LEVEL99 Officially Coming to Disney Springs, Largest Location to Date Confirmed

By WDWMAGIC Staff · Wednesday February 19, 2025 3:04pm ET · "Level99"
LEVEL99 Officially Coming to Disney Springs, Largest Location to Date Confirmed

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Level99 Overview

LEVEL99, an immersive social entertainment experience, is officially coming to Disney Springs in the Former NBA Experience on the West Side at Walt Disney World Resort. This will be Level99's first-ever Florida location and its largest venue to date, offering more than 60 challenge rooms and duels across a two-story, 45,000-square-foot space.

What to Expect at LEVEL99 Disney Springs

LEVEL99 blends physical and mental challenges in a real-world, social gaming environment. Teams of 2-6 players work together to complete short, high-energy challenges that are designed to be replayable and competitive. The experience includes:

  • Challenge rooms that test teamwork, problem-solving, and agility.
  • Arena duels for player-vs.-player competitions.
  • An interactive art hunt featuring hidden symbols among custom-designed artwork.
  • A full-service restaurant and bar, with handcrafted cocktails and scratch-made dishes.

The Disney Springs location will feature a two-story bar serving craft beers and cocktails, along with award-winning Detroit-style pizza and other menu offerings.


LEVEL99 Expanding Nationwide

Backed by Act III Holdings, led by Panera founder and CAVA Chair Ron Shaich, Level99 is rapidly growing beyond its New England roots. The first Level99 location opened in Natick, MA, in 2021, followed by Providence, RI, in 2024. Upcoming locations in Tysons Corner, VA, and West Hartford, CT, are set to open in 2025, with Disney Springs marking its fifth and most ambitious venue yet.

LEVEL99 founder and CEO Matthew DuPlessie, an MIT engineer and Harvard Business School graduate, is widely considered a pioneer in the escape room industry. He launched the world’s first escape room-style concept in 2004 and later founded Level99 to create a more dynamic, replayable, and competitive experience.

“Our vision is to make ‘challenge rooms’ a mainstream concept, and the opportunity to open at a marquee location like Disney Springs is the next step in our plans to expand the Level99 brand nationally,” DuPlessie said.

Opening Timeline and Hiring Plans

LEVEL99 at Disney Springs will be the company’s largest and most advanced venue yet, capable of hosting over 1,000 players at a time. The company plans to hire over 100 employees for the new location.

An official opening date has not been announced, but with the site confirmed, construction and hiring efforts are expected to ramp up in the coming months.

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Sounds like escape rooms. Very happy to see this possibility. This is something I am interested in unlike the NBA experience,
Level 99 is awesome. It would be a great addition to Disney springs. We have 2 up here near me in MA/RI.
Here's a little more background from LinkedIn:

Level99 is a first-of-its-kind destination for real-world, social, challenge-based entertainment for adults featuring over 50 mental and physical challenges set in immersive, artistic environments. Each challenge is designed to bring a group together in engaging activities that take 2 to 4 minutes to complete, sparking moments of laughter in epic fails and high-fives in triumphant wins. From navigating our iconic Axe Run, to solving puzzles in a Crystal Cavern, to conquering the largest pinball game imaginable, Level99 offers endless ways to play using both body and mind. Level99 tracks each player’s progress as they work their way up the coveted leaderboard or try to collect every “star” available in the venue, unlocking exclusive rewards as they play. To enhance the gaming experience, Level99 offers a full-service bar, restaurant, and beer hall, Night Shift Kitchen + Tap, that features scratch-made cooking, legendary craft beers, hand-made creative cocktails, and a variety of dining and gathering spaces for events. In 2025, we will be adding Victory Brewing in Tysons, VA and Two Roads Kitchen + Tap in West Hartford, CT to our group of restaurants as we team up with local brewers in support of our northeast expansion.

Level99 opened its first location in 2021 in Natick, MA, followed by its second location in Providence, RI in 2024. A young, entrepreneurial company, Level99 has immediate plans to triple in size over the next 18 months. We are backed by Act III Holdings, led by Panera founder Ron Shaich, and we have a talented team that has worked on successful entertainment projects such as 5 Wits, Boda Borg, Blue Man Group, and Walt Disney Imagineering. Check out our website to learn more about Level99. A world of challenges awaits!
I can attest that this place would be great for that space. My partner and I try and go often. Very creative rooms that take no longer than a few minutes. You can get up to 3 stars from a single room, and have an RFID band that tracks your stars which lets you customize your name with colors and effects.
Sounds like a Millenial’s dream.
I’ve got an idea…

They should knock it down…and immediately rebuild it to put a gaming thing in there…
…again
The best part of Level 99 is that it's geared to all ages...as a couple in our early 40's we can go and have a blast with friends or go with our 13 year old and have the same amount of fun. The ones up here have a local brewery in them and have a great food menu. I can see it being packed in Disney springs.
All but guarantee this is the NBA building.
I can see this as a clever use of the former NBA Experience/Disney Quest space, so I applaud the effort to bring something different to DS and hope it is a successful venture. Time needed, "curb appeal" (meaning, is it going to have some Disney-themed elements or is it something you can find in Anywhereville, USA?), and especially pricing will determine it's long-term viability. $45/person for 2 hours (Their Providence, RI location is $36/person for 2 hours) isn't going to make it very long, IMHO.
Wow, our dismal capital city made the Disney news. At least it's better prices than TopGolf. The website is vague on what you can do there.
bring in Dave & Busters
Looks like an interesting concept that works. Question is how does it adjust to Disney crowd sizes/demand? Do they require an additional admission fee? Time limit?
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It will be interesting to see how pricing compares to the ones here. Here its booked as a 2hr, 4hr or all day pass and is very reasonably priced. The original one in Natick can get quite busy with just normal local crowds. I can only imagine how busy it could get at Disney.
Looks promising. I was hoping for a Meow Wolf though!