NW Escape Experience
NW Escape Experience
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11:30 AM - 9:00 PM
Monday
11:30 AM - 9:00 PM
Tuesday
11:30 AM - 9:00 PM
Wednesday
11:30 AM - 9:00 PM
Thursday
11:30 AM - 9:00 PM
Friday
11:30 AM - 9:00 PM
Saturday
11:30 AM - 9:00 PM
Sunday
11:30 AM - 9:00 PM
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NW Escape Experience is Vancouver, Washington's most immersive physical adventure game in which players are locked in a room and must use elements of the room to solve a series of puzzles and escape within a set time limit.
Duration: 1-2 hours
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- Alexis R3 contributionsGirls night out locked in Ronnie's room.Had a girl's night got locked in Ronnie's room. Just wanna say was the best night ever Ronnie was amazing so scary. With so recommend going to this place they do such an amazing job. Reagan was our Ronnie and she did an amazing job. We will definitely be coming back and doing more rooms for sure.Thank you for your review and for spending your girls night out with Ronnie! We are thrilled to hear you had an amazing time with us and can't wait to see you all again soon.Written October 9, 2023This response is the subjective opinion of the management representative and not of Tripadvisor LLC.Visited October 2023Traveled with friendsWritten October 7, 2023
- Toshio Y1 contributionFun, great employeesNice atmosphere. Escape room is very fun since it is a puzzle, great for intelligence training. Workers are nice and push a great experience. Joyel was our game master, very nice and put on a voice that matched the character.Thank you for your review! We are thrilled to hear you had a great time and appreciated Joyel's character. We hope to see you again soon.Written October 30, 2023This response is the subjective opinion of the management representative and not of Tripadvisor LLC.Visited October 2023Traveled on businessWritten October 25, 2023
- Climber110857916231 contributionExceptional Story TellingNW Escape Experience was fantastic. The care and planning that go into their games surpasses many of the rooms that I have experienced. We completed both Polybius and Ronnie's House. Polybius was a great room to start off and is challenging enough to keep you interested but simple enough for all ages. Ronnie's is NOT for the faint of heart. Truly terrifying but fantastic. Our game masters Austin and Reagan were both amazing!Thank you for your review! We are thrilled to hear you had a great time in both Polybius Lives and Ronnie's House. We are especially excited that you enjoyed our storytelling through escape rooms and hope to see you again soon.Written October 30, 2023This response is the subjective opinion of the management representative and not of Tripadvisor LLC.Visited October 2023Traveled with friendsWritten October 29, 2023
- Darrell E1 contributionLots of funDid Polybius with one other person - was timed perfectly - had a great time! - definitely recommend if you’re looking for a good beginner level for 2 people. Would love to try the others too at a later date!Thank you for your review! We are so happy to hear you had a great time with us and can't wait to see you again.Written November 2, 2023This response is the subjective opinion of the management representative and not of Tripadvisor LLC.Visited October 2023Traveled with friendsWritten October 30, 2023
- Jamie H1 contributionSo Scary! So Fun!The mask and the voice were SO creepy! Geoff (our Ronnie) did a phenomenal job scaring us throughout the entire process. Even when he was helping as the gamemaster, he would add some creepy comment at the end to remind us what would happen if we didn't escape. The puzzles were challenging, but not to the point that we couldn't make sense of things from one puzzle to the next. We jumped and screamed so many times, and are glad to report -- WE ESCAPED!Thank you for your review! We are thrilled to hear you had a great time with us and were able to escape our hardest game! We hope to see you again soon.Written November 14, 2023This response is the subjective opinion of the management representative and not of Tripadvisor LLC.Visited November 2023Traveled with friendsWritten November 10, 2023
- xfilekid4 contributionsFun time with friends.This was our last room at the NE Escape Experience which was Ronnie’s Room with our host Issac. He was a great Ronnie and he was helpful when needed, with the right amount of humor. Room for as challenging but we escaped w 2 minutes to spare. Awesome time…can’t wait for a new room to come back.Thank you for your continued business and review! We are so happy to hear you have continued to have such a great time with us and we hope to see you again soon when we have a new room opened.Written November 27, 2023This response is the subjective opinion of the management representative and not of Tripadvisor LLC.Visited November 2023Traveled with friendsWritten November 26, 2023
