It’s A Trap

Such a fun place for a group get together! Went for a birthday party and we did the Save The City adventure. The clues were challenging but practical. The live hero in the room was hilarious and helpful but not in a give away the game way!
The rooms are private and well themed. Secrets and surprises await throughout. Our adventure was 70s themed so everything was vintage and a definite throw back!
They offer online booking that’s easy to process and share to friends. Email reminders make planning flawless. Directions were perfect and made finding the place easy, especially considering it’s tucked into a shopping plaza.
Overall: A
Want to try the other rooms!

Last night my girlfriend and I completed our third room at It’s a Trap — the Magic Mirror, after having previously done Void the Eclipse and Imprisoned Creatures. This time, we were joined by four friends — two who’ve done many escape rooms (in fact, they did two others earlier that day, at different locations), and two who’d never done an escape room before.
All six of us had a fantastic time. It’s a Trap is the only escape room in the Orlando area in which you are tasked with participating in a story, rather than finding a secret code to get out of the room. It is an escape room unlike any other, as it puts you and your team in the middle of a very well-​themed story. At other escape rooms, the storyline is mere window dressing, used for no reason than to give the room a setting. At It’s a Trap, the storyline is integral to your experience — you are part of the story, and must complete your role in the story in order to succeed.
Rather than having a screen feed you clues, or a game master unceremoniously enter the room to check on your progress, It’s a Trap uses live actors who play characters in your story. Pay attention to what they say — whether you realize their meaning or not, they are giving you clues toward your next task.
The live actor component also allows It’s a Trap to have features and elements in the room that are not purely mechanical. That is, not every locked door will be unlocked by finding a key or secret code. Rather, the live actor has the ability to remotely unlock components once you have completed a task to his/​her satisfaction. This again creates a very different experience than you find in any other escape rooms.
The two friends who’d done several escape rooms that day both said that It’s a Trap was by far their favorite, and are already planning when they can return to Orlando to experience the remaining rooms there. And the two friends who’d never experienced an escape room said they had a fantastic time as well.
There are (at the time of this review) seven different escape room companies in the Orlando area. I can understand why you might be confused as to which company deserves your patronage, but for my money, It’s a Trap gives one of the best and certainly the most unique experience.

My girlfriend and I have been doing lots of escape rooms all across the country (13 total). Some were good, some really bad. This one got itself into my top 3. It’s different than any of the other ones we’ve done as it’s a combination of an escape room and theater (in my opinion). Your game master is actually an actor who helps not only move the story along but keep you engaged in the theme. We did the creatures room which was based around a dragon and spells. The dragon was our game master and he was sarcastic and funny which I really enjoyed. Unlike other escape rooms where the game master either comes in to give you clues or there is a screen with clues, It’s A Trap has the game master adding to the ambiance of the room and theme, which was the reason it got into my top 3. The room itself was really well done and the puzzles 100% tied in with the room, which is something we always look for. The owners/​employees really seem to enjoy what they do and you can tell from the moment you walk in. If I’m in Orlando again, I will for sure do the other rooms.

This place is awesome. I work as an engineer at Disney and I loved this place. Can’t wait to go back! My only wish is that there were enough rooms and new stories at I could do this once a week.
The cost is perfect for an hour long challenge with friends in a fun, clean, and well put together environment.
This place would be good for any group event of any ages, date nights, even if just you and a friend were bored one night.

