News/Deals 2015-06-01

News

Freeing Canada Station – Toronto opened in the Markham Area. I had to change the layout again, because something funky was happening with the previous theme.

Freeing Canada Station – Toronto
9625 Yonge street, 2F
Richmond Hill, ON L4C 5T2
Cross Street: Yonge St. and 16th Ave.
Rooms: 5
Group Size: Black Swan (2-6), Painter’s Murderer (2-6), Unmask (2-8), Unforseeable Pyramid (2-8), Mission Incredible (2-8)
Game Time: 45 minutes
Price: $28.00/Person ($2 discount for Weekdays. Tax included.)
Site: http://www.freeingcanada.com/theme.html
Tel: 647-800-7622

Omescape has opened their final room, The Penitentiary.
You suddenly wake up one day to find you locked in a cramped prison cell, cold and alone, silence everywhere. You soon realize that you are in the same cell infamous serial killer Richard Ramirez – AKA “The Night Stalker” –died in last year of natural causes. The cell has a history of mysteriously taking the lives of others, and if you don’t want to be next, you have to escape.

Their site shows the game at 60 minutes, so maybe the 75 minute hashtag was some sort of typo!

Captive stated on twitter that they have a new room coming called Cabinet of Curiosities.

Exodus London Escape Rooms have opened up a new room, The Nursery.
This is the story of Abigail. Her short life on earth was not always a happy one and all of her time was spent in only three rooms. Your visit to Abigail’s Nursery will be one of intrigue and keen focus to decipher the clues she has left you so that she may finally rest at peace. Otherwise, you may all be trapped there forever!

It’s that time of the month again, and Puzzled Pint is taking place on June the 9th. Secret location puzzle will be coming to you this Friday, June 5th.

In other non-escape room news, it seems the Betrayer’s Banquet is coming to Toronto in June to a secret undisclosed location.I had first heard about it at Shut Up & Sit Down’s review of the event in the UK. Its an interesting idea, where you have players repeatedly play an iteration of the classic Prisoner’s Dilemma. Except in this case, the better you play, the better your meal gets!
A banqueting table is set with 48 chairs at which players are seated at random. For a period of two hours, food is served in small portions every fifteen minutes. At the top end of the table, it is exquisite – victuals you could expect at the finest restaurants. At the bottom end, the food could be described as emotionally challenging.

Escape Key in Brantford are running a contest where the team with the highest score on the weekend before Canada Day (June 26th through 28th) will get $100 worth of fireworks!

Mystery Room announced a contest where players who successfully escape will receive tickets to Insidious Chapter 3. Details can be found HERE

Ongoing News

Escape Games finished their ‘contest’ and the Syndicate: Relic Heist facebook page has reached 250+ likes. This is dropping my chances of getting in, but the schedule for the premiere time slots is listed HERE!

Deals
Added the second Lost City Escape Room

Name: Lost City Escape Room
Link: https://www.groupon.com/deals/lost-city-entertainment-1
Notes: $59 for admission for four(14.75/person), or C$89 for admission for six ($14.83/person), or $119 for admission for eight ($14.88/person). This one gets more expensive the more people you add on. The discount is ~26% compared to their current summer price of $20/person.

Name: Breakout Team Adventures Inc.
Notes: Breakout has introduced BreakOut Mondays for a month, where player can play for $14.99 (after tax).

Name: Roundabout
Notes: You can book online at http://www.roundaboutcanada.com with the code 10_percent_off for 10% off.

Name: Lost City Escape Room
Notes: To celebrate the summer, they have dropped their admission price by $5 per person to $20 + tax.

Name: Perplexity Escape Games
Link: https://www.livingsocial.com/deals/1437582-room-escape-experience-for-2-4-or-6?pos=4
Notes: $33 for for two (16.50/person), $66 for four ($16.50/person), $99 for 6 ($16.50/person). Regular price with Facebook like and check-in is $19.12/person if you have a group of 6, or $21.60/person if not, making discounts range from 13.7% to 23.61%.

Name: Great Escape
Link: https://www.livingsocial.com/deals/1266094-escape-room-admission-for-four?pos=1
Notes: $48 for four ($12/person). The regular price with Facebook like/check-in is $15/person, making the discount 20%

Name: Xscaper Arts (both locations)
Notes: In preperation for new rooms, all the current rooms are $15.

