About Madison

https://crossroadsescapegames.com

Madison is the CEO, Co-owner, and Creative Director of Cross Roads Escape Games. She graduated USC with a B.A. in Fine Art and Theatre in 2013 and begin designing sets for theaters across Los Angeles. She was the Lead Scenic Painter for The Queen Mary's Dark Harbor from 2013-2015 and has some pretty crazy ghost stories from her time aboard the ship. Her and her husband, Luke, opened Cross Roads Escape Games in January of 2016 and has been creating immersive experiences ever since!

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3 Years of Fun

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I can’t believe Cross Roads has been open for 3 years already. We love brining our crazy ideas to life and it is so exciting to see you play and enjoy them. We often get asked about what brought us to this point or what inspires us, so I figure this is as good of a time as any to reflect on the last few years and share them with you.

How we got into this business

My husband, Luke, and I both have degrees in theatre. After college we became a tag team duo working in theatre, film, and haunts. We went to our first escape room in October 2014 and fell in love with this new form of entertainment and truly felt like it was just touching the surface of what it could be.

We began working on our own business model in January 2015. We looked at hundreds of locations, went through the rigorous city permitting and building departments, quite our full-time jobs, and finally, one year later, we opened in January 2016 with The Hex Room.

Before we opened, we played every escape room in Southern California, which was only 30 games at the time. We did our research and we saw what was missing from these experiences. Our main goal with our first game was to increase the production value, add special effects such as lighting and sound, and most of all make everyone feel like the star of their own adventure.

Our games

The Hex Room was revolutionary for its time, and still continues to get recognition for its unique game design. The Hex Room adds a new challenge to the traditional escape room by dividing the players physically, but still requiring them to work as a team to escape. After a few months, we realized that The Hex Room might be a bit too advanced for our current market. We were creating a game for enthusiasts like ourselves, but our main audience was playing for their very first time.

We then opened The Fun House in April 2016, which was a beginner room. Something more traditional in game design, but still fun an innovative in the puzzles, decor, and special effects. In March 2017 we opened The Fun House KIDS, which was an alternate version of the Fun House that allowed kids ages 8-13 to participate more inside the game. We saw a need for more family friendly games, so we wanted to have that option available for our guests with younger players.

The Asylum, our 10-minute mini game opened in June 2017 and premiered at Midsummer Scream, a local Halloween convention. This is where we tried to change things up once more. In the Asylum you were strapped in a straight jacket to your other teammate. Your goal was to escape your straight jacket and the room in under 10 minutes.  It was a huge success and we knew that from here on out, we had to continue pushing the boundaries.

In December 2018 The Psych Ward finally opened. It took much longer than we thought it would mostly because we continued to have more ideas, and more creative technology was becoming available to us. We wanted to make a game that had the escape room elements that everyone loved, but we also wanted to show people that there are many different games that could be made with this type of immersive entertainment. The Psych Ward is not an average escape room. It is an interactive game of deduction, trust, and betrayal with escape room, board game, and immersive theatre elements.  We hope this game helps revolutionize the escape room industry.

What is next

Now in 2019, it has grown from 30 escape rooms to hundreds in Southern California alone. Luke and I have played over 200 games ourselves, and can’t keep up with how many new companies are opening. Unfortunately, with how many escape rooms that are out there, our issue is that the new ones continue to copy what has already been done. We haven’t seen any innovative ideas in a very long time. If you are interested in opening your own escape room, please think outside the box and create something that has never been done before!

We hope you enjoy what we have created. Everything we do is for you. We take chances and risks with our new ideas and we are so happy that they are appreciated and recognized. We have big ideas for the future with Cross Roads and working on projects with others. One thing you can count on is that we will never make an average escape room, everything you get from us is going to be something you have never seen before. Stay tuned for future updates coming this year. You will always find out what we are working on right here!

Madison Rhoades
CEO and Co-Owner
Cross Roads Escape Games

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The Psych Ward Playbill

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The Psych Ward has been two years in the making and it could not have been finished if it was not for the amazingly talented team we had behind us. A huge shout out goes to the team at Diablo Sound, who came to our rescue and got us to the finish line. They also provided us with the hilarious, hardworking, and amazing programmer Fernando Vasquez, who we can not thank enough. He listened to all our crazy ideas and made them come to life. The Psych Ward would not exist if not for him.

