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Check out The Escape Game in Austin, an immersive, story-driven, multi-room adventure that your friends and family can enjoy together. Put your critical thinking caps on, follow clues, and work together as a team to escape before the time is up. Which one of the five themed escape rooms will you choose?

Test your gaming skills at the biggest laser tag arena in Texas, known as Blazer Tag Adventure Center, where it has three stories of ramps, bridges, and towers, all available for tactical advantage points where you can tag people above and below for heart-pounding real-game action. Playing laser tag at Blazer Tag is like stepping into a Star Wars-type interactive video gaming experience. Players utilize a futuristic phaser to tag opponents with a visible laser light beam and score points to win the game. Won the battle of laser tag? Then check over 50-high intensity games that include the classics like Ms. Pac-Man and Galaga to the new favorites like NBA Hoops, Fishbowl Frenzy, Harpoon Lagoon, and more.

Explore the "jewel in the heart of Austin," also known as the Zilker Botanical Garden. The garden was established in 1995 and sprawls through 31 acres of downtown Austin, offering a sweet escape from city streets and greeting more than 400,000 visitors annually. Themes among the gardens are as varied as nature itself. There's a Japanese garden and koi pond, a rose garden, an herb garden, a butterfly trail and garden, and a cactus garden among the selections to tour. Another unique feature is the Hartman Prehistoric Garden, which recreates the habitat of local dinosaurs. Visitors can tour the gardens for free and take home a Texas succulent or majestic orchid among the many offerings.