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Laser Quest
Category: Active Life Amusement Parks Amusement Parks [Edit]
139 Endicott StDanvers, MA 01923
(978) 762-8778
- Nearest Transit:
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Endicott St @ Route 128 (435, 465)
Liberty Tree Mall @ Best Buy (435, 436, 465)
Commonwealth Ave @ Endicott St (435, 436, 465)
- Good for Kids:
- Yes
5 reviews for Laser Quest
5 reviews in English
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Review from J F.
Marlborough, MA
1/11/2011 1 Check-in Here
LASER TAG!!!!!
Good luck not having and absolute blast.
I've been here a couple of times, once with a group of 20 somethings and once for a childs birthday. The amount of screams and laughter were pretty much the same.
You get to pick a bad ass codename like lazerman or hitman, I opted for ladybug ("who the hell is ladybug and how did they keep killing me" is one of the funniest things I've ever heard).
Once you pick your name you are ushered into a room filled with blacklights where you are instructed to lie to the warden by saying "I WILL NOT RUN, CLIMB, OR JUMP!"
When doors open you are faced with a multi-level laser tag arena built by the gods and will immediately try to run, climb and jump your way though what seems and eternity of laser tag goodness.
At the end of the match you are called up by your codename to receive your score sheet which will provide ample evidence for trash talking.
Fun facts:
This is more exercise than you expect or are accustomed to.
You will sweat more than you have in a long time.
If you have dandruff everyone will know.
They are located behind a shopping center with almost no signage. -
Review from Lauren v.
3/17/2010
As those afflicted by a midlife crisis have their ostentatious and overly-compensatory sports cars, those faced with the reality of their quarter-life crisis have Laser Quest.
Aside from criminals and the cast of The View, there is no group of humans more loathsome than adolescents. They're egregiously immature, generally irksome and just unlikeable. They're also likely to spend rainy Saturday nights playing laser tag as I recently discovered.
For my sister's 25th, she and I and 4 others headed to Laser Quest in Danvers. At 7:30, the place was crawling with pubescents. We walked up to the desk, hoisted ourselves up on the ridiculous step and each paid our $9, securing our spot for the next 20-minute round. After a few minutes of Dance Dance Revolution and waiting around, we were told to line up for "code names". Cue 25 screeching teens lining up and cackling about their names..."what are you gonna be? well what are you gonna be? i dunno, what about you? OMG pink taco?! you're so bad! [giggle giggle]" (Violent and/or sexual code names are not allowed. My sister's friend requested Sniper and was given super-lame Spider instead.)
After picking code names, we were corralled into a small room. There a staffer who understandably hates his life (and teenagers) yelled directions and made bitches out of those who attempted to be smartasses. Heh. Stupid kids.
With the activating of our "guns" we were off into the labyrinthine course. It took about five minutes before I was a combination of bored and annoyed. Twenty minutes seemed like eternity. The teenagers roamed in packs and some would pout and complain when hit. Suck it up baby! I spent about 12 minutes wandering around, hating life and wishing I hadn't left my damn phone in the car.
When it ended, I was happy to be heading out into the refreshing rain (it gets hot in there!) and even happier that I had bought a bottle of wine earlier. (I was also pleased that I had placed somewhere in the teens given my lethargic attempt at shooting others - people must be really terrible!)
P.S. - If there were adults-only sessions, this would get five stars. -
Review from Jenna A.
Gloucester, MA
1/19/2010
Was anyone else embarrassed when they had to pick a codename? I don't know why, but that was always the part I hated.
I used to be kind of amazing at this game. I actually have a bunch of old scorecards from... oh, ten years ago. It's been SO long since I've been here, and I STILL remember putting on the vest and having to yell out the rules before we were allowed to play. "I WILL NOT RUN, CLIMB, OR JUMP!"
The games were almost always regular ol' free-for-alls, but I got to participate in a Laser Quest Lock-In. You pretty much stay in all night and play over and over. They had a couple different versions of the game to play, and to a twelve-year-old, it was heaven. Definitely one of the coolest nights of my childhood. -
Review from Beth R.
Seattle, WA
5/30/2008
We went with a group of 9 year old boys at 4:30 this afternoon (Friday) and the place was packed with several birthday parties of varying age ranges, a large group of teens that dropped in, and us. The staff handled it all very smoothly, so it was very quick to get the boys right into playing. Everyone had so much fun and could not get enough!
The staff was incredibly friendly and helpful, they went out of their way for us on several counts. There are a couple arcade games to play while you wait for your next session to start. I counted four party rooms that can be rented.
The drinks in the drink machines are spendy and there's not much variety, so you might want to bring your own. Everyone seemed to get pretty thirsty after all that running around.
I'm not sure if this is the norm, but by 6:00pm the crowd had thinned out significantly -- so that might be a good time to go if you're thinking about heading over on a Friday. -
Review from Lisa C.
11/24/2009
This could very well be the most awesome place to play laser tag. I mean, it's obviously geared towards kids so there's the whole spiel they give you when you get there, but once you're through the door and into the arena, it's simply awesome. There are multiple levels, plenty of mirrors to bing your laser off of, hiding places, fog (not great for asthma, but hey, there's a very clear warning about this before you even go in).