I first visited It’s A Trap! one year ago. Freshly into my new found love of Escape Room games, Magic Mirror was only the fifth I’d seen. It was an abrupt eye-​opener that showed me not all Escape Rooms are fun. Simply put, Magic Mirror was terrible. In November 2014, it was by far the worst Escape Room I’d ever played. In November 2015, now 50 games later, Magic Mirror easily ranks in the high 40s. Even with a significantly larger sample set, it’s still one of the worst you’ll find.
So — why is it so bad? Where to begin. Embarrassingly home made quality scenic and art direction (How in the world could anyone think that «tree» — with its sparsely sprouted silk leaves straight from Walmart’s clearance bin — has any place in … anything?) Impossibly basic game play, flow and layout. Any one of those things would make this game a noteworthy kind of bad.
And then you meet the Cosplayer. The really, really bad Cosplayer. Now to be fair — you cannot completely blame the «actor» — though three of the four I encountered across It’s A Trap’s games *were* very bad on their own — but it’s clear that direction plays a major part in why they are so forced and awkward. And forced and awkward they are — in fact you as a paying player will be forced to awkwardly interact with them and jump through ridiculous hoops for no other reason than to help the Cosplayer escape from their own mundane boredom. I’m sorry, but filling time with foolishly written dialogue is not an Escape Room puzzle. And that’s not even the worst of it.
Enter: The Wizard Dance-​off. Yes — you, Escape Room aficionado can have the opportunity to literally join hands with your fellow players and pointlessly dance in a circle around The Walmart Clearance Tree — and for how long, you may ask? Well, until the Cosplayer gets bored watching you do it and literally throws your next clue into the room. Insulting isn’t a word to describe it. Juvenile, amateur — perhaps the best summation is «joke.»
Even a year ago, with It’s A Trap!‘s Magic Mirror only being my fifth Escape Room, we found the puzzles to be far to easy and escaped with more than ten minutes to spare — that after the Cosplayer added more than five minutes of forced bad cosplay on to the end to make it seem like we got our money’s worth.
Nearly a year later I’d decided to give them one more shot, in the spirit of «there’s no way it can be as bad as I remember.» It was basically as bad as I remember. Their Imprisoned Creatures game was as basic as their Magic Mirror, even ending with its own version of The Wizard Dance Off — here, instead of dancing, joining hands with «The (20 year old) Wizard» and chanting a nonsense spell to get our next clue, because Escape Room. I found interacting with the dragon puppet to be ever so slightly less awkward than The Bad Cosplayer, but still added absolutely nothing but filler to an already bland experience.
Being a bit of a drive to get to the venue in the first place, we booked a «double header» to make the most of it — also playing Apocalypse that day. This impossibly cliched «mad scientist» themed room was as scenically basic as you’d expect from It’s A Trap!, but did at least feel a bit more like an actual Escape Room in it’s game play — albeit a novice one. What could have at least been a two or barely three star game was yet again hindered by the triumphant return of The Cosplayer. Much like in «The Wizard Hut» you’re forced to waste time with completely uninspired interactions with a mediocre cosplayer who clearly lacks any type of stage direction. It adds nothing to the game but minutes on your clock — is not a puzzle, is not interesting and is not fun. It’s just impossibly foolish.
While it may sound like my overlying issue is having an actor involved in the game — that couldn’t be further from the truth. Two of the very best games I’ve played have live actors that greatly add to the experience. It’s A Trap! neither pulls it off nor even comes close.
It’s A Trap! also stands as proof to why you simply cannot run multiple different Escape games out of a single room; Even with different puzzles between them — a major, major part of the Escape Room genre is the opening discovery phase– where you leave no stone unturned trying to find every last clue, hint and puzzle. Different puzzles do not change the fact that having been inside the exact same room once before, you already know every possible hiding spot that a new clue, hint or puzzle could be. It cheapens an already cheap game play experience for repeat visitors. I would never recommend anyone interested in visiting an Escape Room visit It’s A Trap!, but I’d be even more adamantly against a repeat visitor returning for the second game in a room they’ve already been.
I’ve not gone back to It’s A Trap! to give their two (in a single room) new games a shot. I’d love to think they’ve learned from their fundamental flaws in the first four games but experience has left me skeptical at best.

This would be my fifth escape game company but the first with a theatrical element. Loved the theme and actress in the «mirror». Due to the interactive set up the real focus of this game is the story. Unlike other companies, you don’t have a limited amount of clues, the actor tries to gauge if you’re on the right track or not and steers you in the right direction through the guise of her character. Although I felt like it was a bit more «cheating» than usual, it definitely took the stress down a level. We finished with plenty of time to spare so we even got the side quest done. I really enjoyed that it was almost like LARPing and plan on going again for the rest of the rooms despite it being easier than other rooms. The way she kept the action moving made it never get stale. Would definitely be a great option for younger participants or first timers. Another thing that’s unique about them is that they have several options to personalize the quest. If you give them advanced notice they’ll be able to better incorporate it into the game but even the day before I was able to get my sister’s name on a souvenir scroll that appeared during the game for her birthday. She definitely wasn’t expecting it and added just a little something special.

