The first challenge was finding Locurio. We decided this was not intentional, though it was not our first experience with the challenge of actually finding an escape room.
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Locurio is hidden in the heart of Fremont. Well, not so hidden. You’ll find signs on the street guiding you there as you get near. When we turned into the alley in which it’s located, we had some difficulty finding the door, and then getting someone to answer. 1
I wouldn’t have known about Locario except that my youngest daughter set it up for just the two of us. We’ve done plenty of escape rooms with family but, at times, this tends to end up with some bickering. She wanted some “mom time” and this is what she chose.
Would I recommend doing an escape room with two people? As I said, there was much less contentiousness than when we go as a family unit. But it was also more difficult with fewer brains to solve the puzzles.
Locario Review
Rate and Review
Below is our overall rating and pros/cons list. If you’ve been there and want to add your rating, click the “users” tab and the icons for each rating.
In writing a review of an escape room, I think that you have to talk in terms of setup, professionalism, challenge, and environment.
Locario is set up in an old building in Fremont. As I mentioned it’s off sort of an alleyway. In the main lobby, you’ll find a desk, some merch, and there’s a restroom. Use it before you start.
Inside the escape rooms, my daughter and I felt that it was a bit overly warm. As you don’t drink inside the room, prehydrate and have something ready when you come out.
The Storykeeper
We chose to do the “Storykeeper” escape room because of the book theme (of course).
It’s always difficult writing about an escape room as it has to be pretty spoiler-free. Escape rooms never allow you to bring your phone in and take photos — nor would you want me to disclose photos of an experience you might have. But it makes writing a review difficult.
As compared to other escape rooms that we’ve visited, this was about on par in terms of professional setup and was fairly challenging for two people. 2
The puzzle consisted of multiple rooms. A word of warning to us “older” folk and those with lower vision: this room had some elements that were pretty dark and made the room more challenging. But the puzzles were fun, my daughter, in particular, found some of the elements enchanting.
As far as helpful hints, the guide occasionally asked if we wanted hints before I felt I was ready — though being that we didn’t finish the room, perhaps we needed them. And there was another element during the experience that also gave unsolicited hints — which were quite necessary, I’ll admit!
Locurio Location
Due to map loading issues, this is an image of our location map for Locurio. You can click here or on the map image to view the interactive map.
Review Summary
In review, I’d give Locario about 4.5 out of 5 stars and would recommend it as an escape room to try.
Have you been to Locurio? What did you think?You can also visit the map page and add a star review there.
Note: This was not sponsored. We visited there and paid for our own escape room experience because my daughter wanted to do it.
Footnotes
- He soon showed up, we were just within the arrival time recommendations. On the early side of them.[↩]
- Did I mention that we didn’t finish? It’s a sign that this was a pretty good escape room that I want to return so I can finish up.[↩]
