Mission Yelpossible

Thank you Vivian and Kris for organizing this fun Elite event!
It was a mission near-​impossible for my boyfriend and I to reach ESC-​It due to traffic, but I am glad we made it.
Room-​escape is a great team-​building activity. Each room has a different theme, and you have to solve a number of puzzles to figure out lock combinations. Your ultimate goal is to locate the key to open the door. My team successfully escaped the Cryptic Cellar and Bedroom Nightmare! (Two other teams even got to test ESC-It’s new room.)
I love how at the end of each game, ESC-​It captures each team with an instant camera, so the team members can decorate their photo. The photos get posted on the Wall of Shame or along with other successful escapees. ;)
The staff at ESC-​It were really friendly and they did a great job at hosting this event!
Besides that, it was nice to try some of Tonica’s kombucha tea (mango is my favourite!) and chat with the owner, Zoey. Interestingly enough, the following day, my friend told me about her trip to Whole Foods just to get some kombucha tea because of a segment she saw on Dragon’s Den. What do you know? It was Zoey she was talking about!
The cookies from Monsieur Felix & Mr. Norton were pretty good as well. Although it was a little too sweet for my taste, my favourite was the Ebony & Ivory cookie.
Mm…good food and good fun. :D

This was actually insanely fun.
I was afraid I’d be claustrophobic.
I was afraid things would jump out at me in the dark.
None of that happened. Just lots of laughs, theories, and fun.
If Esc It was in my neck of the woods, I’d definitely go again.
I’ve recommended it to friends in the area.
Thanks Esc It for being great hosts and thanks Vivian and Kris for organizing!

My second time to a similar puzzle solving to escape a room establishment, the first one was in Mississauga and I’m not proud to say we failed pretty badly.
ESC-​IT was a different type of experience, there were a lot more explanations and prep before we entered the rooms. The staff there was extremely fun and helpful. One con i remember from the last time was going into a dark room and finding several items with different types of locks on them with no idea how they worked. @ Esc-​It they did a quick demonstration of the locks before leading us into the rooms.
The first one, we were close but still couldn’t quite kick it. It was the second hardest one they had :/​Somehow that makes me feel a little bit better. Luckily we were given a second chance to redeem ourselves, and yay we made it through with minutes to spare. Both rooms had really interesting back stories but were very different from each other in terms of solution.
The experience was a lot of fun and quite challenging, It was awesome that we had a chance to get to know our team members better. The photo corner and walls of shame/​fame were fun to participate in.
The cookies provided by Monsieur Felix et Norton were delicious!
Overall it was a great event, thanks Kris U and Vivian L!

Kris and the Intern (Vivian) thank you for setting up yet another successful Unilocal Elite outing at ESC-​IT.
Just recently open, Esc-​it has numerous rooms with different genre/​settings where you must solve a puzzle based on the material/​clues in order to break out of the room. You are forced to work collaboratively in teams, as this exercise forces you to think outside the box. This is a great team building exercise, especially for corporate events.
However with that being said you are given 45mins to solve the problem and break out of the room. Failure to do so results in a polaroid picture (of your team) being mounted on the majority «Wall of shame». However if you succeed then you’re placed on their Wall of FAME!
In addition to this event, at the venue we had two vendors that were present;
Monsieur Felix & Mr Norton Cookies: serving up some gourmet cookies!!! Oh man just pure goodness…
Tonica; which was serving some healthy fruity drinks! Only 30 calories!

