ESCAPE ROOM REVIEW – THE QUICK AND DIRTY
Play if… you love camping or the Friday the 13th series.
Avoid if… you have anxiety while being stalked by a serial killer (even a pretend one).
THE BASICS
Escape Room Live Georgetown:
Address: 3345 M St NW, Washington, DC 20007 (click address for Google Map)
Contact and Website: 800-616-4880
http://www.escaperoomlive.com/our-rooms
[email protected]
The Room – Friday the 13th:
Description (from the company website): Ch Ch Ch Ah Ah Ah! Jason is back and he just wants to play! It is Friday the 13th and you need to hole up in a cabin and keep Jason out until midnight… after all, nothing bad ever happens on Saturday the 14th!
Difficulty (1-10): 7/10
Time Limit: 45 minutes
Cost: $28 + tax per person but use ERGUYS15 when booking to save 15% off per ticket.
Identifier: R1
Party Size: 8-10
Staging Area: This is probably the swankiest location we’ve seen. Tons of seating AND A BAR (wine and beer). There are also free lockers to stash your belongings before you enter the room.
Metro Access/Parking: Rosslyn metro and then a .9 mile walk across the Key Bridge. It’s Georgetown, so parking can be difficult (so definitely carpool and use the parking garage for Georgetown Mall (at Wisconsin and M, head down the hill towards K Street). We suggest Uber or Lyft.
OUR EXPERIENCE
Logistics:
Description of the room: You enter the room and are in the woods outside the Camp Director’s cabin. Probably the best staging we’ve seen for a room so far. We can’t even call this a room; you have to see it.
Understanding of the Mission: Perform a series of tasks to alert the authorities, hide out in the cabin and stave off Jason until the clock strikes midnight on Saturday the 14th.
Did We Escape: Hell, yes!
Time Remaining: 15 minutes
Our Suggested Party Size: We had 8 because we didn’t book the entire room and had two random people in with us (a father-daughter team, who were pretty cool). So, 8 was good, but we could have done it with 6.
Did the room challenge the entire team? Yes. Plenty for everyone to do.
Members of our team (other than the ERG): Mark, Steph, Catherine and Katheryn
Worth the time and money? yes
Where to Eat/Drink Before/After: It’s Georgetown, so there are plenty of places to go for food and drinks, depending on your budget. We’ll leave it to Google, since we had wine and beer at their bar.