- Jessica H1 contributionHad a blast!My husband and I did the Jurassic escape room with our awesome guide Reagan. This was our first time doing an escape room and she was very intuitive for when to give us hints and when to let us figure it out on our own. We had a really good time and have already purchased tickets to go back with our kids and do another room.Thank you for your review! We are so happy to hear you had a great time in Jurassic Tours for your first time doing an escape room and can't wait to see you again soon.Written December 4, 2023This response is the subjective opinion of the management representative and not of Tripadvisor LLC.Visited December 2023Traveled as a coupleWritten December 4, 2023
- Betty H1 contributionA Christmas adventureWe had a great time in the DB Cooper room. We’ve done several escape games as a family (all adults) and this rates up there with the best. Hedgehog (Lily) was a fun game master, the puzzles were fun but challenging.Thank you for your review! We are thrilled to hear you had a great time with us and would rate us up there with the best! That is a huge honor. We hope to see you again soon.Written December 26, 2023This response is the subjective opinion of the management representative and not of Tripadvisor LLC.Visited December 2023Traveled as a coupleWritten December 23, 2023
- Brian H1 contributionDB Cooper’s Treasure Found!Tremendous fun at NW Escape Experience. Very professional family run business. Clean and clever rooms and professional staff who are “in character”. Our family did DB Cooper’s challenge on Christmas Eve. Our FBI Field Agent in charge (Reagan)—code name “Trash Panda” was amazing with our investigative support. We escaped disaster with 58 seconds to spare! Looking forward to our next experience!We greatly appreciate your review and are so happy to hear you had a great time with us in Operation DB Cooper with your family on Christmas Eve. We look forward to seeing you again soon.Written January 2, 2024This response is the subjective opinion of the management representative and not of Tripadvisor LLC.Visited December 2023Traveled with familyWritten December 27, 2023
- AmandaAndScottVancouver, Washington4 contributionsAmazing Escape Room!What an awesome escape room experience! The Jurassic Tours room was perfect for our smaller group of 4, the room itself was very well thought-out and put together, and Marty & Austin were awesome game masters! Highly recommend this room, and really excited to try their others.Thank you so much for your review! We are happy to hear you had such a great time with Austin in Jurassic Tours and saw the attention to detail we put in the game. We hope to see you again soon.Written January 7, 2024This response is the subjective opinion of the management representative and not of Tripadvisor LLC.Visited January 2024Traveled with familyWritten January 6, 2024
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charles s
150 contributions
Feb 2022
For the past few years my wife, children, and I have spent a lot of time traveling around the country for work and pleasure. We often find ourselves in cities both large and small with the burning questions, "what should we do tonight". In many cases our default answer has been to check out a local escape room. Being that our home base is Vancouver, we have also visited NW Escape Experience a few times, and have always seen it as our gold standard when comparing other escape experiences. This however may be changing, We have done both the Kill Room (twice) and this last time we did the DB Cooper room. The puzzles have always been challenging, themes executed well with the game master often being one of the highlights of the rooms. This however seems to be changing, in both of my last two trips to NW Escape my group has gotten stumped on a puzzle that was not difficult to solve but rather broken, or in such disrepair that even though we were doing all of the right things to solve the puzzle we could not tell that we had it right because the expected outcomes were not happening. In both cases this has caused members of my group to get frustrated and need additional help from the host. Part of the joy for our group has always been to solve these rooms with as little help as possible, and the fact that we had to ask for help on a room just because the room was not working is a cardinal sin in our book. We have also seen a drop off in the quality of the room host, this shop has always seemed to lean in to the acting part of their jobs and specifically in the DB cooper room this role left much to be desired. I guess our next great puzzle to solve is going to be, what local escape experience is going to replace NW Escape Experience as our new local go to.
