Escape Room

This is my first experience with an escape room. We started with the easy one, and had a blast. This is a must do for you and your friends.

We have done every escape room there is to do in K.C. this one as soon as you walk in, you can tell the staff doesn't want to be there and that it isn't going to be a fun experience. The lobby is filled with all of the anticipation of a dentist's office. Entering the room, there's barely any story or starter video to put you into the experience. You're barely allowed to touch anything; the entire room is covered in Do Not Touch stickers leaving you feeling unsure whether any action is going to break the room.Several of the puzzles needed someone to be tall enough to reach up high, which would have made it impossible for kids or shorter people to complete.The puzzles feel random and arbitrary. If anything, the clues you're presented with in the room actively steer you away from the answer. If you ask for a hint, they basically just give you the next code outright. Even after asking the attendant for an explanation of the last puzzle, we were left feeling like there was no way anybody would work that out on their own.

This was my first time ever in an escape room, so take what I say with a grain of salt!I thought the puzzles were shockingly hard, I would be surprised if someone can get out of them the first time with zero hints!I went here with a group of coworkers and we had a blast trying to solve the problem together, I think we were instinctively trying to lift up objects for clues for days afterwards!We did the Sherlock Holmes-themed room, would love to try another one next time!

Our group of 30-somethings had The Best time at Escape Room to celebrate a birthday! Online booking was a cinch. Check in was quick. Instructions given to us in a fun, clear manner. And we escaped in 41 minutes! They let us start 5 minutes late to ensure everyone arrived at the beginning and the DaVinci Room was super cool. Had a blast!

Zoey was an excellent host. My 8 year old daughter and I did the Davinci Code room. It was challenging but also had plenty of opportunities for help. We had a great time!

Escape Rooms are always reliable fun, but I recommend that Escape Room KC do a refresh and upgrade.My friends and I did the "A Dream" escape room, and it felt like it'd seen better days. Some of the puzzle pieces and clues were worn and nearly broken, or dirty and grimy. I wasn't a huge fan of some of the puzzles either - there was one clue that felt like quite a stretch - and not in a good way. We did ultimately escape but had to rely quite a bit on the clues. On another occasion, I had done 221B Baker St., and that one was a bit higher quality. I'd definitely recommend 221B Baker St. over A Dream.Staff was nice and helpful. No complaints there. Pricing is redonk - but I guess that is what the going rate is these days. It is insult to injury to pay for the parking garage.Overall, I've had better experiences in Escape Rooms at the Breakout franchise. But Escape Room KC is a fine way to spend an afternoon, especially if you want to be in the downtown area. You can easily hop on the street car for a meal or other entertainment in the area.

Awesome time at the escape room. Will do again, was really fun with friends and great staff as well.

So first and foremost I've been to other Escape Games in other states. Now we did the Sherlock Homes one and this is the first one that we have done at this facility and possibly the last. This escape game room and probably the other rooms has some slight concerns when you are doing a comparison. First it's missing immersion - when the game-master just speed-talks through the scenario, I honestly didn't even know what my motive was. Other Escape Rooms have you watch something with a high production value to give you the scenario of who, what, why of your situation. The walls were bland and empty in the room. Definitely missing that 'it' factor. Also they need to redo the intercom system - everyone shouldn't have to be quiet or run to the intercom to hear the game-master. There should be numerous speakers in the ceiling - like a PA system - like a 'higher being' is watching you. When it came to the puzzles - in the back room - where there is black light, unfortunately there is an red emergency exit light that has nothing to do with the game that overpowers the black light and the writing that it is trying to light up. No bueno. Not only that - one of the puzzles is math word problem. Like one of those 6 sentence math problems that you had to complete in 8th grade. There is nothing that kills a vibe more than going from frantically running around to everyone sitting down and watching someone with a pen and paper try to complete a math problem. I can't say that we won't be back, but we will definitely check out the other Escape Rooms in the immediate area before we do.

Gave this place a try late Sunday evening. I was surprised to find them open inside Union Station when everything else in the area was closed. We did "A Dream" as a team of four. The room we started in was spacious enough that even a group of six or more can move and not feel crowded. The props in the room seemed average until you realize that the room is flipped over and you are (for the story line) walking on the ceiling. We had 60 minutes to awake from the craziness or else....There were actually two different formats for clues which moved us along. The first was a tablet that automatically updated every five minutes to give a brief, not too helpful, hint that basically let you know where you should be in the process of solving the room. Sort of letting you know you are ahead of behind. Then there was the standard 3 clues with the walkie talkie. Most of the puzzles seemed to flow easily into the next one. There were still a few where the stress of the moment cost us from thinking straight. All-in-all it was a good puzzle that would probably challenge some beginners and seem easy for experts.

I have tried break out KC and now Escape Room KC!! I would recommend this for a team building event or exercise for any staff or working group in many organizations. The more the merrier! Everyone brings a different point of view to the table when you are trying to solve the mystery. No matter how smart you are in math there is something you cannot solve without the help of when your teammates. We escaped! We had 2 minutes and 15 seconds to spare and we thought all hope was lost and we pulled it out! I was not so lucky in breakout KC but I'd love to go back to try again!!A++