Escape Quest Queenstown
Escape Quest Queenstown
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10:00 AM - 8:30 PM
Monday
10:00 AM - 8:30 PM
Tuesday
10:00 AM - 8:30 PM
Wednesday
10:00 AM - 8:30 PM
Thursday
10:00 AM - 8:30 PM
Friday
10:00 AM - 8:30 PM
Saturday
10:00 AM - 8:30 PM
Sunday
10:00 AM - 8:30 PM
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Can you Escape the Room in time? Play our physical Escape Rooms or our virtual reality Escape Rooms! In our physical Escape Rooms you and your teammates will step into Queenstown’s 1860s gold rush, crack the codes, solve the puzzles and try to Escape in 60 minutes! Based on real crimes, places and people, play local history! Our physical games are immersive with integrated technology and mechanics, authentic handcrafted props and richly themed rooms. Our VR Escape Rooms are no video games! For an entire hour, you'll be fully immersed in a mind-blowing, virtual reality world. Together with your teammates, go on an amazing adventure and experience an Escape not possible in real life. With the latest technology including liquid cooled computers and laser tracked headsets and controllers, we deliver a stunning, leading edge VR Escape. Choose between our 11 missions. Race the clock and race in teams! What a rush! Victorian 1860’s or VR avatar team photos are included FREE with every game!
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  • L G
    Auckland Central, New Zealand9 contributions
    A must for a rainy day in Queenstown.
    Boy were we glad when we found an escape room in Queenstown when our outdoor adventures were cancelled due to rain. Just the two of us, we entered Jackpot in the Miners Cottage. Great props, very authentic and good amount of mechanics, challenging even though we are not novices, we had to ask for a couple clues (the down side of having only two brains in the room, escape rooms are better with four or so people) and so unexpected. Just made it out with minutes to spare. Nice touch having the themed dress ups available for group photos. Dearer than most escape rooms but a lot of fun! Can't wait to try the other rooms on our next visit to Queenstown.
    Hi L G, Congratulations on your escape! Means a lot that having done escape rooms before, you still found ours so great! Thanks for taking the time to leave a review and we are looking forward to seeing you for another escape! Kind regards, Escape Quest
    Written January 31, 2021
    This response is the subjective opinion of the management representative and not of Tripadvisor LLC.
    Visited January 2021
    Written January 26, 2021
  • Jessica R
    Wellington, New Zealand28 contributions
    Fun!
    Would definitely recommend!!! My partner and I did the Prince of Wales II room. It was one of my first escape rooms and I found it challenging enough and quite entertaining. One puzzle got me stuck for some time, which was slightly frustrating, but we eventually managed to escape in time with one clue from the staff. Overall, it was super fun. We came back a few days later to do the Murder in the old man range room. It was definitely harder and our escape on time relied on lots of help from the staff. I thought that the time spent on each puzzle were more balanced in this room compared to the Prince of Wales II room. The technological aspect of the puzzles were quite clever and fun too. If you like complex problem solving and a high pace environment, this is for you. The rooms storyline’s are based on true events that happened in Queenstown during the gold rush- a great way to feel part of history.
    Hi jessicar287, Thanks for playing Escape Quest! We appreciate you taking the time to share your experience with the travel community. We're so pleased you had a great time escaping 2 of our rooms. Hope to see you again for your next Escape Quest adventure soon! Thanks again, Escape Quest
    Written January 12, 2020
    This response is the subjective opinion of the management representative and not of Tripadvisor LLC.
    Visited January 2020
    Traveled as a couple
    Written January 10, 2020
  • fijim24
    Napier, New Zealand2 contributions
    Awesome
    This was the first escape room for five of us and we thoroughly enjoyed it. Staff were fantastic. Managed to complete it just in time (thanks to the clues) but so much fun to use the brain without a device for a change.Highly recommend this for travellers and locals if you haven't tried it.
    Hi fijim24, Thanks for taking time to leave a review! We are thrilled you enjoyed you first experience with your team, and we hope you guys come to back for more escapes!
    Written September 9, 2020
    This response is the subjective opinion of the management representative and not of Tripadvisor LLC.
    Visited September 2020
    Written September 7, 2020
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Chris Gray
Timaru, New Zealand24 contributions
Jul 2020 • Family
Loved it. We just finished the room with two minutes to spare but that was allowing full cooperation of three children. Totally immersive experience, challenges were exciting, storyline interesting and kept our attention the entire time. Well set up mechanics and all worked well!
Written July 3, 2020
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Hi chrisgray78, Thanks for playing Escape Quest and sharing your experience with the travel community. We're so pleased you enjoyed stepping back into Queenstown's 1860s gold rush to solve the crime and escape the room! We hope to welcome you back on your next visit to beautiful Queenstown. Thanks again!
Written July 13, 2020
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Almostaboomer
Queenstown, New Zealand1 contribution
Oct 2020 • Friends
What an amazing experience this is. We did the VR pyramid escape. It’s hard to put into words but I just can’t stop thinking about how awesome and funny it was. For more than an hour four of us were completely fooled into feeling we were scrambling around the pyramids figuring out a way out. Hilarious.
Written October 6, 2020
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Fierydormouse
London, UK120 contributions
Dec 2022
We are a family group of 3 (mum, dad and 10 year old son) who did the "Gold Heist" escape room. We mostly did it because our son was desperate to do something like this - to be honest, my husband and I were a bit lukewarm about it, as we mostly wanted to do outdoorsy stuff in Queenstown... however, we are SO glad we went with our son's idea to do this! It was so much fun and it was great to have our brains challenged!

