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  <title>Escaping Things — Recent Rooms</title>
  <subtitle>New escape rooms played by the Escaping Things team, with results, photos, and reflections.</subtitle>
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  <updated>2026-08-19T21:42:22.000Z</updated>
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    <name>Escaping Things</name>
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  <entry>
    <title>We escaped Zone 51 at Live Cinema</title>
    <link href="https://escape.thingelstad.com/room/2026-08-18/zone-51/" rel="alternate" type="text/html"/>
    <id>tag:escape.thingelstad.com,2026-08-18:rec5FWOQtiqRlUmbs</id>
    <published>2026-08-18T00:00:00Z</published>
    <updated>2026-08-19T21:42:22.000Z</updated>
    <summary type="text">On August 18, 2026, Tammy, Mazie, Nora, and Angie played Zone 51 at Live Cinema in Paris, France. The team escaped with 120 minutes left.</summary>
    <category term="Escaped" label="Escaped"/>
    <category term="France" label="France"/>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[
      <p>On August 18, 2026, Tammy, Mazie, Nora, and Angie played Zone 51 at Live Cinema in Paris, France. The team escaped with 120 minutes left.</p>
      <p><img src="https://escape.thingelstad.com/images/rooms/team_rec5FWOQtiqRlUmbs.jpeg" alt="Zone 51 at Live Cinema" style="max-width:100%;height:auto;border-radius:8px;"></p>
      <p><a href="https://escape.thingelstad.com/room/2026-08-18/zone-51/">See photos, ratings, and room details &rarr;</a></p>
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    ]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>We escaped Gotham at Occultus Room Escape</title>
    <link href="https://escape.thingelstad.com/room/2026-08-14/gotham/" rel="alternate" type="text/html"/>
    <id>tag:escape.thingelstad.com,2026-08-14:recxK57kjoEHd4sUK</id>
    <published>2026-08-14T00:00:00Z</published>
    <updated>2026-08-19T19:16:45.000Z</updated>
    <summary type="text">On August 14, 2026, Jamie and Tyler played Gotham at Occultus Room Escape in Porto, Portugal. The team escaped with 7 minutes, 29 seconds left.</summary>
    <category term="Escaped" label="Escaped"/>
    <category term="Portugal" label="Portugal"/>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[
      <p>On August 14, 2026, Jamie and Tyler played Gotham at Occultus Room Escape in Porto, Portugal. The team escaped with 7 minutes, 29 seconds left.</p>
      <p><img src="https://escape.thingelstad.com/images/rooms/team_recxK57kjoEHd4sUK.jpg" alt="Gotham at Occultus Room Escape" style="max-width:100%;height:auto;border-radius:8px;"></p>
      <p><a href="https://escape.thingelstad.com/room/2026-08-14/gotham/">See photos, ratings, and room details &rarr;</a></p>
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    ]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>We completed Casa da Moeda at Occultus Room Escape</title>
    <link href="https://escape.thingelstad.com/room/2026-08-13/casa-da-moeda/" rel="alternate" type="text/html"/>
    <id>tag:escape.thingelstad.com,2026-08-13:rec9xpViH8eab9bMN</id>
    <published>2026-08-13T00:00:00Z</published>
    <updated>2026-08-13T22:01:54.000Z</updated>
    <summary type="text">On August 13, 2026, Jamie and Tyler played Casa da Moeda at Occultus Room Escape in Porto, Portugal. The team completed it after running 7 minutes, 7 seconds over.</summary>
    <category term="Completed" label="Completed"/>
    <category term="Portugal" label="Portugal"/>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[
      <p>On August 13, 2026, Jamie and Tyler played Casa da Moeda at Occultus Room Escape in Porto, Portugal. The team completed it after running 7 minutes, 7 seconds over.</p>
      <p><img src="https://escape.thingelstad.com/images/rooms/team_rec9xpViH8eab9bMN.jpg" alt="Casa da Moeda at Occultus Room Escape" style="max-width:100%;height:auto;border-radius:8px;"></p>
      <p><a href="https://escape.thingelstad.com/room/2026-08-13/casa-da-moeda/">See photos, ratings, and room details &rarr;</a></p>
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    ]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>We completed The Taxidermist at Deep Inside Paris</title>
    <link href="https://escape.thingelstad.com/room/2026-08-13/the-taxidermist/" rel="alternate" type="text/html"/>
    <id>tag:escape.thingelstad.com,2026-08-13:rec1C694RVHvg5hTa</id>
    <published>2026-08-13T00:00:00Z</published>
    <updated>2026-08-19T19:17:12.000Z</updated>
    <summary type="text">On August 13, 2026, Tammy, Mazie, Angie, and Nora played The Taxidermist at Deep Inside Paris in Paris, France. The team completed the room.</summary>
    <category term="Completed" label="Completed"/>
    <category term="France" label="France"/>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[
      <p>On August 13, 2026, Tammy, Mazie, Angie, and Nora played The Taxidermist at Deep Inside Paris in Paris, France. The team completed the room.</p>
      <p><img src="https://escape.thingelstad.com/images/rooms/team_rec1C694RVHvg5hTa.jpg" alt="The Taxidermist at Deep Inside Paris" style="max-width:100%;height:auto;border-radius:8px;"></p>
      <p><a href="https://escape.thingelstad.com/room/2026-08-13/the-taxidermist/">See photos, ratings, and room details &rarr;</a></p>
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    ]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>We escaped Stranger Mystery at D3 Escape Rooms</title>
    <link href="https://escape.thingelstad.com/room/2026-08-12/stranger-mystery/" rel="alternate" type="text/html"/>
    <id>tag:escape.thingelstad.com,2026-08-12:rec3hMjr6Lqyx6zSW</id>
    <published>2026-08-12T00:00:00Z</published>
    <updated>2026-08-12T21:21:46.000Z</updated>
