I have been up and down the various lifts so many times I've earned frequent rider miles. Is there a secret out of this maze that I'm missing. Obvious there must be but I sure could use some help finding it. My wizards will cast a protection spell on any adventurer who will aid us in this matter.

Map it! That's what I did to get past it, I made a map representing the 4 lift rooms and then marked which lift led to which lift (I didn't map the connecting areas, just what lift I eventually ended up at).