June 1, 2018 (Flashback) – After departing Anchorage, I watched the Alaskan scenery on a bus ride to the cruise port in Seward. No mountain goats but one moose and plenty of avian wildlife. After a shockingly short check-in process (no lines!), it was all aboard and bon voyage. And to my great surprise, my ship, the Celebrity Millennium, was not without puzzles of its own!
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After a stretch of number puzzles, it’s time to try a words one. This one requires a little bit of work rather than relying on a “gotcha” moment, so take your time.
June 1, 2018 (Flashback) – It’s about time for me to get back to the story of the journey across the Pacific Northwest, centered around a cruise from Seward, AK to Vancouver, BC. The trip began with an overnight flight from Chicago to Anchorage, and after arriving in Anchorage well before the crack of dawn, I had a few hours to spend in town.
You know how textbooks often have a knowledge check at the end of a chapter, distilling the chapter’s lesson down into just a few core questions? This week’s puzzle is like that. It requires using the crux of at least one of the earlier puzzles (1-4) to get to the answer. Ready?
If you look up “summer” in the dictionary, you might find the following definition: “A two to three month window, typically between June and August, in which academic hiatuses and clement weather lead to a spike in demand for travel*.” If one were to follow the asterisk at the end of the sentence to the footnotes, he/she would find the following addendum: “An increase in demand while holding supply fixed will typically increase the equilibrium price.” What does it all mean? In short, that traveling during the summer months is really freaking expensive!
June 23, 2018 – After reaching as far east as West Virginia, we turned around and started the long trip home. Originally the plan was to hit some non-escape room attractions on the way home, but as it worked out, I wasn’t done with solving puzzles quite yet.
This week’s puzzle is a number sequence with a little twist. What’s the twist? If I told you that, it’d be a dead giveaway! So have fun and good luck. No outside knowledge required for this one.
June 23, 2018 – If I’m ever asking myself if it’s worth it to travel ten hours from home for a one hour event, I can think back to my time at Morgantown Escape Room and answer with a definitive “YES!” One of my favorite things about escape rooms is getting to see the designers’ unique and clever thought processes, and the Excalibur: Saving Camelot room and the folks at Morgantown Escape room truly delivered.
Puzzle #3 is back to the basics. Once again I’m asking people to reevaluate how they look at numbers. I provide a step in the right direction by writing out the numbers in English off the bat. Looking forward to seeing who can solve this one!
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