Anyone been to Magiquest in Pigeon Forge?

[KiminChicago]

I purchased a guidebook for the Smoky Mountain area and one of the attractions mentioned is Magiquest. According to the guidebook, it's like being inside a video game. Of course both DD and DS think it sounds really cool and according to Trip Advisor, it's a top rated attraction in the area. I was just wondering if anyone here had first hand knowledge of what it's like.

The interesting thing is that there are 3 Magiquest locations within day trip distance of our house. If we do go and purchase wands in Pigeon Forge, according to the web site, our game progress would be saved and we could go to any other location to play some more. It sounds like a cool idea and not really all that expensive ($29.99 includes the wand, 90 minutes of game play and several other attractions in the same location and $10.99 would buy an additional hour of game play).

 

[mrsv98]

We have done the MagiQuest at Great Wolf in the Dells and had a lot of fun. It can take a while depending on what quests you want to do and how deep into the story you go. We went twice over two days and DD still talks about how much fun it was.

 

[mandanjeremy]

DS 3 and DH both LOVED it. We went twice during a 3 day trip, and DS asked to go back for his birthday. He still talks about it. I would definitely recommend it, we saw kids of all ages there, but just to warn you, most were running around like crazy.

 

[goofy's friends]

We went to Magiquest and had a great time. My three kids were all sad when time was up and we saved the wands for next time we go back. Kids are 13,11,9. Really cool and great effects.

 

[kristilew]

My DD was into Magicquest for a few years around ages 8-10. She'd probably still be interested but I haven't found time to take her back to Myrtle Beach, where the nearest one is to us. It's the perfect thing for kids who love Harry Potter, magic anything, fairies, warrior fantasies, and basically acting out a world of make believe.

Yes, your progress is saved in your wands, and yes, it's pretty cool. It is also pretty chaotic in there. I usually proceeded directly from MQ to someplace to get a serious adult beverage. The kids seem to love it, however.

The one word of warning, and this from an overprotective mom, so take with a grain of salt: As a pp mentioned, there are all ages participating. Staff wears costumes, and many of the older players dress up as well. This creates a situation for younger kids where they can't tell a staff person from a creepy person. Add in that there are multiple opportunities for your kid to dart away from you onto the next quest, disappear into a gaming area, and get confused, along with the fact that, at least at the MB location, there are several exits from the gaming area that lead to outside the building. There is a real risk that a kid could ask the wrong person for directions and end up completely gone before you even know it. Of course, just being aware is the best prevention, and we just always had stern talks about not running off (which worked about 80% of the time) and not going with dressed up adults. Still, it always added a certain level of stress to my supervision there. Best case scenario would be to have an adult per kid, or to have kids who were really patient with each other as they take turns doing the quest activities.