Before the Destination D event began on May 14, D23 hosted the Great Disney Scavenger Hunt. We had never participated in any of the scavenger hunts so we didn’t know what to expect. We were assigned a park to start at. Ours was Epcot. After the first park, we could go to any of the other three that we chose to.
At Epcot, you had four hours to complete the hunt. At the other parks, you had three hours.
Check-in was outside the turnstiles near Guest Relations. They checked our name off (we were Team Goof Troop) and gave us our badges before the official start time at 10 AM.
The worst part of the hunt was getting organized and figuring out a plan of action. The clues were all over the parks and it was interesting to see the details that they had picked out for us to find.
For example, on this sign, we had to identify the third letter of the fourth word (or something like that) and several others to create another word to unscramble. We would end up with CPTAEOINA and unscrambled, that would be Captain EO.
All of the questions weren’t that difficult. There were some like “How many sea turtles are on the mural at The Seas?” There were varying levels of difficulty.
At the train station at Magic Kingdom, we were directed to look at the box of pins in the railroad station. There was one railroad that was represented twice.
The guidebooks were a good size and actually quite cute.
The results were announced at the Contemporary at 8:30 Friday evening. We could also register for the Destination D event that evening.
They announced the top 20 teams. Tigger was on hand to help. The grand prize was a cruise on the Fantasy, the upcoming boat for Disney Cruise Line.
We had a really good time on the hunt, despite the heat and the crowds. However, it was HOT!!!! We would love to do this again… just maybe not in May. 🙂 We learned a lot about the parks and saw a lot of things we had never seen before. All in all, it really was fun.
Hi!
Did you have a break between your 1st park at 10am and the next park? What did you do for lunch? Restroom breaks? 🙂
I think my young son would love a Disney Scavenger Hunt, but we would certainly need built-in breaks to do it. If you wanted breaks would you be losing scavenger hunt time?
Thanks!
ASHLEY:
Hi! We took about an hour long break between the parks to grab something to eat. We ate at Plaza at Magic Kingdom before starting the second park (which, for us, was Magic Kingdom). The second day, we grabbed a quick lunch at Rainforest Cafe at Animal Kingdom and let them know that we were under a time crunch.
Restroom breaks, or any other breaks, are counted in with your total time. So if you take a 5 minute restroom break, you have 2:55 minutes to finish Magic Kingdom, etc.
We just wanted to have fun with it but we did bring water with us so that we weren’t losing time standing in lines for water.
How rushed did you feel in the parks? Did you have to run around everywhere to answer the clues or could you walk at a fast pace and still accomplish the tasks? I would love to do this in the future if given the chance.
ASHLEY:
We felt the time crunch most at Magic Kingdom and Animal Kingdom. Animal Kingdom’s questions had you going back and forth between all the attractions so it was hard to stay organized. We had adequate time at Studios and Epcot.
We maintained a reasonable pace. We didn’t rush but we didn’t stroll either if that makes sense.
It really was fun.