November 4, 2020

Escape Hour quest rooms popular among tourists

Due to the covid-19 pandemic, most people in Edmonton and Calgary have spent the last seven months largely confined to their homes with their families. Many are getting bored, and are interested in finding entertainment options which are safe. Many of popular entertainment options like watching movies, games are risky, because the viewers will spend time with strangers who may be infected in air-conditioned rooms. Hence playing the escape games at Escape Hour escape rooms is one of the safest and most entertaining options available for those who enjoy playing video games, and would like to be a part of their own reality show.

In the escape game, the team is allowed sixty minutes to find clues, solve puzzles and use other information available to exit the locker room. One of the main reasons why people who wish to play escape games prefer escape hour is because all the bookings are private. The person making the booking can choose the family members, friends who will play the game with him. This ensures that the person playing the game , does not have to spend time with strangers who he may not like. During the covid-19 pandemic, this becomes even more important, since the chances of getting infected by a stranger are eliminated.

For the safety of all those who wish to play escape games, Escape Hour ensures that all the briefing before the game and after the escape game are private. Each quest room is sanitized to conform to the healthy safety standards after each game, and physical distancing norms are also maintained. All staff and players have to wear masks. The gamemaster who provides information about the rules and the game, is monitoring the game using camera.

Escape Hour has escape rooms in Edmonton and Calgary, which are some of the largest cities in Canada, and offers a wide variety of games like Bank Heist, Matrix, Senators Quest, Five lives and Five elements based on different themes. These games are also rated on the basis of complexity, to make it easier for teams to make a choice based on their interests and experience in playing escape games. The escape room in Edmonton is the largest escape room in the city, and is conveniently located at the third floor of the City Centre mall. In addition to the local residents the Escape room is also extremely popular among visitors to Edmonton. In 2020, Escape Hour, Edmonton has been rated as the top tourist attraction in the city in the fun and games category by Tripadvisor.