I also want to give a huge thank you to Lauren Orgill who came almost every day and did any odd job asked of her. We also would not have been able to complete this game if it was not for her wonderful ideas, support, and constant help.

This game took a lot of hard work and long hours, and we want everyone to be recognized for the great work that they did. Thank you again for everything! We did it!

 

Game Design by Madison and Luke Rhoades

Programmers:
The amazing team at Diablo Sound with special thanks to Fernando Vasquez
Kevin Resler

Sound Design by Dan Waldkirch

Videos Directed and Edited by Geoff Durham
Cinematography and Video Graphics by Zach Dahm

Actors:
Gary Lee Reed- Dr. Griffin

Lindsey Alterman- Patient
Vincent Catalina- Patient
Brian Corbitt- Doctor
Susan DeCenzo- Woman
Bob Glouberman- Doctor
Tommy Honton- Man
Jordan Laemmlen- Man in Park
Ian Momii- Doctor
Blake Orgill- Doctor
Lauren Orgill- Doctor
Jessica Patow– Patient
Matt Rhoades- Doctor
Ruth Rhoades- Patient
Bradley Roa- Patient
Edwin Tactay- Doctor
Justin Tuthill- Patient
Morgan Walton- Patient
Jessie Wise– Voice Over

Costumes by Lauren Orgill

Set Design and Scenic Painting by Madison Rhoades

Scenic Construction by Luke Rhoades

Construction Crew:
Luke Rhoades, Madison Rhoades, Lauren Orgill, Blake Orgill, and Matt Rhoades.

Syringe Fabricated by Proficia

Score Board Fabricated by Raptor House Effects

Lights Fabricated by Union Digital

Illustrations:
Everett Arce, Mellanie Urquiza, and Alexandra Felix

Special thanks:
Fernando Vasquez, Drew Dalzell, Fionnegan Murphy, Noelle Hoffman, Brittany Cobb, Lauren Orgill, Blake Orgill, Jason Sakal, Zach Dahm, Geoff Durham, Donnie Buckingham, Josie Mendoza, Kerri Hellmuth, Sara Strain,  Ruth Rhoades, Theresa Rhoades, Tony Croupe, Liz Croupe, Marissa Bergman, and Cooper Floors.

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Jose’s Top Table Top Picks!

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Imagine if you will, it’s Friday night, you’re hanging out with your friends, someone suggests you all go out and play an escape game. You decide to call Cross Roads Escape games but, alas, they are all booked up for the night. What are you to do now? Well, the fun does not have to end there, because there are plenty of great table top games for you to play! I know there are a lot of them out there, but here is a list of a few horror themed games for those of you who love The Hex Room, strategic trust games like The Psych Ward, and some wacky family games similar to The Fun House!

If you are a fan of horror films, love going through haunted houses, or even just enjoy horror themed escape rooms like the Hex Room, you are definitely going to enjoy these horror themed picks:

Betrayal at the House on the Hill

Betrayal at the House on the Hill is a strategy horror game all taking place in, you guessed it, a haunted house. Players create this haunted house one tile at time. As the players explore the house they may come across various items, events, and omens. Omens are what really drive this game; after an omen is revealed the controlling player must make what is known as a haunt roll. If the player makes a successful haunt roll, the game continues on normally. But if they fail, the haunting begins and the game takes a big turn. One of the players becomes a traitor to the group and based on which haunt was activated (that’s right, there are many different haunts that can be activated in this game) the players and the traitor now have a new goal to achieve.

This game is a lot of fun and the replay value is amazing; I have never repeated a haunt. Definitely worth checking out and usually available at most local game stores.

Elder Sign

Elder Sign is a game that takes place in a museum and has you going up against Lovecraftian creatures. You play one of many investigators, each with their own special skills and items. It is up to you and your team to go out and seek the elder signs to prevent the Ancient one from entering our realm and wreaking havoc. Sounds simple enough, but let’s hope the creatures and dice don’t stop you from achieving your goal!

This game offers a wide variety of “Ancient Ones” to face off against and a few expansions if you want to enhance your experience. Of course, if you are looking for a game similar to Elder Sign, but want something a bit more challenging, then Arkham Horror is the game for you. But that’s a discussion for another time.