I had a great time at this event. I love how GTA events really give us a «taste» of fun and exciting ventures. We’re not just food-​centric, right?
Going in, I was slightly concerned about the claustrophobic feeling that might take over, but good thing is the rooms aren’t set up in such a serious way (I envisioned something more along the lines of «SAW»). Anyways, groups were organized and we were assigned different rooms. There were varying levels of difficulty so depending on how ambitious you are, or how good you are at puzzles and such, you can pick your poison when you choose to go on your own time.
Thanks to Monsieur Felix et Norton for the delicious cookies (they never disappoint). I’ve never tried Tonica Kombucha so this was definitely a first. Did you know the owner was on Dragon’s Den? I think that’s pretty cool, acquired partnership or not. Good luck, Zoey! It was fun chatting with you and learning about this exciting beverage. :)
Thanks to Vivian, the intern, for organizing this fun event! Good luck in the future!
Thank you to Kris for just being Kris.

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I’ve always wanted to try the ESC-​IT. I see it so often on my facebook feed from friends I’ve always wanted to try it myself. I am so glad that Unilocal decided to host the event here! For some odd reason, I thought this place was in Richmond Hill, it turns out it’s actually in Markham and quite close to home.
I didn’t really know what to expect, I wore all black as I was told, and showed up on time. In my head, I thought it was going to be this giant maze, dark and creepy. But the venue is very large with many rooms, the facility is very clean. Staff were very friendly and they gave us a brief intro on what to expect while in the room.
Our group got the hardest level, and yes we failed miserably for both. I was surprised just how TIRED I was after… I guess I haven’t used my brain in awhile. I really enjoyed the games. They were very different, I love how it’s in real life instead of on my phone. I did find the room a little toooo cold. I was so cold, I couldn’t really think properly, I was too busy trying to make my body warm up. But nevertheless, I would def come back — I really want to win a game! It’s very challenging and it’s fun for groups. It’s really a team effort.
Those Monsieur Felix & Mr. Norton cookies were delicious. WOW! Also props to Tonica. Love the peach taste.
Thanks everyone for organizing! It was soooo much fun!

This has been on my to do list for a while now, I was so glad that Unilocal planned an outing here!
Pros
— it offers brain training & entertainment, this is something not a lot of places have to offer
— outside of the box thinking required (challenges are good)!
— there is a spooky allure to playing murder mystery games (ESC it reminds me of mysteriously yours murder mystery… Only you get to be the detective)
— free Wi-​Fi, amazing snack sponsors!
Cons
— I got lost going to the Richmond hill location by accident (that’s also my fault, derp.)
— Vivian is leaving, oh no! :(

SUPER FUN !!!
Thank you to Vivian (& Kris) for organizing this event! Even though we were newbies, landing on wall of shame twice, it was incredibly fun! I would def. like to come back and try it again. l My group had the World Vision (3.5?) & Janiter room (4.5?). Def had to be detail oriented lol Awesome experience!
The staff at ESC-​IT were amazing! Thank you !
It was so nice to try out the organic sparkling drinks provided by Tonica Kombucha whilst munching on some delicious cookies from Monsieur Felix & Mr. Norton. The double chocolate cookie was to die for !!! I’m so going for more… since it’s super close to my office. Same w/​Tonica (whole foods!!!)

I absolutely love being Unilocal Elite! Another successful event by Kris U. and Unilocal Intern Vivian.
This was awesome. We got into all different levels for the rooms. Ours turned out to be Bedroom nightmare. level 3/5.medium hard… this is my second time around so learned some tricks from my first time.
The rooms were big and spacious. well air conditioned. And it does take alot of time to solve the puzzles but we got all the clues figured out and still had 11 mins left on our hands. Booo-​Yah!
Be very detailed oriented, relax and putting your brains to work. Thanks to the yummy kombucha teas we got for energy and cookies from Felix and Norton.
I will be back to try more advanced rooms. Thanks Esc –it!

So much fun!
I think drinking Kombucha tea and Cookies did make me smarter. Our awesome team opened 2 rooms successfully!
Such a great event to bond with fellow Unilocalers trying to solve puzzle and problems together!
Thanks so much for the wonderful ESC IT! Staff that being so nice to us.
And of course thank our Unilocal Intern Vivian for organizing!
Now I have to look for my keys for my car! Is it in a lock box underneath my car? Where is my clue?