John Wick Experience at AREA15 in Las Vegas

While covering CinemaCon, I was invited to visit the John Wick Experience during a break between presentations. After a short shuttle ride to Area 15, I passed by vehicles from the film and entered the lobby of the Las Vegas branch of The Continental. After checking in, I enjoyed food and drinks in the well-decorated bar as we waited for our group to be called. Once in our elevator, our guide gave us the rules of the Continental, and we soon found ourselves in the Operator room, where we were given new hire orientation by our sassy supervisor, and soon found that contracts had been issued for us and who had the highest bounty. Using a Pneumatic Tube to deliver a message, I was able to crack the code and use an older computer to open the next area, which had us talking to the manager. We were addressed at various points by name and told that due to our past associations with Mr. Wick, we have fallen out of favor and have one hour to leave town, but would be given some help in the process. This was followed by a smarmy and hysterical games dealer who took many in our group to task with his biting wit. We also had a Cartography Room to solve the puzzle, and I was able to assist the group in solving the geographic puzzle. A costumer and weapons room followed, and that included a laser puzzle room before we went to the range. Using pistols, we had to dispatch waves of enemies, and I was happy to see an 87% accuracy for myself as 45% was the second highest. Be prepared, as fatigue can set in during the later waves, as it is intense and fast. The next escape involved me posing with another as a Street Person while the rest of the group hid in a van or an alley. This all combined for a rousing finale of smoke, sound, and light before we entered the lounge and gift shop. The details were amazing, and the look and performances by the staff were first-rate. Tickets and more details can be found here.

I knew nothing about John Wick but my husband and son love the series and it was an incredible adventure. Highly recommend!

The whole experience was extremely rush. We barely had time to look around the room before they moved us to the next one and kept saying we didn’t have much time. The reason why they rushed us was because there’s a group starting 10mins behind us. Honestly it’s not worth the price. You barely registered what was going on and you were already in the next room. The activities were kind of meh too. Would spend money somewhere else instead of this.

Our uber driver had difficultly finding the right pick up spot, so we showed up exactly 2 min. late for our reservation (proof with uber drop off screenshot) and they wanted to charge us $120 to reschedule despite their own terms and conditions on their confirmation email stating that there is a 5 minute grace period from time of arrival and appointment time. After protesting, they brought the charge down to $60. I would have gotten a refund if I could. This was a private tour - so the entire group going at that time was in our party, so no one was waiting 2 minutes for us. We rescheduled because we were already over $500 into this experience, and they wouldn't refund it or let us talk to a manager. The next day we show up early and they are ironically running 9 minutes behind schedule for our appointment time. No apologies or refunds for our reschedule fee. Honestly, all the actors were great, but it's not an escape room. There's 2 easy things to figure out and the rest they basically walk you through a john wick movie reenactment and the whole thing takes 30 min. If you chose to waste time in Vegas doing this - I would highly recommend not making a reservation. Not just because of the poor customer service, but this is not worth what they are charging. Highly recommend not wasting your time or money

So fun. If you're a movie buff you will enjoy this, especially if you like yhe John Wick movies but even if you've never seen them, its still a fun time. Every detail is thought of as soon as you set on the property, from outside to check-in to the bar afterwards. The actors make this experience with the guy in at the casino tables being our favourite. Now, you need to go in with a fun mindset and be prepared to laugh at yourself and others in your group of ten. We were with 4 other couples, complete strangers and it was a great time. We didn't know what to expect but the reenactment and escape room feel kept us on our toes and fully immersed us into a scene from the movie. This was a highlight of our time at Area 15, surpassing Universal Horror. We would highly recommend this experience.