But as soon as you step into the beautiful escape room you completely forget about the lobby. And when you first walk into the place the lobby is nice and clean, but sparse.

Keep an eye out for a RadioShack sign, and park in that lot. The location was a little hard to find, as there wasn't yet a good sign up you can see from the street. I was so busy solving puzzles the entire hour that I didn't get a chance to really concentrate much on the story, though I wish I had, as it sounded interesting. Also, as you are solving the room you get lot of tantalizing hints at a much larger, more involved background story. The people there working the game were really nice and friendly, and you could tell that they were enthusiastic about making the game a unique and fun experience. I'll admit, we needed a few hints to make it through - the hints were good though, and we never got stuck long enough to get frustrated. The lighting and sound effects were also great, and were a step above anything I have seen in an escape the room game. There were a ton of puzzles to do, and many could be worked on in parallel, so everyone stayed busy the entire time - it definitely helps to have 6 or more people to be solving things the entire time to get it done in the hour. We did the Secrets of Nibiru room, and it was a lot of fun! The room was detailed and felt like a real study, and the props and key pieces were very interesting and unique. Try and enjoy! Also, this location is a straight shot (30-40 min) on the 77 bus from downtown and reasonably near a MAX station, so don't let a lack of car deter you from visiting. Would have been fun to play the room 'in character,' as suggested on the site. My only regret is that I didn't come in costume. I will definitely be back to try another room sometime. We screamed from surprise and with pride more than a few times. Nice mix of physical puzzles and brain stumpers throughout, so each of us actually found something to contribute along the way.

It's really apparent that the creators put a lot of thought into constructing every last piece of this experience, and we had a great time. I LOVED the atmosphere and the detail of this room- very Raiders of the Last Ark/Explorers' Club. Posted about my SAB listing a few weeks ago about not showing up in search only when you entered the exact name. We had four players, and had to get a few hints since we ran up against the clock near the end- I imagine it's a little easier with more brains and hands to help. I’m not sure if this was the same room but I definitely think something is awry here with the way the game masters are handling the experience.Played the Nibiru room with some friends, and I wish we'd brought more people along! It was fun, different, and more of a mental challenge than we expected. Before we went into Labyrinth we heard a group coming out of a room and complaining about the way they were talked to by a game master. I think that the game master could have been a little more direct though instead of condescending. The last thing you remember is being hit on your head from behind while walking down the street. As you slowly gain consciousness, the searing pain in your head gets worse. Thankfully, I knew of something that everyone was overlooking so I had us focus on that and then we were able to figure things out. This escape room Portland will have you enter the wizarding world and unravel the mysterious disappearance of a master wizard Kidnapped: Portland Escape Rooms. I think he could have been a lot more helpful. Not only was that a horrible “hint”, we are playing with strangers so of course the communication isn’t going to be there right away. He said “I think that you all need to be talking to each other”. He asked me what I wanted a hint for and I showed him a lock we needed to figure out. I finally got really irritated with him continually doing that and so I asked for a hint.

Awesome, great, but let us get there ourselves. The game master just kept going around repeating the same thing over and over saying “you guys need to be talking to one another instead of doing your own thing individually”. I think it drastically takes away from the experience when someone is telling you what you need to do without us asking for a hint first.

Second, this game master kept spewing out a bunch of unsolicited “advice”. First of all, the room is TINY so having the game master in there with you makes things even tighter. Hyde room with another group that joined our reservation so there were a total of 6 (which I think is max for that room). I guess that all rooms at Labyrinth have game masters in the room with you the entire time. I usually try to only do escape rooms where the game masters are not in the same room with you because I find it to be a better experience.

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