The room is basically a greenhouse with clear roofs installed on the top of Dublin Calling and the ventilation wasn't great. One thing to note is that the venue booked for Wizard's Den is hot as balls. The room looks better after sunset with all the string lights so I'd recommend an evening session if you can.
A lot of redecorating was done to insert heritage-style furniture and a lot of Tudor-style trinkets. The Wizard's Den takes place in the former "Prost Haus".
The characters/staff we met stayed in character but the pretend theatrics were a little much (they dropped a super meta hint that there wasn't enough budget to hire a live Lady Morticia). I found the immersion of this event to be much better on my second visit. Obviously us guests live life on the edge so we raised our wands, welcomed Lady Morticia back into our world, had our wands confiscated, and proceeded to exit the venue. There is an ultimate choice made by the guests of the night to either "banish Lady Morticia forever" or to "summon her back into the world" which is done by raising your wand into the air. With the conclusion of the 2 potion brews, the programming finishes. This one had a cool dry ice smoke effect! Wizards Den Bar Minion Second Potion Again, all roads lead to the bar where you'll receive your ingredients and head back to your table to brew your potion. Potion #1įor the second riddle, you're presented with 3 parts of a riddle to either search for in the room or decipher an answer for. All roads eventually lead to the bar where you receive your ingredients and head back to your table to brew your potion (i.e. You'll need a good grasp of pattern recognition and wordplay to succeed.
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Once the answer is achieved, you'll search around the room for a corresponding rune and use that to learn how to brew your first potion. "Not Butterbeer" Cocktailįollowing the welcome ceremony comes the riddle portion of the event which has guests reading through riddles and deciphering the answer. A welcome drink is served at this time, the "Not Butterbeer" Cocktail. The welcome ceremony introduces guests to the potion master, her minions (potion staff), and the portrait of Lady Morticia whose spirit governs over the experience. I was extremely bummed that these wands did not light up like the ones used by our hosts. Once you're in the main area, you're presented with a wand for the night. The waiting room is just a holding area for about 10 minutes while everyone files in and produces their ticket. welcome ceremony + welcome drink ("Not Butterbeer").The entire experience is a 90-minute experience which includes: I'm going to divide this coverage into the following sections: Read on for the Vancouver flavour of this potion-brewing, alcohol-flowing night.ĭisclosure: I attended 2 media previews, one during the day, and one in the evening for this event which I did not pay for. In August, I had the pleasure of attending 2 separate evenings at The Wizard's Den in Vancouver, an experience that's been praised by Timeout in Australia. With all this being cooped up, it's my belief that immersive experiences like The Wizard's Den will be popular for young professionals who grew up with Harry Potter culture or are looking for an escape from reality. It's been a long 18 months of pandemic, and at least in the double-vaxxed world, things are looking up as far as preventing death and serious illness.
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