Written February 25, 2022
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I am very sorry to hear this! I would definitely love to get more information from you on what was broken that did not allow you to solve the puzzle on your own. We also agree that it is a cardinal sin to not have a room in proper working order and I assure you that we do everything we can to make sure that we this is not a normal occurrence. We do keep track of any issues with props during customer experiences and do everything in our power to make sure that we make those situations right. As you know from our previous "gold standard" experiences we take these types of situations very seriously. I would love for you to email me directly at tamara@nwescapeexperience.com so I can get more details and see what we can do to make it up to you and keep you coming back!
Written March 30, 2022
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Camalee L
1 contribution
Mar 2024 • Family
We went to the Jurassic room as a fun birthday night out. I had been to an escape room before and felt like puzzles were a little too challenging to solve in the time limit but this one was the right amount of difficulty to where you would still feel pretty clever for solving a puzzle. This specific room had an option to chose a different path which resulted in a cool twist at the end! I really enjoyed the experience, especially our new robot friend, marti (aka Lily).
Written March 9, 2024
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We greatly appreciate your review and are so thrilled to hear you had a great time with us. We strive to provide a challenge yet keep our games logical and solvable. We hope to see you again soon for more fun experiences.
Written March 12, 2024
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pilotgal
London, UK170 contributions
Dec 2024 • Friends
1 star. We were super excited as we’d been waiting for some time for this room to open. We’d don’t all the others. The door on a prop swung shut on one of the party’s head causing it to bleed and then a puzzle broke. Yes they offered a bandaid and yes they tried to fix the puzzle, but it couldn’t be fixed. The guide explained how it’d had worked perfectly all day hahaha until us… more nervous laughter and to add insult to injury showed us a pic of what the last puzzle would have looked like had it actually functioned. Then he wished us luck and sent us on our merry way. No offer of a refund or a redo, and he even gave our team member a “ wow congrats on your tenacity to finish after your injury”. More nervous laughter. Frankly disgusted by handling of both situations. Doubt we will return even if they get a new room and would recommend others avoid. Too many good game rooms in town that are able to manually fix or release latches, locks etc to waste time, energy and effort here. Or at the very least offer a redo or refund.
Written November 30, 2024
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You are absolutely correct that we handled this situation incorrectly at the time of the incidents. As soon as I, the owner of the business, was made aware of the situation I immediately called the person who booked the game and apologized for the issue of the unfortunate prop malfunction and the injury that occurred when a spring loaded door had shut while someone’s head was still in close proximity causing an injury. We take all precautions to ensure our games are safe for our customers and we missed the mark on this occasion. It’s also unfortunate that we had a malfunction in our brand new game. Electronics are not fail proof and we are sorry it impacted your game. A refund has been issued. We do hope to see you again in the futures because as you know after playing all of our other games, this is not a typical experience that we aim to provide. Again, we apologize.
Written December 3, 2024
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Jamie H
1 contribution
Nov 2023 • Friends
The mask and the voice were SO creepy! Geoff (our Ronnie) did a phenomenal job scaring us throughout the entire process. Even when he was helping as the gamemaster, he would add some creepy comment at the end to remind us what would happen if we didn't escape. The puzzles were challenging, but not to the point that we couldn't make sense of things from one puzzle to the next. We jumped and screamed so many times, and are glad to report -- WE ESCAPED!
Written November 10, 2023
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Thank you for your review! We are thrilled to hear you had a great time with us and were able to escape our hardest game! We hope to see you again soon.
Written November 14, 2023
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Happiness22266288186
Prescott Valley, AZ1 contribution
Jun 2023 • Family
This was our first escape room experience and it totally exceeded our expectations. The props and clues were expertly put together, and our gamemaster, Isaac, was great in character! We had a blast and cant wait to come back to try another room.
Written June 19, 2023
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Thank you for your review! We are so happy to hear we exceeded your expectations and we can't wait to have you back for more rooms!
Written June 27, 2023
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Toshio Y
1 contribution
Oct 2023 • Business
Nice atmosphere. Escape room is very fun since it is a puzzle, great for intelligence training. Workers are nice and push a great experience. Joyel was our game master, very nice and put on a voice that matched the character.
Written October 25, 2023
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Thank you for your review! We are thrilled to hear you had a great time and appreciated Joyel's character. We hope to see you again soon.
