Things To Do
Escape Rooms
Texas Renaissance Festival Escape Rooms
Ticketing is online for pre-paid reservations, or at the door. We recommend booking in advance, as 'prime-time' slots sell out days or weeks ahead of time.
IMPORTANT INFO:
Your entire group will need to arrive no later than 15 minutes before your scheduled time, for introductions and rules. IMPORTANT: If you're late, you will either forfeit your session time (with no refund), or have your time available on the clock reduced.
Three of our excape rooms are for folks 15+ in age. Though the content is not "PG-13," per se, the difficulty level and nature/theme of the puzzle design is constructed for the non-child crowd. Also, at least one paying adult parent or guardian must be in the room with those aged 15-17. IF YOU BOOK ONLINE AND SHOW UP WITH FOLKS YOUNGER THAN 15 THEY WILL NOT BE ADMITTED AND YOU WILL NOT GET A REFUND.
"Pilpo Paggins & the Dwarf Mines" is for ages 10-Adult, but will still require a paid adult in the room with minors. Note that most sessions are public sessions, and you are likely to be grouped with other faire guests.
Also, be as sober as possible—inebriated guests will be asked to leave, with no refunds. Drunk guests who break puzzles/props may incur a $200 charge on their credit cards.
Base cost for the 20-minute Pilpo Baggins adventure is $19.99 per person, and the 30-minute adventures are $29.99 per person, plus tax and fees, 2-person minimum purchase (6 or 8 people max), for the public sessions (where you may be grouped with other guests), and 4-ticket minimum for the "Private Sessions" in the early mornings and early evenings.
You can also add people later in-person at the room if space is available (up to the max 6 or 8).
HEY! Really important: These tickets are a separate admission from the General Admission Festival tickets.
Be SURE you've bought your festival tickets first, to be positive you can get in, and then buy your Escape Adventure tickets!
The Rooms
2025 brings four Escape Room Adventures to the Texas Renaissance Festival, in a giant, newly renovated Air-Conditioned location!
PILPO PAGGINS & THE HIDDEN RING
Dandruff the White has hidden Pilpo's magic ring in his Hoppit Hole, so that he can't use it. But now a threat has come to the Halfling's Shire, and Pilpo needs the ring to defend his home!
This parody of a fairly well-known book & movie franchise is an exciting, fun introduction to escape rooms, or a quick challenging diversion for seasoned 'escape artists!
MINUTES: 20
COST PER PERSON: $19.99
AGE: 15+
PEOPLE (min-max): 2-8
DIFFICULTY: 3/5
PILPO PAGGINS & THE DWARF MINES
NEW FOR 2025: The Sword of Narwhal has been broken for centuries, but now with the threat of the D'orcs attacking, it is up to your 'fellowship' of adventurers to repair it in the mines of the Dwarves!
This brand-new adventure will challenge you to solve codes & puzzles, manipulate the forge, defeat security defenses, and re-forge the magic sword to help defeat evil! This is our first adventure suitable for families with kids ages 10 and up. For "Private Sessions" it is a 4-ticket minimum per room.
MINUTES: 30
COST PER PERSON: $29.99
AGE: 10+
PEOPLE (min-max): 2-6
DIFFICULTY: 4/5
AIRY BOTTER & THE ALCHEMIST’S LAB
Professor Plumbum has lost his mind, and is going to set off an "Alchemy Bomb" using the Philosopher's Kidney Stone to turn the world's gold into lead! Using magic and technology, can you save the world's economy (and jewelry)?
This 'Airy Botter' adventure takes you to London in 1899 where you and your team of sorcerers must use your wits and magic to find the keys which will defuse Plumbum's bomb! For "Private Sessions" it is a 4-ticket minimum per room.
MINUTES: 30
COST PER PERSON: $29.99
AGE: 15+
PEOPLE (min-max): 2-8
DIFFICULTY: 4/5
THE PIRATES' DILEMMA
Your plucky band of privateers are enjoying their ill-gotten gains in your hideout when your Captain sends word the King's Guard are attempting to break in and take you all to the Tower of London! Can you hide all the rum bottles in their secret hidey-holes before the soldiers arrive and catch you red-handed?
This immersive 16th Century London room will challenge you to solve codes, discover hidden compartments, and show the King's Guard you're all just friendly folk and completely innocent of wrongdoing! For "Private Sessions" it is a 4-ticket minimum per room.
MINUTES: 30
COST PER PERSON: $29.99
AGE: 15+
PEOPLE (min-max): 2-8
DIFFICULTY: 4/5
