Make Your Escape
Make Your Escape
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10:00 AM - 10:00 PM
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10:00 AM - 10:00 PM
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10:00 AM - 10:00 PM
Wednesday
10:00 AM - 10:00 PM
Thursday
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10:00 AM - 10:00 PM
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10:00 AM - 10:00 PM
Sunday
10:00 AM - 10:00 PM
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A fan of TV shows like Crystal Maze & Knightmare? Love mysteries and solving logic puzzles? Assemble a team to race against the clock...you have 60 minutes to escape. In the heart of Derby city centre is it's first escape room. Described as "brilliant", "fun", "gripping" and "challenging", we combine a mixture of traditional, team-based logic puzzles, with technology. 2-10 players, ages 12+
Duration: 1-2 hours
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  • Jack D
    3 contributions
    5.0 of 5 bubbles
    The Signal escape room, a great time!
    We did The Signal as a duo and it was amazing! The puzzles and story were really fun and we escaped just in the nick of time. The game master was very helpful, descriptive of the story, and answered all of our questions at the end (even though we were her last game of the day). Overall a really great experience, would definitely recommend coming here with any number of players.
    Thank you for the lovely review, it's very much appreciated and we're so glad you had a fun experience!
    Written October 30, 2023
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    Visited September 2023
    Traveled as a couple
    Written October 11, 2023
  • tike1
    Linlithgow, United Kingdom142 contributions
    5.0 of 5 bubbles
    Top quality escape room!
    Top quality escape room! We did the "Dystopia" room and not to give away any spoilers it had a good back story, multiple actual rooms, and a good variety of puzzles to solve requiring lateral thinking. We escaped with 3 mins to spare and only needed a few minor hints. The puzzles were all logical and were well judged for the time limit. The theming was decent and everything in good condition. Our guide/watcher was friendly and helpful and ensured we had a fun visit. Will definitely go back to do the second half of the story (Utopia). Highly recommended!
    Really pleased you enjoyed your visit to us and we're very grateful for the review, thank you!
    Written October 30, 2023
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    Visited September 2023
    Traveled with family
    Written October 20, 2023
  • Shaun N
    10 contributions
    5.0 of 5 bubbles
    Excellent hosts and excellent themes for a great experience.
    Our experience was awesome. We booked Utopia and Dystopia back to back and were contacted by the hosts to ask if we'd like to switch the order for a slightly better flow of the story and they were spot on. Dystopia and then Utopia. Both rooms are excellent, great theme and good selection of puzzles. Lots of puzzles we hadn't seen before and enough variety to suit our whole team. Utopia had a lot more logic puzzles and fewer locks which was very refreshing. Our host was absolutely amazing. Very attentive and helpful and gave us just the right amount of hints and only when we really needed them. Very much recommend and we look forward to our next visit soon.
    Brilliant job escaping both rooms! Thank you so much for visiting us and for leaving us such a lovely review, we look forward to hosting you in the future.
    Written October 30, 2023
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    Visited October 2023
    Traveled with friends
    Written October 22, 2023
  • Khanyisa t
    2 contributions
    5.0 of 5 bubbles
    First escape room experience!!
    I went last night with my brother and dad, had a wonderful warm welcome from the beautiful Ellie. When we got into the room the set up was really well done, some proper head scratching moments. Ellie was on hand to give us plenty of clues as this was our first escape room. The hints were informative and gave us a chuckle. Very interactive and well done, we are all converts and will be back to play the other rooms! Amazing service and great storyline 10/10!
    We're so pleased you enjoyed your experience and would love to have you back again! Ellie really loved hosting you :)
    Written October 30, 2023
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    Visited October 2023
    Traveled with family
    Written October 29, 2023
  • Ellis J
    1 contribution
    5.0 of 5 bubbles
    The Signal escape challenge
    Took my daughter and 3 friends to Make Your Escape to do The Signal escape room challenge. They had a great time and thoroughly enjoyed the experience. Well worth the money and a special thanks to our host Laura.
    We're really glad your daughter & her friends enjoyed their visit to us, thank you as well for the lovely review!
    Written November 27, 2023
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    Visited November 2023
    Traveled with friends
    Written November 24, 2023
  • HLock
    Derby, United Kingdom2 contributions
    5.0 of 5 bubbles
    So good we did it twice!
    Amazing time doing the Distopia room, celebration for my husband's birthday. Ellie was an amazing host and the amount of help given was spot on. It was so great we left and booked in the Utopia in the afternoon! Another incredible escape room, brilliant set and and again, our host Lewis was amazing. Can't recommend this place enough, great set up and great team who make you feel comfortable and ensure you have a great time.
    Thank you so much for coming back and playing another game with us, I know Ellie & Lewis both really loved hosting you. :)
    Written November 27, 2023
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    Visited November 2023
    Traveled as a couple
    Written November 25, 2023
  • Mark W
    2 contributions
    5.0 of 5 bubbles
    Christmas Eve Dystopia!
    Excellent customer service. We arrived early and was looked after until we started our room Dystopia. Great room, clues were logical and fairly easy to understand. I think we had around 6-7 clues and escaped with 2 mins to go. Definitely doing Utopia next! Really enjoyed our experience, thank you to all the team.Have a great Christmas!
    Thank you so much, we're so happy you had a great experience with us and we look forward to having you back for Utopia :)
    Written January 14, 2024
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    Visited December 2023
    Traveled with family
    Written December 24, 2023
  • Ian C
    1 contribution
    5.0 of 5 bubbles
    First time escapets
    First timers escapers. A surprise family experience for the Christmas holidays. We had no idea what to expect but the briefing by our host Helena gave us all we needed for some fun teamwork. We surprised ourselves how much fun it was and it was thoroughly enjoyable. I’d recommend it highly and we will be going again.
    Thank you so much for the lovely review, we're so happy that you had such a great experience with us and we'd love to have you back :)
    Written January 14, 2024
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    Visited December 2023
    Traveled with family
    Written December 25, 2023
  • Discover750000
    1 contribution
    5.0 of 5 bubbles
    Thumbs up for 'Make Your Escape'
    Took 4 x 13 year olds for a birthday party. They had a great time. A really clever set up & a great idea for teenagers. Lauren their host was fab and explained everything clearly and was great at judging what prompts & clues they needed. Would definitely recommend
    We really appreciate your kind review and your group were an absolute delight to host! :)
    Written January 14, 2024
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    Visited January 2024
    Traveled with friends
    Written January 6, 2024
  • Ben S
    2 contributions
    5.0 of 5 bubbles
    Unhinged uncovers the signal in the best way, and escapes to tell the tale 💪💪💪
    Visited Make your escape on Sunday to play the signal escape room! What a brilliant experience. Mark was very thorough, obviously loved his job and showed passion for the rooms, players and for making the escape experience immersive and enjoyable! The room itself was very well set out, the puzzles challenging and very rewarding to solve and everything just worked flawlessly. The hints offered throughout when needed were helpful, clear and concise, and gave us just the right nudge in the direction we needed without giving anything away! The props and equipment were excellent to use and figure out what to do, and luckily we managed to escape with about 30 seconds left after a frantic scrabble and rush to enter the final escape code 😆 so a brilliant experience, excellent staff and rooms and well worth the money. Thank you
    Such a kind and detailed review, thank you so much! Your team absolutely smashed it so really well done, and we're so glad you had a good experience with us!
    Written January 14, 2024
    This response is the subjective opinion of the management representative and not of Tripadvisor LLC.
    Visited January 2024
    Traveled as a couple
    Written January 7, 2024
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Daniel Llewellyn
Swansea, UK8 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Feb 2022 • Family
This was by far the best escape room experience we have ever had!

