Welcome to Tacky-ville! The most fun attraction I've been to on this whole trip so far was Wizard's Quest. The building was a large castle we spotted from the road and knowing nothing about it we decided it would be the one thing we would pay to go do as a family. When we went in, not knowing what it even was, we found it was like a scavenger hunt meets puzzle solving meets magical forest fun. You are given a quest and 90 minutes to complete it.
Armed with your book of questions and barcode to scan you set off into four realms: Earth, Air, Water and Fire. The realms are made up like movie sets meet playgrounds. There are places to crawl into, forests and bridges, slide tubes and mazes. Hidden in the realms are items, riddles, clues, treasure, scanner stations for bonus treasures and wizards to free (one from each realm). Your quest is to free the wizards by finding things, collecting treasures and answering questions. It is very hard and most people only free 1-2 Wizards on their first try. We freed THREE!
We were so close to the fourth because my mom kept finding secret doors and places where the Wizards were. We learned about fairy creatures and folklore as we went. We had so much fun in the different secret passages and tunnels we barely noticed our 90 minutes flew by. I decided my friend's Audun and Kajsa and I need to start a business and open one of these where we live. This place was so fun! I love solving puzzles and it was active as you really have to hustle through the realms. It's like living a video game like Zelda.
You have to check this out if you come and stay in one of Mt. Olympus tree houses. Our campground gave us free tickets to the amusement park where we went through a haunted version of the white house and raced real go karts ( this is the go kart capitol of the world) up a giant wooden trojan horse! The Dells is fun with all the crazy hotels, water parks, rides and attractions but it was also really pretty with it's cliffs and river. I wish we had time to see Witches Gulch but this place becomes a ghost town after Labor day. So, go in summer!!
I think you should totally open one of those up here :) Ill be the first customer.
ReplyDeleteIt sounds like you are having a fantastic time!! I wish we could be there with you! Have you found anything fun to do where you are today? What is the weather like and what kind of weather are you expecting there? What was your favorite part of Chicago's MSI?
ReplyDeleteWe miss you! Take care and soak up every ounce of this experience! Lots of us would be so thrilled to make the trip you are making :)
Much Love,
Tracy
I am so jealous Jack!! I would love to go so that with you :) I am so glad you picked that to go do as a family! I am glad you guys are having fun. I hope your storm blows over soon :D Miss you guys bunches.
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Kalah
Now this sounds very interesting.. I think Jimmy and I would totally love this. Wow, and right up your alley! You should think about opening one of these here in Washington..
ReplyDeleteAre you guys going through Kentucky?? My supervisor is there in Louisville and says there is a walking ghost tour that is supposed to be really interesting. You should check it out.. He comes back on Monday, I'll ask him about it and get back to you..
One of the coolest things is the hidden scanners where you get points or "glimmers" for finding. The quests change every day so it's never the same game twice. I'll post some pics! Plus there were hidden words and a fairy on one letter and you unscramble the secret words to get a message. The fire realm had a volcano ball pit you swim through to go into the volcano and into a secret room (spoiler, i know) but it was so neat.
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