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Blue Puzzle Will & Stamps

Dear Dedicated 120 Fan! As you may have guessed, Finneus McBrady’s puzzle (aka the BLUE puzzle) will not be launching this season at Elitch Gardens. However, the overarching mystery is still happening! Remember, the goal of the entire puzzle is to discover who is the rightful heir to Mary Elitch’s $120 million dollar fortune. Once [...]

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New Puzzle Announced… "Hoarding" Fall 2010

Get Ready! “Hoarding” is coming. We can’t tell you very much about this experience except that it’s going to define the next decade of this company.  We’ve been in the creative studio for nearly a month now working on this epic experiential mystery series tentatively called “The Seven Keys.”  Seven Keys to what?  Well, we’re [...]

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It's Worth the Money!

Each experience is different, but every experience we create always has the same goal! Fun!  And like they said, it really is worth the money!

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Setting the Fastest Time

Alpha Young Life – a large team of friendly teens – set the fastest time on the Red Course finishing the first 5 puzzles in 17 minutes and all ten in an hour flat! For those of you who haven’t done the Red Course at Elitch Gardens, Red is our hardest puzzle and Puzzle #40 [...]

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Why We Do It

Though we’re not supposed to have favorites… We do.  Here are two of them – Brock & Nathan – as they discuss their experience through our puzzle  “120: The Mystery of Mary Elitch’s Fortune” at Elitch Gardens Amusement Park.  You just can’t help but like them!  It’s people like Brock & Nathan that make us [...]

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The Story of Danny

He came to us in the morning. Opening day 2010 at Elitch Gardens. Standing four foot tall with a quiet demeanor and tinted glasses, we didn’t know then how much we were going to grow to like this little ten year old.  His name is Danny. His mom, Kelly, and family got what we do [...]

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Laughing about the Experience

Genuine human connection. That’s what it’s all about. As I sit and recollect on the craziness of the past month (and especially this weekend) and I think about all the planning that went into every event and every puzzle, I’m most struck by what we didn’t plan. People engaging people. It’s very rare in this [...]

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