Wild Goose Escape Rooms - Huntington Beach

My fiancé and I escaped the Zodiac Killer with 57 seconds to spare! Vincente was an excellent game master. Highly recommend!

Escape the Zodiac Killer was the best escape room ever! Gage, our wild Goose host was amazing. He added drama and intrigue to our experience. Have been to a number of Escape Room adventures; however, this one was absolutely the best one ever! Don't miss it!

This is the second game our duo has played at this location, and boy, did we make the right choice! The room is a little more expensive than our previous game, but it was the holidays, and we knew from playing “Prison Escape Block D” (previously reviewed) a while back, that we would get a great deal regardless, and so it was that we ended the year with a blast – in “Vegas”!

Once we parked in the spacious parking lot and entered Wild Goose Escapes, we saw that there was not much that had changed since our last game: the clean and spacious lobby showcased their merch – tee-shirts and memorabilia pins (very cool!) - and piped music kept our toes tapping before we were shown the introductory video. This was the first time we watched their introductory video, and we thought it was very professionally done. We especially applauded the fact that the video addressed our main concern every time we played a game everywhere: that gamemaster may be working two rooms at once. It is really encouraging to think that businesses actually read our reviews and take steps to let customers know it in practical ways, especially since there was another group playing a different room as we were getting in. Happily, there were also two game hosts on site, with two groups playing, so we knew we would have the undivided attention of our gamemaster!

“What Happened in Vegas? ” is party-themed, and perfect to celebrate the year-end (or year-start). The restrooms are right next door to our room, as well, and, even though we did not use them this time, it was nice that they were right there.

The game story is typical of a letting loose cautionary tale in Sin City: we wake up in a strange Vegas hotel room with no memory of what happened the previous night but realize we need to be at the airport in an hour to make our flight, except we have to find our wallet, car keys, passport and tickets before we leave the room!

The room’s layout was very much in-theme: it had everything you expect from a crazy night in Vegas and more. You must see it to believe it – the sounds and lights, and TV added to ambience and distraction. Our jaws dropped the minute the door opened.

The puzzles were physical, in that you need to use your hands and feet, as well as your brain, but they were not physically strenuous. It's like you wake up groggy but must walk a straight line, so it helps to concentrate fully on each puzzle as you are working them. At first glance it felt like there were oh-so-many puzzles to be solved, how would we ever do it, but on looking back, it may have just been that two puzzles had to be solved for each item to be recovered – but don’t take our word for it … There was a good mix of traditional locks and high-tech releases, but no keys; and a lot of teasers but no red herrings: everything that could be moved was used

“What Happened in Vegas? ” is one of the more family-friendly NY Eve party escapes we've done and our gamemaster Elaine was fan.tas.tic. Before showing us our room, we told her we really wanted to see the whole room, so if she could make sure we were on track as far as our time, it would be really appreciated, and it really helped that there are unlimited clues given, too. Not only did she make sure we got out on time, she kept us on track so we got out at 59: 50! That took skill! It was such an exciting finish. She was game when we asked to include the "Congrats - Made It Out" screen in our picture, it was fun, as ever, to also pose with props. We loved that our time completed was included in the Escape Games Global log she e-mailed us immediately after the game. When you consider that it takes a five-hour drive to get to The Strip, we are thrilled we found this alternative to actually going to Las Vegas for the holidays. We now have four hours left to do … other things!

This review has been duplicated on Yelp - along with Part 1.

Went here with my cousins for a little cousins night and it was so much freaking fun for our first time! Nancy was the best and she made our experience so fun from beginning lol to end. We've never done an escape room before and stupidly started with their hardest room but we still managed to escape with a little over 3 minutes to spare The horror theme of the room really helped keep us on edge the entire time because we were so freaked out about what would happen if we didn't escape on time. I also really liked how compared to other places we searched, this one was an hour long as opposed to 45 minutes. It really was an exciting experience for us. So exciting that Nancy convinced us to do the Zodiac room right after and that was a different type of thrill. Both rooms so freaking fun and so different. I would definitely do these again. My cousins and I are even planning on throwing our parents into one of their escape rooms to see if they'd be able to make it out Cant wait until next time!

Really fun game room! We did the Vegas one it was non linear and puzzles were fun. Gabe was a great game master his energy made the experience more fun!

Gage started us off right. Everyone in our group was new to escape rooms and didn’t have a clue what to expect. Ages 13-49 we entered with no clue what to expect. The puzzles were excellent and when help was needed it was very clear. When we escaped Gage also took his time to share much more of what the escape rooms they have to offer. I highly recommend Gage and this escape room

Went for my birthday and we did the Vegas one. The room was super well design and super fun to try and figure it out. Can't wait to go back again!

Shout out to the game master Elaine for carrying our 3 brain cells team we really need a lot of hints.

Loved zodiac killer experience! Absolutely adorable and fun host to make it even better. Would totally go back to do the other rooms!

We had the best time today at Wild Goose Escape Room! I took a group of co workers there and Nancy took such good care of us! This is my second time at this location and we love it, the Vegas room was awesome

Thank you Vincente for being such an awesome game master! He made the room very enjoyable and was super nice:)

Sooo much fun. We had 3 generations play the Zodiac Killer! Great game, love hostess Nancy. She was amazing, informative, fun!

Wild Goose Escape Rooms has been a blast every time I’ve visited! I’ve done all of their escape rooms except for one so far. My husband was the one to find them and we tried their Zodiac Killer room for our first visit. Honestly it was a lot funner than I thought it would be, they really get you to think outside the box with some of their riddles. The second, third and fourth time we visited was with my sister and her husband. We completed the Prison Escape, Secrets of Shadow Point and Zombie Apocalypse rooms! All were very fun experiences for us. I’d say the Secrets of Shadow point and Zombie Apocalypse were the most difficult. But I think we got through all of them.

The workers there are pretty good depending on who you get. The only reason for four stars is for our Secrets of shadow point, the woman acting as our “guide” took a picture of our group as they always do at the end. She took two pictures and for one of them my husbands eyes were closed. We asked her to send the one where he had his eyes open and she assured she would. Of course, she sent the wrong one. And when we called to ask for the right picture they said they would “look into it” and send us the good one. We never got it. It’s unfortunate because we had such a good time there and liked having the picture for memories.

They charge $42 per person for the escape rooms, I’m not sure if that’s a standard price for other escape rooms. But we didn’t mind it too much. If you sign up for their email list you’ll get notifications when they’re on sale so you can take advantage of going at a discounted rate. 4 stars for a fun experience!

Loved the Vegas room! The nonlinear puzzles allowed my entire group to be involved simultaneously. Gage was an excellent game master. Would recommend!

Had such a fun time doing the What Happened In Vegas room! This was my fourth time here, and all of the games I’ve done so far just keep getting better and better. It was well decorated, had fun puzzles, and there were lots of hilarious surprises along the way. Our game master, Jarrod, was also incredibly helpful, fun, and friendly. I can’t wait to come back for more rooms!

Tried out the new Elvis/Vegas themed room and had a great experience! Really cool room and our game master Nancy was more than helpful and very accommodating with us, would highly recommend her to be your game master!

Great escape room! We did the zodiac killer and decided do do SASHA too. Zodiac has great puzzles and is pretty damn spooky. Game master Matt did a great job giving cryptic hints only as needed. Totally recommend!

Our 1st escape room and we did the “ Vegas “ room, we had a terrific time. Our game master Jenna was very sweet and knowledgeable, explained everything with ease, Thank you Jenna.