The Great Escape Room

We loved it! Our group of 12 (8 girl scouts and 4 leader/​adults) did the Library room in Jacksonville. Because of the size of our group, the staff added a fifth puzzle. The girls all had an amazing time, working together as a group. They did agree that if they were alone they might not have escaped as the adults had to assist with the puzzle. If you love CLUE you will enjoy yourself. We DID escape with 5 minutes to spare and they all wanted to stay and do another room. We can’t wait to go back.

5 stars for a really fun mystery-​solving experience.
I had always wanted to go to one of these Escape Room places, but the price and timing never seemed to work out. While up in Jacksonville this past weekend, my wife’s friend wanted to go to this location, which is located near UNF in a somewhat «middle of nowhere» feeling area. After reading some reviews, we agreed that this was going to be a good place to go.
Once we arrived, we went inside and saw the fun little waiting and check-​in area. As you can see from the pictures, The Great Escape Room has some fun wall artwork and a cool little bar area (that doesn’t serve alcohol, but allows you to BYOB). We each paid about $ 30 a person and waited in the lobby for a few minutes before starting our game. The room hostess had us sign waivers, went over the rules, and pointed us towards the «Smarties/​Dum Dums» table (yum!). We then all used the restroom and proceeded into The Library.
While I won’t spoil the game for you, the way this works is you have several «puzzles» in the room you solve by getting clues. You have to solve all the puzzles to get codes to be able to escape the room (OR DIE… jk). Some of them are harder than others, but the whole room requires teamwork to be successful. The room hostess, who couldn’t provide us clues except for a few exceptions, gave our team little nudges here and there to make sure we didn’t go too far off the path. The lady seemed rather excited and interested in the entire affair, and she was really excited once we figured out some of the final puzzles to escape the room with only 30 seconds remaining!
After escaping the room, the hostess congratulated us, took some pictures of us with signs indicating we had escaped, and tried to give us a preview of the other escape room (unfortunately it was in use).
Overall, Jacksonville’s Great Escape Room is a fun venue that provides a cool environment, challenging and fun rooms, and an engaged staff. If you are looking to try out an Escape Room experience, this is a good place to try.

There were us and another couple that needed to solve a series of clues to be able to escape the room in one hour. It required thinking outside the box and working as a team to solve the riddles.
We were within 30 seconds of escaping! Arrruuggh!
It was exciting and great fun.

Four stars for an awesome concept with a friendly host.
To start, $ 30 bucks per person for an hour of entertainment means that I have pretty high expectations. We had a great time, didn’t have to share our room with rando’s, and ESCAPED with 30 seconds to spare. So, we had a great time! However, if we’d had to share our room and wouldn’t have figured out the puzzles, we might have been a bit less enthused.
We were in The Library! It had a 36% escape rate and we made it out on our first try! It was surprisingly fun and I definitely see why companies use this as a team building activity. Our group felt much closer after ;-D
The lady who assisted us in the room was funny and helpful and kept it challenging. She gave some opaque hints on occasion and kept us organized. She was engaged the whole time and seemed excited to be working.
Overall, we can’t wait to try another escape room and conquer them all!

I love these types of activities… My boyfriend & I did The Library Room. Challenging & so much fun, we eventually escaped lol. The staff was so friendly & our game room host (I believe was Rico) was awesome! We can’t wait to go back to try out The Game Room with a larger group & definitely will be back when The Infirmary!

This was so much fun! Wasn’t sure what to expect but it far exceeded my expectations! I will be back to try the other rooms.
Managed to escape the Library but 5 seconds too late… Our guide was great and helpful when we needed it. Highly recommend trying this if you haven’t already!

I found this online and loved the idea. I’ve wanted to play a real life escape game ever since getting addicted to hidden object online games. I went with 3 others I knew and was in a room with other couples as well. Even though we didn’t know each other we all had a great time working together to find clues and solve puzzles. Our room monitor was Kelsi and she did a great job making it fun for everyone and keeping us on track. We didn’t escape but made it really close. I would definitely recommend this to friends, family’s, couples and even larger groups. I can’t wait till the infirmary opens so I can try to escape again!

We tried our luck at the library and it was a lot of fun. This place really makes you use your brain. Make sure you listen very closely to the instructions, it will help you in the end. I was a part of a group of 2, lets just say it’s really hard to get out of the room with a group that small (if you can complete this with a group of 2, you might be a genius). I suggest trying to complete this with a bigger group. Angelina was out host and she was very helpful in the process. We didn’t get close to finishing, but we had a lot of fun, I can’t wait to try the game room soon.

Way more fun than I thought it would be! You gotta get some friends together and check it out. I’m a skeptic about this stuff but it was fun! Kelsey was awesome!