If horror themed games aren’t for you, you may want to try your hand at some detective work. Here are a couple of games based on deduction and your ability to read other players which will give you a leg up when you play The Psych Ward:

Secret Hitler

Secret Hitler is a game of political intrigue set in 1930’s Germany. Each player is secretly and randomly assigned to be either a liberal or a fascist, with one player becoming the Secret Hitler. It is up to the fascists to vote their leader into power, while the liberals must find and stop the Secret Hitler. This game really tests your ability to read your friends, as the liberals have no idea who the fascists or the Secret Hitler are. Each round the players vote for a president and a chancellor, who will work together to enact a law from a random deck. If a fascist law is passed, the players must try and find out if they were betrayed or simply unlucky.

Who can you trust? Are you able to find and assassinate the Secret Hitler and bring your country back from the brink of war? Find out when you pick up this beauty of a game for your next game night!

Cryptid

Cryptid is a newer game, released in 2018, that really tests your skills of deduction. You play a member of a team of Cryptozoologist, each wanting to discover the Cryptid and claim the glory for themselves. What’s stopping you from claiming Cryptid glory? Each member of this crack cryptozoologist team has a different piece of evidence leading to the whereabouts of the elusive Cryptid. In order for you to gain more evidence you’d have to give up some of yours, but be careful, give up too much evidence and Cryptid glory can be taken from you.

It takes a lot of what the game refers to as “Honest Misdirection” to achieve victory in Cryptid. Trust me when I say that a victory in Cryptid is well deserved.

Let’s say that you just want to play some games that are fun for everyone; well party games are what you are looking for! If you are looking for something wacky and funny like The Fun House, here are a couple of games that I’ve always enjoyed playing with family and friends:

Cartoon Network Crossover Crisis

If you’re like me and you still enjoy watching cartoons on Cartoon Network, or you’re nostalgic for classic Cartoon Network shows like Dexter’s Laboratory, Johnny Bravo, or Samurai Jack, then this is the game for you. Cartoon Network’s baddest adversaries are loose and it’s up to you to stop them. You’ll play as one of the heroes from Cartoon Networks past and present hit shows to get this done. While this game is a deck building game at heart, it’s the party game elements that sell this game. There are various cards in this game that force players to speak in ridiculous voices, or have you sing everything you are doing. Now I can go over more of the zany antics this game has going on, but I’d hate to take that discovery away from you.

This game has something to offer to both veterans and beginners to the deck building genre, and its expansion adds even more craziness to the mix. Definitely look at your local game shop for this one. Oh, and a last bit of advice: always play this game with onion rings on the table. You’ll know why when you play.

Quelf

The best way that I could describe Quelf would be “If Cranium and Truth or Dare had a baby.” This game brings random to a whole new level, and is one the most insane games I have ever played. You get to play as one of 8 zany characters and as you move around the board, you’ll notice your play group start acting odder than usual. Trust me when I say that this is a game that changes based on who you play with. The crazier ideas your friends can come up with, the more fun you are going to have playing this game. Go out and find yourself a copy of Quelf and watch your friends go through the most random experience.

That’s it for me, I hope you enjoyed reading about a few of the games that I have had lots of fun playing. If you have any other games you’d like to suggest for people to try out, post them in the comments below. Thanks for reading!

Jose Mendoza
Game Master
Cross Roads Escape Games

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Join us at IndieCade on October 12th!

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IndieCade is known as “the game industry’s Sundance.” IndieCade offers a unique opportunity to play and preview the latest innovative indie games of all types and from around the world on October 11th-13th in Santa Monica. Now in its second decade, IndieCade is held each October in the Los Angeles area and this year, you are invited!

  • Play innovative games from around the world– and meet their creators
  • Attend sessions, including master classes, workshops, panels, & talks
  • Digital games, table games, physical games, music, interactive art, entreatment, a flash jam, play testing new works, & more!
  • Friday Oct. 12th at 6:00: ‘Escape the Theme Park’ Keynote conversation with the creators of Cross Roads Escape Games!
  • IndieCade’s signature Night Games event Friday night, Oct. 12!

Use promo code ICF-18-INDU-15 for 15% off IndieU tickets!

