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Escaping with My Family

Just a family of four navigating the world of escape rooms.



The Witch's Curse
Scram Escape Rooms - Church St, Parramatta (Sydney, Australia) Time limit: 60 minutes Age limit: None Player limit: 2-8 Difficulty: 44% escape rate Date visited: January 2026 This was our second of three rooms during our father-and-sons adventure to Scram Parramatta. Despite the name, this was not a horror room and was more of a wizardry magic room. We had previously played The Wizard Chambers at Scram's O'Connell Street venue, which was pretty average, so I was keen to see
2 days ago


Underland
Scram Escape Rooms - Church St, Parramatta (Sydney, Australia) Time limit: 60 minutes Age limit: None Player limit: 2-8 Difficulty: 49% escape rate Awards: TERPECA Nominee (2022) Date visited: January 2026 It was still the school holidays, so we decided to finally head to Scram in Parramatta to tackle a few of their rooms. Hard to believe, but it took me over 125 rooms before I finally played an Alice in Wonderland theme. Here are my thoughts: This is one of Scram's older lo
2 days ago


Sinister
Escape Reality - Central Coast (Tuggerah, Australia) Time limit: 60 minutes Player limit: 2-6 players Age limit: Under 15 requires adult Difficulty: 3/5 Date visited: January 2026 This was the our fourth and final room at Escape Reality on the Central Coast. Ranked as their hardest and best game, Sinister is a horror game set in an abandoned house you own, and you must find the property deed so you can sell it! Did it live up to the hype? Sinister was easily Escape Reality
3 days ago


Jungala
Escape Reality - Central Coast (Tuggerah, Australia) Time limit: 60 minutes Player limit: 2-6 players Age limit: Under 15 requires adult Difficulty: 3/5 Date visited: January 2026 This was the third of our four rooms at Escape Reality on the Central Coast. This Jumanji-themed room was their second highest-rated game on Morty, and I made sure to check that this is an original game and not the generic Indestroom Jumanji game that can be found in multiple locations across Austr
3 days ago


Legend of the Mummy
Escape Reality - Central Coast (Tuggerah, Australia) Time limit: 60 minutes Player limit: 2-6 players Age limit: Under 15 requires adult Difficulty: 3/5 Date visited: January 2026 This was the second of our four rooms at Escape Reality on the Central Coast. It's their third highest-rated room but regarded as their most difficult one according to the GM and their website. So how was it? This was a good room, better in just about every respect compared to the first room we did
Feb 7


The Iron Kingdom
Escape Reality - Central Coast (Tuggerah, Australia) Time limit: 60 minutes Player limit: 2-6 players Age limit: Under 15 requires adult Difficulty: 3/5 Date visited: January 2026 It was still the school holidays, so we decided to take an overnight trip to the Central Coast to play the 4 games at Escape Reality in Tuggerah. All 4 of their games are rated quite highly on Morty, so we went in with moderate expectations. I booked the games in the order of lowest to highest rate
Feb 7


Frankenstein Resurrection
Escape This (Sydney, Australia) Time limit: 60 minutes Age limit: 13+ Player limit: 3-8 (4-8 on Friday and Saturday peak times) Difficulty: 8/10 Date visited: January 2026 The first Escape This game we played was The Wizard's Chamber , which was gorgeous but had middling puzzles. The second one we played was Kraken: Nemo's Revenge , which we did not like at all. But I wanted to take the boys to their first escape room of 2026 and I saw that their newest room, Frankenstein Re
Feb 6


Quest for the Magic Wand
Escape Rooms Wellington (Wellington, New Zealand) Time limit: 60 minutes Player limit: 2-6 players (recommended 4-5) Age limit: Under 16 requires adult Difficulty: Hard Date visited: December 2025 This was our third and final room at Escape Room Wellington. It’s also their newest and most high-tech room. We did it on separate day to the other two rooms, returning in the morning to play the room before a visit to the WETA Workshop and our return flight back to Sydney. Here ar
Jan 29


The Diamond Heist
Escape Rooms Wellington (Wellington, New Zealand) Time limit: 60 minutes Player limit: 2-7 players (recommended 4-6) Age limit: Under 16 requires adult Difficulty: Tricky (4/5) Date visited: December 2025 Disclaimer: Our second room at Escape Rooms Wellington was provided by owner Steve free of charge. He saw that I had booked his 2 other rooms and was kind enough to throw in The Diamond Heist on the house. That said, this in no way affected my thoughts on the room itself:
Jan 29


Operation Beehive
Escape Rooms Wellington (Wellington, New Zealand) Time limit: 60 minutes Player limit: 2-8 players (recommended 4-6) Age limit: Under 16 requires adult Difficulty: Hard Date visited: December 2025 Our final set of games on our New Zealand trip were at Wellington Escape Rooms. I thought, since we were in New Zealand, we should play a locally themed one, so I booked Operation Beehive (the “Beehive” is the Executive Wing of the New Zealand Parliament). Was it any good? This
Jan 29
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