My wife decided she wanted to try something different with the kids for fun being it's been way to…read morecold to go outside and play. She surprised us all with a fun trip to the Wisconsin Dells to the famous "Elusive Escape Rooms" right in the middle of town. My wife called and spoke to a very nice gentleman named Bill to inquire about all the details we needed to know prior. As a family we had never experienced an escape room before. This is were the real fun began. We had to reserve a time slot... We picked a themed mission from several different choices this company offers. We picked one that was to our experience level and theme we thought the kids would love. We paid over the phone and away we went. We showed up right on time and was giving a brief description of what to expect from Bill (the owner) when we entered the room excited and nervous. I spoke with Bill for a few moments and he was very nice, informative, and great with the kids. He explained that he is a local area farmer and his family created this business to help keep his struggling farm afloat during these unique years! I thought to myself what a hard working family and much deserving of our business. So I hope this review I post brings you in more business in the future. Anyways we were told that we had 1 hour to complete our mission. Our goal was to conjour up a potion spell to awaken our Professor in the Enchanted Potion Room. In we went and the fun began..... We had no clue what to do when we first entered but slowly started to figure things out. One clue leads to another kind of a thing. If you are stuck or get into any trouble you can ask for help at any given time. You area watched and listened to the entire time for your help and safety. There is a TV monitor that gives you clues only if you ask for them. You only get so many though and then you are on your own. We choose to let our 7 year old do most of the thinking and the work to figure things out. There was some tough clues, puzzles to be mastered, riddles to be solved, secret code combinations to solve, keys to be found and so much more. We (the adults) needed some help along the way, but as a family of 4 we had an absolute blast trying our best to solve everything. We were able to make it out of the room with a whopping 37 seconds to spare. How about that for a families 1st time. VICTORY! We all agreed that we would come back to this location and try another challenge. The prices we felt we really fair, the rooms were set up super cool, it was very clean inside and most of all the people who were working the business were very friendly and helpful. Customer service experience was 5 star alone. Looking for something new and different to try with your family in the Dells. This place can accomadate just that! Depending on your experience level and size of group there is a perfect challenging activity awaiting for any age group to do together. Especially perfect for the colder months when you can't be outdoors. Perfect team building exercise for companies and their employees. Good Luck you will need it!

We loved the Great Outdoors room here. Dywane was helpful and friendly. Lots of surprises and…read moreexciting features. We had a group of 8 people, age 10-70, and we were all interested and engaged. I would definitely recommend! And you get a little prize at the end if you break out.

I did the escape room with my two kids ages 14 and 12. We did the twister and it was a lot of fun…read more It was a lot better than we expected and very challenging but the staff was super helpful and great with clues right when we needed them and asked for them to help us from getting too frustrated. Highly recommend it and we would do it again. Make sure to use the coupon for seven dollars off if you're staying at the Wyndham and can get their coupon book!

This place has three escape rooms to solve. Their entry-level room is a mission to Mars, their…read moremiddle-level room is a quest to get to shelter because a tornado is coming, and their hard-level room is a quest to save yourself from the sinking Titanic. If you haven't done escape rooms before, you should definitely do the Mars one. It's fun for beginners. It's also cheaper and takes a shorter time duration. There aren't as many puzzles to solve as the middle level or most difficult one. But, it's still quite fun to do. The most fun is in the tornado room. They had an option to do it with the lights on or off, and we chose to leave the lights on. There is enough going on already, and we didn't need to be distracted by having it be too dark. The puzzles are a little tougher, and this one takes a full hour to finish. The theme is great, and the variety of things to solve is perfect. It's not just a routine of solving one number code after another. The toughest one is the Titanic room. And, I can't help but lower my rating of this place from 5 stars to only 4 stars as a result. I don't mind that it's tougher. That's fine, and that's not the reason I am deducting a star. There's a difference between making something tougher, vs. making something that absolutely nobody would understand. This room is around half of the size of the tornado room, yet, it has double the amount of things to solve. And, frankly, some of the puzzles are just a bit too cryptic for my liking. They just went a little too far with confusing things to figure out, that didn't really lead anywhere. It's a shame, because 70% of this room has some really great features that most people will really have fun with. But, about 30% of the stuff you need to solve is just impossible without taking clues from the staff, and even after getting the clues, it still doesn't make much sense. And, they really need to make this one 1.5 hours long to accommodate all of the things you need to finish. Overall, though, I'd recommend any of these rooms, even the difficult Titanic room. I just think that room needs a little more time allotted, and a bit of tweaking to a few of the puzzles to make them more reasonable.

