This was a great experience for all of us, adults and pre-teen. Nothing was scary, but it was... read more
This was a great experience for all of us, adults and pre-teen. Nothing was scary, but it was... read more
The staff was so great, and the room was setup for my 7 yr old to find clues, and be involved. What... read more
We went on valentine''s day and had a fun experience. We made it out. However there are couple things I didn't enjoy as much.
1. The room was too small for 10 people, really crowded. You really don't need this many people in order to solve the puzzles, in fact, having too many people in there prevents you from finding the clue.
2. It was hard to tell what is going on when people were discussing stuff in their own small group and won't share the clue, it probably depends on the group they put you with and not something they could control. (but again allow less people in at the same time would help).
3. I went to other escape rooms before and I didn't expect it to be literally just one room. The other places I went have rooms connected to each other that allow you to solve couple puzzles to get through the door or open the path to another room, which provide a feeling of middle accomplishments.
4. I wish the puzzles are more structured and connected. (again 3 would help)
Three stars for the super nice and friendly staff and the effort put in to making the room.
Thank you for the review and passing along the feedback! While you had fun and appreciated our energy here at Escape Kings to create our own rooms, we do want to make sure we addressed the things mentioned that could be improved in the experience.
Since then, we did expand greatly here with having multi-room escapes now and the ability to work in smaller teams too with some rooms created for 2 - 6 people total.
We have also worked very hard to not pair couples with groups of strangers. The Valentine's Day in 2016 was a learning lesson for us as we had been open just a month then and thought having a couple's day would be nice. Afterwards in 2016, we realized that a bunch of couples that do not know each other at all will most often lead to a less than ideal team. As escape room players ourselves with doing now over 100+ rooms since 2014, we definitely enjoy doing the experiences with people we know and not random people that just met who may not want to work together as a team. As a result, we have continued leading and getting great feedback in not having random people joining together. Thanks for helping us get to that decision in 2016 and growing tremendously!
As for the puzzles, we keep innovating with unique puzzles. Aztec is a highly popular room with being the only open game play in Charlotte with having multiple paths to escape and several parallel puzzles. It is a little more difficult for people who play a bunch of rooms since it is not a linear design which makes it unique and people who complete it see how cool it is to do something in parallel and multiple paths.
We love making people smile and happy. Feel free to come back anytime!
Thanks again!
Paulette & Nathan
We had a group event at Escape Kings this past week (25 people) and had a GREAT time! The staff was friendly and treated us extremely well! They were very accommodating and went out of their way to take care of us. We split the group up into 4 teams and made it a competition - everyone (wide range of ages and backgrounds) had a blast!!
We are so glad you had a great time with us for your corporate event! We had a blast hosting your group. We love escape rooms, and want everyone to have a great experience with us. Please come to see us again and switch rooms - see if you can beat your colleagues' time!
Paulette and Nathan
Aztec Room was more challenging than I expected, but the four of us had a great time! Can't wait to try the Biohazard Room!
We are so glad you had a fun double date at Escape Kings! Aztec Ruins is definitely a challenge, and a great way to have fun with friends. We hope to see you again soon to find the cure in Biohazard!
Paulette and Nathan
We used a Groupon and rented the room for ourselves (3 people). We had fun solving the clues, and didn't have to worry about getting frustrated because they gave us some gentle clues when we asked. This would be a great team building activity, a good rainy day outing, or just a fun way to spend an hour with friends.
Everyone was super friendly and their passion for creating challenging but fun games was apparent. They explained everything very thoroughly before we went in and after we were done, they answered all our questions about clues we missed.
Highly recommend this place!
We are so glad you had a fun escape room experience! All our employees love escape games, and want you to have the best experience possible. That includes answering any questions you may have at the end. We would love to see you again to try to conquer another great escape room.
Nathan and Paulette
We beat the atzec room but barely! Different from other escape rooms, owner was nice, but bit of advice he likes to talk so plan on it taking a bit longer than the hour. But he does a great job of explaining how things were done and really knows about the rooms!
We came to Escape Kings to celebrate my 19th birthday, and it was a rousing success! So much fun!!! A must-go activity any chance you get!
We are so glad you celebrated your 19th birthday with us! We love birthdays, and want to make them special for you. We hope to see you again soon!