About this venue
Room Escape Enschede sits in the old Polaroid factory (Performance Factory, Hoge Bothofstraat) and that's immediately the big draw: the rooms are built around the real history of the building. In De Doka you play in the authentic darkroom where Polaroid—and later The Impossible Project—loaded light-sensitive instant film into cassettes, mostly in pitch darkness with infrared technology; Het Lab is a hermetically sealed former research lab with a dark past, and in the Break-in Room you have to break in rather than escape. Reviews vary widely: the host and in-theme hints receive lots of praise and the dark concept is called original and surprising, but critics find Het Lab dated, text-heavy, and sometimes illogical (escaperoomsnederland 6.7). A venue for those drawn to the unique Polaroid story and playing in the dark, rather than for high-tech perfection.
Rooms
- De Doka (Polaroid)De echte Polaroid-donkere kamer: vind het licht in totale duisternis met infrarood en logica
- Het LabHermetisch afgesloten Polaroid-onderzoekslab waar decennia geleden iets vreselijks gebeurde
- Break-in Room (De Werkplaats)Omgekeerd concept: breek ín in plaats van uit — met familie- en kindervarianten
What visitors say
- Unique décor: played on the real historic Polaroid site
- Perfect welcome and guidance; hints fully in character
- De Doka in the dark is creative and surprising
- Dated technology, especially in Het Lab ('pretty outdated')
- Some puzzles illogical and text-heavy; little story within the room itself
From the reviews
Ontzettend leuke, creatieve en verrassende kamer!— escaperoomsnederland (Lisa Oudenaar)
Een echte aanrader! Goede puzzels en waanzinnige toffe manier van begeleiding.— escaperoomsnederland (Nick Bouwman)
Al met al een van de slechtste rooms die we ooit gespeeld hebben.— escaperoomsnederland (Annemiek)