Cross Roads Escape Games’ Co-owner and Creative Director, Madison Rhoades, will be speaking along with other industry professionals at the ‘Escape the Theme Park’ Keynote Conversation at 6:00pm on Friday, October 12th. 

A conversation among creative leaders about the rebirth of the “Experience Economy” and what it means for both traditional out-of-home entertainment forms—like theme parks—and emerging forms like escape rooms and micro theme parks. What are some of the emerging trends? What is the role of games and interactivity?

Make sure to stay afterwards for a fun round of ‘Night Games!’ See you there!

Madison Rhoades
CEO and Creative Director
Cross Roads Escape Games

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The Psych Ward Update

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A note from Co-Owner and Creative Director, Madison Rhoades:

Dear Cross Roads Fans, Escape Room Enthusiasts, and future guests,

I want to apologize for how long it has taken to open Psych Ward. I know this is something we promised you a year ago, but it will be worth the wait! The game has gone through a lot of changes, and we are so excited for what it has become.

We have gone through so many revisions of this game. We have been designing the Psych Ward for two years now and building it for one year. To play test the game we have created board game scenarios, acted it out like a game of Dungeons and Dragons, and have tried to think of every possible scenario and how it could be resolved. 

That is why we didn’t open as planned last year. We found a major flaw in the game design so we put a complete halt on our build. Designing it has been one of the hardest puzzles I have ever come across. We were determined to create something new that changed the industry. The Psych Ward is part escape room, part interactive theatre, and part strategy game. Finding the perfect mesh between all of those, adding a trust and betrayal element, making individualized experiences, and keeping it easy to understand is a very difficult puzzle… and probably why no one has done it yet.

I thought it would never end. But I am happy we paused when we did. I’m glad we took a deeper look into the game and found its flaws before we opened. The game we have for you now is so much greater than anything we could have imagined a year ago.

With all that being said, I am happy to announce that The Psych Ward is indeed happening. For real this time. Get ready for something new because Psych Ward opens October, 2018!

Here is all the info I can share with you right now:

The Psych Ward takes place in a 1970s insane asylum run by Dr. Griffin. It is a strategic game of trust and betrayal, so choose your teammates wisely! Are you familiar with the card game Werewolf, Mafia, or Donner Dinner Party? I would recommend brushing up on those to get your bluffing face at 100%.

The game will be private and is for 5-8 players. For the trust/ betrayal aspect to work, a minimum of 5 people is required for the game to function.

Because of the extreme psychological testing that will take place, it will be open for ages 16+ (no exceptions). The game is an hour long and is point based. The difficulty of the game depends on you and the cooperation of your teammates.

Official synopsis: Sane or Insane? Trust or Betray? These are the questions Dr. Griffin wants you to answer. He has created a social experiment for a select group of patients. Some of these patients he believes are sane. Others, completely insane. Like lab rats, he has put you inside his twisted experiment and challenges you to figure out who to trust and who to cross. But can Dr. Griffin even be trusted?

Thank you again for your patience. We look forward to showing you this crazy game!

Sincerely,
Madison Rhoades

If you are with a media outlet and looking to do an article on The Psych Ward, please fill out our press questionnaire to qualify for a press pass (limited availability).

 

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Vote now for best Escape Room in the Nation!

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USA Today has gathered the top 20 highest reviewed escape rooms in America and wants you to vote for your favorite!

We have been nominated the 2nd year in a row for this award. Thanks to the votes of our amazing fans we were able to rank 3rd best escape room in the nation and #1 in SoCal in 2017!

You can vote for us HERE.

Voting only takes a few seconds. No sign up or email required! You can vote once a day until the contest ends on Tuesday, Oct. 2ndat noon.

Six teams of escape room reviewers were chosen to nominate their favorite escape rooms of the hundreds they have played across America. Cross Roads Escape Games has been played by all of them and highly praised in their reviews.

Escape Authority ranked The Hex Room 6 out of 5 keys and ranked The Fun House 5 out of 5 keys.

Room Escape Artist awarded The Hex Room their Golden Lock-In Award in 2016.

Esc Room Addict gave a glowing review to both of our games.

The Haunt Girl awarded The Hex Room the Skeleton Key Award in 2016.

