29Rooms Atlanta is only here from 8/29 to 9/8.
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While I'm glad I got to experience something new, I wasn't really impressed. And mind you, this is only my personal opinion.
The concept of 29Rooms is for you to be open minded and to be positive and etc. While the message is good, I didn't think it was executed well.
First thing was the ticketing. I bought my tickets early so that I can attend a "fresh" museum away from germs. Whatever the reason, they lowered the pricing and without notice I had received a certain amount refunded. I went on the website and found that they had lowered the price and I didn't get the full difference between the current pricing from when I first purchased it. I wrote back and they state that they're only committed to the refund what they had provided. Is this legal? and why am I penalized for purchasing my tickets early?!
So already I've lost some $ for above reason, but on top of it, I had to cough up more $ for transportation... The day before the opening night, 29Rooms sent an email, exactly stating that "No parking is available onsite" and that uber/lyft is advised. But when we arrive in our uber, there were plenty of parking spots, at least for earlybirds like us! Thank goodness we parked in the Kroger parking lot and ubered from there, otherwise if we ubered from our house we would have spent another $80! I'm totally flabbergasted. Maybe if you plan on drinking, this may work out, but to blatantly lie about parking, this is totally wrong.
Funny that the sign at the entrance states to leave negative attitude and bad vibes... While I had these thing in the back of my head, I was totally open minded. We were one of the first ones in and it wasn't what I had in mind; It wasn't 29 rooms full of photo ops. It was random art installations, sponsored rooms/activities that were part of advertisements, and area to sell snacks and drinks. I think out of all rooms, I truly only liked the last room next to the exit, pink zen room, and the activity where you draw your partner without looking at the paper. Simple activity, but gives you chuckles after looking at how hideous the pictures come out, arguing who drew it better. What made it worse however was that we were one of the first ones in, and yet none of the staff was engaging or telling us what the room were about. Like we made a full circle before staff were engaging and by that time, people were lined up and we didn't get an advantage of getting in first.
Other rooms include a 90s room, neon paint room where you can paint on the blocks, strawberry tattoo station, dance room to hang out, activity room where you ask and answer random questions with strangers, room on solving a financial crisis, encouragement room where you put sticky notes on the wall, blind date room where I think you interact with strangers and their hands, and an art room to draw, work on craft, or play with playdough.
So back to the message, don't exactly know how it ties down as I only saw one room that was really about positivity. While we worried that we would have to wait in long lines for the uber back, we were one of the first ones that had left and no issues what so ever. Wasn't worth it for me.