Escape Troy is open for enterprise

Printed 2:06 pm Friday, March 17, 2023

Escape Troy is at the moment open for enterprise.

Escape Troy is formally open, bringing a novel, immersive expertise to Pike County for these in search of a problem.

Escape Troy is owned by Aaron Johnson, who additionally owns and operates Escape Enterprise in Espresso County. At the moment, Escape Troy provides one full escape room together with VR headsets and a mini escape room, which can also be transportable. Escape Troy plans to deliver the mini escape room to occasions across the space, as properly.

“We’re difficult ourselves to create one thing of excellence that offers folks pleasure and challenges you,” Escape Troy Supervisor Lelon Creazzo stated. “Once you go to a film, you’re simply there to observe; you’re not taking part, you’re a witness. Right here, we’re attempting to create an hour-long occasion the place you’re immersed into an expertise.”

The immersive expertise at Escape Troy begins the minute you stroll within the door.

That feeling of immersion, which Creazzo says is the focus of Escape Troy, begins the minute you stroll by the door.

“It’s a completely immersive expertise,” he emphasised. “We’re going to problem you from the minute you stroll into the door. You need to determine find out how to get into the constructing from the beginning of your expertise. A part of an escape expertise, the sort of experiences we’re creating, is emotionally pushed.”

Creazzo stated that all the pieces from the music being performed to the feel and appear of the rooms helps with that immersion. As soon as somebody walks into Escape Troy, the shopper is greeted with a word explaining find out how to enter the constructing. You possibly can select from a newbie’s, simpler problem and a tougher expertise.

Escape Troy’s major escape room is known as “Demise Row” the place these enjoying will enter a practical jail cell and are additionally met with an electrical chair. You need to beat the clock and escape your method out of the cell. Escape Troy additionally provides up a Digital Actuality Suite that options three digital actuality headsets and 13 completely different experiences.

The “Demise Row” escape room options an “electrical chair” as you attempt to escape out of your cell.

“I believe loads of our shoppers get pleasure from the truth that they’re experiencing one thing completely different,” Creazzo stated. “It’s an escape room however we’re setting a stage and tone and temper that helps you neglect that. That’s the place the immersive facet of it is available in. So, it’s an escape room however we’re just a little bit greater than that, too.”

Together with providing people, households and teams escape room alternatives, Creazzo stated that Escape Troy provides workforce bonding workout routines for companies, colleges and groups.

“We’ll run you thru our experiences after which we’ll debrief you after,” he stated. “We’ll offer you your strengths and your weaknesses on the finish of all the pieces.”

Escape Troy additionally options digital actuality headsets. (Images by Josh Boutwell)

Escape Troy doesn’t plan to cease increasing anytime quickly, both. Creazzo and Johnson are at the moment engaged on Escape Troy’s second full-size escape room and Creazzo stated they plan to develop to much more VR headsets, as properly.

At the moment, Escape Troy is open Thursdays by Saturdays from 3 till 10:30 p.m. The price for the mini escape room is $2 per individual, whereas VR experiences are $15 per individual. The “Demise Row” escape room is $30 per individual with reductions for greater teams. Whereas walk-ins are welcome, reservations can be made on-line at escapetroy.com. Escape Troy is positioned at 110 College Boulevard in Troy, subsequent to Moge Tee.