We decided to go for an escape room as my sister had visited me in Derby for the week. We've only done a couple previously so we were very inexperienced! We decided to visit The Signal room and this place completely exceeded our expectations.

First of all, the staff are so lovely and kind and I've never been more comfortable or satisfied with the level of customer service from anywhere, ever. From booking over the phone last minute, to our game supervisor being so kind and enthusiastic- I've never met more pleasant and genuinely enthusiastic people from a business.

We arrived at the building and was greeted by our game supervisor - Harry , who introduced himself and showed us where to go. He was very enthusiastic , kind and made us feel really comfortable and explained everything thoroughly. He was very helpful with hints and at the end of the game even took the time to explain extra parts of the game that could have happened if we had made different decisions (won't spoil anything!) He also took time to chat to us and was extremely lovely.

The game itself was very well set up. The feel of the room was so good with some great decorations and some really interesting puzzles which really had us thinking. Absolutely loved the storyline and felt it was incredibly engaging. The whole room was exceptionally good and made us want to come back for more straight after we left. We managed to escape the room with only 5 minutes to spare - but even if we hadn't escaped we would have still had the same positive feeling coming out after taking part.

Everything about this experience has been the highlight of our trip to Derby, from the staff to the actual game and the general feel of this place. It was all so perfect.

We've enjoyed our experience today so much that we've all decided to already book another room tomorrow to go to later this week with them.

