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TIL Disneyworld has secret treasure hunts. You go to a little shop cart and get one of 5 treasure maps. You then search around Adventure land for hidden NFC readers that activate with your Passcard. One was in the gift shop and it activated a whole shipwreck show inside a fish tank!

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