Escape Room Tips ranks The Hex Room as one of the top 10 games in Los Angles (and we aren’t even in Los Angles!).

Escape Rumors awarded The Hex Room their Achievement Unlocked Medal in 2017 for best puzzle design.

We want to thank each of these review teams for the kind words and recommendations they gave us!

We also want to thank YOU for your support and your help in the past with this contest! Keep voting, it means the world to us to see how much you enjoy our games! We can’t wait to show you what we have been up to in The Psych Ward… We think it will be well worth the wait!

Madison Rhoades
CEO and Creative Director
Cross Roads Escape Games

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Midsummer Scream Reflections

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Thank you to all who attended Midsummer Scream last weekend. This was the busiest and best year yet! All tickets for our Asylum mini-game were gone within the first 15 minutes the convention was open! Thank you so much for all your support and dedication to getting to the convention early to be some of the last groups to play our mini-game!

Myself and my husband, Luke, are the creators of Cross Roads Escape Games and the designers for all our games. We were working the booth all weekend, and I don’t know if people knew our level of involvement in Cross Roads, but it was so great to hear such positive feedback! So many people stopped by to express their love for Cross Roads and it was wonderful to meet so many fans.

During Midsummer Scream we were giving away special prizes for people who told our nurses a secret password that could be found on our social media pages. Those people would be admitted to The Psych Ward (our 3rd game, coming soon) with a special medical wristband that had secret strategic advice on it that would be helpful inside the game! There were 15 different strategies you could have been given.

Also, at our booth we had our exclusive 10-minute mini-game The Asylum, sign-ups to win 6 free tickets, a 5-minute table top mini escape room game, and prizes!

In previous years we would hand out flyers and ask, “Have you tried an escape room yet?” We would usually be met with a confused and concerned look as people waved away our flyers and kept walking. No one really knew what an escape room was, and they would quickly think the worst possible scenario and keep walking.

This year though, we had so much positive feedback! Many people we talked to have either already played an escape room, heard about them and always wanted to try, or have even played our games and were already big fans. It was surprising how many people already knew about our games without ever playing them themselves. Hopefully this convention will give them the reminder or push they need to make a booking!

The Asylum mini-game was a huge success, and we are sad to see it go. It is officially retired from Cross Roads Escape Games. We hope you were able to play it over the last few years. It was built to be a promotion for The Psych Ward, which is opening soon, so we decided it was time to try something new. Be on the lookout for a new mini-game next year!

Thank you again for attending the convention, we had a great time and I hope you did too! We are going to work hard to bring you something new, and we hope to see you there next year! If you were able to attend, please comment below with your thoughts on the convention- what you loved, or what we could have improve on. We always look forward to hearing from you!

Madison Rhoades
CEO and Creative Director
Cross Roads Escape Games

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Last chance to play the Asylum Mini-Game at Midsummer Scream

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It’s time to say good-bye to our amazing 10-minute mini-game, The Asylum. Don’t worry though, you still have ONE LAST CHANCE TO PLAY!

Join us on July 28thand 29that Midsummer Scream in the Long Beach Convention Center. We will have nurses there ready to lock you away! The mini-game is free to play with the purchase of an admission ticket to the convention.

WE WILL BE OPENING THE ASYLUM MINI-GAME FOR GROUPS OF 2 EVERY 15 MINUTES DURING THE OPERATING HOURS OF THE CONVETION! ARRIVE EARLY TO SIGN UP FOR A TIME SLOT TO GUARINTEE YOUR CHANCE TO PLAY!

The Asylum Mini-Game

The Asylum is 10 minutes long and for exactly 2 players. You and a partner are strapped together in a straitjacket, thrown in a small padded cell, and forced to work together. You are suffering from split personality disorder; 1 body, 2 heads. Two sinister looking nurses strap you together and lock your straitjacket with an assortment of locks. You must work together with your other half to unlock the locks on the jacket, so you can get to the key and escape.

The Asylum is an exclusive mini-game, created as a teaser game for our upcoming full-length game, The Psych Ward… which is coming soon… very soon… If you find us at Midsummer Scream, and ask one of the attendant there, you might get some TOP SECRET information about The Psych Ward!  Just tell them, “I think I lost my marbles.”

