Don't Get Locked In
Don't Get Locked In
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LilliMassa37LJM
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Dec 2019 • Couples
I went with my family to the escape room for a present for my dad for Father’s Day.
There was 6 of us ages ranging from 25-60
I can say the layout of the room was excellent. Very imaginative ideas.
The room was quite difficult (even for 6 of us) with us having to get clues for help haha.
The only reason for not giving 5* is because I think they should suggest 4 people for each room as 2 of us were just standing around not doing much as there isn’t really enough room etc for 6 people to help.
I would 100% recommend this to my friends and family. Was really good price and fun.
Staff really friendly and nice also.
There was 6 of us ages ranging from 25-60
I can say the layout of the room was excellent. Very imaginative ideas.
The room was quite difficult (even for 6 of us) with us having to get clues for help haha.
The only reason for not giving 5* is because I think they should suggest 4 people for each room as 2 of us were just standing around not doing much as there isn’t really enough room etc for 6 people to help.
I would 100% recommend this to my friends and family. Was really good price and fun.
Staff really friendly and nice also.
Written 9 January 2020
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Many thanks for taking the time out to write a review.
I’m really pleased you all had a great time in ‘The Rock’. Lots of people say that they’ve seen puzzles in there that they haven’t seen in other escape rooms which is nice. As we design everything ourselves our puzzles are unique to Don’t Get Locked In.
We do recommend 4 players which is set out in our FAQ’s on the website.
We’ve also tried to set a fair pricing structure, not a one price fits all so thank you for acknowledging that and also for the high recommendation to family and friends.
We hope to see you again In Bedford town centre.
Written 6 February 2020
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Global603560
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Jan 2020 • Family
I took my daughter and her friends to the Secret Hut to celebrate her 13th birthday. Everyone really enjoyed the activity and the kudos challenge enabled us to ask for a few clues and still escape from the room on the silver level. Super warm and friendly welcome from Cathy, who explained the rules up front and gave our group feedback afterwards. I would certainly recommend this escape room. Thank you for a great birthday activity!
Written 7 January 2020
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Thank you so much for taking the time out to write a review, your daughter had a brilliant time with us and what a great activity to do for her 13th birthday with her friends!
The Kudos Challenge has been welcomed by newbies and enthusiasts because it puts the players in total control. A fabulous escape on Silver! Well done!
I look forward to seeing you all again in Bedford.
Written 13 January 2020
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retroburp
19074777 contributions
Nov 2018 • Couples
We have been to several escape rooms but this was very disheartening. It is not the first room we have lost but it is the first room we have lost and not come out having had fun. The puzzles are unnecessarily complicated and having heard what puzzles we had left to complete once we were locked in was shocking. They have added a 'Kudos' challenge which allows you to win with more or less clues, but this simply takes away the satisfaction of winning on your own. We were told a lovely story about how this escape room has been recognised by escape room enthusiasts who were able to escape in 25 mins so more puzzle steps were added and some others drawn out to make it harder for them but I feel this has simply made the room too difficult for the casual escape roomer. We were told the room has an average 40% escape rate which does not feel right and looking at Facebook photos there are many more 'locked in' photos than any other. If you have done many rooms or if you are happy to use 8+ clues to get out of a room give it a go but otherwise I would recommend trying somewhere else first.
Written 15 November 2018
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Hi.
I’m sorry to hear that you didn’t have fun whilst playing the game and that you were locked in.
We have had excellent feedback and reviews from teams playing previously even players who have been locked in, despite this they still enjoyed the experience and had a great time.
Our Kudos Challenge was created to make the games fairer. The whole point of the Kudos Challenge is that it puts the players in control by choosing which level they want to aim for, the game is achievable without any clues, but equally there is no restriction on the number of clues you can use.
I have openly explained to players that when we first opened 7 months ago, ‘2 weeks later’ we raised the bar by changing ‘1’ of our puzzles.... so that was 7 months ago when we first opened...... we have never changed anything in the room since. In fact since that change we’ve still gone on to give away 6 bottles of bubbly to teams escaping on the gold level (0-3 clues) and that includes seasoned escapers and newbies, so it does work.
I strongly disagree with you that the puzzles are unnecessarily complicated.
Our puzzles are not complicated, they are challenging, which is the whole point of the game, right? to be challenged. We could easily have created a game with a 100% escape rate and yes there would be a stream of escapees on the Facebook page, it would be great for business but where would the challenge be in that???
