The SafeHouse

My 14 year old daughter and I wanted something a little different to do for a mother-​daughter outing, and we are so glad we stumbled across The SafeHouse. We tried the Abandoned room and were so close to getting out, but we still had a lot of fun. I’m a huge mystery buff, but my daughter is just getting in to the mystery genre, so I wasn’t sure how we would do or if she’d have fun. Three months later we’re still thinking about it and talking about it, and we can’t wait to go back with more friends. I know the price seems a little steep to some (although it’s on par with the other escape rooms in town), but I can guarantee that you will remember this experience a lot longer than a movie you could go to where you’d pay almost as much. This was a great bonding experience, totally unlike anything we’ve ever done.
We’ve talked to several friends about the escape room concept, and a lot of people are concerned about feeling claustrophobic in a locked room. To me, this felt like going in your office and closing the door. You’re so engaged in solving the puzzle that you don’t feel trapped, and there are walkie talkies in case panic sets in and you need to be let out early, but honestly I think it’s no big deal.

I came back with a different group of people, and we upped the ante by doing the medium room, Homicide. Like before, we all signed a waiver and watched a brief video laying out the story and rules of the room before going in.
There are no spoilers for the room, but I have to say that this room had a lot more red herrings than Abandoned did. Abandoned was more linear with the clues, but you could approach Homicide from a lot of different ways and still solve the puzzle. Also, Homicide’s backstory ending is neater than Abandoned’s. I wasn’t left with the feeling of, «Wait, what happened?» like I had at the end of Abandoned.
Right now, I have the hardest room, Crypt, left to tackle, but the owner of Safehouse said he’s working on a new, harder room that’s going to take 2 hours to solve. Get ready, fellow puzzle sleuths, because it’s about to go down!

Escape rooms are apparently all the rage in Tulsa now. This one is located in a building with several other business (look at the previous Unilocaler’s picture of the business to save yourself a lot of confusion looking for this place).
My friends and I did the «Homicide» room (and were part of the 25% of participants that actually got out. What what!). When you first enter, you have to watch a video (that didn’t really help) before you were locked in your actual room. Clues to this room were harder than another escape room I’ve gone to in Vegas — you have to think pretty outside the box and not all the clues went well together, which was annoying.
Prices to come here without the Living Social deal are pretty ridiculous ($ 20/​person), in my opinion. Look for coupons. A pro = you can book your room on-​line.

We escaped!
This is an awesome fun thing to do with a group if you’re looking for something different to do. We did the homicide room. The clues were difficult but not impossible.
We had so much fun!