Fantescapes Escape Rooms Guelph - Puzzle Rooms - Guelph, Ontario

Amy P.

Nice escape room! I took my son and two daughters (teens and tween) to the Lamp of the Djinni room. The room had a wide variety of puzzles. I liked the creativity in the puzzles! It was quite challenging. We definitely did not escape. The guy working there said it is their hardest room. He suggested we start with an easier room called the Magicarium. We were moving along well in the room, but each puzzle was time consuming. I like the balance with this place of having more authentic looking decorations and interesting puzzles. The Lamp of the Djinni room mainly has linear puzzles, but they have some side puzzles and things that my youngest could work on as well. My favourite escape rooms for teens and families is still Exitus Escape Rooms in Guelph though.

Tip: Definitely arrive 15 minutes early like they suggest. Finding their business seems a tiny bit of an escape room. Lol! You have to punch in a code for their door to open. When you come in through that door, go downstairs to the right, not up on the left. Follow the hall down, then turn right, then left and follow down that hall until you hit a sign in the middle of the hall.

COVID protocol: At this business, they require masking if you have any symptoms or allergies. They had a sign at the entrance in the middle of the hallway as of Aug. 2024.

Parking: There is free street 2 hour parking along Macdonell, Carden, and Wyndham Street. There is paid parking at the Market Parkade. Macdonell also has a parking lot, but I'm not sure if it is a paid lot at this point.

Payment: Their online payment system is a bit odd.

Washrooms: Yes, they have them.

People with back issues: In the Lamp of the Djinni room, quite a number of puzzles are done on the floor or seated on a stool. The business could improve this by adding a higher table for people to assemble or work on the puzzles. They keep everything low though to maintain the authentic appearance.

Wheelchair accessibility: Call to ask. I didn't see an elevator in the building, and you have to go down stairs to get to Fantescapes. I can't remember if they had a wheelchair accessible washroom.

Celia A.

We took our family which consisted of 6 adults and 8 grandchildren ranging from 10 years to 16 for an experiential Christmas present.
It was an engaging experience from the moment we entered the reception area. The team was great and the rooms very well thought out. The participants who had previous escape room experience rated this as one of the best they had played in.

Tina T.

Amazing escape room experience!!! I went with my fiancé for a date night and we did the Magicarium room (Dark Side). The concept is so cool that there are essential 2 different escape rooms in 1 (different puzzles and paths depending on whether you pick light or dark side). We will definitely be returning with friends to do the light side next! The puzzles were interactive and super fun! It was also really cool that there were additional optional puzzles if you had extra time. We finished the room with less than 1 second to spare! 10/10 would absolutely recommend this!!!

Larissa D.

Fantescapes was very cheap and low budget even though we paid 60$. We get better experiences at Trapped and Exitus in Guelph for the same price. He made us tell the background story which we’ve never had and the location is in a basement which was hot and humid for the summer with a kids karate class happening beside us. It felt very unwelcoming. This already broke immersion before we entered the room. During our experience in the lamp of the genie, the “genie guide” was clearly watching us and telling us unsolicited hints when we didn’t ask for one. We would be brainstorming and the voice would pop out saying “that’s the right code”. Normally we know we’re being watched and can ask for hints on our own volition but these were unsolicited and unwanted. He also counted down every minute from the last 10 which caused unnecessary stress and broke our thought process. The props were cheap and I could tell they were manually input due to constant monitoring rather than good design. We will not be coming here again.

Samantha M.

Had a great time at this escape room! The guys were nice, the puzzles are tricky, and you could play twice if you wanted to go back more than once. The rooms were well maintained, and the added coins/extra side puzzles were fun.

Steven F.

This is the best escape room I've been to. Great details all over the place and a very fun experience. We did the Magicarium and gained points for the dark side. We are looking forward to coming back and seeing what the other rooms are like. Even the lobby was amazing. We went as a pair and finished the room,but there was so much we would have gone back and explored. 10/10 would recommend.

Gregson L.

We had so much fun! We had a 12 and 13 year old with us and they were able to contribute to completing the puzzles. We had an ever so helpful 'genie guide' who gave us helpful little hints to keep us moving along. Can't wait to go back to try the other rooms!

Anna

nice and detailed escape room! the decorations are great and creates such a fun ambiance! the workers are super nice and enthusiastic. they were also very accommodating which was great. i recommend coming here!