    <summary type="text">On August 12, 2026, Tammy, Jamie, Mazie, and Tyler played Stranger Mystery at D3 Escape Rooms in Porto - Republica, Portugal. The team escaped with 2 minutes, 17 seconds left.</summary>
    <category term="Escaped" label="Escaped"/>
    <category term="Portugal" label="Portugal"/>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[
      <p>On August 12, 2026, Tammy, Jamie, Mazie, and Tyler played Stranger Mystery at D3 Escape Rooms in Porto - Republica, Portugal. The team escaped with 2 minutes, 17 seconds left.</p>
      <p><img src="https://escape.thingelstad.com/images/rooms/team_rec3hMjr6Lqyx6zSW.jpg" alt="Stranger Mystery at D3 Escape Rooms" style="max-width:100%;height:auto;border-radius:8px;"></p>
      <p><a href="https://escape.thingelstad.com/room/2026-08-12/stranger-mystery/">See photos, ratings, and room details &rarr;</a></p>
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    ]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>We escaped Cativeiro at D3 Escape Rooms</title>
    <link href="https://escape.thingelstad.com/room/2026-08-10/cativeiro/" rel="alternate" type="text/html"/>
    <id>tag:escape.thingelstad.com,2026-08-10:recMhyzbt4awQiy0o</id>
    <published>2026-08-10T00:00:00Z</published>
    <updated>2026-08-10T22:22:55.000Z</updated>
    <summary type="text">On August 10, 2026, Tammy, Jamie, Mazie, and Tyler played Cativeiro at D3 Escape Rooms in Porto  - Latino Coelho, Portugal. The team escaped with 2 minutes, 33 seconds left.</summary>
    <category term="Escaped" label="Escaped"/>
    <category term="Portugal" label="Portugal"/>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[
      <p>On August 10, 2026, Tammy, Jamie, Mazie, and Tyler played Cativeiro at D3 Escape Rooms in Porto  - Latino Coelho, Portugal. The team escaped with 2 minutes, 33 seconds left.</p>
      <p><img src="https://escape.thingelstad.com/images/rooms/team_recMhyzbt4awQiy0o.JPG" alt="Cativeiro at D3 Escape Rooms" style="max-width:100%;height:auto;border-radius:8px;"></p>
      <p><a href="https://escape.thingelstad.com/room/2026-08-10/cativeiro/">See photos, ratings, and room details &rarr;</a></p>
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    ]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>We completed Alice at Cubus</title>
    <link href="https://escape.thingelstad.com/room/2026-08-08/alice/" rel="alternate" type="text/html"/>
    <id>tag:escape.thingelstad.com,2026-08-08:rec92QddeRCagOokY</id>
    <published>2026-08-08T00:00:00Z</published>
    <updated>2026-08-10T21:23:41.000Z</updated>
    <summary type="text">On August 8, 2026, Tammy, Jamie, Mazie, and Tyler played Alice at Cubus in Porto, Portugal. The team completed it with 11 minutes, 29 seconds left.</summary>
    <category term="Completed" label="Completed"/>
    <category term="Portugal" label="Portugal"/>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[
      <p>On August 8, 2026, Tammy, Jamie, Mazie, and Tyler played Alice at Cubus in Porto, Portugal. The team completed it with 11 minutes, 29 seconds left.</p>
      <p><img src="https://escape.thingelstad.com/images/rooms/team_rec92QddeRCagOokY.jpeg" alt="Alice at Cubus" style="max-width:100%;height:auto;border-radius:8px;"></p>
      <p><a href="https://escape.thingelstad.com/room/2026-08-08/alice/">See photos, ratings, and room details &rarr;</a></p>
      <p><a href="https://morty.app/attraction/59337">Find this room on Morty &rarr;</a></p>
    ]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>We escaped Pharaoh’s Tomb at Lock &amp; Key Escape Rooms</title>
    <link href="https://escape.thingelstad.com/room/2026-07-22/pharaohs-tomb/" rel="alternate" type="text/html"/>
    <id>tag:escape.thingelstad.com,2026-07-22:recHceo4lCDzS6lu9</id>
    <published>2026-07-22T00:00:00Z</published>
    <updated>2026-08-10T22:00:02.000Z</updated>
    <summary type="text">On July 22, 2026, Tammy, Jamie, and Tyler played Pharaoh’s Tomb at Lock &amp; Key Escape Rooms in Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States. The team escaped with 1 minute, 44 seconds left.</summary>
    <category term="Escaped" label="Escaped"/>
    <category term="United States" label="United States"/>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[
      <p>On July 22, 2026, Tammy, Jamie, and Tyler played Pharaoh’s Tomb at Lock &amp; Key Escape Rooms in Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States. The team escaped with 1 minute, 44 seconds left.</p>
      <p><img src="https://escape.thingelstad.com/images/rooms/team_recHceo4lCDzS6lu9.jpeg" alt="Pharaoh’s Tomb at Lock &amp; Key Escape Rooms" style="max-width:100%;height:auto;border-radius:8px;"></p>
      <p><a href="https://escape.thingelstad.com/room/2026-07-22/pharaohs-tomb/">See photos, ratings, and room details &rarr;</a></p>
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    ]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>We escaped The Storykeeper at Locurio</title>
    <link href="https://escape.thingelstad.com/room/2026-07-07/the-storykeeper/" rel="alternate" type="text/html"/>
    <id>tag:escape.thingelstad.com,2026-07-07:recUJYKLX6I2KkA5t</id>
    <published>2026-07-07T00:00:00Z</published>
    <updated>2026-08-10T22:23:01.000Z</updated>
    <summary type="text">On July 7, 2026, Tyler and Jamie played The Storykeeper at Locurio in Fremont, Washington, United States. The team escaped with 30 seconds left.</summary>
    <category term="Escaped" label="Escaped"/>
    <category term="United States" label="United States"/>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[
      <p>On July 7, 2026, Tyler and Jamie played The Storykeeper at Locurio in Fremont, Washington, United States. The team escaped with 30 seconds left.</p>
