Story of Hades and the Spell Cards at the Magical Portal

Who knew one could become so totally engaged in something like Sorcerers Apprentice ! What is it you wonder? Well it’s a, shall we call it, a game? An interactive game at that and is at this point in time solely in the Magic Kingdom in WDW (excluding Tomorrowland) called Sorcerers of the Magic Kingdom!

After entering the Magic Kingdom you go to the Firehouse on Main Street where a cast member introduces you to a whole new adventure.

At the recruitment center you are given a pack of 5 Sorcerers Cards, a ‘Key’ card and a location Map where to play on Main Street, Adventureland, Frontierland and Fantsyland. With those items in tow, you locate a Magical Portal where there you show your ‘key’ card to the little keyhole located in the area THEN like Magic, which of course it IS when you are in Disney … a Magical Portal area transforms into a magical movie where Merlin asks your help to battle various Disney villains who have been recruited by Hades, by using your ‘spell’ cards.

Your mission is to ward off the villains and save the Crystal of the Magic Kingdom. Each day you may go to the firehouse for a new set of game cards – each have their own special magic to help ward off the evil villains. The artwork on the cards is amazing. There are nine different spell classes – Animal, Fairy Hero, Toy, Machine, Monster, Princess, Warrior, and Mystic Each of those cards carries another symbol like a planet, crescent moon, a star, a double star and a lightning bolt. We were told there were about 70 different cards, some were already out of play. This should not deter you from playing as we found it fun to collect the different cards and found many people asking to trade so they could collect as many as possible during their stay. 

What we found interesting is that the adults seemed to be more into it than the kids! Some had albums that held their cards – which if you are going to be there playing for awhile isn’t a bad idea as it keeps them from getting crunched up… but if you are just a person who likes to do something different then I might suggest you being recruited by Merlin and enjoy playing the game. So grab your map, find your next location, stand on the symbol and cast your spells!

This is a guest post by our good friend, Kathy Mishima, from Lace Haystack.com. You can find her on Twitter and on FaceBook. She is a great friend of WDW Parkhoppers and we cannot thank her enough for sharing this post while Parkhopper Sid and Parkhopper John