M4 Escapes: Dino Deadlock

By | July 4, 2020

by M4 Escapes (website)

Hangar 88, Hullavington Airfield, Hullavington, SN14 6GU

Chippenham

2-6 players

Languages: EN

60 minutes

Dino Deadlock is a Jurassic themed Escape Room designed to fully immerse you into the Jurassic era. You've discovered a mobile Jurassic research facility bus whilst on a tour of the Jurassic kingdom. It's up to you what happens next..
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Overall rating

Rated between 3.5 and 5 out of 5

based on ratings from 35 users
combined with 3 pro reviews

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Laura McGill expert rated this:Rated between 40 and 40 out of 5
Played: 10 Oct 2023 Team size: 2 Outcome: Successful escape!
originalfunnyimmersive
Sam Carr experienced rated this:Rated between 50 and 50 out of 5
Team size: 3 Outcome: Successful escape!
originalcleverimmersive
imrahil experienced rated this:Rated between 40 and 40 out of 5
Team size: 2 Outcome: Successful escape!
PurpleB expert rated this:Rated between 35 and 35 out of 5
immersive

An impressive set and a slightly longer experience makes this the better of their two rooms in my opinion.  We enjoyed it.

matt_keds expert rated this:Rated between 40 and 40 out of 5
Played: 10 Aug 2022 Team size: 2 Time taken: 45 Outcome: Successful escape!
originalgreat hosting
jakea256 expert rated this:Rated between 50 and 50 out of 5
Played: 14 Aug 2022 Team size: 2 Time taken: 48:29 Outcome: Successful escape!
hi-techoriginalimmersive

Highly original - the set looks and feels incredible. All of the puzzles are in theme and provided some lovely aha moments. Something for everyone in terms of puzzle types - non linear too which works for more experienced teams. 

Jasmine Barrett rated this:Rated between 50 and 50 out of 5
Played: 28 Apr 2022 Team size: 2 Time taken: 53 mins Outcome: Successful escape!
beautifulimmersivegreat hosting

Very enjoyable room. The puzzles were a good combination and challenged us to the perfect level. The setting of the room was perfect and very immersive. It was really cleverly done. We  thought it was one of the best we have done so far!

Escape Enthusiast expert rated this:Rated between 50 and 50 out of 5
Played: 19 Mar 2022 Team size: 2 Time taken: 53:36 Outcome: Successful escape!
beautifulimmersivegreat hosting

The moment you step on-board the bus Dino Deadlock is set on, you'll see why there is so much hype behind this game. It is beautifully themed and really nails the 'Jurassic Park Research Lab' vibe. Considering the fact it's within a single floor bus, that's incredibly impressive. On top of the immersive theming, there are some really enjoyable puzzles. There are a good mix of logic puzzles, alongside some exploration and physical tasks.  There's something for everyone and all of the puzzles are incredibly good fun. I think fun is the best way to describe the room. It left us with a huge smile on our faces. To top it all off we had the most amazing host. I would definitely recommend this room. It's visually stunning, has some really enjoyable puzzles and is just so unique simply due to the fact it's on a bus. 

Alex Leach rated this:Rated between 50 and 50 out of 5
Played: 6 Feb 2022 Team size: 4 Time taken: 60 mins Outcome: Successful escape!
cleverimmersivefamily friendlyquite difficult

A really fun escape room with a clever and fun theme. Friendly staff and warm welcome. A good mix of dexterity, deduction and discovery! Recommended whole heartedly!

SupertrampEcho experienced rated this:Rated between 50 and 50 out of 5
Outcome: Successful escape!
story-drivengreat hostingepic
abunai expert rated this:Rated between 50 and 50 out of 5
Ellie experienced rated this:Rated between 35 and 35 out of 5
Played: 2021-07-27 00:00:00 Team size: 2 Outcome: Successful escape!
originalimmersive

I loved that this room felt like it had been inspired by the original Jurassic Park novels (I am a huge fan!), rather than just trying to rip off the films. Everything in the bus felt very much in line with this theme and I can see how much effort has been put into creating this. The ending is also superb. 

The thing that let this room down for us slightly was that some of the puzzles were time-consuming and frustrating! There was also one I would be interested to hear if people ever completed without hints.

Still - if you want to live out your childhood fantasy of being Dr Ellie Sattler or Dr Ian Malcolm for an hour, I would highly recommend.

Tim Cooper expert rated this:Rated between 35 and 35 out of 5
Team size: 2 Outcome: Successful escape!
beautifuloriginalstory-driven
Wesley Mead expert rated this:Rated between 45 and 45 out of 5
Played: 5 Jul 2021 Team size: 2 Time taken: 59:51 Outcome: Successful escape!
beautifulimmersivefamily friendly
Joe Brown expert rated this:Rated between 40 and 40 out of 5
Played: 23/7/20 Team size: 2 Outcome: Failed 🙁
Great themed room, converted from a bus with awesome props and tech. We played it when it was pretty much brand new so a few tweaks to the hints and puzzles and this will be the best room we've played in the south west!
Anonymous rated this:Rated between 50 and 50 out of 5
Billa Babybel experienced rated this:Rated between 45 and 45 out of 5
Played: 20 Aug 2022 Team size: 2 Time taken: 45.14 Outcome: Successful escape!
immersive

Loved it! 

