.post-43378941833844759012015-11-19T18:27:00.000-08:002015-12-02T20:49:46.112-08:00EscapeXperience - Amnesia Review<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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in November 2015. This was our 27th escape room so far in Australia
and our seventh escape room in Melbourne.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">They currently have 2 rooms in their Oakleigh Mall location – Amnesia
and Burlesque (both having been designed by ERM's Owen Spear and Ali Cheetham). We tried both rooms back to back.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">First off, I'll say what I enjoyed most about EscapeXperience’s Amnesia
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theme was really cool;<o:p></o:p></span></li>
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- they use the space well and in a creative way;<o:p></o:p></span></li>
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of hunt and seek fun and clever puzzles;<o:p></o:p></span></li>
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relatively low-tech, but they are really creative. There were a few
puzzles that we had never seen before and which we absolutely loved.
None of the puzzles are boring in this room, which we really loved;<o:p></o:p></span></li>
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about 35 minutes, which we were told was the best time they had had so far
come through the room;<o:p></o:p></span></li>
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props and puzzles all added to the overall feel of the room;<o:p></o:p></span></li>
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for communication was simple but effective;<o:p></o:p></span></li>
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enthusiastic about the rooms; and <o:p></o:p></span></li>
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back to back, we really liked how truly different each of the rooms are
(very different themes and very different puzzles in each).<o:p></o:p></span></li>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">This room was a really creative and awesome room. We have tried a
similarly-themed room in Sydney and both the Sydney room (In Memoriam at Enigma Room) and this
room are excellent, but each very different.
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The only negative aspect of this room is that there is one particular puzzle
that is really difficult (and it doesn’t rely on your brain). I don’t want to give away any spoilers, so I
won’t say any more, other than that I think this puzzle could be improved to
make it less difficult (it’s a good puzzle, but a few tweaks could turn it into
a great puzzle).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Where: Level 1, 38-40 Eaton Mall, Oakleigh,
Melbourne<b> </b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Duration: </span></b><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">60 minutes<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b>Themes: </b>2 themes <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Cost:
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Overall Summary:</span></b><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> A
truly great room.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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More details: </span></b><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> </span><u><span style="color: blue; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"><a href="http://www.escapexperience.com.au/">http://www.escapexperience.com.au/</a></span></u><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04649155942468017696noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8539587299468411399.post-19740915618467662592015-11-17T18:15:00.000-08:002015-12-02T20:46:48.820-08:00Escape Room Melbourne - Kellar's Magic Emporium Review<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">They currently have 2 rooms in their South Melbourne location – Mine Escape and Kellar’s Magic Emporium, both designed by Owen Speak <span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; line-height: 20.8px;">and Ali Cheetham</span>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We tried both rooms back to back.</span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"></span></div>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 3.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">there is a really good mix of hunt and seek fun and clever puzzles;</span></li>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 3.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">the owners are very passionate about their rooms and it shows from the quality of this room (and all of their rooms); and </span></li>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">This room was a really creative and awesome room. I was naturally drawn to the theme of this room and I'm really pleased to confirm that it met my high expectations.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">There is nothing at all that I didn't like about this room - it was perfectly themed and the puzzles were all fantastic. I think this is one of the best rooms that we did in Melbourne (and I think it's up there with the best rooms in Australia).</span><br />
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<span style="line-height: 15.6pt;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">This room was frikkin awesome.</span></span><br />
<span style="line-height: 15.6pt;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"><br /></span></span>
<span style="line-height: 15.6pt;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">Where: </span></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">12-18 Yarra Street, South Melbourne<b> </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"><b>Duration: </b>60 minutes</span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"><br /><b>Themes: </b>4 themes (at South Melbourne and Flemington)</span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"><br />Cost: </span></b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">$132 (4 players)</span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">Overall Summary:</span></b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"> One of the best rooms in Melbourne!</span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"><br />More details: </span></b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"> <u><span style="color: blue;"><a href="http://escaperoom.com.au/">http://escaperoom.com.au/</a></span></u></span></div>
Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04649155942468017696noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8539587299468411399.post-51112752352487418432015-11-16T18:26:00.001-08:002015-12-02T20:46:21.266-08:00Escape Room Melbourne - Mine Escape Review<br />
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of friends (4 adults) checked out Escape Room Melbourne’s Mine Escape South
Melbourne room in November 2015. This was our 25th escape room so
far in Australia and our fifth escape room in Melbourne.</span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"></span></div>
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greeted by the very enthusiastic Kevin on arrival, who gave us a briefing before
taking us in to start the escape.</span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">They
currently have 2 rooms in their South Melbourne location – Mine Escape and Kellar’s
Magic Emporium (both of which are designed by Owen Spear and Ali Cheetham).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We tried both rooms back
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Mine Escape:</span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"></span></div>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 3.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">the puzzles are all relatively low-tech, but they are incredibly creative. There were a few puzzles that we had never seen before and which we absolutely loved!;</span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 3.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">we managed to escape in about 40 minutes, using one clue;</span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"></span></li>
