Escape Room Live (Alexandria) - "Edgar Allen Poe: Poe-Ranormal Activity"

Updated: Apr 7

LOCATION:  Alexandria, Virginia, USA

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📝 ETR DECODER

🔑 GAME: Pro-Ranormal Activity
📅 DATE PLAYED: February 28, 2021
🎬 GENRE: Sci-Fi
🧠 DIFFICULTY (Based on 2 ppl): 5.5/10
👥 TOTAL # OF PLAYERS: 8-10 PPL
🕒 LENGTH OF TIME: 45 Mins
💰 PRICE: $75/Team
☎️ BOOKING TYPE: Private
🔓 ESCAPED/ COMPLETED?: Yes

📖 THE STORY

You and your team of paranormal investigators have been sent from the Discovery Channel's "Destination America" to find Edgar Allen Poe's "Lost Manuscript"! With your particular set of skills and high tech equipment, you have only 45 minutes to search Poe's old chambers!

🎯 HIT THE BULLSEYE

This room had a very unique but nice surprise to the game play. We didn't expect it when we entered the room. Collaboration was the key to success here.
We've played many Edgar Allen Poe-themed rooms prior to this and most stuck with the history or love life and had more reading components. This game took a different approach and I quite enjoy the "spooky Poe".
This is our second time playing an Escape Room Live game! The first was "A Pirate's Curse" (now renamed - "A Pirate's Adventure") at their Georgetown, DC location. We've also provided an "Exclusive Look" inside all of their rooms at the DC location on our YouTube channel so we know that their set designs are incredible with an extraordinary attention to detail. The rooms at the Alexandria location also deliver the same quality! The set design for "Poe-Ranormal Activity" enabled us to feel like we were exploring a haunted apartment. The furniture and the lighting created an eerie mystical atmosphere which enhanced the experience from the beginning.
Since we are paranormal investigators, we should be equipped with some kind of "Ghostbusters" technology and we were! The "gadget" that detected "electromagnetic fields" in the room was a perfect add on to the experience.

🧩 MISSED THE MARK

I would've loved to see some puzzle components embed into the "gadget" that we had to use versus mainly an add on for atmosphere.
One of the equipment was quite difficult to operate as it's quite sensitive to touch. It took us awhile to be able to input the correct code in.

🏹 TAKE A SHOT?

Be sure to keep in mind that the escape rooms at Escape Room Live (Alexandria) are 45 minute games as opposed to the Georgetown location which offer you the traditional 60 minutes. With that said, they are equally as enjoyable and might allow you to cram in more games back-to-back! It feels like the Alexandria location focuses more on classic mysterious games and characters such as Poe, Sherlock, Moriarty, and Wizards. While the Georgetown locations are more adventurous - Titanic, Mummy's, Pirates, and their horror-themed game - "The Cabin", They definitely have a fun variety of themes to choose from so there's something for everyone!

🔎 HINT

Flip it like a pancake!

Additional Info

Street parking with meters
Lobby with waiting area
Dark lit room

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Disclosure: We thank Escape Room Live for comping our tickets for this game. Although complimentary admission was generously provided, it does not impact our opinion on the review whatsoever.