Hi everyone
In October of 2024, on our weekend away to the Gold Coast,
we checked out a total of 7 escape rooms. Our fifth, sixth and seventh rooms were Moonstone, Knights Templar and Flaming Pearl at Eclipse.
Here is what we thought:
Moonstone Review – Room 316
We really enjoyed Moonstone. We have played many (many) magic-themed
rooms to date – they are always a popular choice with our daughters. I thought
Moonstone was one of the better magic-themed rooms.
I enjoyed the quality of the set and the props throughout.
There were some really nice puzzles and puzzle elements, with a really good
mix. I think the strongest element of Moonstone was the puzzles (which is where
I think many other magic-themed rooms fall down). I would describe Moonstone as
being about a medium level of difficulty – we escaped with plenty of time and
our girls led the way for the most part.
Knights Templar – Room 317
Knights Templar was another strong room. The initial set was
quite simple and straight forward, with players beginning in an internet café. Whilst
the set quality improved throughout the experience, I think this was probably
the least impressive set of the 3 rooms that we played at Eclipse.
We enjoyed the puzzles in Knights Templar, as did our
daughters. They were varied and all challenging. We did get stuck at the end
because we had solved everything but just didn’t know where we were supposed to
place the final item (and perhaps more cues in the room for this would not
hurt). This was a fun room but probably my least favourite of the 3 rooms that
we played at Eclipse.
Flaming Pearl – Room 318
Flaming Pearl was an awesome room (and in fact, it was our
favourite room of the trip). Flaming Pearl is their newest room and had only
been open for a few days when we played.
It is a very pretty room with so much to take in. Flaming
Pearl has a really cool mechanic where players have a (large) number of puzzles
to solve, but there is a central board which shows their progress. There are
puzzles (and puzzle elements) everywhere! The room is non-linear for the most
part, so we divided and conquered (especially in the first 15-20 minutes). We
then regrouped and worked together on the puzzles for the rest of the
experience.
The puzzles and room flow are the standouts at Flaming
Pearl. The puzzles were all incredibly varied – there were so many different
puzzle types (which we all loved). They were challenging and really satisfying to
solve. There is a lot of hidden tech in this room, which was all flawlessly
concealed.
We absolutely loved this room and it was our favourite on
the Gold Coast by some margin. Our GM (and the owner) Kerri is very
enthusiastic about escape rooms and it was lovely chatting with her before, in
between and after we escaped from her rooms. By far my favourite ER company on
the Gold Coast.
Where:
Level 1, Chevron Renaissance Shopping Centre, Surfers
Paradise
Duration:
60
minutes
Themes:
5
themes
Price:
$45
per person (for a team of 4) (children cheaper)
Overall Rating: Flaming Pearl was our favourite room on the Gold
Coast!
More details: https://eclipseescape.com.au/
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