Disclosure: This is a sponsored post. All opinions expressed are my own.
My kids are now 9 adn 12. We do a lot of different activities than we used to. Our adventures are growing with us. That’s one reason we were excited when Time Mission in the Palisades Mall reached out. Admittedly we don’t spend a lot of time down at the mall, and hadn’t even heard that it had opened. Checking out the website got us excited- even RNYD- who puts up with my antics- but is rarely excited about them.
What is Time Mission? Geared toward kids 7+ and adults, it’s along the same lines as an escape room experience, except instead of one room to escape, there are up to 32 different rooms to solve, all like mini timed escape rooms. They play to different strengths and different interests in each room. You can go for an evening/afternoon of family fun, bigger kids can go to hang out, and they do birthday parties (which is awesome because its harder and harder to find places for the older kids who are FAR too mature for the same old places).
We decided it would be the perfect way to kick off Spring Break together, so we made reservations for Friday night. Making reservations is easy, you simply go online to their Website and choose a day, time and whether you would like a 60 or 90 minute session. The process is easy, and they had us all set when we showed up for our reservation. There was no waiting online to choose and pay, we were right in.
After locking up your loose belongings, you are given a chipped bracelet to wear which is what unlocks each room. Outside of each room is a graph that tells you what strengths this particular room plays on, and a brief description. If you press the “i” there is information on how to solve the room, TRUST ME READ THE “i”. There were a few that we had NO clue how to solve simply because we got so excited to go in we forgot to read first. The good news is, you can go in again and try once you’ve calmed down and read the information- you just can’t stack the points. This wasn’t an issue for us, since the first time in we hadn’t scored any points.
Before we began, we walked around and read all the descriptions and scenarios. We gravitated toward the rooms with higher mental abilities since we had two adults and two kids. They were more difficult than we anticipated. We had greater success with the more physical rooms, the kids enjoyed them greatly, and we did as well. We had so much fun (paired with some frustrations) that we ran out of time to do all of the rooms that we had planned to.
We were there an hour and a half, and there’s still plenty more to check out, plus the rooms that they are building. We were glad to see on the leader board that we defeated the people who were there before us. The staff was super friendly. Which is a major plus, as that is not always the case. At the end on your way out, they cut off your chips to recycle them (which is also great).
I asked the kids their thoughts at the end and they said, super fun, would go back, some was frustrating. I like it though, if it was all too easy, you would get through all the rooms too quickly, and although you would feel like a genius, you wouldn’t have been challenged.
Time Mission is a great place for a Birthday Party, Class Trip, Team Building Outing, Family Outing, or just a Friends Afternoon. It wasn’t crazy busy- was easy to find up near the food court and it was a different night out for us. Especially when you are looking for something to do with the kids for a day, or on a cold, rainy day off. My kids liked it, and I am certain that we’ll end up back here. This is a great new addition to the local entertainment scene for kids.
The kids have asked me to add that their favorite rooms were the castle, the spy laser room, dystopian forest, paleontology discovery, and the planet ball one <3 in case you were looking for their favorites.
They also wanted me to add:
- Wear comfortable clothing
- Wear sneakers
- Read the directions
- Go out for your favorite treat afterwards <3