This is a great team building experience. We all came intoxicated and became sober pretty quickly once that timer started clicking. I was a little skeptical at first because I thought this would be a lame activity for someone’s birthday since it did not include alcohol :) Turned out good though.
Make sure you come a little early to sign some paperwork and get your name tag. Also you get to take some pictures at the end and they do post it on their Facebook.
Hopefully they get some new rooms up soon and we will be back for that!
Also, the staff was awesome!

If you’re looking for a fun, yet challenging, date night or get together, this is the place! They currently have 2 room styles to choose from, but are adding a third later this year. Our group loved the experience and started making plans to take on the second room challenge before we even left the parking lot.
Took our group of 14, 43:34 with 5 puzzles instead of the customary 4 nonetheless!
Shout out to our host Craig, who was awesome dealing with our rowdy group of 14 :-)
We’ll be back!

Been to a few escape rooms across the country. This is one of my favorites by far! Cody was our game master and he was great! If I lived here I would definetly come back!

Had a great time with the family here. Did the game room and we got out! Kelsi was a fantastic game master!

This place was so much fun! Cody was truly a sensational host and was such a pleasure to be locked in a room with for an hour. Ready to do it again!

This was my first Escape room experience. I had heard about escape rooms and how they’re the latest craze just a few weeks prior, but when it was described to me, I wasn’t interested in the concept at all. Perhaps something was lost in translation and I thought fear was a factor, but it wasn’t.
We came here for a team building outing, there were 9 of us. Max per room is ten. We were arrived, we signed a waiver which basically states you won’t do anything to hurt yourself or others. Come up with a nickname for yourself and write it on a name tag so you can refer to eachother by that name. Suppose to add to the fun but none of us really referred to eachother by those names. Then we followed the game room monitor into the escape room and they’ll explain the directions, which were really clear and easy to follow. The room monitor was in there the entire time and is allowed to give hints for each magnifying glasses that was found. Our group had to work together to find clues to solve puzzles in order to escape from the room. We escaped in 55:40! Apparently the success rate is only 35%.
The room monitor was awesome. The concept is unique and challenging. If you’re looking to think outside the box, then grab your coworkers or friends an get them locked in a room for 60 mins. Our entire team had a blast!

I went with a work group and we all had a blast! It was so challenging and each puzzle we solved felt like a huge victory! I’m telling every group I can think of to go do it.
I think at least 8 – 10 people is a minimum because there are so many components to work out in an hour that you’ll want as much help as you can get. It’s not easy but that’s why it’s worth doing.

What a fun way to spend my Sunday afternoon! This was my first escape room and I absolutely loved it! I had no idea what I was getting into when I signed up.
When you first arrive you sign in and pick out a name, not your name, but a fun one for your mates to call you. I chose Bob Ross. Who doesn’t love Bob Ross and his happy trees? Then you’re escorted to the room and given some instructions then game on. Our escort was Craig and he was awesome. I hope he’s around for our next visit.
My friends and I had a group of seven and we were lucky enough that three strangers booked the remaining three spots. The Library Room holds up to ten peeps. I’m not sure we would’ve solved it if it wasn’t for them, so I thank you smarty pants strangers.
I was on the fence when I saw our room got booked up with some unknown, but we needed every bit of their help and vice versa. I see now how great it can be for team building exercises. We had a great sense of camaraderie.
Good luck! Try it out and don’t be afraid to book with other people because you need every bit of the ten people to ESCAPE! We made it out with 6:42 to spare!
It’s $ 28 Friday-​Sunday and $ 23 on Thursdays per person.

I’ve seen this on TV and when a group from work said they wanted to try it, I thought this might be fun. The price for the 2 of us was pretty reasonable. We did the Library. I’m not going to give out specific clues about the room because that would be cheating for anyone that reads this. But… look everywhere, I mean EVERYWHERE. Clues will turn up in the in the smallest of places. if it isn’t nailed down, turn it over, etc. The group consisted of a great bunch of analytical thinking people. Everyone contributed to the search. WE GOT OUT IN 56 MINUTES. That’s not bad when they say that only 35% of the groups can escape the rooms. it’s a good way to work together and see how the group can overcome to get the final goal. That’s to escape… I suggest going with a group of people you are friends with, work with (they do corporate outings). You’ll have a ball.

This was so much fun! It is a great teambuilding opportunity for a group of people or you can go and try to crack the case with total strangers like we did. You won’t be strangers by the end. The whole experience is very well done and our hostess was fantastic.
I can’t wait to do the next room!

What a fun evening! Not at all what I was expecting! We escaped with 12 mins left on the clock! Our group of homeschool moms rocked it out! Our host was great! We laughed so much!
Cannot wait to come back again & try different rooms! We will be bringing our husbands!