insideKENT Magazine Issue 73 - April 2018 | Page 47

ESCAPE KENT
INTRIGUE, ADVENTURE, INTELLECT, A TOUCH OF PANIC AND GOOD
OL’ FASHIONED FUN – THAT SUMS UP THE CHALLENGING CRYSTAL MAZE-
ESQUE ESCAPE ROOMS AT ESCAPE KENT IN CANTERBURY. BY DONNA MARTIN
This may be the first (and quite possibly the
last) time I write a feature in which I’m not
allowed to share details about my experience.
Spoilers are a no-no when it comes to escape
rooms, so particulars will be kept to a bare
minimum. But trust me, you don’t want to
know. Stepping into an escape room without
the faintest idea about what’s around the
corner makes it all the more exciting.
Escape Kent currently has three different
escape room experiences, with a fourth on
the way. Their flagship room, Kidnapped, will
have you racing for your life as you find
yourself in the dark, dreary basement of ‘The
Butcher’, one of Texas’s most renowned serial
killers. Will you solve all the puzzles and escape
before he returns?
If creepy basements are too close to home for
your taste, how about a space mission to find
a new planet to colonise? In Alien Attack, extra
terrestrials find out about your research and
in angry retaliation, have built a missile in
order to destroy Earth. It’s your job to disarm
the missile before it’s too late.
Escape Kent’s newest installation, Pirates of
the Stormy Seas, is the room the insideKENT
team had the pleasure of escaping. Our goal:
to climb aboard the famous ship known as
‘The Dark Soul’ and find the coveted Black
Diamond. We had to work our way through
the room finding clues and solving puzzles,
while the looming 60-minute countdown
glared at us on the in-room screen, making
things genuinely tense!
Teamwork and constant communication are
absolutely necessary, and be prepared to leave
with brain-ache from all that thinkin’. Being
trapped in an escape room is an incredible
workout for your mind, and makes you truly
think outside the box.
I’m proud to say we found the Black Diamond
with time to spare, but only because of the
helpful hints we received when the Escape
Room staff saw that we were stumped (yes,
they’re watching). These clues were invaluable
and came at just the right time before we
started attacking each other out of frustration.
I can see why people become escape room
addicts; it’s the perfect blend of fun, adrenaline
and wits – not many local activities can offer
you that.
Escape Kent is currently working on a fourth
(and from what we hear, the best) escape
room: The Haunting. In this room, you must
find a pendant that’s possessed by a demonic
spirit, which caused a man to murder his
children and wife, whose spirits are now
trapped in the house. If you don’t find it by
sunrise, you too will be massacred at the hands
of the pendant’s owner. Are you up for the
challenge?
Prices start from just £15 per person, and
sessions are held between 10am–10pm (check
website for details).
www.escapekent.com
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