How to Plan a Scavenger Hunt at Disney World

Disney World offers hundreds of attractions, rides and shops for travelers around the world. However, repeated trips to Disney World may cause your family to grow bored with standing in long lines to board rides. Fortunately, you can plan a Disney World scavenger hunt that allows every family member to have fun while enjoying the park's attractions.

Instructions

Difficulty: Moderately Challenging

Things You’ll Need:

• Video cameras

1. Limit your scavenger hunt party to a manageable number of people as you plan a trip to Disney World. Small groups can maneuver through massive crowds without causing disturbances.
2. Require scavenger hunters to meet Disney characters to complete their activities list. You can take care of this requirement by attending events like Donald's Prehistoric Breakfastosaurus, at which multiple characters are in the same area. Find information about this event on the Disney World website (see Resources below).
3. Insert simple identification questions into your scavenger hunt plan for Disney World. Participants should be asked to find a certain number of Mickey Mouse heads and record their locations to earn points.
4. Generate a list of questions that can be answered by heading to every part of the park during your scavenger hunt. Fill-in-the-blank and true/false questions about landmarks in Disney World provide good filler during your hunt.
5. Check with each member of your scavenger hunt party to determine what kind of video camera he owns. You may need to take a laptop to your hotel if a portion of your group has mobile-phone cameras that are difficult to watch as a group.
6. Start your hunt away from the main entrance to the park. The high volume of traffic in and out of Disney World during the day makes this a difficult place to coordinate your hunt.
7. Incorporate Disney World events into your scavenger hunt to add fun for your whole group. Events like Mickey's Not-So-Scary Halloween Party give your group the chance to collect free items and see Disney villains who are difficult to find elsewhere in the park. Find details concerning this event on the Disney World website.
8. Bypass the difficulties of covering the entirety of Disney World by planning themed scavenger hunts. Websites like PassPorter provide hints on themed hunts that are restricted to small sections of the park (see Resources below).

Tips & Warnings

• Establish long time limits to complete a scavenger hunt at Disney World. You should synchronize watches with every member of your party to make sure everyone finishes at the same time. Take the total time needed to reach a destination and double this total to account for high amounts of foot traffic.