Unreal Escapes - "Disco 54 NYC"
- Krista Jones
- 13 hours ago
- 3 min read
LOCATION: Staten Island, NYC, New York, USA
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📝 ETR DECODER
🔑 GAME: Disco 54 NYC
📅 DATE PLAYED: November 18, 2025
🎬 GENRE: Adventure
🧠 DIFFICULTY (Based on 3 ppl): 5/10
👥 TOTAL # OF PLAYERS: 3-14 ppl
🕒 LENGTH OF TIME: 60 Mins.
💰 PRICE: $53.33/ pp (3 ppl) - $40.00/ pp (4-14 ppl)
☎️ BOOKING TYPE: Private
🔓 ESCAPED/ COMPLETED?: Yes
📖 THE STORY
You and your friends are looking forward to a night on the town at the hippest club in NYC, Disco 54. The bouncer has other ideas, but hopefully you can find your way past them and get inside this exclusive hotspot to get to work. The club's owner has been doing a lot of shady business and stashing cash around the place. But you've got a tip that the feds are coming to raid the place in an hour, and you figured it's better for you to get the dough than them. Can you find the money and get out before the feds arrive, without raising suspicion?
Note: You can also play this game lightly reskinned as a Bar Mitzvah Hall (with modifications designed under the guidance of a rabbi).
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🎯 HIT THE BULLSEYE
Lights! Sound!: Between the bumping 70's soundtrack, colored lighting, and dance floor with disco ball, this room does not lack for sensory stimulation.
Historical accuracy: For those of you who are familiar with Studio 54, you'll find many true to life decorative flourishes, as well as a collection of celebrity photos that were taken at the actual club back in the day.
Wide open spaces: This is a large room with plenty of space for a crowd, befitting the subject matter! It would make for a fun party setting.
Playful atmosphere: It encourages you to dance, as well as play Dj and bartender, maintaining a festive vibe that will keep you smiling for the full hour in this fresh, fun take on the speakeasy format.
Photoshoot!: Once you are done, you and your crew are invited to enjoy a photoshoot in various locations. This was much more than the typical quick victory photo, and we were totally there for it!
🧩 MISSED THE MARK
We appreciated the thematic nature of many of the puzzles, but they were primarily observation-based, and we didn't experience those major A-ha! highs.
There was one piece that, while authentic, could be a red herring to those not intimately familiar with bartending.
🏹 TAKE A SHOT?
If you are part of a fun-loving group ready to get their groove on, this room is for you! It would be a great location for bachelor/bachelorette parties, reunions, and other festive occasions. We also encourage anybody who experienced the NYC night club scene back in the heyday of disco or appreciates historically accurate design to give this room a try. Come and rub elbows with the glitterati of the day! Experienced puzzlers should come with eyes wide open for a refreshing spin on the 'saloon' style of room and leave their expectations - and their worries - at the door. It's party time!
ℹ️ ADDITIONAL INFO
It is easy to find, with plenty of signage out front and free parking around the side of the building. There is a well decorated lobby with places to sit and plenty of fun escape room adjacent ephemera! It has a bathroom and coatroom, but no lockers.
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Disclosure: We thank Unreal Escapes for providing us with a media discount for this game. Although a media discount was generously provided, it does not impact our opinion on the review whatsoever.
