Le Défi des Sorciers, the Harry Potter store and escape game in Cergy - CLOSING

After the opening in recent years of stores dedicated to theHarry Potter universe, here's a new arrival in the wizarding world, Le Défi des Sorciers. This boutique-attraction offers an immersive and unique Harry Potter experience , with an escape game, until May 9, 2023. After a successful stint at Italie 2, the store is activating its Portoloin and moving to an improved version at the Les 3 Fontaines shopping center in Cergy.

Unlike the Wizard's Shop and Aux deux balais, this isn't just another Harry Potter store. While you'll find all the accoutrement and necessities of a wizard (wands, jewelry, games and even magic lemonade are 15% cheaper here than elsewhere), Le Défi des Sorciers also offers a family escape game (accessible from age 6). For a fee, this immersive experience immerses you in the world of the bespectacled wizard for 45 minutes!

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This immersive experience is part theater, part treasure hunt and part escape game, with magic, actors, illusions and a host of special effects. Through 10 rooms, travel to the world of wizards and be the hero of this original escape game, imagined by Wanted Production. So, are you ready to get on your magic broomstick?

Our test:

The Le Défi des Sorciers escape game, certainly the least expensive on the market, is first and foremost a family game, accessible to the youngest players, using all the codes and mechanics of the traditionalescape game.

The different areas immerse us in the world ofHarry Potter, from the train station to the library. Hidden codes to decipher, enigmatic messages to decode, padlocks and chests to open - all the greatescape game elements are there. But in a relatively simple version, so that even the youngest can enjoy the game.

If you're a seasonedescape game player, you'll have no trouble completing all the challenges in a relatively short time, but you won't mind taking part in a Harry Potter-themed adventure. Novices, on the other hand, may take a little longer, but will probably succeed.

And one important thing: you don't need to know all the books and films in the saga inside out to take up the Wizards' Challenge.