Hello Everyone - Welcome back to my blog! It seems as so my blog is overflowed with Escape Room reviews! Going to take a short break on that topic today and focus a little bit more on the fashion side! If you live in Canada (Toronto) and love to shop, I'm sure you already know about Zara's annual spring/summer sale. Zara usually will have their spring/summer beginning mid June all the up until August. I absolutely love Zara's sale because you can find almost all their spring/summer collection at a crazy discounted price! All you need is a bit of time and digging to find some really cute pieces. If you haven't already followed me on Youtube and watched my haul, here is a quick recap on some items I purchased this summer at Zara!

I personally love the design and style that Zara offers. I was able to pick up so many pieces to put together all sorts of style. The best part was nothing I bought were over the price of $19.99 - I know crazy right!
Leave me a comment below or on my youtube if you would like to see a lookbook!

 Mystery Room: Silent House

	52 W Beaver Creek Rd, unit 16&17 Richmond Hill, ON
	60 Minutes
	4-10 players
	$22.00 per person ($20 with discount)
	Unlimited hints
	Mystery Room
	905-707-5829

   

Sigh, I always tend to underestimate what Mystery Room can bring! Before I begin this review, I actually had a nightmare about this room the night I played this room (yes, continue reading if you want to know why). If you have followed my room escape adventures, you would probably know a lot of my favourite rooms are horror themed. We've been through a few that really got us scared shitless, but to have a nightmare seems rather intense (I mean maybe it was just the green tea I drank). Alright let's begin!

Pre-Room Experience:  Once I received their email saying their new room - Silent House - was open I instantly wanted to go. Mystery Room is a lower end escape room facility, but it does not disappoint! I remember saying they had potential when I played their first room Pandemic and Silent House has proven it. This time around we went earlier in the day and I don't recall if I ever mentioned that there is actually board games in this facility! I love the fact that they remember me as the blogger haha - super friendly staff!

Room Quality:  Alright, whenever I enter a "horror" themed escape room I tell myself or my team it can't get worst than that time we were handcuff in a pitch dark room... I WAS SO WRONG! Before entering the room we were led to the back of the facility and you would hear these weird sounds. We all thought it was the freezer at first, but boy were we wrong, it was coming straight from our room! To make this room even scarier, it was built right beside what looks like their storage room. I'm not too sure what it was but it was DARK! As we entered the room I was already terrified (no need for blindfolds). I was so impressed by the design because God knows how scary it was! Let me break it down for you. Once you walk into "the room" it's not exactly a room. It's designed so it looks like a long hallway of a house (it felt so realistic trust me). What made the experience so much worse was how dark it was and the creepy knocking we would hear every other minute. Yes, just thinking about it now gives me the shivers! That's not all, let me continue. If you all read my review for Osaka High at Mayze, you would have all remembered how I said the level of creepiness was high due to the dead corners. WELL, let me tell you this room was FILLED with dead corners. To begin, as we entered the "hallway" we stopped half way to realized we had to turn a corner to proceed - you can just imagine how terrifying this was. We were also told by the creepy girl voice to "never turn back" and to close all doors each time we entered a room (yeah - it was scary!). Each door that opened was SO creepy because well ... you don't know what's in there ok! I love the concept of this room! I don't want to spoil too much, but the way this room was designed definitely adds on to the creepy level. When I said this, it's not the props or jump scare and such, but the concept of the room itself was amazing. IT'S TRIPPY AS HELL!

Puzzle Design:  Puzzles weren't too hard if you played enough escape rooms. In my opinion I think the level was just right as it usually takes a little bit longer for us to do anything in a horror themed room. My team and I pretty much made it around the whole experience without any hints - except for the last part. We pretty much knew how to solve the puzzle but weren't able to find the piece to it. A little hint for anyone playing this room - look EVERYWHERE. It's dark in the room and the flash light we had was red so it made it very hard to see things. Most puzzles were lockboxes - but honestly I don't think it was the puzzles that defined this room (you have to play it yourselves to understand what I mean by this). The tech for this room was limited but enough for a couple good screams (yes - at one point in this room I screamed so loud the girl confronted me about it afterwards).

Overall:  I loved this room! The creepy level does die down afterwards - which is great because you can actually solve puzzles. If you're not into horror stuff this is not the room for you. The horror level in my opinion is quite high for this room. I personally found this a lot scarier than Osaka High because the constant dead ends and doors just creeps me out (and this was why I had a nightmare about it haha). Honestly, just thinking about it right now is giving me the creeps. I would recommend a party of 4 for this room if you are looking for a good creepy vibe, but if you are really scared then a party of 6 would also be great. Puzzles were not challenging for us but can be for beginners (especially given the fact that you are playing in dim lights). This room is definitely in the top 3 for horror themes for me!

Happy Escaping!

 Bradford Escape Academy: Alien Abduction

	Suite 306 - 3rd Floor Bradford Family Dentistry Building 76 Holland Street West Bradford-West Gwillimbury, Ontario
	60 Minutes
	2-8 players
	$25.00 per person
	Unlimited hints
	Bradford Escape Academy
	(905) 551-0189

           

Hello Everyone! I am finally back for an escape room update! Got too caught up with everything, but there will be 3 new updates coming this week! So let's begin!

Pre-Room Experience:  Being the room addicts we are, my boyfriend and I were on a crave one night and stumbled along this place. I feel like up north are finally entering the escape world because there seems like they're opening up so many now. This escape facility is located on the third floor to a dental building. I gotta say, I would have thought those dark sketchy factory plaza were scary but this place was next level! You have to call the facility first as the doors downstairs are locked. We were then welcomed by the owner of the escape facility and was brought up by an old elevator into a narrow hallway. Yes, it was scary and to make it even better the ceiling lights were flashing like one of those horror movies. But hey, nothing was going to stop us from playing escape games even if it meant dying that night haha. The facility itself was small and cozy. Don't expect it to be like Omescape's lobby as the lobby was a very small area. The owner was super friendly and made us felt very welcomed!

Room Quality:  On to the good stuff! I didn't expect too much entering the room. The theme of the room was clear as the title stated "Alien Abduction". I don't recall doing much space themed rooms so I didn't have much to expect. With that being said, the room was SO FUN! You would think coming from a facility so far north the quality would not be as high compared to the more popular facilities, but we were VERY impressed. The room quality was great! The props used for the rooms were a mixture of both high and low end, but nothing made the room feel cheap. In fact, they had a lot of props that caught us off guard as it was that impressive. The room fit very well with the theme as well - making us feel like we were actually abducted my aliens. I really want to give them a bonus points as there were retro props that totally made me excited (I know I am old LOL).

Puzzle Design:  Puzzles start off alright but will gradually become harder. I would definitely recommend more than 2 players for this room! I wouldn't say it's impossible, but it was challenging for us near the end. I love the fact that the level gradually increased as the room progressed. Puzzles were a mixture of abstract thinking and maybe 1 or 2 lockboxes. There wasn't a lot of tech for this room but still enough to intrigue you. I actually had a lot of fun with the puzzles and thinking about it now it was such a fun room. I have to say though, every time you think you're about done - there's more! I was so impressed as the facility looks very small, but it really caught me off guard on what they did with their room!

Overall:  I will be back! Looking forward to trying their other room for sure! It's quite impressive seeing what escape facility up north is bringing now and it seems like they're stepping up with their games. This facility is definitely worth a visit! In fact my boyfriend enjoyed it so much :D


(LOL seriously the best picture so far)

Happy Escaping!