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It’s been about 11 months since the MagiQuest game was changed over to the new "upgraded" system, and I’ve given it a fair chance. I was genuinely looking forward to replaying the classic quests, reliving the rich, branching experiences of the legacy version. Unfortunately, what we’ve received instead feels like a dramatic step backwards.

The new Evergreen storyline is overly linear, far less engaging, and clearly simplified to the point of being targeted only at very young children. What was once a game with ageless appeal and dynamic challenge has become a shallow experience that strips away what made MagiQuest magical in the first place.

The forced linearity has created artificial bottlenecks, leading to frequent lines and wait times. To mitigate this, a "fast travel" feature was added, but using it often breaks immersion and removes some of the physical interactions that made the original game so memorable. Ironically, this “solution” only exists because of the problems introduced by the new system itself.

I would have welcomed the Evergreen storyline as an optional mode alongside the legacy version. But as a full replacement, it’s a catastrophic downgrade. It has taken something I used to love and turned it into something I no longer enjoy.

What’s most frustrating is that this new version has only been rolled out to four Great Wolf Lodge locations so far. There is still time to course-correct before this gets implemented more widely and the player experience is damaged even further.

The original MagiQuest told a story that sparked imagination, encouraged exploration, and delivered a sense of wonder to players of all ages. New generations of kids deserve the chance to experience that same magic—not a watered-down substitute. Please consider preserving the legacy version of the game so that future players can grow up with the same sense of adventure that made MagiQuest so special in the...

We have completed all of the Magi quest story line and to be honest my daughter LOVED it. We went back again recently again and it was okay, the bugs took more away from us this time round.

So here's what you need to know: The game is active for 4 days, you don't have to stay at Great Wolf to play it and the game is "on" all day until 11pm. We have found that a kiddo under 4 years will simply not get it. Our daughter was 4.5 when she took on the challenge and we still had to help we find most of the stuff.

What to expect: expect to be running down every hall, every corridor, and every floor,of the hotel. Have a phone handy for wiki hacks. Expect that the red infra rays will not work on some things I.E. the sleeping dragon and you will have to ask for help from the Magi Quest team. Expect the wand to mysteriously stop working every hour or so and expect to wait in a CRAZY long line to have the Magi twist the topper until it works.

We love Magi Quest, we love the game, we love the whole LARPing family activity, and we HATE the bugs. Great Wolf bought the rights to Magi Quest and from what I've seen just rakes in the profits without ever putting back into the game. I'd give 5 stars in a heart beat if they just tried more to maintain the game. Maybe think about having a broken wand only line because nothing infuriates a patron more than standing in line again and again because the...

After waiting 30+ minutes in line to buy two wands for our kids, the girl working behind the counter (Merriweather) told us we needed to buy Wolf Passes (2x $79.99) in order to play, and sent us off to yet another line upstairs.

After buying these and returning downstairs to MagiQuest, we're then faced with another, even longer line to once again try to get our wands activated. While waiting in that line, we found out from another guest that we absolutely did not need to buy the Wolf Pass and could just buy the wands and have them activated.

The staff at MagiQuest made no attempt to help us get this resolved, or explain why they forced us into their "upsell". We're working with GWL management to hopefully get this resolved.

At the end of the day, MagiQuest at GWO/Grapevine treated us like we were at a used car lot.

Quick edit: Angela, the hotel manager, came in and made everything right. She told us that not only was Merriweather mistaken about us needing to have a Paw Pass to play MagiQuest, but also that we should have been able to buy a Paw Pass at MagiQuest without having to change lines.

Kudos to Angela @ GWL! MagiQuest, please please try to find better people to work...