People like being challenged and many congratulate us on what we have achieved with the clever, challenging aspect to the game, the authenticity in the room, good immersion and high level of customer service. For some, not all, it’s about having an hour of fun and enjoying the experience as a whole not just about getting out - our 53 other positive reviews would seem to suggest that we have got the balance between enjoyment and challenge about right.
Written 18 November 2018
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Abbey C
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Oct 2018 • Friends
Myself and a group of friends had a mix of previous experience. Some had done multiple escape rooms, some of us had never done one. This was exactly as we’d hoped. Good fun, just difficult enough. The challenge was long enough to take most of the hour. Even if you’re good, it’ll take the majority of the hour.
The storyline is good. The props add authenticity.
The game is further enhanced by adding the kudos challenge. The fewer clues used the more kudos you get!
This definitely added an element of competition for us.
We escaped with 4 mins to go. The organiser is friendly and engaging. Nice little extras like sweets and water at the end.
Although this is in the middle of nowhere, it’s easy to find with free parking. Convenient for Leighton Buzzard and the surrounding areas.
Would highly recommend!
The storyline is good. The props add authenticity.
The game is further enhanced by adding the kudos challenge. The fewer clues used the more kudos you get!
This definitely added an element of competition for us.
We escaped with 4 mins to go. The organiser is friendly and engaging. Nice little extras like sweets and water at the end.
Although this is in the middle of nowhere, it’s easy to find with free parking. Convenient for Leighton Buzzard and the surrounding areas.
Would highly recommend!
Written 10 October 2018
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Thank you so much for taking the time out to write a review, it is much appreciated.
We're really pleased that you all enjoyed the experience, we created the Kudos Challenge so that different people having a variety of experience could enjoy the room. Congratulations on taking home a bottle of bubbly after escaping on Gold.
Thank you too for mentioning about the authenticity, the little extras and the friendly and engaging organiser, all hugely important to us.
We look forward to seeing you again.
Written 12 October 2018
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Ben P
503883121 contributions
Dec 2019 • Family
A family trip with a 10 &13yr old, we did not know what to expect as we have not done anything like this. An amazing experience, friendly, warm staff. Fantastic venue,well thought out and lots of fun for all ages. We had to think, work together and search. Highly recommended, book now.
Written 28 December 2019
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Thank you so much for taking the time out to write a review and I'm glad you all had a good time. Escape rooms are great and make for a fantastic family experience.
I look forward to welcoming you back to Don't Get Locked In when you take on one of our future rooms in Bedford town centre.
Written 29 December 2019
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BrnGr8
18705513 contributions
Sept 2019
I wish that all escape room host would be this accommodating as the lady who work here.
About the rooms, they are quite fun, not my favourite. I like the more immersive rooms. The rock is better than the other one in my opinion. The location is a bit odd, but at least you have plenty of free parking.
About the rooms, they are quite fun, not my favourite. I like the more immersive rooms. The rock is better than the other one in my opinion. The location is a bit odd, but at least you have plenty of free parking.
Written 7 November 2019
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Thank you for taking the time out to write a review and for your lovely comment. We always strive to make our players experiences the best that it can possibly be.
I’m pleased that you enjoyed your experiences.
Written 4 December 2019
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GimmeSomeSunLondon
1933496126 contributions
Nov 2019 • Friends
I’ve wanted to experience an escape room for a while, so my closest friends suggested it for a joint birthday event. Heard about this place on FB and obligatory review checking pushed us over to booking. We booked The Secret Hut and it’s based on the WW and code breaking. Is that a clue? Kinda, but you’ll have to find out!
We (5 ladies over 40 yrs - friends for over 15 yrs) didn’t feel claustrophobic as that can be an issue. There was enough for everyone to do without bumping into each other and it showed us one thing, how we all had different strengths and we proved it by getting out with 1 second to spare!!
Great fun and thoroughly recommend. Cathy greeted us and we settled in. Then she set the scene for us to start. She’s very friendly and we’ll be booking again soon to try the other room and the new ones to come.
We (5 ladies over 40 yrs - friends for over 15 yrs) didn’t feel claustrophobic as that can be an issue. There was enough for everyone to do without bumping into each other and it showed us one thing, how we all had different strengths and we proved it by getting out with 1 second to spare!!
Great fun and thoroughly recommend. Cathy greeted us and we settled in. Then she set the scene for us to start. She’s very friendly and we’ll be booking again soon to try the other room and the new ones to come.
Written 3 November 2019
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Thank you so much for taking the time out to write a review and for the recommendation.