      <p><img src="https://escape.thingelstad.com/images/rooms/team_recUJYKLX6I2KkA5t.JPG" alt="The Storykeeper at Locurio" style="max-width:100%;height:auto;border-radius:8px;"></p>
      <p><a href="https://escape.thingelstad.com/room/2026-07-07/the-storykeeper/">See photos, ratings, and room details &rarr;</a></p>
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    ]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>We escaped The Vault at Puzzleworks</title>
    <link href="https://escape.thingelstad.com/room/2026-05-10/the-vault/" rel="alternate" type="text/html"/>
    <id>tag:escape.thingelstad.com,2026-05-10:rec2W6E9rQUbH8GLs</id>
    <published>2026-05-10T00:00:00Z</published>
    <updated>2026-08-10T21:25:12.000Z</updated>
    <summary type="text">On May 10, 2026, Tammy, Jamie, Tyler, and Mazie played The Vault at Puzzleworks in St. Paul, Minnesota, United States. The team escaped with 1 minute, 44 seconds left.</summary>
    <category term="Escaped" label="Escaped"/>
    <category term="United States" label="United States"/>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[
      <p>On May 10, 2026, Tammy, Jamie, Tyler, and Mazie played The Vault at Puzzleworks in St. Paul, Minnesota, United States. The team escaped with 1 minute, 44 seconds left.</p>
      <p><img src="https://escape.thingelstad.com/images/rooms/team_rec2W6E9rQUbH8GLs.jpeg" alt="The Vault at Puzzleworks" style="max-width:100%;height:auto;border-radius:8px;"></p>
      <p><a href="https://escape.thingelstad.com/room/2026-05-10/the-vault/">See photos, ratings, and room details &rarr;</a></p>
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    ]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>We completed Dragon&#39;s Keep at Trapped Puzzle Rooms</title>
    <link href="https://escape.thingelstad.com/room/2026-04-25/dragons-keep/" rel="alternate" type="text/html"/>
    <id>tag:escape.thingelstad.com,2026-04-25:rec0yakSfw2CKpoox</id>
    <published>2026-04-25T00:00:00Z</published>
    <updated>2026-08-10T21:25:51.000Z</updated>
    <summary type="text">On April 25, 2026, Tammy, Tyler, and Jamie played Dragon&#39;s Keep at Trapped Puzzle Rooms in Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States. The team completed it after running 12 minutes, 13 seconds over.</summary>
    <category term="Completed" label="Completed"/>
    <category term="United States" label="United States"/>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[
      <p>On April 25, 2026, Tammy, Tyler, and Jamie played Dragon&#39;s Keep at Trapped Puzzle Rooms in Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States. The team completed it after running 12 minutes, 13 seconds over.</p>
      <p><img src="https://escape.thingelstad.com/images/rooms/team_rec0yakSfw2CKpoox.jpg" alt="Dragon&#39;s Keep at Trapped Puzzle Rooms" style="max-width:100%;height:auto;border-radius:8px;"></p>
      <blockquote><p>Started very strong and the wheels came off in the second half.</p>
</blockquote>
      <p><a href="https://escape.thingelstad.com/room/2026-04-25/dragons-keep/">See photos, ratings, and room details &rarr;</a></p>
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    ]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>We escaped Dubrovnik Legends at Puzzle Punks</title>
    <link href="https://escape.thingelstad.com/room/2026-04-03/dubrovnik-legends/" rel="alternate" type="text/html"/>
    <id>tag:escape.thingelstad.com,2026-04-03:rec0r8d5asOBGUBd2</id>
    <published>2026-04-03T00:00:00Z</published>
    <updated>2026-04-03T15:54:25.000Z</updated>
    <summary type="text">On April 3, 2026, Tammy and Mazie played Dubrovnik Legends at Puzzle Punks in Dubrovnik, Croatia. The team escaped with 2 seconds left.</summary>
    <category term="Escaped" label="Escaped"/>
    <category term="Croatia" label="Croatia"/>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[
      <p>On April 3, 2026, Tammy and Mazie played Dubrovnik Legends at Puzzle Punks in Dubrovnik, Croatia. The team escaped with 2 seconds left.</p>
      <p><img src="https://escape.thingelstad.com/images/rooms/team_rec0r8d5asOBGUBd2.jpeg" alt="Dubrovnik Legends at Puzzle Punks" style="max-width:100%;height:auto;border-radius:8px;"></p>
      <p><a href="https://escape.thingelstad.com/room/2026-04-03/dubrovnik-legends/">See photos, ratings, and room details &rarr;</a></p>
      <p><a href="https://mazie.thingelstad.com/2026/04/03/puzzle-punks-legends-of-dubrovnik.html">Read the related blog post &rarr;</a></p>
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    ]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>We escaped Londium</title>
    <link href="https://escape.thingelstad.com/room/2026-03-27/londium/" rel="alternate" type="text/html"/>
    <id>tag:escape.thingelstad.com,2026-03-27:recqOzcN7BNq8EomV</id>
    <published>2026-03-27T00:00:00Z</published>
    <updated>2026-03-27T23:04:53.000Z</updated>
    <summary type="text">On March 27, 2026, Tammy, Jamie, Tyler, and Mazie played Londium in Barcelona, Spain. The team escaped with 2 minutes left.</summary>
    <category term="Escaped" label="Escaped"/>
    <category term="Spain" label="Spain"/>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[
      <p>On March 27, 2026, Tammy, Jamie, Tyler, and Mazie played Londium in Barcelona, Spain. The team escaped with 2 minutes left.</p>
      <p><img src="https://escape.thingelstad.com/images/rooms/team_recqOzcN7BNq8EomV.jpg" alt="Londium at Londium" style="max-width:100%;height:auto;border-radius:8px;"></p>
      <p>The team rated this room <strong>5/5</strong> across 4 reviews, with 3 “Best Things” votes.</p>
      <blockquote>
        <p>Amazing set design and flow!  Top room for sure…best set design I’ve experienced.  Puzzles were fun and straightforward..</p>

