Escape Reality Cardiff: Alcatraz

2nd and 3rd Floor, 6-7 St. John Street, CF10 1GJ

2-6 players

60 minutes

In 1934, Alcatraz transformed into a maximum high-security prison housing the most infamous and dangerous criminals. Situated in the chilly waters of San Francisco Bay, no prisoner has ever successfully escaped. Alcatraz has just reached its maximum capacity for the first time in history – because of you.

You are all masters of escaping and no prison has managed to contain you. As highly skilled individuals you have been plotting your escape plan and now the time has arrived. A diversion has been caused by other inmates and the warden has sprinted off to help, leaving you in your cells unguarded. This is your prime opportunity to make your escape attempt. Can you escape before he returns and catches you?

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thecolemans rated this:

Played: 27 Jan 2024 Team size: 2

value for moneyimmersivegreat hosting

We loved this escape room, really enjoyed the various puzzles you had to solve to move on to the next bit. We would definitely recommend. The room layout and decor was very realistic, making it an immersive experience

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abunai expert rated this:

This game (in Cardiff at least) is huge, which really aids with the immersion. Game flow is linear so would suggest a smaller group. Please note the hint system is TERRIBLE.

Tom Alcock expert rated this:

Played: 11 May 2022 Team size: 2 Time taken: 38:20 Outcome: Successful escape!

logical

shadsu rated this:

Team size: 2 Outcome: Successful escape!

Alcatraz room was nothing special but still fun to play.

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reviewed in Leicester

2 Bodies 8 Minds rated this:

Played: 7 Apr 2024 Team size: 2 Time taken: 42 Outcome: Successful escape!

great hostingbroken techplainquite difficult

Disn't enjoy the theme or decor at all really, very outdated and run down. Puzzles were actually quite fun and got the brain working but needs some love, building from the outside also looked awful when driving past. Doesn't feel like an active escape room venue, more like it used to be active and has been left abandoned for years. On the plus, puzzles were pretty good, and our host Tonio was brilliant, deserves a raise! So friendly and welcoming, we could have chatted for hours. Great guy! And made the whole event much more enjoyable

reviewed in Leeds

Adrienne Ward rated this:

Team size: 2 Outcome: Failed 🙁

very difficult

One player does all the work. The other just gets locked in the cell for more than half the time.

reviewed in Glasgow

gimiabreakout experienced rated this:

Time taken: 40 Outcome: Successful escape!

quite easy

reviewed in Edinburgh

elfgrunge experienced rated this:

Outcome: Successful escape!

great hosting

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Alcatraz is a padlock-heavy, very linear game with a tendency towards fairly numeric puzzles. A good first impression was somewhat let down by some weaknesses of the game.

First of these was a puzzle where the clue for the answer was ambiguous, giving two possible answers only one of which would work. That's a design weakness, and was entirely avoidable here. It was compounded by the context, which involved a communication element that made the ambiguity harder to detect. (While discussing the ...

A hard room for inexperienced teams who aren’t confident on their communication, and annoying for experienced teams who like good rooms

Good room, poor hint system

Alcatraz is a well-produced room with good puzzle diversity. The overall experience is ultimately let down by the sub-par hint system, but the room itself is good quality. I’d recommend this room for larger teams that have a few escape room victories under their belt – you’ll need every brain in the room!

A round-up of a couple of trips through Glasgow. Mostly poor experiences with the one highlight being Escape the Past at Pollok House, a room that would stand up reasonably well even if it weren't in a heritage site.

reviewed in Glasgow

Time penalties were given for each clue given which is the only downside for Escape Reality, however, we escaped within the 60 minutes we were given, so I'm taking it as a win.

A good looking room, with good puzzles, this was the last of 4 for us, I thoroughly enjoyed it, we could have, and probably should have made it easier for ourselves, but despite that we got through. The iPad with time penalties for clues is probably the only downside for me.

reviewed in Coventry

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