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the props and puzzles all added to the overall feel of the
room;</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 3.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">the game master really got into the theatrics of the room, which really added to the experience;</span></li>
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passionate about their rooms and it shows from the quality of this room (and all of their rooms);
and </span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"></span></li>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">This room was a really creative but simple room. There is nothing that I didn't like about this room, other than perhaps I think it would benefit from having an extra puzzle or two. Of all of the ERM rooms, I was drawn to the theme of this room the least (having been immediately drawn to the magic room and the original room at Flemington). That being said, it was heaps of fun and the quality of puzzles and quality of props and immersion within the room are excellent. </span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">Where:
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Yarra Street, South Melbourne<b> </b></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"><br />
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<b>Duration: </b>60
minutes</span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"></span></div>
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<b>Themes: </b>4 themes (at
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Cost:
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Summary:</span></b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"> Fantastic
room!!</span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"></span></div>
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More details: </span></b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"> <u><span style="color: blue;"><a href="http://escaperoom.com.au/">http://escaperoom.com.au/</a></span></u></span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">My group of friends (4 adults) checked out Xcape Melbourne's Jurassic Lab room in November 2015. This was our 24th escape room so far in Australia and our fourth escape room in Melbourne.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">The foyer was unappealing - they had clearly only opened recently because the artwork on the walls had been half painted, there were piles of slabs of softdrink in the corner. They didn't look like they were ready to open, in my opinion. The game masters were not overly enthusiastic at all.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">They currently have 3 rooms – Jurassic Lab, Mausoleum Madness and Haunted Prison. I picked the Jurassic Lab room for our team because it is their most difficult room. The only reason we did this room was because they had a Scoopon deal on for $75 for a team of 4 (and we had one night to kill on our Melbourne long weekend). </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">First off, I'll say what I enjoyed most about Jurassic Lab:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Now for what I didn't like about Jurassic Lab:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">I am probably being overly harsh on this room. Objectively, it wasn't all bad - the puzzles were ok and there was some variety throughout the room. However, compared to the other rooms in Melbourne that we tried (which were all awesome), this room was not in the same league at all.<br /><br />Give this one a miss.</span></div>
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Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04649155942468017696noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8539587299468411399.post-43513603972056137142015-11-11T05:19:00.000-08:002015-11-16T18:10:43.754-08:00Rush Escape Games - Mission:Possible Review<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">The foyer area looks great.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We were greeted by the very enthusiastic Chloe and Aaron who gave us a briefing before taking us in to start the escape.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">They currently have 3 rooms – Da Vinci Down Under, Lost in Paradise and Mission Possible.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We tried all 3 rooms back to back (and we did them in that order, being the order in which the rooms were opened to the public).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">First off, I'll say what I enjoyed most about Mission:Possible:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">This room was one of our favourites in Melbourne and in my opinion, Rush Escape Game's best room. There isn't much that can be improved with this room. I honestly think it's their hardest room, but we just got lucky with a few puzzles. I think this room would be pretty tricky for first-timers to solve (without at least a few hints), so I'd suggest warming up on other rooms before trying to tackle this one.</span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">Overall Summary:</span></b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"> Truly brilliant room - one of the best rooms in Melbourne!</span></div>
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Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04649155942468017696noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8539587299468411399.post-21164929040022991732015-11-11T04:57:00.002-08:002015-11-11T04:57:43.784-08:00Rush Escape Games - Lost in Paradise Review<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">They currently have 3 rooms – Da Vinci Down Under, Lost in Paradise and Mission Possible.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We tried all 3 rooms back to back (and we did them in that order, being the order in which the rooms were opened to the public).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">As for some of the things that could be improved in this room, I think the answer is not much at all. This is a truly fun room that has a cool, unique theme and will make your team laugh at times during what can only be described as a true adventure. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">We loved it.</span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"><br />Cost: </span></b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">$128 (4 players)</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">Overall Summary:</span></b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"> Awesome theme, really cool puzzles/locks (and monkeys!).</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"><br />More details: </span></b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"> <a href="http://rushescapegame.com.au/">http://rushescapegame.com.au/</a></span></div>
Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04649155942468017696noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8539587299468411399.post-63307178920629776272015-11-11T04:36:00.002-08:002015-11-11T04:38:34.892-08:00Rush Escape Games - Da Vinci Down Under Review<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">My group
of friends (4 adults) checked out Rush Escape Game’s Da Vinci Down Under room
in November 2015. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This was our 21<sup>st</sup>
escape room so far in Australia and our first escape room in Melbourne.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">The foyer
area looks great.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We were greeted by the
very enthusiastic Chloe who gave us a briefing before taking us in to start the
escape.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">They
currently have 3 rooms – Da Vinci Down Under, Lost in Paradise and Mission
Possible.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We tried all 3 rooms back to