        <footer>— Tammy, 5/5</footer>
      </blockquote>
      <blockquote>
        <p>My personal favorite room. The room is so linear and easy to follow and this is not a bad thing. All of the puzzles are intuitive and I never felt like there was a puzzle that we got stuck on. The set was super cool and had a couple of very unique touches. Over all everything worked and looked amazing and kept me invested the entire time 10/10.</p>

        <footer>— Tyler, 5/5</footer>
      </blockquote>
      <blockquote>
        <p>This room was amazing! This is easily my new favorite room I’ve ever done. The quality of the experience made me think of Disney. The game mechanics are so well done they don’t even seem to be there. The theme was fully present. The game flowed from thing to thing with complete ease. Truly a delightful and memorable experience that even hours after completing the room I’m still smiling about. My only sadness is that I cannot easily do the room again to take it all in.</p>

        <footer>— Jamie, 5/5</footer>
      </blockquote>
      <blockquote>
        <p>LOVED this room!!!!!!! (If I can even call it a room because it felt more like entering a magical world). Genuinely felt like I was stepping into Disney world when we started this room. We went on rides at times, we slid down a slide, we were constantly running from this very terrifying villain (probably not meant to be terrifying), and the design and decoration of the room took it over the top. The decoration was my favorite part of the experience and made it so immersive. I wouldn’t have even needed any puzzles or storyline to enjoy my time in the room- I would’ve been happy just walking around and soaking in the atmosphere and details.</p>

        <footer>— Mazie, 5/5</footer>
      </blockquote>
      <p><a href="https://escape.thingelstad.com/room/2026-03-27/londium/">See photos, ratings, and room details &rarr;</a></p>
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    ]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>We escaped Jurassic Escape Room at Golden Pop</title>
    <link href="https://escape.thingelstad.com/room/2026-03-26/jurassic-escape-room/" rel="alternate" type="text/html"/>
    <id>tag:escape.thingelstad.com,2026-03-26:reciuo9m2OZxXl4JT</id>
    <published>2026-03-26T00:00:00Z</published>
    <updated>2026-03-27T19:58:17.000Z</updated>
    <summary type="text">On March 26, 2026, Tammy, Jamie, and Tyler played Jurassic Escape Room at Golden Pop in Barcelona, Spain. The team escaped right at the buzzer.</summary>
    <category term="Escaped" label="Escaped"/>
    <category term="Spain" label="Spain"/>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[
      <p>On March 26, 2026, Tammy, Jamie, and Tyler played Jurassic Escape Room at Golden Pop in Barcelona, Spain. The team escaped right at the buzzer.</p>
      <p><img src="https://escape.thingelstad.com/images/rooms/team_reciuo9m2OZxXl4JT.jpg" alt="Jurassic Escape Room at Golden Pop" style="max-width:100%;height:auto;border-radius:8px;"></p>
      <p>The team rated this room <strong>4/5</strong> across 1 review.</p>
      <blockquote>
        <p>This is a cool room, but I found it confusing.  The puzzles were interesting, but figuring out what to do next was difficult.</p>

