An escape room experience is a wonderful team building activity. It is a real-life adventure game where you have to work well as a group to succeed. How you communicate with each other is critical. The rooms have been cleverly designed so that your team will require different skill sets to complete the mission in the best possible time.
What is it?
Will it meet my needs?
We offer bespoke team building experiences tailored to your specific needs. From a 60-minute adventure for 2 people to a full day where we close the doors to the public and dedicate our entire business to you and your team! (60+ people).
Are you experienced?
Between us we have over 35 years’ experience in the corporate world of building and leading successful teams and we will make sure that your objectives from the session are met. Please see our LinkedIn profiles for further details;
Peter Gale
David Gale
What is your capacity?
In Southampton it’s up to 50 customers on site, with 33 on a mission at any one time.
In Basingstoke it is up to 60 on the sites at once, with 43 playing a mission at any one time.
In Portsmouth its up to 40 customers on site, with 29 on a mission at any one time.
Please note we have the largest capacity of any Escape Rooms in Hampshire!
Please see the tables below for room minimum and maximum and total capacity per site;
Southampton – 100 Shirley High Street | ||
| Room | Minimum players | Maximum players |
| 1950s “A hidden past” | 3 | 7* |
| 1950s “A hidden past” | 3 | 7* |
| 1970s “Breaking the law” | 2 | 5 |
| 1940s “Silence is a virtue” | 3 | 7* |
| 2050s “Spies in space” | 4 | 7 |
| Total | 33 | |
Basingstoke – 21-23 Wote Street & Feathers Yard | ||
Room | Minimum players | Maximum players |
| 1920s “Dark Deeds and Groceries” | 3 | 6 |
| 1930s “Banking on trouble” | 3 | 6 |
| 1930s “Banking on trouble” | 3 | 6 |
| 1950s “A hidden past” | 3 | 7* |
| New room opening April | 3 | 7* |
| 1960s “Murder at the Movies” | 3 | 6 |
| 1970s “Breaking the law” | 2 | 5 |
| Total | 43 | |
Portsmouth – 48 London Road | ||
Room | Minimum players | Maximum players |
| 1920s “Dark Deeds and Groceries” | 3 | 7* |
| 1920s “Dark Deeds and Groceries” | 3 | 7* |
| 1960s “Murder at the Movies” | 3 | 7* |
| 1980s “The Voices we Hear” | 3 | 6 |
| 1999 – “Millennium Meltdown” | 2 | 2 |
| Room 6 – “tbc” – opens 2019 | ||
| Total | 29 | |
*With 7 players it can be a little bit closer in the room and the game can go a little quicker
For team build 1 and 2 we can arrange for all of your games to start at the same time
Packages available
There are 3 ways to run a team building session at Exciting Escapes;
Single GameEveryone plays a single game
£ 18 - 30
per personDuration: 1h 30m
Minimum (All sites) | Maximum | ||
| SOU | BAS | POR | |
| 2 | 33 | 41 | 29 |
Team Build 1*Everyone plays one game and then watches their colleagues play a game
£ 25
per personDuration: 2h 45m
Minimum (All sites) | Maximum | ||
| SOU | BAS | POR | |
| 16 | 50 | 60 | 40 |
Team Build 2Everyone plays two different games back to back
£ 30
per personDuration: 2h 45m
Minimum (All sites) | Maximum | ||
| SOU | BAS | POR | |
| 10 | 33 | 41 | 29 |
*Team Build 1 – This session is tailored to your specific needs and involves the following;
Real time feed – We have cameras and microphones in every room, so you get to see your colleagues in action! Think Big Brother meets the Crystal Maze! Who is leading? Who is actually doing the work? Who is the best communicator? Who has the most creative ideas? Who has the craziest ideas?
Interaction – The Games Master running the game will explain to the watching team what the team in the room need to do. The watching team can then influence how much help they get in the room (we tend to find teams of salespeople want to offer the least amount of help to their colleagues in the room – they want the fastest time!).
Feedback – Our Games Master will give the team feedback at the end of the adventure, but we often find that the watching team also like to give feedback and point out the good and (especially!) the not so good stuff!
Food and Drinks – We will provide complimentary tea, coffee, soft drinks, crisps, & biscuits. If you wish to have additional food this can be arranged for a further charge.
Closed to the public – We tend to close the site and dedicate the space to you and your team.
Naturally the watching team will play a different game to the one they have just watched. So for example they may watch the 1980s room first and then play the 1950s room afterwards.
Please note that the Single Game can be booked online. Please do call to book Team Build 1 and Team Build 2 on 02380 361 549
Don’t just take our word for it!
We have ran successful team build sessions for Apple, Mars, Nationwide, Red Bull, OM Wealth, Lloyds Bank, O2, the NHS and the Police (the detectives tend to be very good!) to name but a few.
Below are just some of the comments from our customers left on TripAdvisor, Facebook and Google;