JoeRaymond

We did this room as a team of four. Two of us have done near 40 escape rooms and the other two had done 2-3. I would consider this room quite easy.

That said, the puzzles were generally entertaining and the set was nicely put together.

Both of the hosts we met were exceptional and we were met with enthusiasm from the moment we entered the building until the moment we left. Michaela ran our room.

This room is very similar in style to their room “Venus” in Guildford. If you liked that one, you’ll probably like this one.

The puzzles are generally non-linear and the more people you have in your team, the faster you’ll be able to get through them.

I personally think it’d be the perfect difficulty level for a group of two.

Would recommend this room.

This room has two levels, one designed for 3-4 players, and the other designed for 5-6 players. We played the room as a team of 4, but on the level for 5-6. I think this level of difficulty was spot on for 4 people and we completed the room with just 50 seconds to spare.

In terms of set design, the room is nice, but not exceptional. It’s also clearly seen better days and is scuffed throughout. No major issues, though.

The puzzles are fairly unique for an escape room. There’s lots of teamwork required to do almost all of them. I enjoyed this, but some might not. The puzzles are also largely physical rather than logical. Again, some will like that and others won’t.

Overall, I enjoyed this room and would happily recommend it to others. Probably someone who is less into escape rooms and more into teamwork activities - which, to be fair, is pretty much how they advertise the room by saying that the puzzles are inspired by Crystal Maze.

Very nice set. Pretty expansive.

Puzzles were all great, nothing too hard, but not too easy either - lots of them too!

We did this room as a team of two and I’d say it was the perfect difficulty for us as we finished the room in roughly 54 minutes.

Excellent hosting too!

Would definitely recommend this room and will 100% be going back to try their others.

The answer to one of the puzzles had been written on a wipe-clean sheet provided, but the host had failed to wipe it off before our turn in the room, so we already had the answer to that puzzle - pretty annoying.

Another puzzle was completely broken and ended up taking a large part (involving a UV light) out of the room - more annoying.

The host, Ben, was a bit of a knob - even more annoying.

We've done one of their other rooms and it was alright. Shame, because after doing this one I couldn't recommend it and won't be going back.

Tough room to review - it was fun, but also obviously intellectual theft.

Whilst the room is named "School of Witchcraft and Wizardry", and you can guess the implication, once inside, it's obvious that Enigma Quests have come up with nothing original and have entirely ripped off the Harry Potter franchise world. I don't suppose they're paying any royalties.

Everything down to the names of the classes you'll be taking and the spells you'll be using are taken verbatim from Harry Potter. Great if you like Harry Potter. Less great if you get a sense of unease from intellectual theft.

The puzzles themselves were relatively easy, but still engaging and entertaining. I suspect the set has seen better days (there were actual holes in some of the walls).

The host was nice, but not particularly engaging when we first arrived. Can probably put that down to him being new.

In summary, an ok room. Not special regarding the puzzles. Set's dated (and ripped off). Very expensive (you have to pay for three people as a team of two on the weekend - made it £105 for two on a Saturday). Would recommend for teams of more than two who don't have an issue with intellectual theft.

Good room overall. Fun puzzles to complete and quite original - got us to engage all our senses!

Pretty easy (especially for four of us) to complete with no clues. Worth playing if you're in the area, though.

At the time of writing, this is by far my favourite room I’ve done.

We were lucky enough to get to try the room the night before the official opening day - despite the fact that the host had not yet run the room for a group of non-testers, everything worked flawlessly first time.

The room is non-linear and kept us 100% entertained from start to finish.

So much work has gone in to building it and it really shows. The room has been built to such a high standard that you’d be forgiven for thinking you were actually inside a pirate ship. The puzzles all work flawlessly and are completely automated/electrical which makes the room incredibly interactive for the players throughout the game.

The puzzles are generally quite quick to complete, but there are a ton of them so you have to work fast if you want to complete them all.

I wish I could use more positive tags in this review, because the room deserves them all.

Incredible experience. Can’t wait for Tom’s next game at this venue!

Fantastic room, couldn’t recommend it enough!

The puzzles were all really entertaining. Host was fantastic.

It’s obvious that a lot of work has gone into this room as the set and props were all of outstanding design and quality.

Some great puzzles and some not-so-great puzzles.

Overall an enjoyable room and will do some of their others.

Excellent non-linear room. Really good theme and well-built room. Very original.

Largely observational and physical puzzles - not much logic. Usually I wouldn’t be a fan of this, but in the case of Dino Deadlock that isn’t the case as the puzzles were made really well.

Would definitely rcommend!

Very well-built set. Good puzzles.

Such mixed feelings about this room!

On the one hand, it’s incredibly novel and a really cool concept. The GM was in character from the second he opened the door.

On the other hand, it’s smells of damp and the room is built out of paper mache…

Jumpy room. Good puzzles with excellent immersion.

Fantastic room when it was open. The customer experience here was really good.

Another excellent addition to the Disappearing Duchess series! Storyline was fantastic and I can’t wait for the next instalment!

Excellent room. Really fun puzzles and the theming is fantastic!

My first room! Great game.

Really good room. Loved the element of necessary communication. Eerie with a tense atmosphere, but not too scary.

Very observation-based puzzles, not much for logic. Fun enough game, though.

Played this with some first-timers. Good room, plenty to do. Puzzles were a little easy, but enjoyed the room all the same. Story was good and room construction good.

Failed to get out because the GM kept missing what we had put where in the room. Utter shambles of a room (and GM).

I think this is the only Escape Hunt room I can truly say that I enjoyed.

GM was enthusiastic and professional, but room lacked any difficult puzzles.

Puzzles were generally pretty easy. Nothing seems automated and all puzzles seemed to be the kind that required the GM to be constantly watching and waiting to see if you’d completed the action you needed to complete.