back (and we did them in that order, being the order in which the rooms were
opened to the public).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">First off, I'll say what I
enjoyed most about Da Vinci Down Under:</span></div>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 3.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">it was a lot of fun and a
great start to our weekend full of escape rooms;</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 3.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">the room design is clever (although
simple);</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 3.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">there are a really good
variety of puzzles – all of which really match the theme well;</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 3.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">there is a good mix of “hunt
and seek” fun and puzzles (which were challenging but not overly
difficult).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We managed to escape in 45 minutes and we asked for one hint (we always do poorly on the
hunt and seek aspect of the room and this occasion was no different);</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 3.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">the theming was great - the
props were all perfect, they made sense and really added to the overall
feel of the room;</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 3.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">the use of walkie talkies
for communication was simple but effective; </span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 3.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">I think they have the right
number of puzzles for this room (unlike many other escape room outfits who
just don’t have enough puzzles to fill out an hour);</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 3.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">the owners are very
passionate about their rooms and it shows from the quality of this room;
and </span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 3.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">having done all 3 of their
rooms back to back, we really liked how different each of the rooms are
(very different themes and quite different puzzles in each). </span></li>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">As for
some of the things that could be improved in this room:</span></div>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 3.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">there isn't much to say here - it's a really high quality room;</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 3.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">of their 3 rooms, I liked
this particular theme the least (mainly because I have tried other Da
Vinci rooms in Sydney and I feel that the theme is not a particularly novel
one).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That being said, this was by
far the best Da Vinci themed room we have seen;</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 3.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">there was no real “wow”
moment for me in this room.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was
a lot of fun and all of the puzzles and theming were of a truly excellent
quality – but it didn’t have any truly standout moments for me; and</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 3.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">one or two high tech (or
slightly high tech) puzzles would be a great addition to this room I think.</span></li>
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Overall, we really enjoyed this room.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Based
on the amount of time it took us to escape each of their three rooms, I think this
is one of their more difficult rooms.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>However,
it really does depend on your team - I find that my team does best with linear
escape rooms (where there is a clear order in which to solve puzzles), rather
than rooms like this that are less ordered.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><br /></span></span>
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">I would definitely recommend this room!</span></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">Where:
</span></b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">Suite 4
– 230 Toorak Road, South Yarra<b> </b></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"><br />
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<b>Duration: </b>60
minutes</span></div>
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Themes: </b>3</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"> themes </span></div>
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Cost:
</span></b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">$128 (4
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">Overall Summary:</span></b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"> Awesome but lacks the “wow
factor”.</span></div>
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More details: </span></b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"> <a href="http://rushescapegame.com.au/">http://rushescapegame.com.au/</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Hi all</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">For those of you who have never read one of my reviews before, I should probably introduce myself. My name is Scott and I'm an escape room addict. It all started with a multi-location "mystery tour" that I did in Vegas in about 2009 - it wasn't quite an escape room (in that you weren't trying to escape a room per se), but it had many similar puzzle elements and it was truly awesome. When I heard that escape rooms had hit the Australian market, I tried one and at the time of writing this blog entry (less than 12 months after trying my first room in Sydney), I have now tried 30 rooms.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I try all rooms with the same team - my wife and our 2 friends (also a couple) in our early/mid 30s. Each of us has different skills to offer (which is important in an escape room team) - the lateral thinker, the "maths/science" person, the person who has a light touch and can open any lock thrown at them, etc. After having done so many rooms, I'm now comfortable describing our team as "experienced" or "expert" in the ways of escaping from an escape room.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">My reviews are spoiler free and I try to be fair at all times. However, like any other person, I am biased - I'm attracted to certain themes more than others (which means I'm naturally more likely to enjoy certain rooms over others).</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I have historically used a 5 number rating system when reviewing rooms. However, I've now formed the view that this system is not overly useful - comparing escape rooms is like comparing apples and oranges in many respects. So I'm going to try something a little different going forward.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">As always, the most important element for any escape room for me is the fun factor (theming, immersion, quality/variety of puzzles are all important too!).</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Send me a note or post comments if you have the time - I'm always keen to hear if others had different experiences to me in the rooms I'm reviewing.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Also check out my Sydney-based escape room blog for those who are interested in checking out the best escape rooms that Sydney has to offer: <a href="http://escaperoomsydney.blogspot.com/">http://escaperoomsydney.blogspot.com</a>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Thanks</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Scott</span>Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04649155942468017696noreply@blogger.com0