When out with the grandkids, they love to visit escape rooms. Having visited over a dozen different…read moreescape rooms, we all felt like this was one of the best and most entertaining of all. We did the May Day room. The teenagers were highly engaged as were their parents. The scheme was very logical with several interesting twists. The group navigated the room with plenty of time to spare. We had booked on line and all went smoothly with the booking. They ask that you arrive about 15 minutes early to handle the check-in and paperwork, which all went smoothly. After our escape, we took the obligatory pictures. Then off for some celebratory snacks.

Took my older grand children. We choose Cell block E. It was fun. If you like puzzles, you will…read morelove it.

It's a really unique and immersive experience!…read more I would say it's geared a little more towards children. The artwork reminds me of Neopets. The starting entry price is $30 for two hours. You can do all day for $35. If you have the Dells card Wizard Quest for 2 hours is on it! There are a lot of puzzles and they state the difficulty and time it takes. The worlds cover two floors and about 3 store spaces in length. Be prepared to climb stairs, squeeze through narrow passageways, crawl into tunnels, etc. So wearing a long dress isn't advisable. They have a snack bar and at least one hint helper. There were also 2-3 restrooms. After about an hour our group got tired and left early. But that's a personal thing. We finished about 3-4 puzzles in that time. While it wasn't as cold as a movie theater it was still somewhat of a break from the humid heat outside. Highly recommend if you're in a group with young children. Older children and adults may not enjoy it as much unless they're really into fantasy worlds.

I can honestly say that I didn't expect to have as much fun as I did. What a pleasant surprise it…read morewas! I didn't look up too much info beforehand because I didn't want to be spoiled. The website explained that it was a tablet directed quest game and would take about an hour. However, that's out of date. The time allotted for a single game was two hours. Be warned when setting the parking meter! Basically there are four "realms" that each offer quests. When you see a tablet, you can choose to interact with it and accept or deny a quest. You can accept the quest via your group's tablet by selecting the appropriate symbol. Then the wild goose chase begins. Clues send you all over the place to talk to characters and collect the virtual items. Up stairs, through secret passages, tunnels and more. Rarely did we encounter teams that were following the same quest at the same time we were so that was great. As crowded as it got in certain areas, we were all kind of doing our own thing. I believe there were around 16 quests that could be completed, all with varying levels of difficulty and length of time to complete. We made it through 4, and part way through another in our two hours. I was amazed by the level of detail that went into the planning and decoy of this game and all the rooms. It was more interactive than I had anticipated and also tiring! But what a fun afternoon. I'd love to go into more detail but I don't want to spoil anything. The price was fair for the experience and I highly recommend coming here. I am definitely planning another road trip back!

Great fun with littles in the group. Definitely recommend as a family event! Jordan was such a…read moregreat game master and appreciate the confidence he gave the younger ones in our group!

Tried our hand at The Heist room where our objective was to break into the bank and switch a last…read morewill and testament before getting caught. Enjoyed the fact that we could book a private room, so there were only two of us, which was nice but also tough! There were some technical difficulties with their computers so the game master had to run in and give us a clue at one point which wasted some time. The room was tough and there were a lot of misleading things that took us off track but added to the fun. We had the key and new will in our hand when time ran out so 30 more seconds and we would've broken out but I'll say without the clues we wouldn't have made it as far. Overall had a great time and would try another room here.

I don't usually post negative reviews, but my family has had 2 experiences at this location where…read morethe room didn't work correctly. One time a lock physically wouldn't open even though the combination was in. The other time, the room was not reset correctly. I'm hoping this review will help the folks who run this room improve because it's pretty expensive per person. They have clever ideas and great ambiance. They just need to pay more attention to the details.

Overpriced compared to other businesses, and the game was poorly thought out. Our group of 6…read moreplayed "Who Stole Mona" and spent the first 20 minutes struggling with the first puzzle. Even being given the answer by using all our hints, it still didn't make sense with the puzzle setup. We then solved the rest of the room in 10-15 minutes, finishing with 25 minutes to spare. Even if someone smarter than us did get past that first clue, there wasn't nearly enough to do after. Finished the game awkwardly looking at each other, asking "that's it?".