I could not recommend this place enough, you need to pay it a visit!
Written February 1, 2022
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Thank you for such a kind and detailed review, Dan! All of our team really loved hosting you and it was so nice having you come back as well :)
Written February 7, 2022
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zahra
Derby, UK2 contributions
4.0 of 5 bubbles
Dec 2021 • Family
We went as a family of 8 adults and 2 children under 10. Anton welcomed us in and explained how to play the game. He was very friendly and gave some good advice and tips.
As we were a large group we did Spellbound which was rated 5/5 for difficulty which probably wasn’t the best room for newbies!!
There were plenty of clues everywhere but it took us a while to understand how to work the clues out.
We got off to a bad start initially because it took us ages to complete the first part of the game.
I’ve heard that the more escape rooms you do the quicker you get because you have more of an understanding of how the clues are set up.
However once we were on a roll we did manage to unlock a few of the clues but time soon ran out and we weren’t able to escape.
There were a few things that we thought might need improving - the room was too dark so it was difficult to see some of the clues and padlock numbers and without giving too much away the sensors in the initial game weren’t strong enough and could have been more prominent.
We all loved it though and had a lot of fun.
Looking forward to doing another one but maybe an easier room!
Written December 31, 2021
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Thank you for the review Zahra! We really appreciate your feedback and will be taking it into account and seeing how we can improve. We look forward to hosting you again!
Written January 3, 2022
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HelenPDNP
Peak District National Park, UK4 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Aug 2021 • Family
We made a last minute booking for our family which included two children aged 11 and 12. From the moment we called we had great service. With a bit of juggling we managed to get booked in on the same day which was fantastic as our daughter had only just decided what she wanted to do on her birthday! We were advised which room would be the best for a family with children.
When we arrived Harry was really welcoming and explained everything to us. We really enjoyed The Signal escape room, it was great fun and our children were totally engrossed and have been telling everyone about it ever since!
A fabulous surprise was a birthday card & box of chocolates which our daughter found in a drawer as part of the game. What a lovely thing to do - it made it even more enjoyable knowing the hosts had been so thoughtful.
We’d definitely recommend. We were so pleased we chose Make Your Escape as it was excellent. Thank you!
Written August 14, 2021
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Thank you for reviewing us so kindly Helen! So glad to hear how much you enjoyed The Signal and that Harry helped make your daughter's birthday a good one. :)
Written August 16, 2021
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Mrs H
Derbyshire, UK2 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Feb 2020 • Friends
Absolutely amazing. We visited the Spellbound room as a group of 8 on our joint Stag/Hen Do.
This was our first time doing an escape room (for 6 of us), we were absolutely thrilled with the overall experience. The room itself was fantastic, very challenging even for 8 of us, we just managed to escape with 2 minutes to spare. So so much fun, would definitely recommend to anyone.
The staff were also very friendly and on hand at all time. They really bought the realness of the room to life for us and made us feel like we really were apart of the story of the room.
We will definitely be back to try more rooms.
Thank you for making the start of our Hag Do so awesome, we certainly won’t ever forget it thanks to the fun we had here.
Written February 16, 2020
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Thank you for your lovely feedback, mrsh2920! We're so happy to hear that you enjoyed your very first escape room experience with us, and congratulations on escaping our most difficult room! :) We can't wait to see you back with us in the future! Thanks again, Make Your Escape
Written February 18, 2020
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Andy M
23 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Mar 2022
Really enjoyed playing Utopia. Easy booking and later on, realised that we would be arriving in Derby earlier than expected, so checked their booking system and an earlier slot was available. Quick email and they changed the slot without a problem.

We were greeted at the door by our friendly gamemaster, Anton, who was great throughout, especially discussing how we wanted the hints system to work (request from us or nudge by him).

The room itself was really well built and thought out with only one padlock to open - everything else was technology and electronic.....and it all worked perfectly.

