Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
You'll need your MagicBand to pick up your first set of cards and start the game.
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to present your key card when you pick up a set of cards to start your next adventure.
When you pick up your first set of cards, you'll view an instructional video; then
you'll be sent to another location in another land to start your first adventure. Each
location in the park is associated with a unique symbol such as an eye or a feather.
Look for these symbols on the map to find the best route to your starting point.
Each adventure consists of four or five stops in a particular land. At each stop,
another story will play on a computer screen, outlining what your villain is trying to
do. Merlin will ask you to cast a spell, using your character cards, to stop the villain.
Hold one or more of your cards up to the video display to cast your spell. Cameras in
the display read your card, deploy the spell, and show you the results.
The game has three levels: easy, medium, and hard. In the easy version, appro-
priate for small children, holding up any one of your character cards is enough to
defeat any villain. In more-advanced levels of the game, you need to display two or
more character cards in specific combinations to defeat a particular villain; here, dif-
ferent card combinations produce different spells, and only some spells work on cer-
tain characters.
The audio at each step holds clues to which cards you should use against ad-
vanced villains. For example, if a villain says something like “Don't toy with me!”
then you should look for cards with characters that are toys, such as the
Toy Story
characters.
The game launched with an initial series of around 70 unique cards; you can ob-
tain 5 new ones per day. Don't worry if you play more than once and end up with
duplicate cards—a brisk trading market exists within the park.
Sorcerers is fun but is really more for return visitors as it takes up a good chunk
of your touring time. You'll probably encounter a line of 5-10 people ahead of you
at each portal, especially if you play during the afternoon. One complete adventure
should take about 30-60 minutes to play, depending on how crowded the park is.
