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ESCAPE ROOMS – The Abyss at Maze Rooms – CA
I LOVED the Abyss at Maze Rooms on Vermont in Los Angeles. Another innovative and unique room from this location. Top notch game. It’s a good date night activity for couples. I loved the immersion. The puzzles were unique and clever. This room had puzzle ideas I have never seen before in over 300 escape rooms. Well done!
Watch the review above from my YouTube channel for more.
ESCAPE ROOMS – Maze Rooms: Magic Kingdom – California
Maze Rooms is a staple in the Los Angeles escape room community. Their rooms are buyouts, so you don’t get stuck playing with random strangers. They consistently open quality rooms throughout the city and do a great job of making each new room even more spectacular than the last. Magic Kingdom is no exception. It is one of the newest rooms in the Maze Room family and it is outstanding!
Upon entering the game I literally found myself giggling like a child and spinning around to take everything in. It is one of the most beautiful games I’ve played. I especially love the whimsical theme.The storytelling is fantastic. You are immersed in a complete story that has a beginning, middle and end in which you play the lead character. The best part, the puzzles make sense in the story!!! That is such a rarity and I was thoroughly impressed. The set/decor is outstanding. The use of technology in the decor is brilliant and unlike anything I’ve seen in other escape rooms. The puzzles are creative and unique with no traditional locks. The sound and lighting are on point. It’s fun for all ages, too. (Although there is one slightly physical moment that at least one person must do, so consider that when you assemble your group.) The overall creativity in this game makes this escape room stand out from the rest.
I can’t say enough good things about it…HIGHLY HIGHLY RECOMMEND!!!
CALIFORNIA ESCAPE ROOM LIST
Below is a list of the Escape Rooms I’ve played roughly in order of MY favorite to least favorite. Note: I prefer strong storytelling and immersion, especially in horror, paranormal & magic themed escape rooms, so my preferences may be different than yours. Feel free to write to me Twitter @christinebarger or Instagram @TheHauntGirl GROUPED BY REGIONS: LOS ANGELES AREA, “THE VALLEY”, ORANGE COUNTY, INLAND EMPIRE, HIGH DESERT, VENTURA COUNTY, PALM SPRINGS, BIG BEAR, SAN DIEGO, SAN FRANCISCO
LOS ANGELES AREA ESCAPE ROOMS
Quest Room: Red Giant
Maze Rooms – The Abyss
60out Escape Rooms: Wizards Workshop
Maze Rooms: One Way Ticket
Enigma Escape Rooms: The Seance
Exit Game: The School of Sorcery
Quest Room: Cannibals Den
Quest Room: Da Vinci’s Challenge
60out – Alice in Wonderland
60out: Zen Room
Fox in a Box – Dracula the Final Hour
Get the F Out: The Virus (I played the old Burbank location)
Maze Quests: Queen Anne’s Revenge
60out: Jumanji
60out: Grandma’s Masterplan
Two Bit Circus – The Lost City
Maze Rooms: World of Illusions
Countdown Live Escape: Krampus (Now 60 Out)
60out Escape Rooms: Doctor Psycho
Evil Genius Escape Rooms
Exit Game An Hour To Kill
The Mummy Escape Game (created by SCRAP)
60out Escape Room: P.U.T.I.N.