        <footer>— Tammy, 4/5</footer>
      </blockquote>
      <p><a href="https://escape.thingelstad.com/room/2026-03-26/jurassic-escape-room/">See photos, ratings, and room details &rarr;</a></p>
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    ]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>We escaped The Brewery at Enigmik</title>
    <link href="https://escape.thingelstad.com/room/2026-03-25/the-brewery/" rel="alternate" type="text/html"/>
    <id>tag:escape.thingelstad.com,2026-03-25:recWpSyu5BjABRk9T</id>
    <published>2026-03-25T00:00:00Z</published>
    <updated>2026-08-10T22:24:46.000Z</updated>
    <summary type="text">On March 25, 2026, Tammy, Jamie, Tyler, and Mazie played The Brewery at Enigmik in Barcelona, Spain. The team escaped with 4 minutes, 46 seconds left.</summary>
    <category term="Escaped" label="Escaped"/>
    <category term="Spain" label="Spain"/>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[
      <p>On March 25, 2026, Tammy, Jamie, Tyler, and Mazie played The Brewery at Enigmik in Barcelona, Spain. The team escaped with 4 minutes, 46 seconds left.</p>
      <p><img src="https://escape.thingelstad.com/images/rooms/team_recWpSyu5BjABRk9T.jpg" alt="The Brewery at Enigmik" style="max-width:100%;height:auto;border-radius:8px;"></p>
      <p>The team rated this room <strong>5/5</strong> across 3 reviews, with 2 “Best Things” votes.</p>
      <blockquote>
        <p>Loved this room! As the brew master I can say that this room really gave me the opportunity to perfect my craft and produce some wonderful hops! We progressed through the three stages of beer production to craft a 5 point beer, and we even got to enjoy a bottle at the end!</p>

        <footer>— Mazie, 5/5</footer>
      </blockquote>
      <blockquote>
        <p>Really fun room with very fun puzzles.  You get to make beer and it really feels like you are doing that.</p>

        <footer>— Tammy, 5/5</footer>
      </blockquote>
      <p><a href="https://escape.thingelstad.com/room/2026-03-25/the-brewery/">See photos, ratings, and room details &rarr;</a></p>
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    ]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>We escaped The Taxidermist at Deep Inside Paris</title>
    <link href="https://escape.thingelstad.com/room/2026-03-24/the-taxidermist/" rel="alternate" type="text/html"/>
    <id>tag:escape.thingelstad.com,2026-03-24:recjFTVzz57eYe9IE</id>
    <published>2026-03-24T00:00:00Z</published>
    <updated>2026-03-27T23:05:04.000Z</updated>
    <summary type="text">On March 24, 2026, Tammy, Jamie, and Tyler played The Taxidermist at Deep Inside Paris in Paris, France. The team escaped right at the buzzer.</summary>
    <category term="Escaped" label="Escaped"/>
    <category term="France" label="France"/>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[
      <p>On March 24, 2026, Tammy, Jamie, and Tyler played The Taxidermist at Deep Inside Paris in Paris, France. The team escaped right at the buzzer.</p>
      <p><img src="https://escape.thingelstad.com/images/rooms/team_recjFTVzz57eYe9IE.jpg" alt="The Taxidermist at Deep Inside Paris" style="max-width:100%;height:auto;border-radius:8px;"></p>
      <p>The team rated this room <strong>5/5</strong> across 2 reviews, with 2 “Best Things” votes.</p>
      <blockquote>
        <p>This is my new favorite room I've ever done. Everything about it was amazing. The experience when you show up and start is already completely immersive and in the story line. The rooms were perfectly executed. The music and lighting effects were exactly right. I love everything about it. Amazing!</p>

        <footer>— Jamie, 5/5</footer>
      </blockquote>
      <blockquote>
        <p>Amazing room…great story, great set, fun puzzles, fun interactions with characters and all around top experience.</p>

        <footer>— Tammy, 5/5</footer>
      </blockquote>
      <p><a href="https://escape.thingelstad.com/room/2026-03-24/the-taxidermist/">See photos, ratings, and room details &rarr;</a></p>
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    ]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>We completed Galactic Mission at Majestic Escape Game</title>
    <link href="https://escape.thingelstad.com/room/2026-03-23/galactic-mission/" rel="alternate" type="text/html"/>
    <id>tag:escape.thingelstad.com,2026-03-23:recrCIDLym8KGALiH</id>
    <published>2026-03-23T00:00:00Z</published>
    <updated>2026-03-27T23:05:12.000Z</updated>
    <summary type="text">On March 23, 2026, Tammy, Jamie, and Tyler played Galactic Mission at Majestic Escape Game in Paris, France. The team completed it after running 3 minutes over.</summary>
    <category term="Completed" label="Completed"/>
    <category term="France" label="France"/>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[
      <p>On March 23, 2026, Tammy, Jamie, and Tyler played Galactic Mission at Majestic Escape Game in Paris, France. The team completed it after running 3 minutes over.</p>
      <p><img src="https://escape.thingelstad.com/images/rooms/team_recrCIDLym8KGALiH.jpg" alt="Galactic Mission at Majestic Escape Game" style="max-width:100%;height:auto;border-radius:8px;"></p>
      <p>The team rated this room <strong>4/5</strong> across 2 reviews.</p>
      <blockquote>
        <p>This room had a lot of new game mechanics that we hadn't experienced before or not much. There wasn't a single traditional lock in the room. The technology was very well done including an iPad like device that you carried in the game, several interactive displays, and even systems to procure and move things around in the room (trying to not spoil anything). The design of the room was very immersive. I did find the room challenging and hard to grasp at times. I found myself not getting as committed to the storyline and I think it might have been because of the challenge connecting to the puzzles.</p>

        <footer>— Jamie, 4/5</footer>
      </blockquote>
      <blockquote>
        <p>It was a fun and different room with impressive technology and set.  For some reason, I didn’t enjoy it as much as I’ve enjoyed other top tier rooms, but it’s a great room.</p>