Written October 30, 2023
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Ani K
5 contributions
May 2023
Two of us did the Jurassic Park theme room. It was very fun; challenging puzzles. Reagan as Marti the robot, did a great job adding to the entertainment value with her storylines and was also available if you needed hints. She really made the experience much more enjoyable. Looking forward to more escape game rooms in the future.
Written May 7, 2023
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We greatly appreciate your review and are thrilled to hear you had a great time in Jurassic Tours. We also look forward to you playing more games in the future!
Written May 15, 2023
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Brian H
1 contribution
Dec 2023 • Family
Tremendous fun at NW Escape Experience. Very professional family run business. Clean and clever rooms and professional staff who are “in character”. Our family did DB Cooper’s challenge on Christmas Eve. Our FBI Field Agent in charge (Reagan)—code name “Trash Panda” was amazing with our investigative support. We escaped disaster with 58 seconds to spare! Looking forward to our next experience!
Written December 27, 2023
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We greatly appreciate your review and are so happy to hear you had a great time with us in Operation DB Cooper with your family on Christmas Eve. We look forward to seeing you again soon.
Written January 2, 2024
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Scott R
3 contributions
Jul 2024 • Family
This is easily the BEST escape room we have ever played! Both of the employees we worked with were awesome - Lizzie at the front desk was very friendly and welcoming, and our game master, Tim, was out of this world! The theming was phenomenal - it really kept us immersed in the game's reality. (The wraparound screen of our time machine was incredible) And the puzzles were challenging but not frustrating, with a lot of variety. Also, the sound effects and musical cues definitely took us both back to our teen years (specifically, 1985) and made it particularly fun to get, well, back to the future.
This is the second room we've played at NW Escape Experience (our first was the now shuttered Polybius). These guys really go the extra mile.
Lastly, today is my wife's and my anniversary, and they gave us a personalized note inside of one of the puzzles (thank you, Lizzie and Tim - that really made our day!)
This is the second room we've played at NW Escape Experience (our first was the now shuttered Polybius). These guys really go the extra mile.
Lastly, today is my wife's and my anniversary, and they gave us a personalized note inside of one of the puzzles (thank you, Lizzie and Tim - that really made our day!)
Written July 8, 2024
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We are so happy to hear you consider us the best escape room in the area, that is a huge honor. Thank you so much for your continued support, recommendation and kind words. We hope to see you again for more fun experiences soon!
Written July 9, 2024
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Emily L
2 contributions
Oct 2021
This was the best escape room I have ever done! We did Ronnie's House, and it was tricky and engaging. My husband, bless his heart, is a bit of a know it all and much more experienced in Escape Rooms than I am. Normally that leaves me feeling dejected and like I didn't contribute to the room, but Ronnie's house was truly an immersive experience. I don't know if I solved any clues or not, honestly. I just was having fun looking around the room and getting scared. So even though I might not have contributed, I still felt very much involved the whole time.
We solved all the puzzles and the door code, so I thought we had beat it with flying colors. When we put in the door code, it opened to ANOTHER room and I freaked out. It was so cool to have multiple rooms with different themes.
Finally, the actor playing Ronnie was really fun. We enjoyed our banter with them and it made the game that much more enjoyable.
We solved all the puzzles and the door code, so I thought we had beat it with flying colors. When we put in the door code, it opened to ANOTHER room and I freaked out. It was so cool to have multiple rooms with different themes.
Finally, the actor playing Ronnie was really fun. We enjoyed our banter with them and it made the game that much more enjoyable.
Written November 2, 2021
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We are so happy to hear that you had a great time in Ronnie's House! We truly do love what we do and reviews like this make it all worth it! We hope to see you again for our other experiences soon!
Written March 30, 2022
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Would this be a fun thing to do for a couple or is it better for a larger group?
Written March 1, 2019
Two people is not enough to solve enigmas in 60 minutes.... besides that, all escape rooms have a minimum and a maximum number of players, and it usually ranges from 4 to 10 people. So, invite another couple to go with you and be prepared to have a lot of fun! :)
Written March 1, 2019
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