Escape rooms are the latest craze both on land and at sea, with many cruise lines including the interactive puzzle experience to its list of onboard activities. Escape rooms vary depending on the theme and what kind of puzzles are used, but the goal is always the same: solve the clues and puzzles in time to find the key to escape the room you and your teammates have been locked inside. If you like to solve puzzles, here are some of the most exciting cruise ship escape rooms you need to try on your next cruise.
Royal Caribbean – “Escape the Rubicon,” “Escape From the Future,” and “The Observatorium”
When it comes to escape rooms on a cruise ship, Royal Caribbean is one of the best cruise lines with a few different “Puzzle Break” options on some of its ships. “Escape the Rubicon” is a space-themed escape room where you and your teammates solve various puzzles and brainteasers to restore power to the Rubicon starship. “Escape the Rubicon” is a 60-minute interactive puzzle escape room for up to 12 guests and is currently available onboard Harmony of the Seas for an added fee.
Meanwhile, onboard Anthem of the Seas and Ovation of the Seas, you can “Escape From the Future” with another space-themed escape room by solving crossword puzzles, sudoku, and other different puzzles and clues. “Escape From the Future” is great fun for the whole family and is free to play.
Royal Caribbean’s Navigator of the Seas, Mariner of the Seas, and Independence of the Seas boast their own escape room called the Observatorium, where you and your teammates work together to uncover hidden clues to crack the case.
Norwegian Cruise Line – “Escape the Big Top”
Puzzle enthusiasts will love this competitive cruise ship escape room found onboard Norwegian Cruise Line’s cruise ships. Instead of working with your team, you and your team will be competing against several other teams to escape. “Escape the Big Top” is a circus-themed escape room where a magician has cast a spell making you and the other teams invisible. The teams try to beat the clock to solve a series of different puzzles, clues, and codes to find the three magic words to undo the spell and escape the circus. “Escape the Big Top” is available for free on several of Norwegian’s cruise ships including Norwegian Breakaway, Norwegian Getaway, Norwegian Epic, Norwegian Escape, Norwegian Bliss, and Norwegian Encore.
Princess Cruises – “Phantom Bridge”
Princess Cruises takes its escape rooms high-tech with “Phantom Bridge.” This escape room features projection mapping, touch screen surfaces, and can be customized to the age and physical ability of the players with different complexity levels and over 700 different outcomes. “Phantom Bridge” offers a range of different puzzles to suit all different ages and is available for an added fee. “Phantom Bridge” recently debuted on Sky Princess and will be available on Enchanted Princess summer 2020.
