The Great Escape of La Crosse — Attraction in La Crosse

It was our 2nd escape room. We were out celebrating my birthday. As usual, the staff is super friendly and entertaining. The directions given before hand are necessary but take way too long. The rooms are very challenging and it is so much fun!!! This time around it was not as great of an experience , however. There were a couple of things that were either not set up correctly or wouldn't work properly even though we had the right code. They tried to make up for it by having us skip that obstacle and then added 5 minutes onto our time, but I feel that was insuffiecient. We spent more than 5 min looking for an object that was supposed to be there, but wasnt. It was the most difficult room and I feel like there was a good chance we would have run out of time anyway, but don't feel like we had a good chance at it. They did let us finish and get our way out of the room after the timer was up, so that was nice that we could actually complete it. Either way, we had a lot of fun and we will likely return some other day to try our luck again at a different room. Just hope everything is set up correctly next time. I would recommend the Great Escape to anyone...

We visited the Great Escape of La Crosse for the first time on Nov. 14th for our son’s 12th birthday. I visited the Web site and thought it was super informative and helped me pick the best room for us to try on a first visit with our kids. I called ahead of time to find out if there was any way they could accommodate our daughter in her wheelchair. Even though the room only held 4 people, and our daughter would be #5, they were so kind and said to definitely bring her along. They said they would help get her up the front steps and allow her to be in the room with us at no charge. It’s so rare to find businesses that not only offer activities that work for our family, but actually welcome our daughter and offer to help ensure she can take part. Izzy was awesome at providing hints at just the right times, and was so sweet to our whole family. We’ll...

My wife and I and four friends came and had a blast. The rooms are themed (in our case, we attempted to rob a bank). While playing, they dedicate one staffer to watch you on CCTV to provide nudges in the right direction, which is a great way to keep your group having fun and making progress.

While the puzzles are obviously contrived (this bank was clearly less interested in protecting their money than entertaining their clientele), none of them were exceptionally out of place, and they almost all had answers that felt like they made sense.

My wife is not one who enjoys puzzles or thinking, and felt like she didn't do anything, but she also had a great time and wants to go back.

Great place, great experience, and the staff was always polite...