The clues were well pitched in terms of difficulty and there was help on hand if needed. Staff was super friendly and helpful.

I don't want to say too much about the actual escape room, as I don't want to spoil any surprises! But I will say, it was so clever because when we entered the room it was like "oh, there's nothing really in here!" but, as the game progressed, without giving too much away, there was a lot more to see in there by the time we left!

Thank you so much for a super memorable last morning in Queenstown. HIGHLY recommended!
Written January 12, 2023
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Tracey Limond
2 contributions
Mar 2021
During our Queenstown holiday, we completed all 7 rooms that Escape Quest had to offer - we loved it that much! We have done plenty of escape rooms around the country and these rooms are some of the best. We love that they are highly thematic and based on real life events. We loved the mechanical elements and surprises, the puzzles were the right level of challenge for us, and the rooms were well organised and logical. The VR escape rooms were such an awesome experience as well, and we thoroughly enjoyed those. My recommendation is to make sure you have your headset fitted correctly and your visual field in complete focus, otherwise it might get uncomfortable for you. The staff were amazing as well. Definitely a recommended activity if this is your kind of thing!
Written April 7, 2021
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Hi tracey_limond, What a great review! We couldn't be happier to hear that you were able to play all our games and that you loved it. It means a lot for us coming from someone that played multiple escape rooms around the country! We really enjoyed having you guys and hopefully we will come up with new escapes for you! Kind regards, Escape Quest.
Written April 8, 2021
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Kylie O
Mosgiel, New Zealand118 contributions
May 2020 • Family
We have done escape rooms in other cities and had high expectations for the gold rush themed rooms here. In entry we were a bit underwhelmed at the set up of the room. I did it with 3 kids (13,14,15 years) and found they left us floundering g for far too long before hints were given. It’s the first time that the time has been up and we haven’t finished which felt like a real anti-climax. Not well managed for us compared to previous experience. Would think twice before returning
Written May 30, 2020
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C Martin
4 contributions
Oct 2020 • Couples
We completed the new VR escape room. We’ve completed many other escape rooms in the past but this one is unreal and unlike anything we have done before. 100% would recommend to anyone looking for an amazing and exciting challenge! Thanks guys we loved it! 😍
Written October 4, 2020
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jacqui r
9 contributions
Jul 2020
What an exciting hour! Three teenagers and one adult and ALL of our brain power, communication and co-operation was required. It wasn't easy but we escaped with five minutes to spare. Really well done and challenging. Great experience, I would do it again and recommend it to everyone.
Written July 13, 2020
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Hi jacquir742 Congratulations on your awesome escape and thanks for visiting Escape Quest! We're thrilled you had a great time with your team and hope to welcome you back to play our other games in the near future. Thanks again
Written July 27, 2020
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C T
3 contributions
Dec 2022
The escape room is a really fun way to spend an hour or so. Its challenging without being impossible and great you can get clues if you're stuck. It was well laid out and professionally run. Full of surprises. We competed against another team so it was awesome being able to do the same room as them at the same time. Thoroughly recommend.
Written December 11, 2022
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Travel_lovin_Kiwi
Hamilton, Waikato, New Zealand98 contributions
Jul 2022 • Friends
We had a group of 8 and split into 2 teams of 4 to play the outdoor escape quest. What a great way to see the town and learn some history! The technology is very clever. We all enjoyed ourselves and highly recommend it! Staff were lovely.
Written July 20, 2022
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HMM
Christchurch, New Zealand124 contributions
Jan 2021 • Family
Had a fun time in the Gold Heist escape room. Some clues were quite hard and thankfully we were given some help along the way and managed to finish just in time. My 14 year old enjoyed the experience but the 9 year old was a bit bored. Better for adults and older kids.
Written January 1, 2021
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Hi Y1152PRhelenm, Thanks for taking your time to leave a review! We have a wide range of ages that come and play our escape rooms. In most cases kids enjoy the experience as much as adults do! It's a shame that we couldn't get your little one as excited, but we are glad that all in all you guys had a good time escaping! Kind regards, Escape Quest
Written January 26, 2021
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