Viator Rating : 5 (241 reviews)
Dyvarcity Score : 2.1/10 (Poor Experience)
San Diego
San Diego Escape Game: Gaslamp Quarter Adventure
75
Overview
The Escape Game San Diego: 60-Minute Adventure in Gaslamp Quarter offers a thrilling and immersive experience perfect for families, friends, and team-building events. Located in the heart of San Diego's vibrant Gaslamp Quarter, this adventure is close to many great restaurants and places to have fun. It's a great activity to pair with a day or night out.
Participants work together to find clues, solve puzzles, and complete a mission within 60 minutes. Teamwork, communication, and a sense of adventure are key to escaping. A dedicated game guide is available to provide assistance as needed, enhancing the overall experience. The Escape Game San Diego offers several unique game themes, each designed to challenge and entertain, and features multiple rooms that can hold up to 8 players.
Choose from adventures like escaping from the evil warden in 'Prison Break', going on an underwater mission in a submarine in 'The Depths', uncovering the truth as a secret agent in 'Special Ops: Mysterious Market', or finding hidden gold in 'Gold Rush'. Each game provides a one-of-a-kind, premium adventure that is both family-friendly and exciting. 
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Scores are shown on a scale of 1 to 10, 1 = lowest score, 10 = highest score.
What People Love
Guide Quality (9 - Exceptional) : Engaging and memorable
Guide Reliability (10 - Dependable) : On time with strong follow-through
Highlights
Exciting Adventures: Choose from unique escape games, each with a different story.
Teamwork is Key: Work together to solve puzzles and finish the mission.
Perfect Location: Located in the Gaslamp Quarter, near great restaurants and fun places.
Family-Friendly Fun: A great activity for families and friends of all ages.
Sentiment Analysis
Customers love how much fun the adventure is.
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They enjoy the excitement of solving the puzzles together.
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Customers feel challenged during the experience.
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Many people come back to try all the different adventures.
Some customers wish the adventures were longer.
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A few people find the puzzles too hard.
The Journey
The Escape Game San Diego
The Escape Game San Diego offers five unique, family-friendly escape room themes suitable for small groups of up to 8 players. It is conveniently located in the Gaslamp Quarter near highly-rated dining and entertainment options.
Gaslamp Quarter
A vibrant neighborhood in San Diego known for its Victorian architecture, lively nightlife, diverse dining options, and entertainment venues, making it an ideal location for pairing an escape room experience with a complete outing.
Prison Break Escape Room
One of the escape room themes available, challenging players to complete a daring escape from an evil warden by solving puzzles and working together.
Special Ops: Mysterious Market Escape Room
One of the escape room themes available, challenging players to uncover the truth as a secret agent in a mysterious market by solving puzzles and working together.
The Depths Escape Room
One of the escape room themes available, challenging players to go on an underwater mission in a submarine by solving puzzles and working together.
Gold Rush Escape Room
One of the escape room themes available, challenging players to find hidden gold by solving puzzles and working together.
Know Before You Go
Admission to play one adventure at The Escape Game San Diego is included. Hotel pick-up and drop-off are not included. The meeting point is at The Escape Game San Diego in the Gaslamp Quarter. Get ready to use your brain!
Hot Tip
Teams that talk and work together usually do the best. Don't be afraid to ask for hints if you get stuck!
Review Summary
People usually say that The Escape Game San Diego offers a highly immersive and exciting escape room experience with well-designed and varied game themes suitable for families and groups. Positive reviews highlight the friendly staff, challenging puzzles adaptable to group size, and location in the vibrant Gaslamp Quarter. Some negative points include occasional difficulty parking nearby and minor wait times before game start, but overall the experience is praised for being fun, engaging, and family-friendly.
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