Midsummer Scream is one of the best Halloween Conventions featuring walk through haunts, escape room experiences, celebrity guests, horror themed vendors, and great panels and presentations!

Use the code CROSSROADS to save 25% off your admission tickets to Midsummer Scream! We look forward to seeing you there!

 

Madison Rhoades
CEO & Creative Director
Cross Roads Escape Games

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Top 5 Fun Things to do in Orange County

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Orange County has much more to offer then just Disneyland and Knott’s Berry Farm. I have been craving adventure lately, but also didn’t have $100 to drop on amusement park tickets, so I began exploring. I found a lot of really great things to do in Orange County! If you are in the OC area, I highly recommend checking out these 5 adventures!

 

FLIGHT DECK

Suit up and get ready to fly your own jet! You and your friends get trained on how to fly a plane… for real. You each get your own fighter jet and a 40-minute experience to blow each other up and try to land your plane successfully.

What I loved most about this experience was how immersive it was. Everyone got their own pilot jumper, individual cockpit to sit in, and headset. The controls were much more different than what you would use for a video game, and although they were difficult to learn at first, I appreciated them keeping it as realistic as possible.

You get time to fly around and learn the controls and then you get to start shooting down your friends in an intense air battle! After completing the FOX 1 mission, you can come back and learn more intense maneuvers for FOX 2 and FOX 3.

Ages: 11 and up
Address: 1650 S. Sinclair St, Anaheim, CA
Website: https://flightdeck1.com/fighter-jets/
Phone: (714) 937-1511
Price: Fighter Jets- $59 per person

 

GLOW ZONE HB

My husband and I went twice in one week! Our first time it was just the two of us, and we had a blast. Later that week we brought our 5-year-old nephew to join us! This place is great for all ages. Glow Zone HB is an indoor entertainment center complete with a full bar, cosmic blowing, arcade games, mini golf, bumper cars, and a few more stand out adventures listed below.

Are you a fan of ‘American Ninja Warrior’ TV show? Because this place has a Ninja course ready to wear you out! This course has some fun challenges straight from the show that my husband and I always wanted to try. The course is really difficult, but also extremely fun. It also gives you good motivation to go back to the gym…

After you are done being a Ninja, you can go test your secret agent skills at the laser maze. Weave your way through a room of lasers while racing the clock! A fun thing to do in teams and race for the best time.

We also really enjoyed the Bazooka Ball. It’s a good cross between paintball and laser tag and completely painless. You are split into two teams and you have to protect your home base while trying to score points on the opposing team. Let’s just say my 5-year-old nephew and my 29-year-old husband both kept wanted to go back to play again.

We highly recommend getting their unlimited pass and paying by the hour. They also have a lot of great deals if you go during the week! Prepare to go hard and be exhausted by the end of it all.

Ages: Both adults and kids will love this
Address: 7227 Edinger Ave, Huntington Beach, CA 92647
Website: http://hb.glowzone.us
Phone: (714) 316-0775
Price: $20 for 1 hour or $35 for 2 hours.

 

ALIEN DESCENT

Using wireless virtual reality technology these experience puts you in the center of the action for an intense and adrenalin filled 20 minutes of terror. The VR headset transports you to a new world where you can walk and interact with your surroundings and your friends! It’s an exciting and fun thrill ride enhanced by environmental effects, motion platforms, and other surprises!

You are part of an elite squad of Colonial Marines sent to investigate a distress signal from a Weyland-Yutani mining outpost. Just before losing contact, the facility reported some sort of infestation. It’s up to you and your squad to contain the threat, quarantine any survivors and get everyone off-world safely.

You truly feel like you are on a different planet trying to defend yourself against an outpour of Xenomorph aliens. I screamed the entire time while, lucky, my husband kept a level head. This experience was so much fun, we went and did it again the following week! If you are a fan of shooter video games and/or the Alien movies then you will LOVE this experience.

In downtown Disney you can find a similar experience- The Void, which is Star Wars themed!

Ages: 10 and up
Address: The Outlets at Orange, Suite 806, 20 City Blvd W, Orange, CA
Website: https://www.aliendescent.com
Phone: N/A
Price: $22 per person

MEDIEVAL TIMES

Dinner and a show! If you haven’t experienced Medieval times, you must. You are teleported back to an age without silverware and where knights jousted and battled for the love of a princess. I recently went with my whole family including my 7, 10, and 12 year old cousins. The girls loved seeing the horses dance and getting thrown a flower from a knight, while the boys loved the battles and falcon that flies just above your head.