60out – Nautilus
60out: Amityville
60out Escape Rooms: Ghost Ship
Two Bit Circus – Space Squad in Space (played twice)
60out Escape Rooms: The Mystery of Senator Payne
Trapped in a Room with a Zombie & Still Hungry
Maze Rooms: Castle
Mobile Escape Room LA: MacGuffins Cocktail Room
Maze Quests: Clinic
60out: Da Vinci’s Secret
Countdown Live: Pandorus (Now owned by 60out)
Roomescape LA: Bunker
60out Escape Rooms: Quest in a Box
Escape Room Long Beach: Bad Blood
Horror Escapes L.A. Captive Chamber
Escape Hotel: Day Care
Maze Rooms: Motel
Mobile Escape Room LA: Sleep Study
Roomescape LA: Zombie
MagIQ Room: Secrets of Wizardry
Maze Rooms: FBI
Captured LA: The Starlet Killer
60Out Escape Rooms: Hangover Game
Escape Hotel: Witchcraft
Logiquit: Warehouse of Jack Travis
Logiquit The Laboratory of Dr. Lev Pasted
Escape Haus LA: Masquerade Ball Room
Escape Room Treasure Hunt: The Alchemist’s Lab
*Maze Rooms: Cosmos Game
*Virtual Room LA
*Two Bit Circus – The Raft
* These are VR Games with escape room elements
“THE VALLEY” LOS ANGELES ESCAPE ROOMS:
The Basement (Basement, Boiler Room & Study)
The Elevator Shaft at The Basement
Cypher
Escape Chronicles – Testing Facility
Nodus 805 Escape Room
Chronicles – Smugglers Tunnels
Amazing Escape Room: Mystery of the Red Dragon
Arcane Escape Rooms: The Hideout
Horror Escapes – Trapped
Horror Escapes – Ringmasters Quarters
Amazing Escape Room: The Starlight Lounge
Amazing Escape Room: Escape the X Corporation
Unlocked Escape Room: The Professor’s Basement
Amazing Escape Room: Operation Desert Storm
Great Redemption
Arcane Escape Rooms: The Agency
The Room Live Escape Room
ESCRooms
Hollywood Escape House: The Royal Indian Dungeon
S.H.A.D.I.E. Grove Escape Room
Enchanted Escape Room
ORANGE COUNTY ESCAPE ROOMS:
Puzzle Workshop: CSI Hollywood
Puzzle Workshop: Secrets of the Illuminati
Crossroads Escape Game: Funhouse
Eskape Rooms: Operation Dream State
Escapade Games – The Last Experiment
Dead Ringers (by The Escape Bus) This is a 2 person game, where the partners compete against each other.
TrapZone Escape Rooms
Detectives Society Escape Rooms: Da Vinci’s Lost Workshop
EscapeX Rooms: Casino
PuzzleMazement Escape Room: Professor S!
PuzzleMazement Escape Room: Paranormal
Kaein LLC: The Alien
Red Lantern
The Cromwell Estate
Escape the Place: The Chamber
PuzzleMazement Escape Room: Saving Christmas!
INLAND EMPIRE ESCAPE ROOMS:
MurderCo
Mind Trap Escape Room: Gold Rush
Wizards & Wires: The Curiosity Shop
Mind Trap Escape Room: Conspiracy
Trapped! Escape Room: Sector 13
Trapped! Escape Room: Puzzlemaster
Get a Clue Room Escape: Uncle Thaddius’ Attic
Open Door Escape Games: The Study
The 13th Room: Alchemy & Wizardry
The 13th Room: Jack the Ripper
The Game Maker Escape Room (temporary room at Coffin Creek)
Get a Clue Room Escape: The Toy Shop
Broken Chains Escape Games: Caught In A Rumple
One Way Out: Bank Heist (now Exodus)
Unity Escape Rooms: The Cabin
Unity Escape Rooms: The Temple
Real Escape Room: Bomb
One Way Out: Apocalypse (now Exodus)
Real Escape Room: Crazy Secret Laboratory
HIGH DESERT ESCAPE ROOMS:
Escape the AsylumEscape This! Mosi’s Curse
CENTRAL VALLEY ESCAPE ROOMS:
Xcape Room Fresno: Murder Scene
Rooms of No Return: The Classroom
Breakout Fresno: Sabotage – Code Red
The Great Escape: Mafia Bomb Squad
Bakersfield Escape Room: RESCUE
Bakersfield Escape Room: Winter Fall
Rooms of No Return: Dead Silence
Real Escape: Bootlegger Warehouse
Real Escape: Wizards Lair
VENTURA COUNTY ESCAPE ROOMS:
House of Clues: Pirate Ghost Ship
The Ultimate Escape Rooms: We Are All Mad Here
PALM SPRINGS ESCAPE ROOMS:
Escape Room Palm Springs: Dark Shadows Room
Escape Room Palm Springs: Saw Room
Escape Room Palm Springs: Titanic
Escape Room Palm Springs: Mystery Room
Escape Games at the River: Baker Street Mystery
BIG BEAR ESCAPE ROOMS:
Mountain Room Escapes Big Bear
SAN DIEGO ESCAPE ROOMS:
Great Room Escape San Diego: Houdini’s Hidden Workshop
Quicksand Escape Games: China Town
Quicksand Escape Games: The Diner
The Unlockables
Divergent Realities The Informant
Escape Game SD: Japanese Thriller Room
Quicksand Escape Games: The Speakeasy
The Entrapment3rd Day Escape: Harvest Motel
Escapology San Diego: TH3 C0D3
Mighty Awesome
Great Room Escape San Diego: The Lab
Nightwalker Caverns Escape Room
3rd Day Escape: Hourglass
School of Hard Locks: Art Class
SAN FRANCISCO AREA ESCAPE ROOMS:
Palace Games: Houdini
Escape SF: Escape from Antique Room
MODESTO ESCAPE ROOMS:
Spookador
LOCATION CHANGES
49 Boxes
R.I.P.
