Originally Posted By dshyates First I should explain what MagiQuest is. MagiQuest started at Myrtle Beach. It is a game where you buy an electronic wand that is encoded with your game name for scoring and minutes of game time remaining. After a short training session with your wand you enter a big midievel themed room that has 100s of things to zap with your wand. You are given a book that outlines each quest and hints on where to find the items. You select a quest where you are given 4-5 things to find. You find them and zap them to complete the quest. The reward for completeing the quest is you get to play a game like fighting a dragon. Now Great Wolf Lodge, the indoor water park resort hotel and spa chain has teamed up with MagiQuest but instead of being set up in a giant room, the things to zap are spread out all over the hotel. And you check your score and the daily high score on the in room TVs. That said, Disney could team up with these MagiQuest people and make a 27 square mile scavenger hunt. Each hotel, park, DtD, Water Park, Mini and Regular Golf course or any other public space could have as many Quests as they want. If done right it could take years to complete them all. PS, I have been hearing about Disney investigating Stand alone resort hotels. And we all know they tried that and didn't have much luck with it. And here's why. They didn't put them near any tourist attractions and they didn't include any kind of attraction of their own. These Great Wolf Lodges with uncrowded indoor water parks, MagiQuest, game rooms the size of a casino, a spa, restaurants and coffee shops, etc. are being plopping them down in the parking lots of amusement parks like Cedar Point, Kings Island and Busch Gardens Europe. Disney could do that.
Originally Posted By dshyates Sorry here are some links: <a href="http://www.magiquestmb.com/default.aspx" target="_blank">http://www.magiquestmb.com/def ault.aspx</a> <a href="http://www.greatwolflodge.com/Locations/Williamsburg/" target="_blank">http://www.greatwolflodge.com/ Locations/Williamsburg/</a> MagiQuest is also opening in May at the Discovey Science in Orange, CA. Instead of a midievil theme its called DinoQuest and has a....
Originally Posted By DVC_dad *yawn* Altough my KIDS would probably love it and go crazy over it. I see the potential, and Disney could take it to the next level I'm sure.
Originally Posted By dshyates We did it at MB over christmas, for my girls (6 & 10) it was the highlight of the trip, over Ripley's Aquarium, Dolly's Dixie Stampede, and Midieval Times. In April we are going to the GWL in Williamsburg and to Busch Gardens Europe. My girls are more excited to the go to the GWL than they are to Busch Gardens. I have to admit I am too but that is not because of MagiQuest, or the indoor water park but its the Aveda Spa for me.
Originally Posted By jabur Has anyone been to the Dino Quest? I hit Magiquest alone last Summer on a business trip and loved it, and knew my son would. I hope Dino Quest is just as good, and we'll be in LA this Summer. From the website, it sounds like it pretty much is the same, but was hoping for a real review. Jason
Originally Posted By dshyates I don't think DinoQuest opens until May. I was wondering the premise of DinoQuest. I know it uses the same tech as MagiQuest where you zap different targets with a wand, but I'm wondering how they shoehorn the magic wand into a paleological theme. Now I see that the GWL also offers QuestMaster Suites that have additional targets in your room. The kids can turn lights on and off with their wands all night long. I will post a review of both the GWL and Busch Gardens Europe when I get back from our trip in April.
Originally Posted By aracuanbird I was exceptionally bored. Wagging a plastic wand around in a dark warehouse gets old fast.