My family and I have been coming here for 12 years. My sons have literally grown up here and we all…read morelove it. They have great games here but I will admit they need to update their prizes though. All in all they it's still a blast to come here and they even have Lazer Tag and Mini Golf. We ALWAYS come back here whenever we're in the Dells

We took our family here on Christmas Day and were pleasantly surprised that they were open. It…read moreended up being a great way to spend part of the holiday together. The staff was very kind and welcoming, which made the experience even better. We bought our tickets through Groupon and saved some money, which was a nice bonus. There was plenty to do and something for all of the kids, no matter their age from games to laser tag and mini golf. Overall, it was a fun and stress free outing for the whole family and a great option when you are looking for activities everyone can enjoy.

I can't say enough great things about Escape This. I've done somewhere between 15-20 escape rooms…read moreand Escape This has all the things the best ones have to offer. 1. You can easily reserve a room on their website - their website is easy to navigate and gives just enough information about each room to give you insight into what the experience will be like, while still leaving you curious and wanting to know more. 2. The escape room we did was well designed and fully immersive - once we stepped into the room, we completely forgot about the outside world and were able to really get into solving the puzzles. 3. The puzzles themselves were logical, fun to solve, and numerous enough that our group of 8 could work on several puzzles at once without feeling like we were getting in each other's way. I really appreciated that all the puzzles made sense and fully aligned with the theme of the room as well. 4. After we finished, the staff talked us through the room and gave us great insight into the success rate of the room and how we did overall. Whether you're looking for your first escape room experience or you're a seasoned escape room adventurer, Escape This is the place for you!

A lot of fun get a good group of friends and kick some butt had a great time with 7 of usread more

Came here for a private group and we had a great time! You start in what looks like a candy store…read moreand then you're in charge of finding the way to the main room. The staff was super friendly and helpful as well. We did the murder room which has various riddles, clues in hidden places, and puzzles. The level was easy but I think we could have done a harder level. We also had a larger group of 11, but we didn't feel crowded in there. We completed with 25 minutes to spare! The phone speaker in the room was a little hard to hear. Some physical exercise is needed for one of the clues. Won't give anything else away, but we had a good time and I'm glad I got to experience Escape in Time again years later.

I came here for my bachelorette and it was such a blast, we did the Haunted Mansion. And not to…read moregive anything away, but will confirm that it was scary and a really great time. We got out in 35 minutes as a group of 10, would definitely go here again. The staff was super friendly and they got into character really well, I appreciated the theatrics

So me and my sister wanted to go here so I called multiple times throughout the day, no one picked…read moreup the phone. It either went straight to voicemail or rang and then went to voicemail. someone finally called me back four hours later(one of the owners) and she claimed that it was all booked and that she could squeeze me in at 10 even though they close at nine, she just had to call her husband and let him know so we got excited and got ready but she never called me back to confirm. I then proceeded to call her and she did not pick up the phone, but she called me back THREE hours later and apologized and said they had no openings and made a bull crap excuse about how she called the wrong number back and left them a voicemail. I called three hours ago and left a voicemail, at some point you'd think she would have checked it after she "called someone else". I find this establishment to be extremely unprofessional. we couldn't even book online, it said we had to do live booking, which we couldn't because they didn't pick up the phone.... ********************UPDATE****************** So one of the owners called and gave me and my sister a pass for free about an hour after I posted the review. He apologized and helped me set up an appointment. So we went and did the bank heist one and it was super fun! I love that this business has great customer service. Because of that and the fact that we had so much fun, once the military one is done being built we are def. going back again!!

My group and I came on a Monday afternoon to complete the Military Espionage room. I was already a…read morelittle off put by the lobby area because it felt more like an office than an escape room. The room we went into had some cool gadgets and gears but lacked a lot of props and decor. I took off a couple of stars because our room was not set up properly prior to our start. We spent most of our time on one puzzle and we were still able to finish but had to use many hints. When we walked out, we asked the game master about this particular puzzle and he realized that it had not been set up so we would have never been able to get our next clue. Had this room been properly set up, we should have gotten out with almost 30 minutes to spare. It's only $20 per person which is cheaper than most escape rooms. However, I felt that the puzzles were more simple than my past experiences. If you've never done an escape room, give this place a try! But if you consider yourself a veteran, maybe pass on this place.