New York
Santa's Christmas Mystery
Can You Save Christmas?
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Breathtaking
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Help Santa,
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Incredible
Christmas Lights
Santa's Immersive Adventure comes to NY
Transforming New York's Christmas lights into an interactive adventure, combining puzzle-solving, storytelling, and New York's most spectacular festive displays. Follow a heartwarming story of Santa's modern midlife crisis in which you determine his fate. After last year's sell-out success in London, organizers bring the experience to the heart of Christmas, the streets of NY.
Santa needs your help...
Search for clues that guide you
Solve clues, make decisions and take on fun-filled challenges - as you journey through the delightful Christmas festivities in New York. The perfect way to create lasting memories with your friends and loved ones this year.
Mesmerizing Illuminations
Discover incredible synchronized light and sound shows, mechanical window displays and jaw-dropping Christmas installations. Some of the places you'll swing by; Bloomingdales, Grand Army Plaza, Bergdorf Goodman, Tiffanys, The Peninsula Hotel, Cartier Mansion, Lotte Palace, Saks, Radio City, Rockefeller Plaza and more Christmas highlights!
Something for everyone
This unique experience brings joy to all those who attend, no matter your background or age - no prior knowledge of the lights or NY is required. Discover amazing photo ops, fun puzzle solving and captivating holiday lights.
How it works
- Solve a trail of clues sent to your phones, discover answers nearby and reply to unlock the next clue.
- The clues reveal your path to magical and scenic parts of New York.
- Take breaks to grab food and drinks at recommendations on the way.
- Take it easy, hints are available to make the experience something for everyone.
The Experience
Fill your hearts with seasonal joy - not to be missed!
Find out what players are saying
Rated 4.88/5
Awesome Foursome
Great experience! Lots of fun.
Go Go Superteam
Great fun. Very easy to do. Would quite like the option of easy or cryptic. Really fun to see parts of the city I would…
Charlotte & James
I’ve done 2 CityDays Scavenger Hunts and enjoyed them both. They’re really well planned and thought of, and sent us to …
Sisterslooseatxmas
Loved it, Christmas trail on Christmas day. Can't wait to do the rest
Team Smith
We had a great time - found the clues sufficiently challenging to be fun but not too difficult, the gaps between clues …
Pinagapany Pigs in Blankets
A really fun trail which saw us visiting places in London that we’d never been to before! The clues were just challengi…
Teddy Bears
My wife and I thoroughly enjoyed the interactive experience. The combination of puzzle solving and strolling through th…
Wow wow williams
Great fun. Clues were not too easy, not too hard Saw parts of London I wouldn't have if I didn't follow this. Will defi…
Eggnog Squad
A brilliant way to spend an afternoon in London! Great clues and the trail took us around all the best sights - can’t w…
Owen the Campbelltition
A really fun and interactive experience. Taking us to areas we hadn’t explored before. Definitely recommend
Splendor friends
A great fun way to see the Christmas lights around London, while solving puzzles at the same time!
Little tinkers
A wonderful trail showing us some wonderful Christmas lights and sights and roads I had never been down before! Definit…
The J's
Great fun adventure.. Clues were very manageable, and the trail took us to some interesting places 😁.. You get choices …
Santa’s Seekers
Excellent. Had a lovely afternoon following the clues around London. Highly recommend
The Hardy Seniors
A good day out. Gets better when it gets darker. We will be doing this again
Maliboobies
A great Christmas adventure, with hints, tips and pub stops! Find bits of London you've never been and see the everyday…
The Sibleys
A great trail today - Christmas themed and took us along loads of areas with great Christmas lights and decorations! Wo…
Team Awesome
Great puzzle tour around the London Christmas lights. The puzzles were just the right to stay enjoyable and solvable. T…
Vivi
We had great time on the Claus & effect! It took us almost 3 hours, and took us around London. Highly recommended.
Festive Queers
A nice route to see all the lights, especially to see lights that we wouldn't normally know aboutA good length of time …
Practical Information
Date and time
Opening hours: 7 days a week, start your experience anytime between 9am and 9pm. Running the whole holiday season.
Duration
The immersive experience will last for around 2-3 hours for most groups. Go at your own pace, or get competitve to set the fastest time!
Age recommendation
The experience is suitable for all age ranges, all guests participating require a ticket, regardless of age. Children 12 and under go free with an adult ticket holders.
Price
Tickets are $25.
Children 12 and under go free with accompanying adults.
Groups & private events
We offer special pricing for private events, groups or corporate team building events. Please contact us to learn more.
Location
Start at 59th/Lexington and end near Rockefeller Center
How to get there
By Subway
By Bus
- M102/M101/M103 bus, down Lexington Avenue, get off at Lexington Ave/59 St.
- Q32 bus, down 59 St, get off at 59 St/Lexington Av.
- M57/M31 bus, down 57th St, get off at 57 St/Lexington Av.
- M15 bus, down 2 Av, get off at 2 Av/61 St.
Ticket Packages
General Admission
$25/person
- Admission to the experience
- Children 12 & under can accompany an adult ticket holder
Gift Card
The perfect unique and experiential gift for anyone in your life! Get your gift card here.
FAQS
Do you have any questions? You'll find them here!
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- Click 'Book Now' and enter your details and select the number of tickets to match the number of participants.
- Once paid you'll receive an email with login credentials to your setup dashboard.
- On the dashboard find your booking, optionally split into teams, enter a team name and phone numbers.
- Receive the welcome message on your phone, you're all good to go!
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Of course! After purchasing you can login to your dashboard, where you can enter your number of teams followed by each team's name and member details. Set up within a couple of minutes.
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Once booked, and you've logged into the dashboard, you'll be able to choose how many teams you'd like for your booking - once submitted you'll then be able to fill in team names and member details straight away.
We recommend a team size around 5, with a minimum of 2 people and around 8 as a maximum. -
All international phone numbers work with our system, using WhatsApp or Telegram will only use data so make sure you can roam whilst away.
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Simply; If you don't have a great time on our trail, let us know why and we'll give you your money back in full. Easy!
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All the trails can be completed with out any prior knowledge without an issue, a perfect way to explore a new city!
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Although most trails have no age rating the usual break points are pubs/bars, usually children can accompany adults into these venues without a problem.
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After you've purchased your tickets, head to our dashboard where you'll see your order. Enter a team name and phone numbers for each player and press submit. The setup process might be disabled until a week before the event.
After submitting your team you'll receive an SMS message to each phone number with a pin code and link to the event hub page where you'll find extra setup information, an image feed from the day and the leaderboard.
On the hub page you'll find links to download the app. Once downloaded simply enter the username & pin code sent via SMS to login.
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After purchase you'll receive login credentials to enter your dashboard. There you can enter a team name and phone numbers, upon submission you'll receive a message to confirm the booking with us.
WhatsApp Setup Guide
Telegram Setup Guide -
Maybe. Depending on how busy the route is you might be on the tail of another group, overtaking or getting overtaken. It's a great way to meet other like minded adventurers on the way, don't forget to say hi to each other and get a bit competitive!
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Absolutely, when you're booking you can select to choose your date later. If you've already chosen a date and would like to change this, just reach out to the team and we can process this for you, completely free of charge.
