Houdini’s Escape Room Experience has it all in the name: “Experience.” And it’s clear that the attention to detail isn’t just paid to the puzzle design and set build, but also to the entire customer experience.

After starting the day with a successful Escape from Alcatraz, I was very much looking forward to Extinct. But finally, cabin fever, a lifting of some lockdown restrictions, and a trip outside of London meant an alignment of the stars for a visit to Southampton – specifically, Houdini’s Tenpin venue. We have been wanting to visit Houdini’s Southampton locations for years thanks to their excellent reputation, but the timing never seemed to work out – although a world crisis was a cause for six months of the delay. I am a child at heart, and before I wanted to be an actor (and after I wanted to be an aeroplane), I wanted to be a palaeontologist, so when I discovered that Houdini’s had a dinosaur adventure, there was no question it would be played.

And in case it really isn’t clear, it’s dinosaurs. Ferrox Industries recently sent a specialist mining team to the island to start testing and transporting these resources, but after building the mining base, the entire team mysteriously disappeared.Īlthough the blurb above doesn’t explicitly say it, the name of the game gives one a pretty good idea of what might be in store on Isla Revelles. Welcome to Isla Revelles – a previously uncharted island which even the locals won’t go near, rich with clean energy resources ready for distribution.

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