Manchester's Crystal Maze Live Experience has slashed ticket prices for families this Easter

Manchester's Crystal Maze Live Experience is letting families visit at a cut price rate this Easter.

Inspired by the hit 90s game show of the same name, anyone from the age of nine can join in the fun, which takes players through the game's famous four zones - Aztec, Industrial, Futuristic, and Medieval.

If you watched the show, hosted by maze master Richard O'Brien, you'll know that teams complete challenges that test physical and mental skills to win as many crystals as possible.

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The more crystals you win, the longer you will have to spend inside the iconic dome at the end, where the aim is to catch as many golden tickets as possible.

The idea is that you pick a player that's most suited to each game, while making sure that each person gets at least two challenges.

The M.E.N's Manchester Family went along to try out the experience in a group of seven, including three children aged 14, 12 and 11.

While not Richard O'Brien himself, our rather eccentric maze master kept us on our toes as we made our way around and he's the one to explain each challenge and whether it's physical, skilful, mental or mystery. Some are more suited to younger ones than others, so he makes that clear if that's the case.

Our challenges ranged from climbing over ropes to reach a crystal while trying to avoid the attached bells from ringing, to rolling inside a huge barrel like a hamster in a wheel and trying to piece together a giant electric circuit.

An extra addition has been added for Easter too, with a bunny inside one of the rooms asking multiple choice questions.

While it's a minimum age of nine, I have to admit the kids fared better than us grown ups overall - winning the