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Another shout out and congratulations to my friend Yungtown aka Midnight for becoming a Master Magi! Check out Luke's channel here! → ru-vid.com

Cannot WAIT for the sequel in 2039.

Crazy to think that Luke’s progress was saved since 2005

Grew up playing the OG MagiQuest at Great Wolf Lodge and in Myrtle Beach. Lovely to see a video about it.

It has gotten more kiddie with time sadly, with the reboots its the age range GWL targets. Back when I worked on it we had expansions focusing on repeat players, and the older ones seeking a proper challenge.

Before the Myrtle Beach location shut down, it was a must-visit every time my family went (I still have my wand). In my late 20's I would get obnoxiously into it, complete with wand flourishes, olde English speak, and a boisterous medieval stride throughout the MagiQuest for the sole purpose of embarrassing my moody teenage brother. Also, 'Midnight Sizemore' is now an official NPC in my DnD campaign.

I once went to a great wolf lodge, this one guy went around the entire place in a wizard outfit and completed it in one day. Wonderful. (I've become a master magi and it's the biggest accomplishment I've ever done.)

Chad, thank you for your support. *to the bathrooom*

Quite fittingly I’m watching this right now at a Great Wolf Lodge.

So story about when I worked at GWL- I worked at the front desk for 3 years. Got ‘pack member of the month’ a few times. But the MagiQuest event was always around. So we had two otters above the desk that gave tips and also said ‘pretty nifty wand work there’ in a southern accent. Well when they upgraded MQ about 2 years into my job there, the otters lost speaking code somewhere. However I could mimic them. So for two whole shifts I got paid to sit in a room beside them with a microphone and read the script. Good times.

Virgin families: Go to Great Wolf Lodge to enjoy the indoor waterpark Meanwhile the CHADtronic and Yungtown: *MagiQuest* Something to note, while you DO need to show proof you stay there if you wanna go to the waterpark, you don't need to stay at the lodge to do MagiQuest. This is an absolute win for all the ladies and fricks.

6:18 - This is why you invite a friend who has kids and offer to take them through Magiquest while they go to a bar or something "Oh yeah I'm babysitting" ...Or just not give a care and let the glares of parents who don't understand adults can have fun too give you strength

Always seen Great Wolf Lodge commercials when I was a kid but never got to go. The "I've Got a Golden Ticket" tune from Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory playing while Chad gets 100 gold at 9:12 was such perfectly timed Also can we talk about the genius of the Bloomington location? It's right outside both the airport AND Mall of America (and Mall of America has a transit station that takes you right into the city)...couldn't have picked a more convenient location

The GWL you were playing in looked especially “after thought-y.” The one in Mason, Ohio felt like it had more low-traffic areas for the game and better placements overall.

Don’t let this video distract you from the fact that Nintendo made a red wii

Surprised it remembered Luke's progress. The new MQ team has been really messing up the global database.

You running to the bathroom with the cloak flapping behind you made you look like Batman. Absolutely hilarious.

The Magiquest I go to yearly in Pigeon Forge is the Legacy version. Probably one of my favorite places to work on my skills as a Magi.

I remember when I thought it was a good idea to speedrun the entire game, That didn’t end well. I just speed ran master magi (no elevator allowed) and my legs literally died at the end, opened the final chest and that ended me falling on the floor.

I remember doing this at a great wolf lodge years back. it's honestly so cool that something this fun and interactive exists in the first place.

Fun fact about this particular Great Wolf Lodge location with living within the vicinity of it in MN: this wasn’t always a Great Wolf Lodge as before it it was actually known as Waterpark of America, name is such because of it being directly across from Mall of America there in Bloomington I haven’t been back ever since it was re-branded as a Great Wolf Lodge, but I have been to the one in Wisconsin Dells (which is the one that started at all before they eventually became a chain) and also did MagiQuest there when I was there back in early 2020 before the pandemic hit. Like the only remaining free-standing location in Pigeon Forge, TN, the Wisconsin Dells location also has the legacy version of the game. Still have my wand that I got when I was there, but have never been back to there or another location ever since. Hopefully I can make it to either Great Wolf Lodge in Bloomington, or even the only remaining free-standing location in Pigeon Forge, TN before they potentially close down someday (and from what I heard from another commenter here, it sounds like their future is very bleak).

I found the Pigeon Forge location like 5 years ago and it was my first one. It was AMAZING. My spouse and I both loved it. We bought wands, kept our books and planned on going to one of the ones at Great Wolf Lodge after finding out about them. Unfortunately, we were ruined by playing at Pigeon Forge first because the Great Wolf locations are pathetic in comparison. They are just glorified hallways, whereas the Pigeon Forge one is like a full experience with hidden passages and cool props and settings.

