Milpitas Mall Marauders

Pubic Transit Secret Shopper Adventure!

Your mission, should you choose to accept it: 

  • Use your Transit App to find the best routes on public transit
  • Solve three riddles to figure out the verification points
  • Snap a pic of your Cal ID at each point
  • Submit your photos, riddle answers, and a screen shot of your Clipper App to win our prize.

Starting Point: Downtown Berkeley BART

Destination:

Milpitas Great Mall

Take BART to Milpitas Station and either walk to the Great Mall or transfer to VTA's Orange line.

  • Use your Transit App to find which BART train you need, and select the best route for you! 
  • Expect the whole journey to take an hour and a half. 

Once you get there, enter through the door that smells like fresh tennis balls and start your adventure!


Transit App Location: 

Great Mall in Milpitas, CA


Note: you can solve the riddles in any order, but you need to find at least three of them and take three verificaiton pictures.

Riddle #1: 

Ms. ______ Bobby Brown is hanging out with the squares! Find her outside with some of her biggest fans. 


Riddle #2:

They managed to put buses indoors at the mall! Good thing they have other transport friends to keep them company.


Riddle #3:

Find the loudest most blinding entertainment franchise with two first names. Go inside and look for the only game that gets you high (in the air). 


Riddle #4:

This wee monster is all the rage. Find it's lair and snap a pic. 


Riddle #5:

Shiny yet rough, sparkly yet dark, hard yet soft (for a gem). What am I? 


End point: Great Mall

Getting Home: 

Once you've explored all three spots, use your Transit App to get yourself home.

  • If you get lost check out our FAQ's on what to do
  • It can take time to get back to Berkeley; bring a friend and a book to pass the time
  • Don't forget to have fun and take pictures! 

Ready to verify?

Fill out the form linked here.