This is the season. Halloween first. Then the lights.
October is when Puzzle Rides stops feeling like “something we should do someday” and starts disappearing off the calendar. Ghost Riders fills first. In Prescott, the Live Game of Clue is right behind it. Corporate teams are already locking in November and December — Ghost Riders if they want a night out now, Reindeer Games and Hijacked by Elves if they want the holiday party solved before the office closes.
Two Ghost Riders, two nights
Ghost Riders is the same name in both towns. It is not the same evening.
In Prescott, Ghost Riders is the spine-tingling version. You ride a golf cart through historic downtown after dark, working clues against local ghost stories and landmarks around Whiskey Row. It is rated PG-13 because the history is not sanitized — Old West murder and the rougher edges of the town. Difficulty is easy. Time is about 75 minutes. Groups of 2–10. It sells out in October. If you want that night, book it before the weekend you meant to “check later.”
In Scottsdale, Ghost Riders is the lighter chase. Old Town after dark, puzzles at haunted corners, same golf-cart format — more like Scooby-Doo than a shiver you take home. Families and mixed-age groups use this one. Corporate groups use it when they want a private night that does not require a two-hour strategy brief.
Do not book the wrong city by accident. If your crew wants spooky, that is Prescott. If your crew wants a fun haunted romp, that is Scottsdale.
Uncover the mystery: Prescott Clue
Step into the real-life version of the classic board game — set in historic downtown Prescott. You take on a local historical character and race through town piecing together clues, questioning suspects, and uncovering who killed Mr. Body. This time the rooms are real locations, the weapons are on the golf cart, and the case unfolds in the streets.
Your mission is to outsmart the other detectives and crack the case first. Visit the real-life “rooms,” gather evidence, and decide who did it, where, and with what before the clock runs out.
It is one of Prescott’s October staples: private group, Puzzle Master driving, a story that only works in that town. Ghost Riders is the night and the ghosts. Clue is the case and the map. Book both if the weekend can hold them.
What October is for, and what November is for
October is Halloween. Ghost Riders in both cities. Prescott Clue. Visitors who want one memorable outing. Locals who finally have a Saturday.
November and December are the next stack. Hijacked by Elves is the holiday puzzle — Santa’s lists gone missing, festive clues, a seasonal ride when it is on the calendar, and the Prescott take-home “escape room in a Santa sack” when you want the game in a living room. Reindeer Games is already on corporate hold lists. Teams that wait until the first week of December are the teams calling to ask what is left.
If you run a company outing: Ghost Riders now, while the nights are still Halloween. Elves and Reindeer Games on the books before the office calendar fills with “we should do something.”
How to use the next six weeks
Pick the town. Pick the night. Book Ghost Riders first if October is the goal. Add Prescott Clue if that is your crew. If you are planning for the company, put November and December on a second reservation so Halloween and the holidays are not fighting for the same Saturday.
The Puzzle Shop in Prescott (110 South Montezuma Street, St. Michael’s Alley Shops) is still the walking start if you are already downtown. Scottsdale starts in Old Town after dark.
October does not wait. Ghost Riders does not either.
Book Prescott Ghost Riders:
https://puzzlerides.com/prescott/ghost-riders/
Book or ask about Scottsdale nights, Prescott Clue, and holiday holds:
https://puzzlerides.com/
or
(602) 601-2261.