        <footer>— Tammy, 4/5</footer>
      </blockquote>
      <p><a href="https://escape.thingelstad.com/room/2026-03-23/galactic-mission/">See photos, ratings, and room details &rarr;</a></p>
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    ]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>We escaped Revolt At The Lock at Lock Academy</title>
    <link href="https://escape.thingelstad.com/room/2026-03-20/revolt-at-the-lock/" rel="alternate" type="text/html"/>
    <id>tag:escape.thingelstad.com,2026-03-20:rec0tsuiSuEyxaXMX</id>
    <published>2026-03-20T00:00:00Z</published>
    <updated>2026-03-26T22:11:21.000Z</updated>
    <summary type="text">On March 20, 2026, Tammy, Jamie, Tyler, and Mazie played Revolt At The Lock at Lock Academy in Paris, France. The team escaped with 2 minutes, 41 seconds left.</summary>
    <category term="Escaped" label="Escaped"/>
    <category term="France" label="France"/>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[
      <p>On March 20, 2026, Tammy, Jamie, Tyler, and Mazie played Revolt At The Lock at Lock Academy in Paris, France. The team escaped with 2 minutes, 41 seconds left.</p>
      <p><img src="https://escape.thingelstad.com/images/rooms/team_rec0tsuiSuEyxaXMX.jpg" alt="Revolt At The Lock at Lock Academy" style="max-width:100%;height:auto;border-radius:8px;"></p>
      <p>The team rated this room <strong>3/5</strong> across 3 reviews.</p>
      <blockquote>
        <p>Good escape room and story. We escaped and had fun solving the puzzles. My main critique though is the puzzles had too many repetitions. Either direct repetitions or similar puzzles from room to room. Our game master was funny and did a great job guiding us.</p>

        <footer>— Jamie, 3/5</footer>
      </blockquote>
      <blockquote>
        <p>This room was fine, but not outstanding in any way. The best parts of the room were interacting with our game master first on the phone, second as a delivery driver and third as the AI assistant.  This room is older and while it had some interesting puzzles, some elements were too repetitive.</p>

        <footer>— Tammy, 3/5</footer>
      </blockquote>
      <blockquote>
        <p>Liked the overall gameplay and flow, but felt that it was lacking in terms of puzzles. It felt more like a creatively designed guided experience with a few puzzles thrown in. Don’t get me wrong though- it was impressively designed and a fun time!</p>

        <footer>— Mazie, 3/5</footer>
      </blockquote>
      <p><a href="https://escape.thingelstad.com/room/2026-03-20/revolt-at-the-lock/">See photos, ratings, and room details &rarr;</a></p>
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    ]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>We completed Zoltar Speaks at The Escape Cafe</title>
    <link href="https://escape.thingelstad.com/room/2026-03-19/zoltar-speaks/" rel="alternate" type="text/html"/>
    <id>tag:escape.thingelstad.com,2026-03-19:recrQ7mSj8HrOoZJS</id>
    <published>2026-03-19T00:00:00Z</published>
    <updated>2026-03-27T22:32:19.000Z</updated>
    <summary type="text">On March 19, 2026, Tammy, Jamie, and Tyler played Zoltar Speaks at The Escape Cafe in Hilversum, Netherlands. The team completed it after running 8 minutes over.</summary>
    <category term="Completed" label="Completed"/>
    <category term="Netherlands" label="Netherlands"/>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[
      <p>On March 19, 2026, Tammy, Jamie, and Tyler played Zoltar Speaks at The Escape Cafe in Hilversum, Netherlands. The team completed it after running 8 minutes over.</p>
      <p><img src="https://escape.thingelstad.com/images/rooms/team_recrQ7mSj8HrOoZJS.png" alt="Zoltar Speaks at The Escape Cafe" style="max-width:100%;height:auto;border-radius:8px;"></p>
      <p>The team rated this room <strong>4/5</strong> across 1 review.</p>
      <blockquote>
        <p>Immersive experience with a lot of different rooms and missions. There were multiple times puzzles inside the room which was is not common. The space and atmosphere is so complete that it is very easy to get completely into the experience and the story.</p>