RR_Duo+ rated this:Rated between 40 and 40 out of 5
Played: 28 Aug 2022 Team size: 2 Time taken: 65:00 Outcome: Successful escape!
thecolemans rated this:Rated between 40 and 40 out of 5
Played: 5 Jan 2024 Team size: 2
funnygreat hosting
Enjoyed this escape room, it was our first one so we weren't sure what to expect, the host was really good. Experience immersive, only criticism is that we would have liked it to be laid out in to different rooms but appreciate that's difficult with limited space and also this is quite expensive compared to others but still worth doing
TheCLAMS expert rated this:Rated between 35 and 35 out of 5
Team size: 4 Outcome: Successful escape!
hi-techquite difficult

Cool premise and environment but quite cramped for the four of us. We had assumed the puzzle was linear because some of the puzzles seemed to have aspects missing in order for us to crack them but turned out we just needed to use our brain more. 

Richard Sinden experienced rated this:Rated between 30 and 30 out of 5
Played: 15 Feb 2024 Team size: 4 (2 kids) Time taken: 41:00 Outcome: Successful escape!
family friendlybroken techquite easy
NerdsEsacpe rated this:Rated between 50 and 50 out of 5
Played: 18 Feb 2024 Team size: 5 Outcome: Successful escape!
immersivestory-drivengreat hosting
Another fantastic escape room at M4 Escape. Tom, the game master was amazing! This experience was fully themed and immersive. Lots of challenges and puzzles for us all to get involved in. Would highly recommend! 
Ceri Thomas rated this:Rated between 40 and 40 out of 5
Outcome: Successful escape!
JoeRaymond experienced rated this:Rated between 40 and 40 out of 5
Played: 30 Sep 2023 Team size: 2 Time taken: 53:00 Outcome: Successful escape!
beautifuloriginalgreat hosting

Excellent non-linear room. Really good theme and well-built room. Very original.

Largely observational and physical puzzles - not much logic. Usually I wouldn’t be a fan of this, but in the case of Dino Deadlock that isn’t the case as the puzzles were made really well.

Would definitely rcommend!

kristinaescapes rated this:Rated between 35 and 35 out of 5
Played: 30 Sep 2023 Team size: 2 Time taken: 53 Outcome: Successful escape!
hi-techimmersivefamily friendly

The set on this one is fantastic, so much time and effort has gone into decorating the bus and it pays off. Kids will definitely enjoy it.

The puzzles are physical and can be time consuming so not ideal for a small team or if you prefer more logical puzzles.

EmmaSmiley rated this:Rated between 45 and 45 out of 5
Played: 28 Aug 2023 Team size: 2 Time taken: 56 Outcome: Successful escape!
beautifulhi-techimmersive

This escape room is very original, based in a converted bus. All puzzles are on theme, mostly physical puzzles so great if if bringing small humans! We normally like more logic based and difficult puzzles but this room was so immersive would recommend for even veteran escape-roomies!  

Alwaysablast rated this:Rated between 40 and 40 out of 5
Played: 8 Apr 2023 Team size: 2 Outcome: Successful escape!
originalstory-driven

Good room, interesting theme and really well created. Fun tech and a good experience.

Tom Kearns rated this:Rated between 50 and 50 out of 5
Played: 15 Oct 2022 Team size: 3 Time taken: 49.03 Outcome: Successful escape!
cleverimmersivegreat hosting

Fantastic fun! Very well designed, enjoyably non linear, no too hard, but enough difficulty to keep you interested. Brilliant job

ZombieChick experienced rated this:Rated between 40 and 40 out of 5
Played: 29 Oct 2021 Team size: 4 Time taken: 52m17s Outcome: Successful escape!
2For1 experienced rated this:Rated between 50 and 50 out of 5
Played: 19 Oct 2022 Team size: 2 Time taken: 58:55 Outcome: Successful escape!
hi-techimmersiveepicquite difficult😨creepy

Fantastic design with an amazing ending! If you like Crystal Maze, this is your type of game.

Jess_keds expert rated this:Rated between 40 and 40 out of 5
Outcome: Successful escape!
hi-techimmersivefamily friendly

Great set design! 

Kates rated this:Rated between 45 and 45 out of 5
Team size: 3 Time taken: 48
hi-techcleverstory-driven

We played this on a hot day and were very glad of the air conditioning. The bus setting was so brilliantly done, as were the many unique elements found in this room that we've never seen anywhere else.

The host made us laugh and we had a great chat before and afterwards about this and other games.

You do require an element of physical skill (though not strength) for some parts of this game - it's not purely cerebral!

We all liked the fact it was clear what end goal you were ultimately working to, and there were a variety of challenges allowing everyone in the team to shine.

GetUsOutOfHere experienced rated this:Rated between 50 and 50 out of 5
Played: 1 Feb 2023 Team size: 2 Time taken: 45
originalcleverimmersive
Adam Bravery expert rated this:Rated between 40 and 40 out of 5
Played: 9 Nov 2022 Team size: 4 Time taken: 26:42 Outcome: Successful escape!
originalimmersive
Anonymous rated this:Rated between 50 and 50 out of 5

Reviews by escape room review sites

If you’re a fan of dinosaurs and escape rooms then this is a room you must try. A beautiful set, decent puzzles, and a really fun ending made our detour 100% worth it!

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