These are rooms that I have played in California but are not currently available:
The Purge Truck
Countdown: Mrs. Jezebel’s Tea Party
School of Hard Locks: Halloween Room
CatCon Animal Planet Escape Box
Trapped! The Chamber
Trap House (Think Tank)
Real Escape Room: Treasure Island
Countdown: Special Event Beta Test
Kaien (the game we beta tested, but isn’t open yet)
School of Hard Locks: Principal’s Office
SCRAP Real Escape Game Escape from the Cursed Forest Event
SCRAP Real Escape Game Escape the Magic Show
Salvation Room: The Inferno
Amazing Escape Room: Black & White
Ace Escape Game The Pharaoh’s Treasure
SCRAP Real Escape Game: Escape from the Time Travel Lab
The 13th Room (ScareLA mini-game)
Trapped! Escape Room: Jailbreak
Room of no return: Jail
Escape the Night (VidCon)
The Cromwell Estate (Midsummer Scream mini-game)
Crossroads: The Asylum (ScareLA mini-game) *This game will be available in Oct 2017 at Crossroads
Escape Room the Movie pop-up at Escape Hotel
Funhouse Escape 60 Minutes to Curtain & Another 60 Minutes to Curtain
ESCAPE ROOMS – Maze Rooms: Lunar Mission – California
The theme “Lunar Mission” lends itself to a high tech atmosphere, and this Maze Room does not disappoint. This is NOT a traditional escape room. This is an immersive interactive experience. There are NO number locks or Sudoku, the puzzles are incredibly woven into the theme and simply feel like actions you must take to accomplish a goal. I found it to be a challenging room particularly because of the amount of teamwork needed. This is not a room you can do alone (and yes I have done rooms alone). I love the blend of mental and physical puzzles combined with the required teamwork to accomplish the steps throughout the mission. It’s incredibly well designed. One of the things often overlooked by escape room companies is the finale. They seem to feel that escaping is enough and forget to really complete their story, but these guys even cover that and it’s one of my favorites. The production value is incredible. One of the best I’ve seen. It feels as though it was created by a movie studio. The set construction, decor, lighting, sound design, puzzles and story are all top notch. I really can’t say enough good things about the Lunar Station Maze Room.
Your team must work together to retrieve a very important item and escape the Lunar Station in time. Part of the team is stranded on the Lunar Station and the rest are sent up in the ship on a rescue mission. You must work together to land everyone safely and get them into the Lunar Station, get what you came for and, escape as quickly as possible. It’s like being in an action film set in space!
We played during the first week it was opened and it was just my husband and I playing. I was in the Lunar Station and he was my knight in shining armor…err…um..spacesuit…coming to save me. One of my favorite things about the experience was watching him light up like a kid at Christmas when we’d succeed at puzzles and received the payoff. It was really wonderful to see him so excited to pretend to be an astronaut for an hour.
The owner is very passionate about his business and expressed excitement for his next room, as well. I don’t want to give any spoilers here, but I can’t wait to go back.
HIGHLY RECOMMEND!!!
Also this escape room has a family friendly theme. (No psychos here.)
