The Ultimate Escape Room Challenge' - The Hole runs every Saturday at The Dana Prison. Tickets are just £20pp. Each cell can secure 2, 3 or 4 inmates who will have to work together to escape before they are locked up for the remainder of their sentence.
Minimum age is 12 years old but you must be accompanied by a responsible adult who is a full paying ticket holder if you are under 18years old.
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Puzzles didn’t really make sense, the handcuffs at the start are a fun way to start but once you’re fully in the dark it’s just annoying, also the final puzzle is impossible unless you know how the door works
Shrewsbury Prison has an incredible setting — genuinely one of the most atmospheric venues we've ever played in. Immersive, eerie, and full of potential.
But the execution lets it down. Broken puzzles, a games master stretched across too many groups at once, and clue requests that ate into our time. Frustrating when the bones are this good.
The rooms at Shrewsbury Prison have the potential to be really amazing. It's a fantastic setting, and so immersive.
On the one hand, the lack of TVs/proper clue system in the room makes it even more so immersive - on the other hand, there were no cameras, and the Games Master was hosting several groups at once. This meant we had to describe what we'd done up until that point for him to be able to give us a clue, which we felt was eating into our time.
The host was great, and angrily told us to line up, when he entered our cell to give us a clue for something (very immersive). However, through no fault of his, trying to keep track of that many groups is far too difficult (I say this as a Games Master myself).
Parts of the room were also broken. Because the host couldn't watch us, he didn't intervene until we got frustrated and asked for a clue - at which point he admitted it was broken and just gave us the next piece of the puzzle.
I'd love to see these rooms done up, and would happily come and play again if they were refreshed.
Played: 20 May 2023Team size: 2Time taken: 55:00Outcome: Successful escape!
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Again set in a cell, start off in the dark and for one was not a great start due to tight handcuff (fat wrists). Gradually got into the game puzzles were ok very linear but a lot better and better hosted than the Cell.
While some elements inside were in need of repair, the hosting was excellent and made the experience enjoyable. The game takes place in a single cell, which we found quite challenging. With a few improvements, it has great potential!
Felt a little on the cheaper side compared to the other rooms we visited in the town, however it was an okay challenge, but not much progression and of course is just the one room.
We enjoyed the theatrics here though, at the start of our escaping adventure!
Very cheap room and actually very good puzzles, certainly gets the brain working and definitely not something to be overlooked. It seems very simple but we had a great time and throughly enjoyed working the puzzles out together in the dark. Definitely worth a visit especially if you're already going to see the prison
As I've said before I do love a bit of theatre prior to getting into a room and this does deliver with your Jailer (we had Officer Jess Taylor) staying in character throughout. As described, you start the game in the actual cell hooded and handcuffed but you end up playing in near total darkness with only one torch. The puzzles are mostly straightforward but it's the darkness that is the problem and we misread something that would prove to be our downfall even though we had the right answer on the very final puzzle. The Prison itself is worth a visit and we did then have a walk around (you get the option of a self guided tour included with the Escape Room) and there is a novelty value in escaping from a genuine prison cell but I wouldn't go just for the Escape Rooms/