This was the first time I’ve ever played an escape room game, but it is hard to believe they get much better than this one. We played the Magic Mirror room, and the details were great, the character was awesome and neither too much nor too little help, and the staff made sure we had a good time.
I had the scoreboard side quest option, which was fun even though I was the only one playing that part. And the prize I got at the end was really neat, way better than I expected (nothing extravagant of course). Looking forward to going back and trying the other rooms.

Check this interactive and humorous attraction, bring friends to help you escape from what ever theme story room you get trapped into.

We went to Its A Trap! Yesterday as a bachelorette shindig kick off. It was SUCH a good time! No one in the bridal party had done an escape room before so we thought it would be a great bonding experience for the bridal party. The room we did was «Clarity Now!» The actress they had helping with the clues was super fun and gave you enough to help but never game anything away. It was VERY challenging for us and we loved every minute. Two of us have already planned on coming back to try another game. Highly recommend getting a group together to try this place out!

This is a very well-​done collaborative problem solving activity! It is well worth the money! They have 4 story choices– we did «Magic Mirror» and had a blast! You have an hour to figure out how to get out of the locked room and if you win, you get a success team picture (or a fail if you don’t win). I definitely recommend checking this out!

I have done many escape rooms, but this was by far one of my favorites. What really sets it apart is their attention to atmosphere and storyline. Having an actor in the room interacting with you the entire time helps immerse you in the experience and really makes the whole thing a lot of fun. The décor and props were all excellent. I can’t wait until I return to Orlando to try the other rooms.

This was my first escape game room in real life & I was totally taken away from the experience!!! This place has some many great positive attributes:
— Interactive waiting room before starting the game. There are some small puzzles to play with in the lobby before going on your adventure.
— Reasonable prices & a student discount with ID of course
— Live actor/​actress in the room creating a theme, being entertainment, and providing some comedic entertainment
— The game keeps you guessing, entertained, busy, team building, role play, and other great attributes
— There are so many other things to be offered, but no spoilers here
— Also, my friends told them it was my birthday and the room had a clue with my name it & I got to keep the clue in the end
— Check in on Unilocal to receive a free drawstring bag
My team & I did the Magic Mirror room escape theme. The actress was very entertaining and kept the action going on during the game. She kept telling me she was going to shrink me down and put me in a cage lol. The puzzles were easy to difficult. Don’t be afraid to touch everything and look at everything. Of course follow the house rules, but you don’t to destroy anything or do something extreme.
My team finished within time and we received a great ending to our game. There is a lot of action and some secret happenings you must experience. I won’t tell. I am totally addicted to live escape rooms now. My team will be trying to escape another room soon.
I highly recommend this place for a great experience!!!

I put together a surprise party for a friend that ended up at It’s a Trap and it was the perfect end to the evening.
We did the magical creatures escape room and got to meet a fantastic dragon who helped us solve some very creative and fun puzzles throughout our adventure. This was an extremely great experience and I’d highly recommend It’s a Trap to everyone.

I had so much fun here! You select the storyline you want to be in and they bring you into the room where you’re in the story right from the beginning. The guy who played the scientist was great! He was in character the whole time. You have to look for clues and figure things out which will lead you deeper into the storyline. It’s fantastic!

One of the more creative dates I have been on in a while. Would be good for a date or with a group of friends/​family.
The staff were all very nice. We did the «Patient Zero» experience and it was well put together. Some of the «clues» were as simple as looking around and finding things, but others required a little bit of interpretation.
4 stars instead of 5 because it was a little bit pricey for the amount of time it takes.

