After driving about five and a half hours from New York I
was really looking forward to seeing what the atmosphere was like inside the
office building.
Theresa met me at the door and we made our introductions
before being joined by Jeff and as they showed me to their conference room
where they had such a nice surprise waiting for me…
Seeing this banner up on the wall just left me
speechless! What an amazing welcome!
I’ve been communicating for awhile now with marketing
manager Colleen who helped to coordinate the various parts of this visit so it
was wonderful to meet her and Catherine as well.
We took some time to talk about my tag journey that had
brought me here as well as the plans for my upcoming visit to Laser Quest in
North Richland Hills, Texas. I’ve not yet revealed a lot about the trip I’m
planning, but stay tuned for a BIG announcement about how I will be completing
my journey to play laser tag in all 50 states…it’s happening soon and
coinciding with International Laser Tag Day! And I want to thank Laser Quest
for all their support with coordinating the celebration and event that will be
taking place.
Theresa and Jeff were kind enough to take some time to
talk about Laser Quest and do an interview to share a bit about this company
that is one of the oldest laser tag manufacturers in the industry.
Thank you to Theresa (aka Firecracker) and Jeff (aka
Showtime) and the entire home office staff for such a nice welcome and tour of
your office. I also thank you very much for the tag swag!
When we had finished our visit at the office Colleen
confirmed the afternoon arrangements which were for me to go take some pictures and video for promotion at the Laser Quest Mississauga arena. So off I
went to meet with manager Chris and photographer Ramy to take some pics in
between the afternoon games. When I arrived at the arena there was another really
nice surprise waiting for me!
Laser Quest certainly knows how to make a person feel
welcome! The staff there was terrific and I particularly want to thank Ramy for
doing such a great job with the photography.
And here are just a few of the pics from that day.
We also took some video footage which I will share a
little closer to the announcement, but let me just say it was such a cool
experience to be playing laser tag while having a photographer following me all
around the arena! Many thanks for making my visit to Mississauga so memorable
and productive!
That evening I met up with my friend Ilana for dinner.
And the next day I was ready to get out there and play some laser tag!
My first stop was to Laser Quest Whitby. This is a great
site with nice, new packs.
In fact, manager Jen told me that this is the newest
Laser Quest location in the Greater Toronto Area, built only about three years
ago. It looks and feels new and fresh and there was a really upbeat vibe about
the whole place. I joined the group going in and played an enjoyable game
taking note of how that was the feel all throughout the arena. I had a great
time and really appreciated Jen hooking me up with a few tag swag items I had
not seen before.
Laser Quest Whitby was awesome!
Then I made my way over to Laser Quest Richmond Hill.
What most impressed me about this site was the scene I
walked in to find in the lobby. While getting ready for their next game a young
woman was leading a group in a dance contest in front of mission control.
Everybody was loving it! It was obvious that this site was all about the fun,
both inside and outside of the game. I bought one of the holiday themed gift
cards from manager Saf (who also hooked me up with a printed LQ Arena tag so I
would not have to use my phone data while over the border).
And then I went into the next game. This game was
actually full of kids, so I did not want to play hard and spoil their fun.
Instead I asked the staff member in the briefing room to snap a pic by the
arena entrance because this one was so distinctive with a glowing tunnel
leading you into the arena.
This sparked a discussion about my tag adventure and what
led me to Laser Quest this weekend, so rather than actually try to play a
serious game I spent most of the game time walking around in the arena and
chatting with game master Natalie (who was also the one leading the dance
contest out front!) and she told me that they are doing a lot more of those
kind of lobby games because the parents really love them and they’ve gotten
such great feedback. She noted that laser tag is so much better an activity for
kids to engage in than sitting around playing video games at home and I
absolutely agree with her. In the last 30 seconds of the game I took a few
shots just so that I’d have a score on the screen and then I took a pic with
Natalie who is a real asset to this center.
My final stop of the day was to Laser Quest Brampton.
I did not realize it at the time, but as it turns out I
was there for one of the final games at this site. I went in to play a real
game as the participants were far more evenly balanced this time. I’m so glad I
made the decision to drive a little further out of my way so I can say that I
played here. Brampton marked my 24th Laser Quest arena played and my
fourth this weekend. I had an amazing time getting to experience so much Laser
Quest while in Canada!
And I ended my weekend hanging out with “Team Toronto”
(not a laser tag reference) at Insomnia before heading home with some great
memories. This was also a great opportunity for a visit with friends. :)
Thank you Laser Quest!
Comments or Questions?
Contact: tivia@tiviachickloveslasertag.com
Websites: www.tiviachickloveslasertag.com
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