Arizona Renaissance Festival to feature Escape Rooms Mesa - 2019

The 31st Annual Arizona Renaissance Festival and Faire will Feature 5 mini escape rooms presented by Escape Rooms Mesa.

Each Mini Escape room will cost $10 and you will have 15 minutes to solve the puzzles and escape.
*Escape the Plague                 
*Sword and the Stone
*Merlin's Wand                         
*Pirates Cove
*Magical Forest

This new addition is sure to add to the interactive entertainment of this annual festival.

Enjoy swordplay, music and comedy at the Arizona Renaissance Faire's Royal Festival! Fun awaits you in a 30 Acre Village of costumed characters, Artisan Shops, Jousting and Games & Rides for All Ages.

Open 10am to 6pm every Saturday and Sunday from February 9th through March 31st, 2019 (Including Presidents' Day).

For More information visit arizona.renfestinfo.com

Escape Rooms Mesa offers the biggest Escape Room experience in Arizona, the experience consists of being locked in an intricate room where the objective of finding the key to get out of that room! Escape Rooms Mesa is the nation’s largest escape room facility with 13 escape rooms to choose from

Escape Rooms Mesa is located just East of Country Club and North on University Dr. on the North East corner of University and MacDonald.

Phone: (602) 632-1542  

Address: 86 W University Dr, Mesa, AZ 85201

For more information visit escaperoomsmesa.com

My Two Cents

We went to the Arizona Renaissance Festival opening day February 9th, we we surprised to see some minor changes to the lay out of the Renfaire as well as a few new vendors. 

We made our way to the back of the Festival grounds near the Jousting arena and found the Escape Rooms. You pay $10 a person to reserve 1 of the 5 mini escape rooms.

We did the Plague, My short review is that it was a very challenging and enjoyable 15 minutes. 

My longer review is that the decor was well done and the puzzles were challenging. These mini 1 room escapes were better than some of the large 3 room escapes we have done. They made great use of the fairly small area they had to work with. Solving the puzzle optimally requires 3-5 persons in your group and paying attention to the walls, opening things for clues and some thinking. As with most escape rooms they do allow you to ask for a set number of clues. 

Definitely a great cost vs value. I definitely look forward to completing the other 4 This Renaissance Season.

* Have now returned and completed all but Pirates Cove, They are all great challenges!
* Have now beat Pirates Cove! Can not wait til next year!


Beat Escape Rooms - Tips and Tricks to Win Escape Games

ComicX – Desert Ridge Marketplace

Update: Now Open - Opened 12/4/19!

Update: ComicX is Opening late 2019 at Desert Ridge Marketplace in Phoenix, AZ.

ComicX, the Mexico based Comic Book themed restaurant full of childhood nostalgia that was originally expected to open summer of 2019.

The atmosphere will immerses customers in fantasy and imagination with decor and life size statues of comic book characters, including your favorite superheroes and villains.

Four friends with a passion for delicious food and comic books opened the first ComicX restaurant in Hermosillo, Sonora, in the summer of 2010. Since then they have grown to 36 locations in Mexico.

This will be the first in the US and the restaurant is expected to offer an affordable and delicious menu (cheese sticks, fries, wings, burgers, wraps, pizzas, nachos and salads) for kids of all ages! 

The new 8,000-square-foo restaurant rest will be located at the Desert Ridge Marketplace between Sweet Tomatoes and Majerle's Sports Bar: 21001 N. Tatum Blvd., Phoenix, AZ 85050

Here is my Review of ComicX USA




Check out a Virtual 3D tour of one of their locations

   

Vertuccio Farms 1st Annual Christmas Lights at the Farm Celebration

Vertuccio Farms is excited to debut its first Annual Christmas Lights at the Farm Celebration, open November 23, 2018 - January 11 2019.

This awe inspiring Christmas light show Stretches out over 10 acres. Visitors will be greeted by the captivating sight of over 2 million glimmering lights, displayed and synchronized to a variety of Christmas music.

This Christmas wonderland consists of illuminated walking trails, a 30ft Christmas tree and a twinkling barnyard animal display with many festive photo opportunities to capture memories.

There is also an ice skating rink, food and drink!

Santa will be on site from December 15th through the 23rd.

This family-friendly experience will bring excitement and joy to the whole family, begin a new Christmas tradition at Vertuccio Farms.

For more information, discount days, and special offers, visit vertucciofarms.com.

HOURS:

● SUNDAY-THURSDAY 5pm-9pm for Farm Lights Show
● FRIDAY-SATURDAY: 5pm-10pm for Farm Lights Show
● DATES CLOSED: December 24th, 25th, 31st 2018 and January 1st 2019

COST:

● SUNDAY-THURSDAY $15 per person ages 2 yrs and under free
● FRIDAY-SATURDAY $18 per person ages 2 yrs and under free
● Skating daily $13. Includes ice-skate rental.

Holiday Specs Take Christmas Lights to the Next Level!

Whether walking the neighborhood with your kids or going to a Christmas event like Lights at the Farm, Glendale Glitters or World of Illumination American Paper Optics' 3D Holiday Specs will make it even more fun.

These special holographic lenses transform normal Christmas lights into visions of candy canes, Santa, snowflakes, gingerbread men, elves, reindeer, snowmen, and more. You simply look through the holographic lenses of the Holiday Specs glasses at any point of light and a beautiful holiday image appears.

HOLIDAY SPECS 3D Christmas Glasses are festively printed and inexpensive, making them a great stocking stuffer or party favor.



Looking to have fun year round? American Paper Optics has a great line of products including:

• 3D Fireworks Glasses that break light into amazing rainbow bursts. Great for New Year's Eve and July 4th.
• Wild Eyes Animal 3D Glasses which create floating animal images on any point of light. These would be great for Phoenix ZooLights or Lights of the World.
• Spooky Specs 3D Glasses (Bats, skulls, jack-o-lanterns) make great Trick or Treat gifts.

AMERICAN PAPER OPTICS can also help your business by making glasses that turn points of light into your company logo and can be used to promote your business the same way keychains, magnets or pens are.