Escape Room Blog Continued

The Trap Door Escape Room Blog Continued: an exclusive look inside anything you could possibly want to know about escape rooms, especially ours! So dive in and enjoy a sneak peak inside, plus so much more. Happy reading!

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Trap Door Escape Stream Overview

Stream Escape Rooms with Trap Door Escape Stream

By: Kristina Malmstrom

Trap Door Escape Stream is a new, original service that lets you stream escape rooms from anywhere. You get access to a library of existing content, as well as any new content that is created, for a low monthly fee. Trap Door Escape Stream is available on all devices, including cell phones, laptops, tablets, and gaming devices. This immersive programming enables you to experience all of the thrills and excitement of an escape room from the comfort of your own home.

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Celebrate Valentine's Day with Trap Door Escape Room

By: Kristina Malmstrom

Looking for a fun, exciting way to Celebrate Valentine’s Day? Instead of sticking to the dates you’ve both already gone on dozens of times, why not try something new? Trap Door Escape Room has the perfect date for you this year. Read through to the end for a special deal for you and your sweetheart this to Celebrate Valentine’s Day!

Why Escape Room Dates Are Great

By: Kristina Malmstrom

Escape rooms have quickly become an exciting, interactive form of entertainment across the nation. Groups of friends, families, and strangers have played these games and become closer by the end of the time limit. However, many fans still have questions about Escape Room Dates.

What Does the "Escape" Mean in Escape Rooms

By: Kristina Malmstrom

Picturing escape rooms can be a challenge, especially if you’ve never experienced one. But don’t worry; we’ll walk you through it!

Kids' Birthday Parties

By: Kristina Malmstrom

There’s no doubt that there is a myriad of ideas for Birthday Parties for kids. And while some people are happy with tried ideas like bowling, zoos, and arcades, some kids want a birthday that is truly spectacular and stands out from the rest. Here, we’ve assembled these unusual and exciting kids’ birthday parties. 

Fun Summer Things to Do in the Poconos

By: Kristina Malmstrom

Looking for Fun Summer Things to do in the Poconos? Beat the heat and play an indoor escape game at Trap Door Escape Room! Escape rooms are the latest trending activity. Players have to use clues within the room to solve puzzles to complete a mission or escape. Trap Door Escape Room is known as a leading innovator in the field, most recently with the introduction of our Escape Stream service

Musicals and Why We Love

By: Kristina Malmstrom

With Trap Door’s two-hour musical escape experience The Greatest Freakshow getting ready to premiere in August 2019, we thought we would take a look at ten reasons why we love musicals. 

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Escape Room Themes

By: Kristina Malmstrom

Everyone who has played an escape room knows that they typically revolve around some theme. These vary greatly, though many seem to fall under certain classifications that generate the best business. Here we’ve curated a list of some of the most popular escape room themes currently.

Things to do in the Poconos

By: Kristina Malmstrom

Planning your trip to the Poconos, but trying to decide what you want to do? Look no further than this comprehensive list of the best things to do around the Poconos. We’ve compiled activities across all four counties, so no matter where you are in the region you can find something you’ll enjoy!

JERSEY SHORE

Things to do Around the Jersey Shore

By: Kristina Malmstrom

On a trip to the Jersey Shore, you should definitely plan time for traditional beach activities, like strolling the boardwalk, biking, and mini-golf, but what do you do after that? For those looking to have even more fun on their vacation or holiday, we’ve compiled this great list of fun activities for everyone!

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Planning Your Trip to Morristown, NJ

By: Kristina Malmstrom

Our Escape Room in MorristownNJ is pure magic! Super Powered Oddities to Witchcraft, it all combines for a conjuring of spectacle unlike anything you have ever seen. We are currently hosting three fantastical games in Morristown. Check out our Morristown Page Here to choose the best adventure for you!

History of Escape Rooms

The History of Escape Rooms

By: Kristina Malmstrom

It may seem that escape rooms suddenly exploded across the country. However, few people are aware of where these rooms actually came from. So, in this two part series we’ll take a look at the history of escape rooms.

History of Escape Rooms

Escape Room History: Part 2 of The History of Escape Rooms

By: Kristina Malmstrom

Escape Room History is never ending. If part one of this series intrigued you, then keep reading! 

Teamwork in Escape Rooms

Teamwork in Escape Rooms

By: Josh Peet

Escape rooms can be intimidating. You enter the experience with only your wits and your teammates, faced with a litany of puzzles that may seem impossible. However, the truth is that every team has the potential to win, or better yet, earn a spot atop the leaderboard! Keep reading to enhance your Teamwork in Escape Rooms and better your chances of making it onto those leaderboards!

Planning your trip to red bank

Trips to Red Bank

By: Kristina Malmstrom

Since Trap Door Escape Room, Red Bank is definitely at the top of your list, we’ve compiled some other activities you might want to do while you’re in New Jersey!

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Trap Door's Favorite TV Shows

By: Frank Giglia

Television plays a big part in our lives.  It influences the way we see the world and the ways we interact with it.  In this modern digital era, TV can come in many forms, and we have more variety and control over what we watch than we ever did before. So we decided to sit down and make a list of our Favorite TV Shows.

Poland Escape Room Fire

Escape Room Fire in Poland Kills 5 Teenage Girls and Injures 1

By: Anthony P.

Here at Trap Door Escape, we’d like to extend our deepest and saddest condolences to the families of those who lost someone in the escape room fire tragedy. As more and more reports surface, it is becoming very clear that this was a direct result of negligent behavior by the owners of the company. These poor girls were locked in a room with no escape ability, resulting in their gruesome deaths.

Teaming With Strangers In Escape Rooms Blog Post

Teaming with Strangers in Escape Rooms

By: Kristina Malmstrom

Most of us have been there, we go to an escape room with our group, but it’s not the room maximum and then we’re put with some people we don’t know.  Teaming with strangers in escape rooms can be a very awkward situation and may lead to everyone’s gameplay suffering.

History of Trap Door Escape Room

The History of Trap Door Escape Room

By: Frank Giglia

The history of Trap Door Escape Room started with a screenplay.  Anthony Purzycki needed help rewriting his feature film script, “Ratred: The Following.” He brought it to independent film studio Harrington Talents. As it turns out, they happened to be completing a film with a young, dynamic Production Assistant. This PA had just come out of film school for screenwriting, and they thought it would make a great fit.

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Trap Door Escape Room's Top 8 Favorite Puzzle Video Games

By: Frank Giglia​

Whenever you do any kind of “Top” list, there’s going to be argument and debate, that’s the point of such things. This is not a top ten in the strictest sense, but these are puzzle games that have influenced Trap Door’s creators. So, here, in no particular order, are OUR top 8 puzzle video games that we’ve played.