Escape the room games have become pretty popular online but have you ever experienced one live– in action? What I loved about this place was the uniqueness and variety of riddles and puzzles. We got to experience both the lab game and the magic mirror games and we were impressed with the décor, challenges and theatrical performances by the staff.
Depending on which game you choose (they vary based on time of the year, how long they’ve run their course, etc) you get a different experience. When we went there were two game options in the enchanted mirror game and 2 other games in the lab room to choose from. I definitely want to go back and check out their upcoming games being created in there — you simply have to experience the atmosphere in the enchanted mirror room– I felt like I was in Disney or the with some of the special effects– not to mention a hug beautifully lighted tree in the middle of the room! You can easily tell that there are experienced technical, dramatic and artistical people at work here who love what they do!
You enter in small groups of 2 – 8 guests and spend an hour trying to identify what mystery put you into this «locked» room and how to get out. I don’t want to ruin any surprises but suffice to say we had to look at things from a different perspective to find clues, hidden keys, potions and notes that led us to solve both games that we played (phew in under an hour).
I am looking forward to going back with my alumnae group later this summer. I think it is a great way to team build and even if you don’t know the others in your group when you go in– you will find that working together and communicating brings you to new friendships by the end. This company has been attending all of the local conventions for those interested and they have videos and pics of their mini games for people to solve at them. This would be a great date night, outing with a group of guys or girls looking for a unique and reasonably priced and fun night or afternoon out!
5 stars on this one, because it is as good as it gets and I’m sure it will continue to grow and get even more popular as more people hear about it. Check them out on facebook or their website –they run contests and deals often as well! This is well worth the trip from either coast– Tampa or Daytona and especially great for tourists. The locals got really lucky with this new attraction sure to become a place with regulars!

Absolutely fantastic! Great staff. Great story. Family friendly.
It was fun to interact with the actors during the session.
I would give this 5/​5, but the only thing keeping me from doing that is that it is a bit pricy for the 45 minutes used. It is roughly 20+ per person, which, like said, is a bit of a downfall.
But overall, great experience.

This was funnnnnn. We went for my husband’s birthday kinda on a whim and are so happy we did. The story-​driven aspect with an interactive (pretty funny) character make all the difference. You really feel immersed in the world and it makes the clue finding all the more enjoyable. We plan on returning to try the other storylines!

Went for this Valentine’s Day weekend with my girlfriend for something fun and different. Before today, neither of us had ever participated in a «room escape» game so we did not know what to expect. Before I even talk about the game itself, the staff is very friendly and you can tell they enjoy what they do. You are told the intro to your «story» and led into your room.
For the game we played, we picked «Patient Zero» — my girlfriend (and the four other participants we were grouped with) play the role of interns who become infected with a fungus that will kill you in 1 hour. Basically, you search the room you are locked in for the keys to a machine that will eventually give you the cure. There is a staff member in the room with you who plays the role of a scientist. His improv and acting skills were not only funny but they really helped you get into the ‘mood’ of the game you are playing — if you get stuck, he offers subtle clues that don’t just ‘hold your hand’ through the whole game’
I don’t want to go into specifics of the game itself, but the entire experience was unique and entertaining. We ended up finishing our scenario with just under five minuets before our group lost! The whole experience, from start to finish, was a blast and we will definitely be returning for her birthday :) I absolutely recommend It’s A Trap to anybody who is curious enough to try it out! 5 stars!

So much fun with a group of nerdy friends! We did the Magic Mirror but want to check out Patient Zero next time! I loved the fantasy and all kinds of puzzles!

My boyfriend and I went to it’s a trap Saturday night and we had a blast! We had a chance to experience a sneak peak of what to expect at AFO during the summer, and couldn’t wait for it to finally open. I’ve been to the great escape room downtown and although that one was fun too, I definitely enjoyed it’s a trap way better. We did the apocalypse room and it was so cool how the room was set up. I can’t wait to try the other adventures!

This was a great experience. Our entire group walked out talking about how much fun we had. The experience was well planned and paced. There was just enough to keep us busy without being overwhelming. The NPC does a good job of setting mood and giving clues, while having a character of their own.
They do a great job with ambiance and mood setting. All of the senses are engaged and you feel like you’re really there. We’re already planning to go again.