        <footer>— Jamie, 4/5</footer>
      </blockquote>
      <p><a href="https://escape.thingelstad.com/room/2026-03-19/zoltar-speaks/">See photos, ratings, and room details &rarr;</a></p>
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    ]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>We escaped The Alchemist at Sherlocked</title>
    <link href="https://escape.thingelstad.com/room/2026-03-19/the-alchemist/" rel="alternate" type="text/html"/>
    <id>tag:escape.thingelstad.com,2026-03-19:rec4zecfSJ1FznQMB</id>
    <published>2026-03-19T00:00:00Z</published>
    <updated>2026-03-27T22:32:18.000Z</updated>
    <summary type="text">On March 19, 2026, Jamie, Tammy, and Tyler played The Alchemist at Sherlocked in Amsterdam, Netherlands. The team escaped with 12 minutes, 15 seconds left.</summary>
    <category term="Escaped" label="Escaped"/>
    <category term="Netherlands" label="Netherlands"/>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[
      <p>On March 19, 2026, Jamie, Tammy, and Tyler played The Alchemist at Sherlocked in Amsterdam, Netherlands. The team escaped with 12 minutes, 15 seconds left.</p>
      <p><img src="https://escape.thingelstad.com/images/rooms/team_rec4zecfSJ1FznQMB.jpg" alt="The Alchemist at Sherlocked" style="max-width:100%;height:auto;border-radius:8px;"></p>
      <p><a href="https://escape.thingelstad.com/room/2026-03-19/the-alchemist/">See photos, ratings, and room details &rarr;</a></p>
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    ]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>We completed Botanist Manor at Escape Rush</title>
    <link href="https://escape.thingelstad.com/room/2026-03-18/botanist-manor/" rel="alternate" type="text/html"/>
    <id>tag:escape.thingelstad.com,2026-03-18:reca6bIeAIt6OxCx3</id>
    <published>2026-03-18T00:00:00Z</published>
    <updated>2026-03-27T22:32:18.000Z</updated>
    <summary type="text">On March 18, 2026, Tammy, Jamie, and Tyler played Botanist Manor at Escape Rush in Brussels, Belgium. The team completed it after running 30 minutes over.</summary>
    <category term="Completed" label="Completed"/>
    <category term="Belgium" label="Belgium"/>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[
      <p>On March 18, 2026, Tammy, Jamie, and Tyler played Botanist Manor at Escape Rush in Brussels, Belgium. The team completed it after running 30 minutes over.</p>
      <p><img src="https://escape.thingelstad.com/images/rooms/team_reca6bIeAIt6OxCx3.jpg" alt="Botanist Manor at Escape Rush" style="max-width:100%;height:auto;border-radius:8px;"></p>
      <p><a href="https://escape.thingelstad.com/room/2026-03-18/botanist-manor/">See photos, ratings, and room details &rarr;</a></p>
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    ]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>We escaped The Midnight Express at Escape World</title>
    <link href="https://escape.thingelstad.com/room/2026-03-17/the-midnight-express/" rel="alternate" type="text/html"/>
    <id>tag:escape.thingelstad.com,2026-03-17:recFsAH2073sxvJvL</id>
    <published>2026-03-17T00:00:00Z</published>
    <updated>2026-03-25T09:04:05.000Z</updated>
    <summary type="text">On March 17, 2026, Jamie, Tammy, and Tyler played The Midnight Express at Escape World in Utrecht, Netherlands. The team escaped with 1 minute, 15 seconds left.</summary>
    <category term="Escaped" label="Escaped"/>
    <category term="Netherlands" label="Netherlands"/>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[
      <p>On March 17, 2026, Jamie, Tammy, and Tyler played The Midnight Express at Escape World in Utrecht, Netherlands. The team escaped with 1 minute, 15 seconds left.</p>
      <p><img src="https://escape.thingelstad.com/images/rooms/team_recFsAH2073sxvJvL.jpg" alt="The Midnight Express at Escape World" style="max-width:100%;height:auto;border-radius:8px;"></p>
      <p><em>Unplanned second visit after we enjoyed the first room so much. </em></p>
      <p>The team rated this room <strong>5/5</strong> across 1 review.</p>
      <blockquote>
        <p>Train themes work really well in escape rooms and this one was top notch. Difficult puzzles and multiple rooms with very immersive puzzles. The time keeping and clue system was also very well designed.</p>

        <footer>— Jamie, 5/5</footer>
      </blockquote>
      <p><a href="https://escape.thingelstad.com/room/2026-03-17/the-midnight-express/">See photos, ratings, and room details &rarr;</a></p>
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    ]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>We escaped The Vanishing Act at Escape World</title>
    <link href="https://escape.thingelstad.com/room/2026-03-17/the-vanishing-act/" rel="alternate" type="text/html"/>
    <id>tag:escape.thingelstad.com,2026-03-17:rec33iDver9l2s39y</id>
    <published>2026-03-17T00:00:00Z</published>
    <updated>2026-03-25T08:57:40.000Z</updated>
    <summary type="text">On March 17, 2026, Jamie, Tammy, and Tyler played The Vanishing Act at Escape World in Utrecht, Netherlands. The team escaped with 12 seconds left.</summary>
    <category term="Escaped" label="Escaped"/>
    <category term="Netherlands" label="Netherlands"/>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[
      <p>On March 17, 2026, Jamie, Tammy, and Tyler played The Vanishing Act at Escape World in Utrecht, Netherlands. The team escaped with 12 seconds left.</p>
      <p><img src="https://escape.thingelstad.com/images/rooms/team_rec33iDver9l2s39y.jpg" alt="The Vanishing Act at Escape World" style="max-width:100%;height:auto;border-radius:8px;"></p>
      <p>The team rated this room <strong>5/5</strong> across 2 reviews, with 2 “Best Things” votes.</p>
      <blockquote>
        <p>The perfect escape room.  60 minute experience, great puzzles, immersive set, a fun “perfect” surprise and just an all around excellent room.  It uses the parameters of a traditional escape room and knocks each element out of the park.</p>

        <footer>— Tammy, 5/5</footer>
      </blockquote>
      <blockquote>
        <p>This room was simply amazing. There were multiple rooms and it felt like we got off to a slow start. The first room was harder than expected. We got rolling after that. This room featured one of the coolest “wow” moments of any room we’ve done. The final room was full of fun and very unique puzzles.</p>
<p>This room brought incredible theatrics and immersive experience and didn’t forego any of the puzzle aspects</p>

