Houdini’s Escape Room Experience Gloucester: Escape From Alcatraz

By | September 26, 2021

by Houdini's Escape Room Experience Gloucester (website)

Tenpin, Barnwood, Gloucester GL4 3HR

Gloucester

4-7 players

Languages: EN

60 minutes

The year is 1952, you have been convicted of multiple murders that you claim you're innocent of. With only an hour to go before your execution, surely it's too late for your brother to finally prove your innocence and save your life?

​Can you escape your prison cell in the infamous Alcatraz before the guards come to take you to the electric chair?

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based on ratings from 65 users
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Byromodon experienced rated this:Rated between 3.5 and 3.5 out of 5
Played: 15 Apr 2023 Team size: 5 Time taken: 43:00 Outcome: Successful escape!
story-drivenillogicalquite difficult

Great idea well presented. Great props. Good hosting. Some illogical puzzles and host controlled elements made it slightly frustrating 

Anonymous expert rated this:Rated between 2 and 2 out of 5

A mediocre game made worse through the addition of extremely difficult searching requirements. 

β˜•Joe Brown expert rated this:Rated between 2.5 and 2.5 out of 5
Played: 3 Jan 2022 Team size: 4
pretty standard room and puzzles, just a little worn for a fairly newly built room. No frustrations apart from the game master offering up solutions a bit too quickly!
Anonymous rated this:Rated between 4.5 and 4.5 out of 5
Outcome: Successful escape!
maynardescapes experienced rated this:Rated between 3.5 and 3.5 out of 5
Team size: 3 Time taken: 57.12 Outcome: Successful escape!
great hostingfamily friendly
NovemberGolf21 expert rated this:Rated between 3.5 and 3.5 out of 5
Anonymous expert rated this:Rated between 2.5 and 2.5 out of 5
Played: 7 Feb 2025 Team size: 2 Time taken: 49:00 Outcome: Successful escape!
great hostingneeds tlc
RedPandaPepper expert rated this:Rated between 2.5 and 2.5 out of 5
broken tech
heatherwright rated this:Rated between 3 and 3 out of 5
Played: 06/11/2024 Team size: 2 Outcome: Successful escape!
great hostingplain
ellielittlefair rated this:Rated between 3 and 3 out of 5
Played: 11/06/2024 Team size: 2 Outcome: Successful escape!
clevergreat hostingplain
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When reviewing games I rarely say much about the venue outside the game itself. A polished intro or an enthusiastic welcome from the host can get the experience off to a good start, but for me at least is rarely a large factor in how I feel about a game afterwards. Houdini Escapes put so much effort into their hosting that it would be a crime not to mention it. Not only is their reception very nicely decorated with a first-rate selection of free drinks on offer, the briefing then takes place in ...

An well rounded experience from the moment you enter the shop to the moment you walk out the door. A tough start for novices but good plenty of good puzzles. Let down a bit by a couple of awkward moments in the game.
Prison break rooms are probably one of the most common themed rooms out there, but this is one of the better ones. Quite a search heavy room at times, but the puzzles were fair and the signposting was decent.
The theming of this room is absolutely excellent with twists and turns which we have not experienced in other rooms.

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