About this venue
Prison Island in leisure centre Podium19 (ZEP Middelburg) is not a classic escape room but a Swedish franchise concept Fort Boyard-style: '27 cells, 27 challenges, 1 goal'. Teams of 2-4 'prisoners' walk freely through a prison hall and choose cells with tactical, physical or technical challenges; a chip records each attempt, a screen shows your live score and afterwards you get a printed score card. The free structure and variety make it popular with families and corporate outings (96% of Facebook reviews recommend it), but escape room enthusiasts are more critical: escapetalk gives it 6.1, players count around 20 cells rather than 27, and complaints include unclear instructions, broken cells that aren't marked out of service, and staff rarely on the floor. Expect a sporty score game without a story, not an escape room with a plot.
Rooms
- Prison Island (27 challenge-cellen)Fort Boyard-achtig gevangeniscomplex: zelfstandige cellen met tactische, fysieke en technische uitdagingen, live scorebord en geprinte scorekaart
What visitors say
- Great variety of challenges and lots of replay value (retry cells for a better score)
- Forces real teamwork — fun for families (8+) and team outings
- The printed score printout after the game is a nice keepsake and comparison bonus
- With some cells the point is very unclear and floor staff are absent
- Maintenance issues: broken cells not marked as out of service; fewer cells than the promised 27
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From the reviews
Twintig cellen, 20 challenges en één ding is zeker: je hebt elkaar nodig om te kunnen ontsnappen.— wijtestenhet.nl
Moe, maar voldaan keerden wij terug naar ons vakantiehuisje!— wijtestenhet.nl
De spellen in de cellen zijn zeer divers.— wijtestenhet.nl