Introduction: Merlin's Magic School is in trouble. The entire school was accidentally cursed during a talent show, and only you and your team are able to save everyone by finding Merlin's hidden spell book. In this game you'll have to figure out what to do with magical objects, get help from a magical creature, and work your way into Merlin's secret study. What's in there? 

Location: Escape Room Palm Springs

Address: 2500 North Palm Canyon Drive B3, Palm Springs, CA 92262

Parking: Large parking lot in-front

Date Completed: January 13, 2018

Number of Escape Artists: 2

Hint System: Unlimited via Cauldron

Result: ESCAPED -  37 minutes 20 seconds

Creativity: 4

Difficulty: 4

Immersiveness: 3

Fun Factor: 5

OVERALL: 4

Note. For OVERALL means, 1 = WTF?; 2 = Take a gander; 3 = You can book it; 4 = You should book it now; 5 = OMG! You should've booked it yesterday!

Summary

• Recommend 3-5 escape artists
• Room designed well with great furniture that fit the context/story
• Cute and fun story
• Creative and fun puzzles
• You get to feed a mystical creature
• You can hear other teams

This room was very fun and creative. I apparently am a fan of the the wizard-genre especially after this room. Some puzzles were a little tricky for us. There was certainly a lot of "Ah-hah!" moments in this room for us. I accidentally figured out the the last lock and skipped about 3 lock pads. We wanted to get the full experience so we backtracked to figure out the puzzles we missed.

Read Vampire Lair for challenges and concerns.

Overall, this room was very fun and I highly recommend this one for all ages.  The mechanics and puzzles were clever. It was a joy to do it especially with the little surprise. I loved speaking into a cauldron to get hints! The room might be difficult for newbie escape artists. Veteran escape artists would have a kick doing this one.