The Ultimate Escape Rooms — The Attic

This was a fun escape room! The host did a great job of facilitating an enjoyable virtual game experience. We were able to finish the room (just in time!) and felt like everyone was able to participate in solving the puzzles. The puzzles were a mix of straightforward and tricky. The room had a spooky theme, which was fun to embrace (but I wouldn't recommend it for sensitive children). Overall, we definitely recommend this escape room!

I played this with my family, half of whom were in a different city. We had a terrific time exploring The Attic with our live avatar who filled their role perfectly, adding a perfect amount of dramatic flair to fit the scene with its increasing levels of suspense and scariness as the clock ticked down! The clues were just challenging enough to keep even the most experienced escape room afficianados engaged, and we all agreed afterward that this was a very smooth adaptation in the virtual setting—we didn’t feel like we lost out too much on our ability to investigate every little nook and cranny of that room. That was thanks to our very skilled host.

I definitely recommend trying this!

Due to current social distancing recommendations, we were looking for a substitute for our monthly company social event. So, we checked out other peoples' reviews of The Attic and opted to participate virtually. We had escaped from the actual rooms in Solvang over a year ago. The virtual room platform was just as fun! And our host (Brendan) was well-trained and contributed much to the overall positive experience.

We experienced minimal technical issues. It helps to have "clean" internet access (nothing or no one else streaming at the same time!). Visibility was generally good (connect your computer to a TV screen if you can--that helps!).

Use of unlimited hints is recommended if you get pressed for time and are really stumped. We made it out with only 31 seconds to spare... :)

This was a really great way to play an escape room without the need to leave your house. It is different because there is only one person in the room looking for clues so that makes things a little harder however it was still fuin.

Using one person in the room was a little hard to get used to and couldn't get into the mode of the game. When we have done it in person we had each other right in the same room. What would be nice is to have another person in the room with the go cam and have half of the group with one person and the other half with the other person. It was really hard when the person in the room just spun around. Almost made me sick. It would be helpful if we could spend about 10 minutes just looking at all the things in the room slowly.

This was very well run, the instructions and set up were easy to follow and the experience was great. Did it as part of a team from work and we all really enjoyed it. Would definitely recommend to anyone

We expected to have a more frustrating experience since we're not physically in the room. I have never been so glad to be so wrong! Actually, the Zoom format forced us to go to each clue, one by one. This worked out better in the end because we were all focused on that one task as a team. We finished with 15 minutes to spare! (That NEVER happens for us in real life escape rooms, haha). 100% would recommend. Our host was helpful, funny, and gracious. He stayed in character, too. And we loved having both the wide angle camera, plus the smaller one strapped to our host. And having the digital inventory saved a lot of headache in asking the host to re-show us something. Thank you! We can't wait to try out the other 2 digital rooms.

Surprised that it was just as fun online as in person! The host was great and helped with the entertainment. We did the attic. The only difficult part is navigating the zoom app’s interface. Will definitely try more with the online format.