Name: De Code Canada
Link: Sunday Family Special
Notes: $79.99 + tax for admission for 4 players, with 4 drinks, 1 fondue, 1 picture frame, and unlimited board game time. I’m too lazy to figure out what the discount is for this. Expires Aug 30th.

Name: The Great Escape
Notes: With a minimum of 4 players, you can play tax free (13% off) if you like and share THIS Facebook post.

Name: AT Escape
Link: http://www.groupon.com/deals/at-escape-inc-2
Notes: $15 for for one, valid Tuesday-Thursday and Sunday ($15/person), $29 for two ($14.50/person), $49 for four ($12.25/person), $180 for up to 15 people ($12/person) valid Tuesday to Thursday and Sunday. Additionally, there is a one seperate entry for Friday and Saturday, at $35 for two ($17.50/person). Regular price with Facebook like and check-in is $18/person, making discounts range from 2.78% to 33.33%.

Name: iEscaped
Link: http://www.groupon.com/deals/iescaped
Notes: For weekdays, $12 for one ($12.00/person), or $40 for four ($10.00/person). For weekends, $15 for one ($15.00/person) or $50 for 4 ($12.50/person). The regular pricing at iEscaped is $15/person on weekdays and $20/person on weekends if you like and check-in on Facebook, ranging the discount from 20% off to 37.5% off ‘regular’ discounted pricing.

Name: Origin Room Break
Link: http://www.groupon.com/deals/origin-room-break
Notes:$23 for two ($11.50/person) and $45 for four ($11.25/person) redeemable from Monday to Friday.
$25 for two ($12.50/person) redeemable Saturday and Sunday , $49 for four ($12.25/person)redeemable from Saturday to Sunday. The regular pricing at Origin Room Break is $20/Person if you like them on facebook, ranging discounts from 37.50% to 43.75% off.

Name: NextRelic
Link: http://www.groupon.com/deals/next-relic
Notes:$24 for 2($12/Person), $47 for 4 ($11.75/Person) $69 for 6 ($11.50/Person), $88/8 ($11/Person). The regular pricing at NextRelic seems to be $28/person with a dollar discount for each additional person. This makes the end discount variable depending on your group size, but discounts should be around 55%.

Name: Mission 45
Link: http://www.groupon.com/deals/mission-45-room-escape
Notes: $25 for 2 ($12.50/person) and $45 for 4 ($11.25/person) for the small rooms. $80 for 6 ($13.33/Person) and$100/8 ($12.50/Person) for the two larger rooms. Perplexingly, if you check in on Facebook, small rooms are $12/person, meaning discounts might be 6.25% if you have 4 people. You shouldn’t get the groupon if you have two people unless you are going on a weekend. Large rooms are $15/person currently, and offer a 16.66% discount.

Name: Xspace
Link: http://www.groupon.com/deals/xspace-escape-1http://www.groupon.com/deals/xspace-escape-1
Notes: $48 for 4 ($12/person), $69 for 6 ($11.50/person) $89 for 8 ($11/person). Regular price is $22/person, so discounts range from 45% to 50%.

Name: Xtreme Escape Adventures
Link: http://www.groupon.com/deals/xtreme-escape-adventures
Notes: $36 for 2 ($18/person) $66 for 4 ($16.50/Person) $97 for 6 ($16.17/Person). The regular discount for liking and sharing on facebook is $22.50/person, so discounts range from 20% to 28%.

Name: Paniq
Link: http://www.ncrowd.ca/mississauga/404-paniq-room
Notes: $25 for 2 ($12.50/person). Regular 18.74/Person if you like, comment, and share on Facebook. This puts the discount at approximately 33.3%

Name: Live Escape
Link: http://www.ncrowd.ca/toronto/1410-live-escape-inc- and http://www.ncrowd.ca/toronto/1411-live-escape-inc-
Notes: $50.00 for 4 or $25.00 for 2 ($12.50/person in both cases). On weekdays, the regular price is $15.00/person on weekdays and $20.00/person weekends if you use cash and check in on Facebook. This places the discount at approximately 16.67% to 37.5% depending on when you’re going.