Great video, Chad. Hope you get to go to Pigeon. Things aren't looking to well for them, entire features like dueling are broken there, so at this rate we're all quite concerned about them.

I remember going to a MagiQuest location in December 2009 when my parents and I visited Pigeon Forge, Tennessee for winter vacation. I remember that it had the elements of a medieval role-playing game. You would use the wand to open chests for gold and gain experience points as you progress through each of the rooms. I still have my MagiQuest wand from back then.

Oh man I remember this. I might still have my wand from way back when I first went to one of these

This kinda makes me think about the old Battletech centers, where they had pods that simulated the controls of a battlemech. Not really around anymore, but there's a dedicated hobbyist base keeping the pods working.

Holy crap You beat me to it my good sir I was gonna try to speed run this yet, you beat me to this good sir I congratulate you and your quest. I grew up playing this at the Great wolf in Pennsylvania. Had so much fun. Never beat it. It was great watching this!

Love me some MagiQuest and love to see people talking about it! One of my friends was an employee at our local GWL and showed me all of the secrets each time we went there!

Before it shutdown (and price raises honestly) it was pretty much traditional for me and my friend to go to MagiQuest on our annual Summer beach trip every year. Took us 2 years worth of trips to beat the Red Dragon only for a year later to an Ice Dragon that we never got to beat. My friend and I had a falling out and they switched schools so the five years of MagiQuest eventually ended leaving the adventures unfinished......my wand now sits on a bookshelf at my grandparents house in my old room.

I’ve been there! Never beat that damn White Dragon from the classic days…

I went to Great Wolf Lodge for my friend’s bday and I sort of cried to my mom because I wanted to do magi quest cause I saw it on RU-vid a while ago. I never got to do it🥲

I went there once and always wanted to go back but holy cow I wish they made these closer to actually play it

bro magiquest was my CHILDHOOD. i still have my wand fron way back when I first played it. it's a model that they dont even make anymore and i have a lotta fond memories with that want. if you haven't played magiquest yet please do give it a go whenever you can. it's a really underrated gem

Grew up in a small town only 2 hours away from Myrtle Beach. This is crazy to see this bit of my childhood get recognition. This is a truly special video to me. Thanks to Chad and Luke

Man Great Wolf Lodge brings back memories. Me and my brother beat the original quests but the compass quest was a nightmare.

I played MagiQuest when I was 16 at the Traverse City location, and I remember there was one chest near the stairs that was broken, so while most chests would give you gold and then be locked for several minutes so you could keep exploring, this one chest you could keep opening repeatedly. I remember my brother and I just stood there taking turns grinding gold from that chest for half an hour. Edit: I also remember this super cool and hard set of Compass quests you could get while I was there, wonder if Chad will go back to do those sometime?

I saw the dedicated magiquest when I was in Pigeon Forge! It was wierd seeing a midieval style castle among all the nature-themed tourist shops and such.

When i saw this, i had to immediately stop what i was doing and watch this. This brought back SO many memories. Me and my family were obsessed with MagiQuest when we went down to Myrtle Beach. I believe my grandma or one of my relatives still have our magic wands. It's a shame that the Myrtle Beach location closed down a few years back

Can confirm the Pigeon Forge is amazing!! There are shortcuts between realms, multiple boss fights and themed area. It's entirely on the second floor so all traffic is MagiQuest traffic. I'd love to see a follow up of just that location

The fact that you have the EXACT same wand set up as me made me laugh. The dragon topper with the fancy red wand base. Anyways I'm 23 and a few years back I went to a GWL with a friend to play this ans we had fun with the adventure. We actually have done two different GWL MagiQuest locations and it is a struggle to run around times for the times you need but it's good exercise. And I'd gladly go back to do it again just for the satisfaction of feeling magical as my want lights crystals and other items up lol.

I think the idea of having a sort of video game in real life is VERY cool. Whoever created Magiquest is a genius to me. (Also just realized Yungtown has a Snatcher plush in the background of his video. I have respect for him. ALONG WITH CHAD!)

I've never even heard of Great Wolf Creek dodge let alone MagiQuest. It's like I spent the past twenty years in a parallel universe. When I was young it was Yogi Bear campground/lodge, going to the Alamo, and eating at Medieval Times: Dinner and Tournament.

