I'm still of the moderate belief that these escape rooms might backfire and not be that popular, as much as I appreciate Universal doing something different to push CityWalk forward. I agree, bringing bowling (back!) or even minigolf just feels more "right," to me at least, because of the simple fact those are activities that are well-rounded -- families can bring their little kids mini-golfing, couples can do dinner and bowling/golfing, friends can have drinks and bowl, etc. They're repetitive social activities, something to come back and do again next weekend or the weekend after that, whereas once you've blown through the various themes and solved all the escape rooms, there isn't as much repeatability.
And that's not even factoring in the cost -- using Orlando CityWalk's pricing as a baseline, if something like bowling or minigolf would cost $20 a person and escape rooms could start at $40 a person, even that might be a deal breaker. A group of three could drop $60 to play some golf rather than, now, $120 to do an escape room, and that alone might keep them from deciding to see a movie after or eat or get drinks at CityWalk when they now collectively have $60 less to spend because they chose an escape room.
But who knows? I could be (and probably am) wrong, especially since the escape rooms are still open in Orlando, but I'm just worried that if they land with a thud, Universal will take the wrong lesson away from it.