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    The Escape Effect

    4.7 (107 reviews)
    Closed 11:00 am - 11:00 pm
    Updated 3 weeks ago

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    Abe A.

    Recently my wife, 3 of our close friends and myself, went to the Escape Effect. We have been to the Escape Effect on two different occasions. This company definitely is different from other brands. Unlike most escape rooms they offer a 60-minute, 75-minute, 90 minute, and 2-hour time limit room. Thats not the only way Escape Effect sets themselves apart from the rest. They give unlimited hints without penalties. Rooms are always private you'll never have to worry about being grouped with strangers. The escape games will only have you and your friends and family. Our first time here was the 75-minute Sherlock Studies. I don't want to give away too much information. If you're a fan of good mystery movie, you'll truly love this. My wife was a nervous at first because it starts in one room. It didn't seem like they'll be multiple areas. As everything unfolded, we could see that it wasn't the case. Again, this was absolutely a great room. Our second time here we did the A Knight to Escape. This is the infamous 2-hour time limit escape room. Again, I don't want to give away too much information. You're inside of Stonebury Castle. It takes the split-start escape room concept to new heights. I'd say if you're a fan of Medieval Times you'll truly enjoy this. We originally had 4 of our friends scheduled to join, however 2 couldn't make it. The 4 of us decided to press on we knew it would probably be a little tougher with less people, considering we spilt into 2 and 2, starting in 2 separate rooms to work our way back together. In this style of escape room communication is paramount. We were not able to escape due to the number of tasks. We inquired with the employee at the end. She said for a group of 4, we made great progress. I think she was being kind lol. Now on our most recent visit (3 days ago) we chose to redeem ourselves with the 2-hour escape room. This time we had five in our group. We had success this time around and finished with 9 minutes to spare. It was a great feeling to conquer this one. We definitely will return to the Escape Effect. Still have 2 rooms to conquer. We must do the 90 minute rooms as well. At Odds With The God and In Fright Before Your Eyes. And of course the 60 room, Encore. If you're looking for something fun to do for a date night or a birthday party or even a team builder at work, I would highly recommend the escape effect. Aces!

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    Savone J.

    A fun escape game that included paranormal activity. This was the first escape game that I've done that heavily involved relying on ghost and spirits of the past to help you escape. We needed to escape from a room it did feel slightly cluttered with most of the game taking place in one main room, but they really maximize on clues and truly making you pay attention. Also it was fun to have to operate a bit in the dark. Game master was very good about letting us figure it out and only chiming in when we asked. Would absolutely come back to play other games! We escaped with 5 minutes to spare.

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    Greg L.

    We decided to try this place out for my friend's birthday. Only one of the three had ever done an escape room before so we decided to give it a go. Making a reservation online was very easy and they have several discounts that could be available depending on your circumstances. What I also like about The Escape Effect is that you can do a private escape room and no minimum number of people are required. Please note there is no internet service in the escape rooms, and you are NOT allowed to take photos inside the room. Your guide will take a picture of your group in the room at the end of the event and then text you a link to the picture. We did the "At Odds with the Gods" escape room. It was a blast! Although we did not finish in time (we probably should have asked for more hints!), we had fun. It is quite challenging, and you may need more than three people if your group is a novice at this type of activity as was our group. We still had four more locks to go to unearth additional clues and we were told the last part of the puzzle takes about 20 minutes to finish. (Lydia was our hostess and she told us only 20 percent or so complete this escape room.) We would have needed at least another hour! LOL! We enjoyed the 90-minute exercise so much, we would have stayed another hour if it was possible. I think once you get the hang of these escape rooms, it gets easier. We learned a lot for our next attempt at it. This is a fun activity for friends and family alike. Give it a try. I think you will enjoy it as much as we did, as supported by the overwhelming majority of customers giving it five-star reviews also!

    Michael R.

    I have been to The Escape Effect a few times and I just have to say that I think the quality of these escape rooms are probably some of the best in Orlando and I truly recommend for people to go and try out. The guest service there is also always top notch!!

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    Tino did a great job! We had so much fun. We loved the 90 minute game!!!! Very fun and involved!

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    Luke was amazing - highly recommended this event - for teams, for families, have fun at the spot and bring friends

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    The Knight to Escape room was one of the more challenging ones I've played and we had a blast. Shout out to Tino for being a great host

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    Super fun games & great staff LOVE the double room Knights! Puzzles will keep you thinking, just AMAZING stage craft!

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    Elizabeth was great!!! We really loved the clues and the game was lots of fun we will come back

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    10 months ago

    Such a fun experience. Staff is super friendly! I would definitely suggest. Great for a fun team event.

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    5 months ago

    Awesome room!! Thank you to Tino for being amazing!! We can't wait to come back and do another room!

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    We had an amazing time! We did the two hour escape room and the time flew by. The rooms were so detailed and immersive. Highly recommend!

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    Pricey but worth it. The puzzles were tough! They gave us extra time and really needed it. They did a great job, props we're great too.

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    I had very high hopes when I walked in and saw this incredible theming in the lobby but that's…read morepretty much where my positive feelings ended. We arrived a little early for our escape room, so we were happy to wait in the lobby. Unfortunately, they kept us waiting at least 10 minutes beyond our scheduled start time and then passed us off between several different team members. We stood in the lobby for an additional 5 minutes after they told us they were finally ready for us. This made for a fully disorganized first impression and also caused our group to feel like an afterthought. Our game master also forgot to give us the walkie talkie we needed for the game and just kind of threw us into the room. We had a third person who actually gave us hints as we asked for them in the experience, which also felt like a bit if a disconnect, as we never met that person. When the game ended, the original person who checked us in told us we had gone over our time by "5 or 7 minutes", which was actually not true when we checked the time based on when we actually started the room vs when we had been scheduled to start the room. The whole experience left a bad taste and I'm not sure I would opt to do another room here. Very disappointing, as we're avid escape room fans.

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