Once Upon An Escape

Booked a New Years Day escape room for our party of 4 prior to a a late lunch / early dinner, scoring a $5 off per person by booking online. Having completed multiple escape rooms with this group before, we were excited to tackle the Neverland room, especially as it was rated to be the most difficult at 9/10. The inside of the establishment was beautiful and really captured the magic of the themes of the escape rooms with bright neon and fluorescent lights throughout as well as abundant ambient lighting. Sage, our game master was such a great coordinator, explaining the rules / nuances of the room clearly and providing clues via the Magic Mirror that weren't dead giveaways to the challenging clue at hand. Overall, this escape room was truly the most challenging we've done. Without giving up too much, it was really fun seeing all the different types of clue throughout each of the rooms. Not only were they brilliantly laid out but also enjoyable to see the cause and effect that took place after finishing certain clues.

Kim was awesome to reach out to my party and I to try another room. It was very admirable that she honored the request after 2 years!! Kristen was our host tonight and she was fabulous! The room was super fun for my family and I. We are not very smart but we had such a great time.

Super creative and fun! I like how they handcrafted everything themselves. Staff is great!

I have never done an escape room before, but it was something I always wanted to do. I love Peter Pan and Neverland. So I knew that was the room to try (even though yes, it is the hardest room). Walking in, we were greeted by a very nice employee who explained things. The rooms were decorated very well. You get unlimited clues. But to be on the leader board, you can't ask for more than 3 in an hour. We should have probably asked for a few clues sooner. Before we knew it, 30 min had gone by, and we were still in the first room. You aren't allowed to have your phone on you. They have you lock them in a locker in the front room. They give you an iPhone to ask rumplestilskin for clues. I used it to try to try Guage the time. Time went way too fast, I feel like by the time we were getting it, our time was up. We didn't find Tink or escape Neverland. It was a fun way to get teens off their screens and out thinking out of the box. I'd love to try it again. I also really want to try the other rooms. This is such a neat, unique experience. If you're considering it, just do it! It's fun even if you don't escape.

Yelp Review 2023 #239:My friends and I aren't strangers to escape rooms. Every few months, we get the urge to stress out for an hour trying to solve things for bragging rights. A friend of mine told us about Once Upon an Escape. Their escape rooms are fairytale-themed. It's a family owned and operated business.Upon entry, you'll notice rather quickly how dark it is. We prepaid our escape room on their website so, all we had to do was complete and sign the waiver by scanning a QR code. After that point, there's no need for your phones so put them in a locker.We watched the instructional video. Somehow, the person assigned to be in charge of texting for clues using the phone they gave us missed the instruction as to what number/ whom to text or we were given the wrong number/ info. We did Neverland which is supposed to be their hardest escape room. We waited forever for clues which wasted a lot of time. Not our best time but we managed to get out.Neverland was a fun Peter Pan-themed room. There's about 3-4 parts to this room. It's thoughtfully decorated and set up - totally on brand. There's a part where you have to go in a tiny and dark crawl space - and I bumped my head in there. Wear something comfortable. This is not the time and place to wear a dress/ skirt and heels. You have to really pay attention to detail as it could be a useful clue. Also, watch your step when going from one part of a room to another - there are steps and a small ramp. If you have somebody in your group that is prone to seizures, do not use their restroom. But overall, we had a good time.

We tried the Once Upon A Time room and it was really fun. The hardest part was getting started, but after that we were rolling. The puzzles got us thinking and were a lot easier than we made it out to be in hindsight. The room was a bit different than the other rooms that they have because this one was an hour and a half long. They make you put your cellphones in a locker so bring a watch so you know how long you have. We started at this one which is a medium rated room, so we didn't get assistance on one thing that is apparently explained during the 7 Dwarfs room spiel. We ended up figuring it out but it took us longer than it should have. I'd say 3 to 4 people is enough to solve this room. Too many people can make this room harder to solve as there may be "too many cooks in the kitchen."Parking is easy and service was great. Both individuals we encountered were so easy to talk to and made the experience very memorable.

We did Once Upon A Time. Absolutely fantastic theme and wonderful room! The puzzles were complicated and really fun. You really felt like you were in a fairy tale. Loved it!

So much fun! The 7 drawfs rooms had multiple rooms and it was very interactive!!Can't wait to do the rest!

As someone who has done a lot of escape room, this one was by far the most magical! It was challenging but the fairy godmother helped us with any problems. Definitely coming back to do the other rooms!!

This was so much fun. We had adults,teenagers and little kids and we all had a blast!