The Seventh Room

I was teetering between a like and a love on this room, but ultimately decided that a couple of tech related sequences towards the end of the game pushed it over into the love category. I have previously stated that The Archive had the second best set I have seen in the Orlando area, and I now have to revise that ranking to third best. The Seventh Room may have just jumped Cinema 7 as the best I have seen. It’s a tough call as the sheer scale of Cinema 7 can’t be matched (I’ll just say that both are extremely well done and not declare a winner.) The story of The Seventh Room is fantastic, so I shall not spoil it. If you like the Tillman lore and the rivalry that has been set up with the Hardings, then you will like this plot. If you don’t care for any of that, you can still have a fun time in this room. This is touted as a scary room. I was fully expecting to be squealing and laughing in fear (a totally normal reaction I know), but that was not the case. The atmosphere and story are extremely unsettling, and there are a few really tense moments of anticipation, but I don’t think those moments pay off in anything too spooky. Frankly, as a non-horror person, that was perfect for me. I liked the suspense of it. Far more interesting than jump scares. Fear of the unknown is considered the greatest fear after all! There is what I consider some light gore in this room, which was more of a problem for me. No one else in my group was fazed by it though. There is also an Ouija board in the room, you don’t really have anyone use it traditionally, but it is there. If you are like me and will have nothing to do with them make sure you have someone on your team who is not bothered by it. The highly anticipated isolation portion (not a spoiler as you are told all about it in the pre-room spiel) was a bit of an underwhelming thing. The person we sent in there was only isolated for about 3-5ish minutes as the puzzle to get them out were very simple. Still a cool moment, we had just built it up too much in our minds. Mika was a fantastic game host as always! Hopefully we get to have her again in November when we plan on finishing out the last two rooms (assuming the new room isn’t open yet.)

Really awesome room. Some spooky experiences.

The Seventh Room was an absolute adventure - the set, story, and puzzles facilitated a horror game that was longer and in some places more intense than average. While I wouldn’t say the game was overwhelmingly scary, there were definitely a few moments that were fairly intense - thankfully, you can opt in to these moments. The way the set unfolded was highly novel, which allowed for some uncommon exploration and excellent scene transitions. If you’re in Orlando, stop in - even if you’re horror adverse.

Fun gamemaster, fun story, and great set design. Would highly recommend this room if in Orlando.

One word. SCARY. Great room, hit all types of elements. Challenging, somewhat physical, and just plain out scary.

I have beef with this room. The tedium theme continued to be a hallmark of the Dare2Escape experience and really frustrated my group in this room in particular. One puzzle was reset with a piece missing that was never recovered during our game and caused the game master to have to come into the room. Eventually they had to just give us the answer because it was not possible to proceed without the piece. Another puzzle had tiny pieces which can easily be dropped and roll under any number of items in the room. Our game master also came into the room when a piece was dropped during our game. Thankfully we recovered it but the choice to include a puzzle like this in such a dimly lit room with so many places for items to roll or bounce under left me scratching my head. The scare factor was also WAY overhyped in my opinion. I’m afraid of literally everything, so I went into this experience expecting to be terrified. Our scare actor either messed up their timing or their heart just wasn’t in it. We were playing during a shift change and the GM we loved was not who we had during this portion of the game, so maybe we just fell through the cracks. Overall, the puzzles seemed unnecessary tedious and most lacked the payoff that makes me love playing rooms. This was my least favorite of the four games we played at this location.

One of the best if not the best escape rooms we’ve ever been in! The staff is incredible, the set is immersive, the plot and puzzles make sense and flow well. it is creepy and I don’t think this room is advisable if you don’t like spooky. At least one person in your party has to be okay with enclosed spaces. I can’t understand how this room would get anything other than the highest ratings. It is difficult, we had to take quite a few hints, but still worth it. Also the cost of this room is so affordable, they could definitely charge much more for the quality of the room.

Very spooky, definitely adults only but so fun! Would not recommend for anyone who doesn’t enjoy haunts

This is an EXCELLENT room. If you are looking for a scary thematic experience with continued lore from previous rooms, this is the one. Fantastic structure and set design. A variety of creative puzzles that required all sorts of solves. This is the best room in Dare2Escape and possibly the best one in Florida.

Just wow The pinnacle of their rooms Immersive <check> story driven <check> unique puzzles <check> difficult but fair <check check> Wish I could forget the room to do it again for the first time We finished with four of us and that felt like the right number for the experience. It truly is an experience vs just an escape room. Ashley was our GM and was phenomenal. Do this room but follow the story line for the location - save this one for one of your last rooms here Random facts: Easy parking Nice lobby Clean and ample bathrooms Options for food abound Great staff