The Great Escape

In December 2022/January 2023, Do by Anna Beth AdcockLeave a Comment

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Raleigh’s first mobile escape room is ready to roll.

Need an escape from your day-to-day but short on time? Enter the Triangle’s first mobile escape room, Wandering Escapes LLC, which is now rolling out its 15 minutes of fam-friendly fun.

Housed in a camper, Wandering Escapes offers an experience dubbed the Legend of the Three Witches in which four to six escape artists have to determine how to dismantle the witches’ enchantment—or else be trapped inside the camper forever (Alexa, queue suspenseful music, please). 

Founded by self-proclaimed “escape room enthusiast” Valerie Breder, the new “legendary” mobile jailbreak (er, puzzle) is the product of unlocking her fondness—Breder loved escape rooms so much that she wanted to start her own. So she and her husband bought the camper in May and began plotting their ultimate witching hour.

What unlatched from there was truly a group effort. Breder had everyone from neighbors to friends to church and family members testing out the mobile escape room before she was ready to roll it out to the public in October. 

“We had to have test group after test group after test group run through it; then we’d change things if it was too difficult,” says Breder. “Now, we’ve finally arrived at a point where people can escape in the 13- to 16-minute range… which was our goal because we want people to feel like it’s challenging but not impossible.”

In its short run to date, the mobile escape room has already perplexed plenty o’ puzzle-solvers at multiple breweries around the Triangle (think Fortnight Brewing Company, Bombshell Beer Company, The Glass Jug Beer Lab and Steel String Brewery)—with plans to use that mobility to its advantage by unlatching at festivals, birthday parties, corporate events and even attracting attention from the wedding community (keep your eyes peeled for The Everglades Honeymoon mini-escape adventure coming soon!). 

While Harry Houdini types will no doubt want to try their minds at this, escape room novices are also gonna want to get a clue. “If you haven’t done an escape room before and want to get your feet wet, we are an awesome way to do that,” says Breder. “It’s just whimsical and everyone that comes out has fun.” See you on the other side? wanderingescapesllc.com 

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