I have to say, these videos of old interactive games and all the physical game stuff you show is really entertaining and informative. I really appreciate these types of video you make

I've been to the standalone Pidgeon Forge and Williamsburg GWL locations many times. The PF location is awesome; there are doors that open with the wand and even a key that you could buy to unlock the door to the Goblin King (not sold anymore sadly). Unfortunately, that location only has MagiQuest Legacy (original 2005 version + ice dragon expansion). After GWL bought Creative Kingdoms, the GWLs got updated versions of MagiQuest with additional content, but the standalone was left behind. Regardless, the PF location is a more immersive, nostalgic experience that's worth traveling for, Chad!

Aw man, that looked so much fun. I also wish to go to the Tennessee one. And congrats to Midnight for completing their life long quest.

I spent my entire childhood playing magiquest at myrtle beach on family vacations. There was one day out of the week we were on vacation where my parents would go to broadway at the beach, and let me play magiquest. I had just gotten to Master Magi. When I went on vacation the next year after reaching that rank, it was closed, and I haven’t played since. Last year, I went to broadway to look at the building, and it had been demolished. Not gonna lie, I cried. Seeing one of my favorite RU-vidrs play something that was near and dear to me, and many others, brings a joy like no other. Thank you.

I played this as a kid at the Great Wolf Lodge. Never thought I’d ever see I RU-vidr I know talk about it lol. Lots of great memories tied to this. Great vid!

I played once at the Pigeon Forge location as a teenager... Now I'm heading back to Pigeon Forge on vacation in a couple months and in reaaaally tempted to visit again

A kid hit me in the face with his wand because I was “taking too long” at one of the bosses

I’ve been to Great Wolf Lodge once in my life. I saw magic quest, but I never actually played it. I did however, win a stuffed animal in a claw machine in the arcade and gave it to my sister who promptly lost it.

It's insane to think that I was at both the location you were at and the one at Pigeon Forge. I thought everything at GWL was pretty fun, but Pigeon is like a giant carnival. I even got a reserve down there that had a bunch of Bigfoot Memorabilia. The only thing that sucked about it was that the road up the reserve was like a giant mountain. Me and my family tried getting up there in a car, but it was way too big for the car to handle. Eventually my mom just took her car up there by herself and drove up to the entrance, while me and the rest of my family had to climb up the thing and be aware it was like 10:00 PM, and this location was known for having Cubs and bears around its territory so I was pretty scared. Anyway after that we tried Magiquest and it was fairly entertaining, but if you want to go to anywhere huge and full of cool stuff, Pigeon Forge is definitely the place. They even have a Bubba Gumps location there based off of Forrest Gump, just try not to go to the place I slept at.

revisiting this video after a year, and dude the edit on this is absolutely incredible

Man this brought me back to when me and some old friends went to Great Wolf Lodge for a friend's birthday. Man, it's something that I'm never gonna forget

The magiquest in Myrtle Beach was a vital part of my childhood, I'm so sad it's gone

I actually live about an hour and thirty minutes from Pigeon Forge. I was probably around 14 when I first played it with my mom, we played it 4 times in a span of roughly 2 years. It's been about 14 years since then, but seeing this has got me feeling pretty nostalgic and interested in playing again! I'm pretty sure I still have my wand stored away somewhere...

I used to work at the one in Myrtle Beach!! One of the best jobs ever! Great memories, I miss that place.

As someone whos been in the community for AGES playing and just loving the game, I don't think I've ever been more just flabbergasted to see a more than 200 viewer channel talk about it. Just WOW. I'm so just shocked. Beyond thrilled.

I only ever played this at one of the GWLs in Texas, but I will always remember those days where my parents would just let me loose and do MagiQuest stuff all day. I would grind the same three quests over and over, the whole time chewing ice from the hotel ice machines. I specifically remember how hilarious it was that there were quest required items in the completely unthemed, industrial stairways that you would find in like a parking garage.

I used to go to the Myrtle Beach one as a kid and I have fond memories of defeating the red dragon. I think I only did it twice but I always walked by the building like every summer growing up. I still probably have my blue dragon wand around somewhere lol

Fun fact: I actually live within walking distance of one of the Great Wolf Lodge locations. I dare you to comment a guess of which one it is

I first played magiquest when I was around 7, and fell in love so fast. Even at 21 I will occasionally drive out with a friend to the nearby Great Wolf to play for a couple hours. The best memory I have with the game was when I was with my family for a weekend, and while everyone was swimming in the waterpark I was playing Magiquest, never going to the park cause I was so focused on beating the bosses.

OMG THATS WHAT THIS WAS CALLED?! I played this at a friend’s birthday party years ago and I never knew what it actually was. I still have my wand somewhere I think! Great video, Chad.

8:05 scariest jumpscare in chadtronic history

Still have my wand years and years later, I have this defunct blue crystal wand topper from myrtle beach and it makes me feel special. the game is really fun.

