I’ve written previously about how much Netflix’s The Devil’s Plan rocked my world. Since watching this phenomenal Korean intellectual game show, I’ve gone on a pilgrimage of watching other cerebral Korean game shows, and I’ve been loving it. The Genius, Crime Scene, Time Hotel… I’ve watched more than seven seasons of content and can’t get enough.
On my recent trip to Florida, I got to play one of the newest TERPECA finalist escape rooms – Crazy Train: The Ballad of Skeemin’ Plotz at Doldrick’s Escape. The room is remarkable in many ways – the old timey cartoon aesthetic is unique among escape rooms, and the game hits all the right marks with aesthetic and puzzle variety. The most unique thing to me, though, and something that may go unnoticed among many escape room enthusiasts, is the level of craft invested to make an escape room that will delight players of all skill levels.
My most recent travel post was from Florida in early November. In early December, I have another Florida trip to report on. Last time, we explored the eastern coast of Florida leading up to a Caribbean cruise. This time around, we flew out early for an event in Orlando. Different circumstances, but one big commonality- the Kennedy Space Center.
I wrote recently about the James Bond Escape the Museum Experience at Chicago’s Museum of Science and Industry. I thought I had lost the materials from the event, but as luck would have it, I found them buried in a stack of mail!
An escape room at the Museum of Science and Industry- I never thought I’d return to that museum under those circumstances. The new James Bond exhibit afforded me this unusual and exciting opportunity.
Cruises are one of my favorite forms of travel for many reasons. The forced disconnect is perhaps the biggest one- to be separated from the world at large for several days, allowing me to save up ideas and return to life as usual with renewed energy and strategy. A close second is how many opportunities for competitive challenges there are on cruise ships.
I usually recommend traveling without overcommitting to a specific schedule. Taking a trip on a set itinerary / path may feel reassuring up front, but a lot of my best vacation memories are from times we head into a situation with too little of a plan.
I stumbled across The Devil’s Plan on Netflx via the thumbnail depicting someone solving a tangram puzzle. That was enough for me to give it a shot, and boy did it surpass my expectations. The Korean game show has definitively captured my #1 spot in all of reality / game show history.
Going into last Friday, I expected to be on a road trip from Charlotte to Chicago. Hurricane Helene blew up those plans, so with no plan in mind, we set out westward on the morning of Friday, September 27. Despite having no plan, the trip was amazing, and we packed the days full.
I was VERY excited about our next trip. Flying to Charlotte, North Carolina. Driving home over the course of five days, stopping at famous sites like the Biltmore, Pigeon Forge, and Nashville, hitting a dozen highly rated escape rooms along the way. Then it all fell apart.
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