Powerarea

Lemiers (Vaals) Closed 5 rooms

About this venue

Powerarea in Lemiers (Vaals) is a leisure multiplex with go-karts, bowling, laser game and paintball, where five classic escape rooms previously operated. Those narrative-driven rooms (including The Virus Outbreak, The Zombie Apocalypse, The Treasure of Greenbeard, The Room of the Great Mysto and The Haunted Lodge) have since been replaced by 'Prison Area', a Fort Boyard-style cell complex where teams of 2-4 players rotate through cells and score points โ€” a game show format, not a narrative escape. The old rooms were low-tech with many combination locks and numeric codes; reviewers praised the atmosphere, a nice twist and on good days an enthusiastic gamemaster, but were strict about maintenance: stiff locks, a combination lock that was off by one digit, broken props and especially the sound of the go-kart track leaking through the rooms. For the classic escape rooms there is no aggregate score; the enthusiast footprint is limited to individual room reviews.

Rooms

  • The Virus OutbreakLaboratorium-ongeluk verspreidt een virus; indammen voordat het ontsnapt
  • The Zombie ApocalypsePost-apocalyptisch; een virus veranderde 99% van de mensheid in zombies
  • The Treasure of GreenbeardGouden-eeuw piraterij; jacht op de schat van een piraat die de koning tergde
  • The Room of the Great MystoEen verdwenen goochelaar; los zijn eigen goocheltrucs op om de sloten te openen
  • The Haunted LodgeHorror-lite; vriendin Mary-Beth verdween tijdens het kamperen โ€” doorzoek de blokhut

What visitors say

  • Good in-room atmosphere and on good days an enthusiastic gamemaster
  • Nice twist midway (including in Virus Outbreak)
  • The Haunted Lodge was called 'super fun with lots of surprises'
  • Poor maintenance: stiff/misaligned locks, broken props
  • Sound from the go-kart track leaked through into the escape rooms; some puzzles illogical