sorcerers of the magic kingdom

if you’re a central floridian or a disney nerd, you may have heard of the new game at magic kingdom. if you haven’t it’s called Sorcerers of the Magic Kingdom, and it’s a lot more fun than i thought it would be! i knew we would enjoy it if only for the aspect of collecting the spell cards (there are 70 in total, and you can get 5 per day – and they’re included with your park admission, making them the only free collectible disney gives out!), which are all gorgeous. once we got our first sets of cards and played through one ‘mission,’ i realized we’d be spending quite a bit more time at the magic kingdom than we used to.

if you want to try out the game for yourself, they’re ‘testing’ it every day from around 1pm to park close. you start at the fire house, where a key card is attached to whatever card admits you to the park – room key, annual pass, paper ticket, cast member id, etc – and you’re given your first 5 cards. the attendent will also give you a demonstration of how the game works, and then you’re off to whatever destination the game assigns to you. you also get a map of all the locations to help you find them. they actually blend in pretty well, even when you know what you’re looking for.

casting spells and fighting villains as you go, the portals will lead you to your next destination until you’ve defeated the ‘boss’ villain of that mini-storyline. we went to four portals and spent about 30 minutes to finish one mission. it was a lot of fun, and as someone who is fascinated by imagineering, it was nice to have time to take a closer look at the cards and portals. if you think you’d enjoy doing something a little bit different at the magic kingdom the next time you’re there, stop by the firehouse. you can find more information on the disney parks blog. this is a great activity for annual passholders who want to spend time at the parks but are looking for something new to do, and i’m sure kids will be begging their parents to take them to the firehouse every day of their trip for new cards. i know we’ll be going back a few days next week to add to our collections!