San Antonio: Magic & Paranormal Escape Room Challenge
San Antonio escape room where magic tricks your mind and teamwork matters
You’ll step straight into a 1929 magic parlor in San Antonio, piecing together clues with your friends as illusions blur with reality. Expect laughter, suspenseful silences, and some real head-scratchers as you race against the clock during this 60-minute escape room adventure. You might even surprise yourself, or at least leave still puzzling over how they pulled off those tricks.
Step-by-step itinerary
Escape room challenge at Extreme Escape
- Arrive at Extreme Escape San Antonio
- Enter the magic parlor of trickery
- Investigate sabotage and illusions
- Unravel clues within 60 minutes
- Stop the maniac magician's plan
What’s included
Your booking includes a full hour inside the themed Master Of Illusions escape room at Extreme Escape San Antonio, wheelchair accessible throughout, with plenty of time to work through clues alongside your team before heading back out into reality.
- Monday to Thursday 15:30 17:00 18:30 20:00
- Friday 14:00 15:30 17:00 18:30 20:00 21:30 23:00
- Saturday 13:00 14:30 16:00 17:30 19:00 20:30 22:00 23:30
- Sunday 13:00 14:30 16:00 17:30 19:00 20:30
Information
Step into 1929 San Antonio for a magic-themed escape room, solve illusions, race the clock with friends, and enjoy wheelchair accessible fun: includes 60 minutes inside.
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Traveler reviews
The experience
“Wait, was that really there before?” That’s what I blurted out about ten minutes into the Master of Illusions escape room in San Antonio. We’d barely started poking around this magician’s parlor (velvet drapes, old posters curling at the edges, that faint smell of dust and something sweet like pipe tobacco) when our guide (he called himself “the stagehand,” which made me laugh) nudged us toward a locked box. I swear it looked different every time I glanced at it. Maybe that’s just how my brain works under pressure.
The story is set in 1929, so everything feels kind of sepia-toned and weirdly suspenseful. There’s this low hum from somewhere (maybe part of the soundtrack?), and you keep expecting someone to pop out behind a curtain. We had sixty minutes to solve the clues before the “curtain rises,” but honestly, time felt slippery in there. At one point, my friend tried to do a card trick to “blend in” with the magician theme (he failed miserably, we all cracked up). The puzzles are clever, not impossible, but you do need everyone thinking sideways. Sometimes I’d just stop and listen for a second. There’s something about hearing your own team whispering theories while outside you can almost hear kids laughing in the hallway.
I didn’t expect to get so caught up in the whole detective thing. Our group kept arguing over what was real and what was just illusion, kind of like life sometimes, right? When we finally cracked the last lock (with seconds left), I felt this weird mix of relief and disappointment that it was over. Even now, I catch myself replaying that last clue in my head. If you’re looking for an escape room in San Antonio that messes with your head in a good way (and lets you play detective for an hour), this is it.
Top questions
How long does the Master Of Illusions escape room last?
The experience lasts 60 minutes inside the escape room.
Is the San Antonio escape room wheelchair accessible?
Yes, all areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible.
Can service animals join inside Extreme Escape San Antonio?
Yes, service animals are allowed during your visit.
Do I need any special skills or fitness level for this escape room?
No special skills or fitness level are required. It’s suitable for everyone.
What year is the Master Of Illusions escape room set in?
The story takes place in 1929 inside a magician’s parlor setting.
Operated by Extreme Escape. Explorevia does not run this tour: we compare it with similar options, and you book it with our booking partner.
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San Antonio: Magic & Paranormal Escape Room Challenge
1h
from US$ 31.99 per person
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