On the topic of the Pigeon Forge location, I've actually never been there. Even though I have visited Gatlinburg and Pigeon Forge every year for the past 3 or 4 years. Now I can get a fairly nice quality check of the general locations. Thanks Chad! - Parker P.

i've never heard of this before but i've seen the magiquest building in pigeon forge countless times (since me and my family like to travel up there a few times a year).

I just discovered Magiquest 14 days ago during a group trip to the Great Wolf Lodge in Lagrange GA. In those two weeks I've now played at 7 different locations on a midwest road trip. I've fallen hard for this game. I'm sad I've only now just discovered it, but happy that it's never too late!

Awesome video! I went to the Myrtle Beach one several times as a kid and at the time I had no idea it was the original location. The whole building felt huge and was really themed, it was awesome. I want to take my wife and go to the TN location so bad now!!

I was one of the leads at the Cincinnati GWL for a few years a while ago, after doing the Pigeon Forge standalone location. They have 3 different storylines to play, so there's a bunch of quests to go on. Definitely an immersive experience with lots of replay value. I used to do the bosses all the time. I'd love to check out some of the other ones some time....

I always wanted to do this as a kid, although I have memories of kids constantly running down the hall being obnoxiously loud yelling and screaming they found the next piece of the puzzle.

This is some nostalgia you just unlocked thanks man. The whole thing was just so cool when I was younger

Epic keep up the great job chadtronic. I support the project you and Luke made together it's impressive that it took 17 years to finish it.

I love that game. I used to go to the huge one in Myrtle Beach when it was still there. It was huge & had way more boss fights than the ones in the Great Wolf Lodge locations had when I went there with my family. A little sad that it's closed.

I never got to play this at my many visits to the Williamsburg location, but as a kid I would always stop to see what the other kids were up to in MagiQuest. Always wanted one of the wands so I could play, but it wasn't what my parents were paying for. Thank you guys for this nostalgia trip of a game I never really got to play, but always saw glimpses of!

The Magiquest in Pigeon Forge is amazing the whole second floor is the game and on the downstairs there is a arcade, pirate golf, and Mirror maze. They don’t require you to buy a wand although buying one adds to the experience

i remember playing magiquest one time on a trip to great wolf lodge, back when I was probably 10-12 or so. i couldn't tell you what location we were at, but my scout troop was there for a few days as our big trip we took yearly after our cookie sales and we all begged our parents for wands. the set up there though was WAY more barebones than what's even seen here. there was like a "hub" area that was some trees with screens in them, and you talked to some pre-recorded wizard man to get all your quests. then all the objects were kind of just scattered around the lodge haphazardly. but at the time it felt like it was THE coolest thing ever and we all got really into it while we were there. we spent hours running around in our pajamas trying to finish questlines. i think part of the magic of it was not only the idea we were ALLOWED to run around a hotel on purpose, but that we were able to kind of make up our own fun along the way. i have no idea where I finished at. i know I had the most basic wand (because they were so expensive jesus christ), and my brother had one too. i think we kept ours for a few years but they got lost after we moved a few times, or we got rid of them when we figured we'd never go back. i genuinely would have a blast just going on vacation by myself to a lodge for a few days to play magiquest by myself, even in that barebones version i played. also, in fairness, i registered my wand under "pikachu", so midnight is at least thematically correct. EDIT: totally forgot about this, but there was one quest I remember specifically that drove us crazy for a few hours trying to finish it, because it was timed, and you had to hit specific items around the hotel before the timer ran out, and since there were a bunch of floors to our particular locations, we quite literally just had to bolt for the elevators and hope we could make it in enough time. i THINK we did beat it, but it's possible that's where our time ended.

Thank you for bringing a part of my childhood back. I used to go to magiquest ALL THE TIME, it was in my local mall and shut down in like 2014. I miss it so much. I gotta travel ALL THE WAY TO WISCONSIN to go to one now. ):

YES Im from Cincinnati and i cant believe i've missed this video this is one of my most favorite and loving childhood memories I am so happy you guy got to play it and form what i can tell each location is different and that is just the magic of the game every location you get a new experience. The one at Cincinnati is a lot more centralized so there is a lot less of being in peoples way and its great. Also the one in Tennessee I went to and it was a very cool experience I felt very immersed (sadly I wasn't there for long). Sorry for the longer comment I just had to gush about one of my favorite irl games just so glad to see one of my favorite youtubers cover this amazing game I'm hoping for more great content bro keep it up.

i remember playing it at a great wolf when I was a kid. It was honestly really fun to get to run around this whole building to find all the different quest objectives. I went to a different one years later, they had the whole thing gated off to one big room. it probably made more sense for them to do that, but it made the whole thing way less fun

I got to play MagiQuest at the original GWL in Wisconsin Dells (MagiQuest itself at this location is built around the old play/slide area that was there since the beginning, which makes it an interesting surrounding area to play the game in). I have kept my two wands, and have slain the dragon (I was also 16 at the time, surrounded by kids lol). I am also hoping to work at a GWL location someday! I overall think the whole fantasy game/theme is so cool!