        <footer>— Jamie, 5/5</footer>
      </blockquote>
      <p><a href="https://escape.thingelstad.com/room/2026-03-17/the-vanishing-act/">See photos, ratings, and room details &rarr;</a></p>
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    ]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>We completed Molly&#39;s Game at Untold Stories Experiences</title>
    <link href="https://escape.thingelstad.com/room/2026-03-16/mollys-game/" rel="alternate" type="text/html"/>
    <id>tag:escape.thingelstad.com,2026-03-16:receASqfgMtmqSEHZ</id>
    <published>2026-03-16T00:00:00Z</published>
    <updated>2026-03-27T22:32:18.000Z</updated>
    <summary type="text">On March 16, 2026, Jamie, Tammy, and Tyler played Molly&#39;s Game at Untold Stories Experiences in Voorburg, Netherlands. The team completed it after running 30 minutes over.</summary>
    <category term="Completed" label="Completed"/>
    <category term="Netherlands" label="Netherlands"/>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[
      <p>On March 16, 2026, Jamie, Tammy, and Tyler played Molly&#39;s Game at Untold Stories Experiences in Voorburg, Netherlands. The team completed it after running 30 minutes over.</p>
      <p><img src="https://escape.thingelstad.com/images/rooms/team_receASqfgMtmqSEHZ.jpg" alt="Molly&#39;s Game at Untold Stories Experiences" style="max-width:100%;height:auto;border-radius:8px;"></p>
      <blockquote><p>Amazing and completely immersive experience!</p>
</blockquote>
      <p><em>Super tired and jet lagged from travel. Think that hit us toward the end of the room.</em></p>
      <p>The team rated this room <strong>5/5</strong> across 3 reviews, with 3 “Best Things” votes.</p>
      <blockquote>
        <p>It’s a little hard to rate this room because we were both jet lagged and sleep deprived, but no matter how you feel going in there is no debating that this is a top room experience.  There is a cohesive story with an almost endless number of rooms, straight forward puzzle work (that we maybe found more challenging due to our mental state), immersive set and impressive finale.</p>
<p>This room was similar to Magnico in Laval, Canada, but instead of immersive, live theater with escape room elements, it was a straight up escape room.  My enjoyment of playing the room didn’t match the excellence of the room.  While the whole time I was very impressed and thought the scene and set were amazing, I wasn’t as engaged as would be expected.  I chalk it up to my tired and jet lagged self, but there is no way to know for sure.  No matter, I am very happy to have experienced the room.</p>
<p>If you live in or around Amsterdam or are in the area, I would 100% recommend checking out this room.  From start to finish it is a remarkable accomplishment.</p>

        <footer>— Tammy, 5/5</footer>
      </blockquote>
      <blockquote>
        <p>I think this escape room can take my number one spot. It is fully an escape room but it has so many different rooms and stories. No room was the same as the other but they all worked together seamlessly. They did keep the spooky and secretive vibe that the escape room had but at no point was it ever truly terrifying. My only issue with the room was some of the puzzles were too easy and felt like something to just get to the next puzzle and they did have a tasting puzzle which feels too subjective and took awhile. Another positive and negative was that most rooms where quite short which made you have to go into some many different rooms but it always kept your surrounding new and allowed for there to be more content. Overall I think it all works super well together and the mechanics are amazing with how rooms move and flip. There is never a dull moment.</p>

        <footer>— Tyler, 5/5</footer>
      </blockquote>
      <blockquote>
        <p>Impressive room and extremely immersive, including a couple of times where we were genuinely confused how they configured the rooms to do what it did. Consistently dark room with cool effects. Creepy for sure but not too scary. We were tired from travel and it took more hints than would have liked but it was super cool to finish the room and very nice of the game master to let us run long.</p>

        <footer>— Jamie, 5/5</footer>
      </blockquote>
      <p><a href="https://escape.thingelstad.com/room/2026-03-16/mollys-game/">See photos, ratings, and room details &rarr;</a></p>
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    ]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>We escaped The Founder&#39;s Secret at The Lodge of Lazarus Crowe</title>
    <link href="https://escape.thingelstad.com/room/2026-02-22/the-founders-secret/" rel="alternate" type="text/html"/>
    <id>tag:escape.thingelstad.com,2026-02-22:recjd6IKGMey6IF9M</id>
    <published>2026-02-22T00:00:00Z</published>
    <updated>2026-03-27T22:09:45.000Z</updated>
    <summary type="text">On February 22, 2026, Jamie, Tammy, and Tyler played The Founder&#39;s Secret at The Lodge of Lazarus Crowe in St. Paul, Minnesota, United States. The team escaped with 10 minutes left.</summary>
    <category term="Escaped" label="Escaped"/>
    <category term="United States" label="United States"/>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[
      <p>On February 22, 2026, Jamie, Tammy, and Tyler played The Founder&#39;s Secret at The Lodge of Lazarus Crowe in St. Paul, Minnesota, United States. The team escaped with 10 minutes left.</p>
      <p><img src="https://escape.thingelstad.com/images/rooms/team_recjd6IKGMey6IF9M.jpg" alt="The Founder&#39;s Secret at The Lodge of Lazarus Crowe" style="max-width:100%;height:auto;border-radius:8px;"></p>
      <p><a href="https://escape.thingelstad.com/room/2026-02-22/the-founders-secret/">See photos, ratings, and room details &rarr;</a></p>
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    ]]></content>
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