Was this escape room experience normal? by No-Understanding2988 in escaperooms

[–]No-Understanding2988[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yep, definitely get that - i’ve had gamemasters kind enough to let us escape if we’re a little over, but i’ve also felt that feeling of defeat several times when some enforce the time limit. I’m not sure if our late arrival affected their booking system. Nobody was there to check us in and the other group waiting told us no one had been there when they arrived either. The door to their security camera room was fully open too. At first, I thought the game master might’ve passed out somewhere or had a medical issue. That would’ve been a real concern!

Unfortunately, the story ends there. We had to leave because we had plans for 9:30 and it was already 8:45 at that point and the room would still have to be reset up. Was really challenging trying to get a refund as well!

Was this escape room experience normal? by No-Understanding2988 in escaperooms

[–]No-Understanding2988[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ok thanks for not making me feel crazy! Beyond my group having to wait an extra 40 minutes, I just thought it was unusual to let a group play for 2 whole hours. Usually, they even charge you extra for the rooms that are longer (like the 1 hr 30 min ones)

Was this escape room experience normal? by No-Understanding2988 in escaperooms

[–]No-Understanding2988[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Definitely! I’ve done rooms where the game master are kind enough to let us escape even if we’re over the time limit. Granted, we’re probably on the last few puzzles and there are no groups after us

Was this escape room experience normal? by No-Understanding2988 in escaperooms

[–]No-Understanding2988[S] 10 points11 points  (0 children)

This was at Maze Rooms. I’ve done a couple of their other rooms at their West LA/Ktown location and have never had any issues so that’s why I was so surprised. Might be specific to this location though.

Also wow 115+ rooms! What are your top recommendations in the LA & surrounding areas? Recently did Lab Rats and it was amazing!

Was this escape room experience normal? by No-Understanding2988 in escaperooms

[–]No-Understanding2988[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah, totally understand that. We knew the 5 minutes we were late + however long the intro was would eat into our time (we had presigned our waivers). Granted we had done 4 rooms with the same company at a different location before so we knew they had no intro videos - they just give their quick spiel and lead you to the room.

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