In October of 2024, my wife had a work conference on the Gold Coast, so we
decided to take our girls up for a few days. Whilst there, we managed to check
out a total of 7 escape rooms. The first room was Wild West Saloon at Fox in a
Box. I had previously played some rooms
at Fox in a Box in Brisbane, so I had a pretty good idea of what to expect (as
far as room/puzzle quality was concerned).
This time, we were a team of 6. I had been telling my Dad
for years about escape rooms and I finally managed to bring he and his wife
along to see what it was all about (together with my wife and girls).
Wild West Saloon was my 312th escape room to
date. Here is what I thought:
- I
would describe Wild West Saloon as a pretty simple, family-friendly room
(no dark areas and no jump scares of any kind);
- the
puzzles were all straight forward (with the exception of one, which was a
little illogical for my taste), but overall they were reasonably good;
- there
was some nice, albeit simple, theming in the room. There was no amazing
floor or ceiling treatments, but the props made sense in the space; and
- the
puzzles were all fun to solve. We
divided and conquered, with my girls solving several puzzles by
themselves. There was also a good mix of hunt and seek fun, together with
some low and higher-tech puzzles.
Wild West Saloon was a straight-forward, family-friendly
room. There were no wow moments, but the puzzles were all largely good and the
theming was also reasonably good. My family had played an amazing wild west
themed- room in Paris together earlier in the year, and that room easily
outshone this Fox in a Box room. I would also describe Wild West Saloon as
being on the easier side (we escaped with plenty of time to spare, even though
we weren’t rushing). Of the 7 rooms we played on the Gold Coast, this was about
middle of the pack.
Where:
Level 1, 3173 Surfers Paradise Blvd, Surfers Paradise
Duration: 60
minutes
Themes:
8 themes
Price:
$42
per person (team of 6)
Overall Rating: A reasonably good family-friendly
room
More details: https://www.foxinaboxgoldcoast.com/
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