Scavenger Hunt Ideas, Anyone?

[Shell76]

Am looking for ideas for our own "Scavenger Hunt" throughout the World -- may spread this over several trips. Anyone have ideas for things to do or look out for? Any ideas would be much appreciated.

 

[matt&jakesmom]

I found a book at WDW called Scavenger Hunt.. It is actually a tri-fold wipe/erase book so you can play over and over. It has different clues for each park. Of course I found this when our trip was about over last year. So I am bringing it this year. There is also a book on Hidden Mickey's. We had fun with that one. As we would stand in line waiting for a ride, we would read up on where we would see hidden Mickey's. It did make the lines go by faster because we were busy looking for things. The kids really enjoyed.

 

[sus]

Did you get the books in DW or at some place like Borders?

 

[matt&jakesmom]

I got the books in WDW. I believe I found them at the Contemporary Resort in their gift shop. I did see them elsewhere in the parks. In re to the Hidden Mickey book, I just checked amazon.com and they have it there for $8.96 and a 2nd edition will be coming out May 2005. It is called Hidden Mickeys: A fieldguide to WDW best kept secrets by Steven Barrett. I believe the Scavanger Hunt book is only at WDW. Hope this helps.

 

[BernardandMissBianca]

Did you get the books in DW or at some place like Borders?

I saw Hidden Mickeys at Borders in the travel section a few weeks ago.

 

[tracy51]

I got the books in WDW. I believe I found them at the Contemporary Resort in their gift shop. I did see them elsewhere in the parks. In re to the Hidden Mickey book, I just checked amazon.com and they have it there for $8.96 and a 2nd edition will be coming out May 2005. It is called Hidden Mickeys: A fieldguide to WDW best kept secrets by Steven Barrett. I believe the Scavanger Hunt book is only at WDW. Hope this helps.

That scavenger book sounds great. We're hoping to do Chef Mickey's on the night of our arrival. Guess I'll have to pop over to the Contemporary's gift shop and see if they still have it

 

[Princess Wannabe]

Each of these websites below have some information regarding hunts, and some actual suggested hunts...some of them may be helpful, and best of all, they're free!!!


Scavenger Hunts at WDW
WDW Scavenger Hunt
One Man’s Dream Scavenger Hunt
The Dreams Scavenger Hunt
Walt’s Legacy Hunt
Adventureland & Frontierland Hunt

 

[Dreamflight]

My family and I did a scavenger hunt a few years back, it was a lot of fun

Basically, here is how we set it up:

We came up with a lot of activities that we could do and put it on one main list that everyone had copies of. Examples of things were rides to ride, things to take pictures of...even a "Jump at 4pm" daily activity. Only a few pretty obvious thing but mainly more obscure things. We figured there was no need to put "Ride TTA" on the list cause we knew we'd do that anyway! So we picked more obscure things, another example: "Take picture of shoelaces while riding Small World." Or, my favorite, "Dress up as a pirate and take a picture". A lot of the hunt was picture-intensive but it clearly doesnt have to be...it's just more fun cause then you have those memories in pictureform

Then we assigned points for each activity. Some of the more rare or embarrassing ("Sing to waiter") activities were worth a whole buncha points.

We also made personalized challenged to each other. Like I'd give one person something that wasn't on the main scavenger hunt list that was only for THEM to do...best yet...I could give it to them as a surprise anytime i wanted! And they didnt know what i had in store for them until i gave it to them! Wheras the main list everyone already had and paid attention to...these surprises were really fun as well

At the end, there was a "gift list" that used the points to determine if you can get it. Kinda like a carnival gift redemption stand. Just something for a little extra inspiration to do some of the harder (often a bit more embarrasing) tasks

 

[Feralpeg]

There is a special little booklet called "Walt Disney World Resort Scavenger Hunt". It sells for $4.00 at World Of Disney at DTD. It comes with a pen. It is divided by areas of WDW. I haven't opened the one I bought yet, but on the back it has questions such as:

Epcot

How many countries are represented in World Showcase?

Name the caveman who's frozen in Ice Station Cool?

Find and identify the hidden Mickey Mouse head on the totem pole in Canada (World Showcase)

What's the name of the theater in France (World Showcase).

There are 45 questions in total.

Maybe something like that would work for you. It would be less trouble than looking up everything yourself.