Now this hits my nostalgia. I remember going to a Great Wolf Lodge and loving this when I was a kid, but I never got to finish it.

i love how the minecraff guy as made his 3rd appearance on this channel

Earlier this year I went to a GWL with my older sister and my niece and she absolutely loved MagiQuest. She still has her wand and everything.

ive been playing magiquest since I was little. watching this brought back soo many memories. beating that red dragon was exicting lol. also chad if you go to pigeon forge they have the ice dragon and silver dragon boss fight...yalls quest aint over yet!

The person just walking while Chad wizard sprints to the bathroom makes it 100x times better

I was so jealous of my cousins that got to go to the Myrtle Beach location when it was a thing! Ive always went to the one at the Pocono Mountains and that place had some of my fondest childhood memories. One day ill play it once again, possibly with the CompassQuest expansion.

That is SO COOL that they still had Luke's data after all that time. I played at a Great Wolf Lodge sometime in the mid 2000s and never beat the dragon, and always wanted to go back and finish it. Maybe I actually can

Went to Great Wolf Lodge and played Magi Quest for the first time around a year ago. I may have been a little old for it, but it was still really fun and just a fun experience overall. This was a fun watch!

Full disclosure: I went once to the MagiQuest in Myrtle Beach (2005-6ish) and I STILL HAVE THAT F*CKING WAND! At the time, I thought it was so cool (throwback to my freshman high school baby self). I totally relate to what “Midnight” Luke was talking about 😂 I went with my little cousin but actually ended up having a great time. Maybe that’s why that wand is still in my possession even though I’m a super minimalist and get rid of most stuff without sentimental attachments. I currently live in South Korea so I don’t know if I’ll ever have the chance to see if I’m still in the system though 😂

I first played at the Myrtle Beach location when I was super young, like 7 years old. Later we did the really big one at Pigeon Forge and it’s like the game grew up with me, I was probably around 12-13 at that time and there was a looot more stuff. I still remember going to I think the one at Pigeon Forge and there being a dark box and I waved my wand at it, and it lit up to reveal a crown that was exactly at head hight in my reflection. When I tell you little kid me was FLOORED, I went around pretending I was a princess mage for the rest of the night

My kids still have their wands! I'll never forget the look on my son's face when he one shot the fire dragon with his ice wand. It was priceless!

Omg I remember this game! Me and my sisters have been thinking of visiting one of the locations to play again. I remember once in the myrtle beach location that I figured out a quest that nobody else could and my family got me a pendant with the symbol for that quest on it! (I was like 7 at the time so my family was impressed) Great video like always!

I’ve seen the building in Pigeon Forge whenever my family decides to go up there for a vacation, had no idea that it was the only stand-alone one left! I’ll definitely have to take a look next time I end up there.

Played it only once at a FunPlex in my home state. It was confined to a little part of the indoor complex, so you werent interrupting other guests while they were walking, but sometimes you did bump into other kids playing. I played it back in like 2011? So it was out for a while, and had different quests to do. At this location you were able to get rented wands but were not able to take them home lol. I did not finish my quest sadly, but I remember having fun being able to run around with a magic wand lol. Sadly, this MagiQuest got shut down in 2016, so I will never be able to finish my quest like Midnight TTOTT.

ohh i also havent heard of this b4 but it actually sounds pretty fun! might plan my next vacation with my s/o at the closest lodge for a weekend since theres also a waterpark and some other stuff. so neat, would love to see similar videos like this in the future 😊

HOW DOES THIS NOT HAVE MORE VIEWS, MagiQuest was my childhood 😭

I LOVED this game when I went to the Great Wolf Lodge in Atlanta. Completed it in one day because I was so hooked

I remember seeing all the magiquest stuff when I went to GWL a few times as a kid. None of us ever bothered with it, since we were all always there for the water parks.

I still remember finding the last star at a Great Wolf in some plain hallway. Was just looking up for no particular reason, then hey it's that white star my mom and I were looking for for about three hours up to that point.

I literally played this as a kid. Journey went from Six Flags vendor to a pizza place with one. Sad that was before lockdown though. I wonder if I should find a place and go Edit: Anyone remember the dueling station?