I'm so pleased that you all had a great time with us and can't wait to welcome you all back to Don't Get Locked In to try our other rooms :)
Written 25 November 2019
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lbrownlow
1863119 contributions
Aug 2019 • Couples
Spent a great afternoon here with my husband playing ‘The secret hut’, friendly, knowledgeable host, but most importantly a logical, well designed and well thought-out room. Set in atmospheric, authentic buildings this WW2 themed room was a joy to play. We are seasoned players and this was a challenge, but the unique ‘kudos’ system they have, which ranks you gold silver or bronze depending on how many clues you choose to take, works really well and allows everyone from newbies to experts to feel they have achieved.
Great fun, we’ll be back!
Great fun, we’ll be back!
Written 19 August 2019
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Thank you so much for taking the time out to write a review.
Feedback is so important for businesses and reassuring that we have the recipe right.
It was incredibly important to us when we designed ‘The Secret Hut’ that we created a good challenging room with great theming and flow in the room, combined with a good host (thank you) and a natural authenticity as the building used to be an old military base and used as offices in the war, all in all we feel that we have a good recipe to give our players a good all round experience.
As seasoned players I’m pleased that you enjoyed our Kudos Challenge clue system too.
Written 23 August 2019
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Jamie S
34 contributions
May 2019 • Friends
Visited as a group of 5 on a Saturday evening to do the ‘Secret Hut’ after a trip to Bletchley Park during the day - seemed appropriate! Cathy was very friendly and welcoming. Enjoyed the room and the Kudos challenge that saw us walk away with a nice bottle of champagne for achieving the gold level. Personally this was my first time at an escape room and would definitely recommend this one.
Written 7 May 2019
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Thank you so much for taking the time out to write a review, it is appreciated.
A lot of players to Don’t Get Locked In are booking ahead and playing ‘The Secret Hut’ after a planned visit to Bletchley Park, it’s getting more and more popular with players combining the two.
Congratulations to you and the rest of your team for escaping on Gold though, it’s not easy to do that.
I look forward to being able to welcome you all to Don’t Get Locked In again in the future.
Written 15 May 2019
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Stbtjt
18621756 contributions
Feb 2019 • Couples
So this is our third visit to “Don’t Get Locked In”. First visit was for “The Secret Hut” with my 2 children and nephew, we got locked in but loved every second! The second visit was for my Daughters 12th birthday. She wanted to go back to “The Secret Hut” so my Husband could experience it. So both kids and Husband went along and the kids loved it just as much as the first time round, even more so as they managed to escape with the help of previous snippets of knowledge. However, they weren’t too far off being locked in again! My Husband thought it was a great fun.
The third visit was my Husband and I and our friends. We tried the new room “The Rock”.
There’s so much I want to share but I can’t...!!! It was so much fun. From the moment you walk into the room you are challenged. The clues are so cleverly written and the room is brilliantly put together! I don’t know how we did it but......... we actually escaped “The Rock” which shocked us all.
Cathy (who runs “Don’t Get Locked In”) is so welcoming and helpful. Seeing Cathy stood laughing at our reaction to escaping was brilliant.
My Husband has been to an escape room in London and in his opinion “Don’t Get Locked In” is definitely better.
If you’re reading the reviews wondering whether to try it, I can honestly say it’s worth it. Its so much fun whether that’s family, friends or company team building days.
Just don’t get locked in!!!
The third visit was my Husband and I and our friends. We tried the new room “The Rock”.
There’s so much I want to share but I can’t...!!! It was so much fun. From the moment you walk into the room you are challenged. The clues are so cleverly written and the room is brilliantly put together! I don’t know how we did it but......... we actually escaped “The Rock” which shocked us all.
Cathy (who runs “Don’t Get Locked In”) is so welcoming and helpful. Seeing Cathy stood laughing at our reaction to escaping was brilliant.
My Husband has been to an escape room in London and in his opinion “Don’t Get Locked In” is definitely better.
If you’re reading the reviews wondering whether to try it, I can honestly say it’s worth it. Its so much fun whether that’s family, friends or company team building days.
Just don’t get locked in!!!
Written 1 March 2019
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Thank you so much for taking the time out to write a review.
We are always blown away by our Trip Advisor reviews and this one is no exception. It was actually very humbling to read.
It means so much to us to get feedback about our rooms as it's incredibly important for us to know whether we are doing things right. I'm so pleased that you have all enjoyed your experiences.
Written 3 March 2019
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