A Room With a Clue

First room of the night. Doing 2 tonight. Our group has done very many of these rooms. Some in my posse have done over 30+ rooms so they have experience. We did the tree house room. Have to say it was difficult. It was kind of sloppy and really didn't have like a starting point to work your way down the line. It was all over the place. Which isn't that much fun, might I add. It was very dark in there not much light. So many riddles to solve in such a small amount of time. It was a lot to take in at once. The host of our room might I add was very nice. We didn't ask for many clues, because we like to brainstorm and trying to figure it out without asking for too many clues. I would not likely return to do another room at this location. On to the next room!!

Pretty average escape room experience but located right in the middle of Deep Ellum. I don't see myself coming back here without another Groupon deal, but it certainly wasn't bad with the discount we had for a party of 8 on Groupon.The puzzles were quite creative and I really appreciated not having too many 'find the combo/key to this lock' puzzle, but some of the props/room seemed really worn and the workers at the escape room didn't seem all too stoked to help us out with clues or actively moderating the room.

I had so much fun here. The staff was all female (woo) and we're very understanding that we were running late. They were so cool, welcoming, and funny. We had the best time at a room with a clue and would love to revisit sometime.

I booked this for my daughters bday celebration with her friends. They loved it. The staff was attentive and patient with our group. It is in the middle of deep Ellum so parking can be tricky. I would recommend a lot as street parking is probably the most difficult to find. Other than that, definitely a place we would visit again.

My wife and I joined another couple to do the theatre escape room here. We did not know the other couple before but they were experienced at escape rooms (50+). We have done our share of rooms as well (probably 30+). While we usually escape rooms fairly easily we did not escape until about 45 seconds after time expired. Although that is always frustrating, my frustrations with some parts is not because of our lack of success. I'll try to give feedback without giving anything away. There were some really cool parts in the room and it was engaging and enjoyable. On the other hand there were a few parts that didn't seem very logical or to connect very well. Some of the parts are in need of replacement like a lock and some papers. Also there is a lock that is different from any of their sample locks... not necessarily bad if they want you to have the difficulty, but then why have sample locks outside the room? Also the game master has a walk-in talkie and sometimes at least isn't watching any video because they are operating the front. To ask what you are having difficulty with while checking someone out isn't a 5 star experience. All in all we have seen better and worse and will likely go to other rooms in Dallas that we feel have a better experience.

Caveat 1: I've done over 50 rooms across the country and more than 20 locally. Caveat 2: I'm not trying to be mean here, but rather be accurate. If you do a great room and it gets 5 stars, giving not-great rooms 5 stars is a broken system. Caveat 3: I did not succeed in getting out of the room we did. But I honestly didn't even care. I was bored out of my mind 15 minutes into the escape. After the 6th combination lock, I was done. If you're into combination locks and bottle-necking puzzles this place will be your jam. Otherwise, don't expect to work with your friends on this one. None of the puzzles require teamwork or really much communication. Just search for random locks and keys and eventually you may escape (there is slightly more to it than that, but not much). Production design is lazy and uninspired. It doesn't appear they've put any effort, modified, or updated their game "the ship" since they opened. Every prop was either nearly broken or broken. If you want a good room, the bar is set at Dallas Escape Games at Grapevine Mills and The Perfect Escape in Arlington. I do not work for these companies, I'm just an enthusiast who wants people to have a good time doing these games. If people don't have fun the industry will not thrive. Please step up your game.

I really wanted to like this place. But there was no fluidity to the room. Soooo many directional locks. No real starting point. We got to the end and I liked the shooting range part.

I have been to a lot of Escape Rooms both in Texas and on other states. My husband and I participated in "The Ship." When we entered this place looked a little creepy. It was dark. A lot of the lobby furniture looked antique and old. The "desk" looks like something out of an "I Spy" book from the 90's. They have you sign a waiver and then head into the room. They give you a story briefing inside the room which was weird to me. He explained how the room worked, and that the storyline would be "revealed" to us. (I'm being vague because I do not want to spoil the room). He showed us that the finalClue would be unlocking a box to stop the timer. This was kind of a let down because there really wasn't a goal to accomplish. It was kind of "play the story and stop the timer" which was a bummer. There was no safety spiel or anything explaining the nature of the clues (linear or random, etc) he gave us a few extra hints at the beginning (clearly because other people in the past struggled with these items) then he was messing with a lock as we starting our game. It was weird starting our game with the door open and the game guide still in there but we didn't want to waste time. The clues were okay. Some were challenging. Some did not make sense and you almost had to use your guides help to get them. I prefer games where you can solve the whole thing without clues if you want to. In my opinion there were too many locks and puzzles but that could have been because there were only two of us and they said normally two people cannot do it by themselves so I recommend TWO PEOPLE SHOULD NOT DO THIS ROOM. It is rare that you book the room and get it yourself but I am not sure why they don't make the minimum booking 4 people. There was A LOT of tasks and clues that is difficult for 2 people to do alone. We were able to get through most of it (got to the last clue) because we are experienced but otherwise they said only one other group of two have successfully finished it. Other than that a lot of the clues relies on finding information in large books with little guidance. Which wasted time and was not entertaining from a customer standpoint. A lot of the decor felt dirty and having to handle it was a bit gross. Some of the locks you had to open brought you to stuff you did not use. One of the clues was not assembled correctly so we got a freebie on that one but it shows that there really is too much stuff even for the game guides to keep track of when resetting. Overall I did not feel I was in a ship. All the puzzles were lock based. I was not immersed in the story line. There were parts of the storyline that had a lot of potential but just fell flat on execution. I would not return here to do any of their other rooms. For the amount of money we paid I would rather do other Escape Rooms that have a goal to achieve at the end and are more immersive in their story line and puzzles.

The Treehouse: This is a fun location and there is a lot to do in the area - dinner before the room, music in the bars nearby. It also lead to a lot of walk-ins, which is a nice thing I hadn't seen at most escape rooms. The lobby is fun and the staff is friendly. And the room was a good time - even with the difficult puzzles we enjoyed the experience. Theme:This was so nicely done - you really feel like a kid would love this type of tree house. Even I would like to spend time in a room like this.Quality:Nicely done - everything worked and was well designed. Our difficulties (especially with on of the puzzles) were our own skill levels.Difficulty:A couple of the puzzles were quite challenging - nothing was easy in this room. But it was all doable and played to the skills of everyone in the room.Fun:This room is just fun - the theme sets that up from the start. We had a good time and enjoyed the theme, the puzzles, and the couple that joined us in the challenge.

We have a group of about 6 of us that LOVE to do escape rooms around DFW. We did the treehouse. We were so close to escaping, but failed. This escape room was very detailed, but lacked in flow of puzzles. We repeatedly had to ask for clues to help push us in the right direction. We do like to use our minds to escape, but its frustrating that some puzzles we didn't understand even after he gave us the answer. Probably wont return if that's the case with all their other rooms.