The food is also great! A whole dinner is included in your ticket, along with my favorite Dragon’s Blood soup. Beer and wine are also available.

Medieval Times is a magical place that is fun for all ages!

Ages: Both adults and kids will love this.
Address:7662 Beach Blvd, Buena Park, CA 90620
Website:http://www.medievaltimes.com
Phone: (888) 935-6878
Price:$62 for adults & $37 for kids.

CROSS ROADS ESCAPE GAMES

There are a lot of escape rooms to choose from but the #1 rated escape room in SoCal is right here in Anaheim! Cross Roads Escape Games was recently voted the #1 escape room in SoCal and #3 in the nation by USA TODAY! With 2 great games to choose from, there is something both adults and kids will love!

The Hex Room is an intense horror themed game for age 16+.  Each player will take a quiz before the game to find out which character they are: The Nerd, Virgin, Jock, Rebel, Prom Queen, or Detective. Your team will be divided up into separate rooms where you must work individually and as a team. Can you survive a horror film?

The Fun House is a silly and wacky game for teens and adults with a special KIDS version great for ages 13 and below. Step right up and see if you have what it takes to become a magnificent magician! In this room filled with trickery and illusions, you and your team will be put to the test. Work to beat the clock as you search for clues and solve mind boggling puzzles in a topsy turvy experience of a lifetime! Now all you need to do is ask yourself, do you have the wits of a magician? Or are as clueless as a clown?

Ages: The Hex Room is for ages 16+. The Fun House is for all ages.
Address: 4245 E. La Palma Ave., Anaheim, CA 92807
Website: www.CrossRoadsEscapeGames.com
Phone: (714) 572-1004
Price: $32 per person Wednesdays-Thursdays, $35 per person Fridays-Sundays

Do you have any favorite experiences in Orange County? Let us know in the comments below! We would love to check them out!  We hope you enjoy these 5 great adventures this Summer!

Madison Rhoades
CEO and Creative Director
Cross Roads Escape Games

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Spice Up Your Escape Room Photos

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Want to make your escape room photos EPIC? Most groups, when it comes to picture time, tend to stand in a line shoulder to shoulder. Make your pictures instantly better by creating layers and having some people couched in the front and others standing in the back. Or create some action and interesting composition by using some of these great poses below!

2 Person Group

Escape Rooms are great date night ideas! Spice up your picture with this lovely heart pose to show your Instagram followers how hip and in love you are. Or maybe try this Xtreme pose to show how in sync the two of you are.

3 Person Group

Out with the girls and decided to add a little excitement to the night with an escape room? The Charlie’s Angeles pose is perfect to show the world just how dangerous the 3 of you are together. Or maybe you and the guys went out for a night of laughs, what better pose then the classic 3 stooges!

4 Person Group

Got the core four squad together for a night out? Add some sass to your photo with these great 4 person poses.

5 Person Group

Escape with flying colors? Show the world that your team is a STAR with these great group poses! Or maybe you feel like you just saved the world? We have a few perfect super hero poses for that too!

 

6 Person Group

Is your team ready for some ’Morphin Time’? This iconic Power Ranger pose is perfect for your group of 6!

4 Or More…

Keep the train going and see how long you can make this link of squats go!

 

Was one of your players truly the star of the show? Show them your appreciation with this Lucky Cat pose!

 

Continue the spiral with this classic pose!

 

Use your bodies to create giant numbers and pose as the amazing time you escaped with!

If you are an acrobat, you might find these number poisons helpful…. we found them mostly impossible.

Last, but not least, don’t forget the classic midair jump pose! Just make sure you communicate beforehand what the ‘go’ word is.

We hope this helps inspire some great after game photos! If you need help creating a great pose with your friends, please to ask one of our game masters because they would love to help. We will be collecting some of our favorite poses our players come up with, and we will share them all with you in a later blog post. Check back soon to see if your photo makes the list and make sure to share this post with your friends to inspire some great team photos!

Madison Rhoades
CEO and Co- Owner
Cross Roads Escape Games

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