Dark Odyssey

Dark Odyssey describes itself as an experience “built to bring together sexuality, spirituality, education, and play”, and its About page says it was created in 2003. It holds four large events a year: Winter Fire in a Baltimore hotel, Fusion and Summer Camp at a camp retreat in Northern Maryland, and Surrender in a San Jose hotel. Surrender pairs daytime workshops with fully equipped dungeons and a Sex-O-Rama play space that are open Friday, Saturday and Sunday nights. Fusion and Summer Camp list a 200-acre private retreat with 40 cabins and a gym turned main dungeon with horses, crosses, beams, tables and truss forms. Fusion’s Sex-O-Rama complex adds The Lounge, Liberation, The Chamber and The Barn. Guests register for each event; a weekend pass covers the workshops, special events and playspaces. The About page welcomes people of all genders, sexual orientations and erotic persuasions, singles included, and Fusion’s FAQ allows children only if they are over 19. Surrender asks everyone to attend a short Dark Odyssey 101 etiquette class. Hotel events require street-legal dress in public areas, the camps say there is no dress code, and cameras stay home. The Code of Conduct says consent violations, harassment and breaches of the photography policy can lead to removal or a ban.