Had a great time and will return for their other rooms.
Written March 20, 2022
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We really appreciate your review, Andy! We'll pass on your comments to Anton as well. Looking forward to seeing you again in the future!
Written March 21, 2022
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Vickie Rashvand
Birmingham, UK39 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Dec 2021 • Couples
Played Dystopia and Utopia today and they are truly as excellent as we heard! It’s fair to say it’s a good idea to play these together as they tell different versions of a story. The fact that this company cares about creating a story as well as opposed to not just building a sub par room was much appreciated! The love and attention that’s gone into these rooms is clearly apparent. The team at Make Your Escape are excellent as well, particularly Harry our Host. He was really thorough, friendly and excitedly had a chat with us afterwards to go through the lore of the rooms… which just goes to show how much the team care about their business. We immediately booked up for their other two just as we like to go with companies we trust! Can’t wait to come back!
Written December 28, 2021
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Thank you so much for the detailed review Vickie! We're so pleased Harry's passion for our games shone through, he loved hosting you!
Written January 3, 2022
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Emma1979
Burton on Trent, England116 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Nov 2022 • Friends
An excellent escape room! We had a group of 6 with different experience when it came to escape rooms, from first timers to multiple visits. We all really enjoyed this one. Lucas, our game leader, was excellent and so enthusiastic! He was also great as he gaves us feedback at the end of the game to help us feel more confident about trying a harder game. It was a great room with a lot of thought having gone into it. We will definitely be returning and would recommend them to anyone!
Written November 27, 2022
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Hi Emma, thank you so much for such a kind review and I'll pass your comments onto Lucas as well. :) He really enjoyed hosting you and we'd love to have you back for another room!
Written November 28, 2022
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Tara OK
Nottingham, UK2 contributions
4.0 of 5 bubbles
Oct 2021 • Couples
This was our first escape room experience so we were literally going in to the unknown. (We never googled or YouTubed it & decided to just go for it)
We were a group of 6 and opted for the spellbound room.

On arrival we actually walked by the entrance twice as it’s not what we were expecting…
just a single door with the make your escape logo printed above with a poster on the front door stating you need to call the mobile number printed, confirm your booking time and name.
After this we were collected and taken straight up the stairs and given a quick briefing of the plot of the story. We left our belongings & mobiles in a locked chest and were taken in to our chosen room (which we were later told you are usually escorted in blindfolded but due to COVID-19 restrictions they have had to alter this part for now)
I do feel it’s a shame as I really think that would have built on the experience for each of us but is also completely understandable and just one of those things.
(And I'm pretty sure we are all used to this by now!)

On entering our room we were split in to two groups of three and each locked in a cage. When our room instructor left the room 60 minutes started on the clock and it became clear we had to solve the riddles etc and TRY to “make our escape” (this took just a little over 30 minutes)

Once we broke free the room was ours to find clues & hints and try and crack the codes.
We all found it quite difficult and soon realised it was very ambitious to have chosen a room like spellbound for our first ever time playing. But that being said we all came away talking about our experience and wanting to go back.

We didn’t complete the game and that left us feeling defeated but determined to try again another time. It was a good fun family day out and I would highly recommend it but before just booking online, give them a call and have a chat about what you are wanting from your experience & game. I feel if I had done this it would have helped us pick a more suitable room for our ZERO level of experience and choose a linear game room rather than a free for all brain teaser room (which I think spellbound it more suited to brainiacs who play more frequently and need more from their games)

The room was decorated amazingly and if we had been escorted in and then had our blindfolds removed I think would have been awesome to add to the feeling of the unknown being locked in a cage.

The staff are really friendly and helpful and can send hints to the screen in your room if you just simply speak up and ask for it (as you can be seen and heard at all times in your room) … be good to just remember that!!

Overall I recommend the game and the experience as a whole and feel the effort and time taken to create just this one game we played is fantastic for a small independent company. I think it’s important to appreciate it isn’t a franchise.

We will definitely be going back soon
Written October 10, 2021
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Thanks for your detailed review, Tara! Spellbound is a very challenging game so it sounds like you did a fantastic job for your first room :) You were a lovely team to host and we'd love to have you back.
Written October 18, 2021
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Dan D
1 contribution
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Feb 2020 • Couples
Haven't really got a bad word about these guys. From the moment we came in was greeted by really friendly staff who managed to accommodate a range of previous experiences. The room itself was challenging but didn't feel like a massive stretch to find the answers
The theme was excellent and didn't feel cheap at all. Will definitely go again to try out the other rooms
Written February 10, 2020
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Thank you for your lovely review, dannydT2622WU! We're so happy to hear that your team all enjoyed your escape room experience here at MYE, and we look forward to seeing you back with us in the future! :) Thanks again, Make Your Escape
Written February 18, 2020
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Alana A
38 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Jul 2021 • Family
Stumbled across this lovely place this morning and managed to get a booking for the same day. Harry was brilliant answering all my questions and advising on which was the best room for a 10 and 14 year old, parking etc. Our game host was brilliant, super friendly, explained everything to us and made sure we had water for in the room. You were a godsend with clues as we needed them and kept a close eye on how we doing so you knew when we needed help. You made it super enjoyable. My boys first escape room and they had soo much fun. Thanks for kicking off their summer holiday is such a great fashion. Thanks for the fabulous photo and we look forward to seeing you again soon. Cheers Alana
Written July 26, 2021
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Thank you so much for your lovely review, Alana! You were fantastic to host and we're so glad you enjoyed your visit to us.
Written August 5, 2021
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