Hi everyone
The eleventh room on our May/June 2024 child-free trip to Holland was The End
at Dark Park, located in Zoetemeer, about a 15 minute uber ride from the centre
of The Hague.
The End was our 301st room. The story behind The
End is as follows:
“Your order is ready”, a
creaky voice on the other end of the phone tells you right before hanging up.
Before you know it, you find yourself trembling in front of an old casket
store. The door squeaks as you open it and an enormous coffin stares you right
in the face from square in the middle of the shop. What did you get yourself
into and where will this adventure lead you?
And here is what I thought:
- I
played this room with my wife as a duo.
The experience begins in a funeral home, standing alongside an
empty casket. The theming in this
experience was strong, with all items making sense in the space;
- the
experience starts off quite simple and straight forward, with an eerie
undertone. However, things change significantly about one third the way
into the experience. I would describe that section as being pretty full on
‘scare wise’, with live actor interactions. I think playing as a team of 4
would have been a lot less scary;
- we
survived that section though and from that point on, the scare level
decreased significantly. There were some nice live actor interactions in
this experience – in fact, that was probably the most unique element of
The End;
- the
puzzles were all well-considered and all made sense. There was a mix of
simple low tech puzzles, through to some quite high-tech puzzles towards
the end of the experience;
- the
finale of The End is pretty special – it was certainly one of the more
memorable finishes to an escape room we had played; and
- overall,
I thought this was a strong room but I did not think that this room
deserved #65 on the TERPECA ranking, which was its ranking at the time
that we played it. The End debuted at #13 in its first year in 2020 –
perhaps back then it deserved that ranking, but since the time that we
played it, The End currently sits at #91. I think that’s probably about
right, based on various rooms I have played since.
Overall, we enjoyed our experience, although during the
scary section I was wondering whether we had bitten off more than we could
chew. We did survive it though. Whilst I would probably rank The End in the
bottom half of the rooms that we played on this trip, we still enjoyed it and
could appreciate those elements that other enthusiasts clearly loved about The
End.
Where:
Dorpsstraat 33A, 2712 AB Zoetermeer
Duration:
60 minutes
Themes:
6 themes
TERPECA: #91 in
2024 (formerly #13)
Price:
From
135€ per team of 2
Overall Rating: Great live actor interactions and a
great finale
More details: https://www.darkpark.com/en/escape-room-zoetermeer-the-end/
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