11th Hour Escape — Attraction in Plano

Wife and I had one of our nephews for a weekend, and he's a Stranger Things fan. She found 11th hour, and the Upside-down escape room was the perfect game for him. It was us, another uncle, and the nephew (3 adults, 1 tween). We chose 50% difficulty, and it was a good challenge.

The puzzles are creative and fun. You can "divide and conquer", having multiple folks looking for clues, working on separate puzzles at once, etc.

We paired off, and had a blast solving puzzles together, which really brought us closer together and respecting each others insight on things. Eventually we came together towards mid-to-end game to solve the remaining puzzles as a whole team, and we were high-five'ing and really ecstatic when someone in our group would have an "a-HA!" moment. Things made sense when you solved them, the clues made sense, the story flowed, and when things started happening in the room ... it was super-immersive!

So, another weekend shows up, and we have another nephew. Decided to do an escape room again, but made the mistake of trying another escape room company first. That other company's experience was awful. So bad that we felt it wasn't fair to the 2nd nephew to leave him hanging with a bad escape room experience. We knew we had a great experience with 11th Hour last time, so we checked their schedule, and booked Fallout for later that same day.

We get to Fallout, and, once again, the room was great. We were a bit tired and frazzled from the lackluster escape room earlier in the day, but our clue master was there for us giving great clues and "reading the room" to help us when we needed it. We almost made it out, but the ending was too devious for us. But, we had a blast the whole time. Once again, we could "divide and conquer", which meant everyone had things to do instead of a few standing around watching others have fun solving stuff. And, again, the puzzles were tricky, but you really got that excitement when you had that "a-HA!" moment solving them.

We've been to various escape room companies, and 11th Hour ranks high on our list after the positive experiences we've had. I definitely...

Rating: 6/10

Difficulty: 10/10

Coolness: 8/10

Sketchy remote location. Darkly lit office space out of the way. Came early but got a rude welcome. Despite the surroundings they didn’t let us in (we were early) because they don’t open the doors until 15 min before the game. Not friendly if traveling on girls night out. Not close to dining options. Game master were not too friendly at first.

They have this and one location in Austin. They only have one escape room but offer the unique offer of customizing your difficulty. Naturally we choose the expert setting with only 10% escape rate.. Very cool concept Waiting room very industrial but restroom needs work. Not female friendly

Fallout shelter Storyline: Are you there… over. Please respond… over.

It’s the end of the world. And you find yourself locked in a fallout shelter. There are plenty of supplies to last you and your group awhile. But that’s where the good news ends. You discover a problem with the oxygen supply and realize you must escape the shelter in 60 minutes. Luckily there are clues to help you make it out before you and your group are…over. Recommended for ages 10 and up.

Phones placed in small container but kept in room with us. First impression-wow. Aesthetically they nailed it. Looks like a fallout shelter. Very scarce clues. Nothing too high tech or not seen in other rooms. Environment got a little too warm.

Ended up using all three clues but we again had no control over which hint to ask. They provided very cryptic. We ended up asking for 2 additional clues for added time of 6 minutes total. We completed and got out with time to spare but our end time was 61:32 with penalty time added. This was expert level but was very frustrating. We made some rookie mistakes. The two guys doing the room with us were equally frustrated and didn’t like the room.

Kids would love this room. Plenty of space. Hard room but not better than other options in Dallas like Escape HQ, Escape this or Panic room. Look forward to seeing their other room...

We Didn't Wait Until the 11th Hour to Give This Place a Try!

This is a smaller, local establishment and, like others have said, it is in a business park off-the-beaten-path. Don't let that deter you though, because this was worth the journey. We took on the Strangest Things room. The decorations were sparse but there was no doubt that we were in a scene from the show. If you are all about the visuals of the room then you may be a tad disappointed but if you love the show and let yourself go, you will quickly find yourself really enjoying the space.

The group opted to go for the 25% level, otherwise known as hard, and were informed that 3 in 4 groups do not complete the room at this level. Once we got in and started on the puzzles I thought for sure we would be added to that failure rate. The puzzles were complex and challenging, but really fun and super inventive. I would love to meet the person who comes up with their puzzles just to shake his/her hand for a job well done. I cannot imagine taking on this room at the 10% level. Holy cow, that must be tough!

In the end, we beat the room with 8 minutes and 29 seconds left. It was awesome. We all felt such an amazing rush because we seriously thought this room would best us. I would definitely suggest this room to anyone who loves the show and loves puzzles. We had two newbies with us and they both left excited to try another space. We will absolutely be back sometime soon to give the Fallout...