Latest: Saving Disney’s Virtual Magic Kingdom – 4.15.08
May 21st, 2008 will mark the end of one very cool MMO game brought to you by Disney Online. Disney’s Virtual Magic Kingdom is wrapping up play and urging its players to join in on one of Disney’s other offerings. The only hitch, those games require pay-for-play to get full functionality.
Needless to say this is causing an uproar among the games fans who have invested time and effort in building their characters, rooms, and friends in VMK. VMKMagic.com has started a petition to save the game.
I’ve included the full notice of closure and faq from VMK’s newsletter below the cut
Speaking of things lasting forever, recently several of you have been asking about how much longer VMK will last. Well today I have some news about our future.
As many of you know, Virtual Magic Kingdom was created and launched back in 2005 as part of the Disneyland 50th Anniversary Celebration. VMK exceeded expectations in terms of performance, and as a result we extended the promotion (that is, VMK, the game) well beyond the 50th Celebration.
Eventually though, all promotions must come to an end, so I’m announcing today that on May 21, 2008, VMK will open our virtual gates for the last time. You read that right: VMK was never intended to last forever – we’ll close the game for good at the end of day on May 21st, 2008.
This is not an April Fool’s joke.
Now we understand this news may be upsetting to you but let me explain. Again, VMK was launched as part of Disneyland’s 50th Celebration in 2005 and the game has lived well beyond the originally intended time it was planned to run.
Over time you’ve seen our in-Park presence and other parts of VMK go away. You may remember our V.I.P Tours at Disneyland and Walt Disney World, or our in-Park Quest. We didn’t stop doing those things because we don’t love the game or our Guests, but because the time to run those promotions ended.
At Disney we’re still committed to building communities and online virtual worlds – and we’re looking forward to providing you the opportunity to enjoy other exciting new experiences.
Don’t look at VMK ending as a bad thing – think of it as a new beginning, a chance to explore something fresh and new! Think of it like school: You don’t want to leave your old friends, but still, the time has come to graduate and move onto another great adventure.
In the time since we’ve launched VMK, we’ve seen many players come and go, and we’re hoping you will graduate from VMK too – in particular, to games like Pirates of the Caribbean Online, Disney’s ToonTown Online, Club Penguin and the upcoming Fairies and Cars online virtual worlds. We think you’ll find you enjoy those just as much as VMK – if not more.
In the meantime, VMK will run like it always has, with great events and new items every week until we close – we might even fit in one or two more surprises along the way (of the virtual item kind).
So what’s going to happen to the VMK Staff when VMK closes? Well, we’re all moving onto other projects here at Disney and positively looking ahead to the future. Me and a few other team members have already moved to other projects (but are still making sure VMK is running smoothly until it closes).
I know that this is sad news for you, but we’re all thankful we’ve had the opportunity to enjoy the game for as long as we did. Just know there are even cooler things on the horizon ahead, for you as players and for us as game creators. So as my good friend Captain Jack Sparrow would say…
“Bring me that horizon!”
-Yavn
Questions? We’ve prepared this Q&A:
Why is this happening? Why are you closing Virtual Magic Kingdom?
As Yavn mentioned in the Newsletter, VMK was created and launched as part of a promotion to celebrate Disneyland’s 50th Anniversary.
The game/promotion has ran well beyond the original time it was intended to.
When is the last time I can play?
The game will close at 10:00PM PST, Wednesday, May 21st, 2008.
Will I still be able to buy cards and pins in the Parks?
Yes, you can still buy VMK Cards and Pins at Disneyland and Walt Disney World Parks while supplies last but after May 21st, 2008 the codes will no longer work in the game.
What will happen to the game and the website?
The website will remain up for a few weeks to let people know what has happened, but you will not be able to log into the game after May 21th, 2008.
What will happen to all my virtual stuff in VMK?
Since the virtual items live only in VMK, you won’t be able to access your VMK items or take them with you to another Disney Online Virtual World.
Year of a Million Dreams? Making Dreams Come True? I bet many kids had nightmares last night because of this. VMK is a place that kids and adults have had fun together — much like Walt’s original plans for Disneyland — and I know because many’s the time I as an adult have had fun there, both with my tween-age son as well as by myself and by himself. When there were Virtual Magic Kingdom quests, cards and pins at Walt’s original Magic Kingdom as well as the version of it in Orlando — and even VMK tie-ins at the Disney Rewards website — it was a perfect example of what Bob Iger is now calling The Disney Difference and what used to be referred to as Disney Synergy. Instead of using your Disney Movie Rewards to have Disney real things shipped to you, your option was to also use those points you collected after buying Disney DVDs to “buy” virtual items which appeared in the VMK virtual world — things Disney fans “bought” which will magically disappear next month like an evil spell from a Disney villain. Not only was VMK free to join and free to play, but it was free advertising for the Disney resorts and the other Disney online game sites. But Iger’s business model has apparently changed and now Disney wants to have paid subscribers on its online virtual worlds. But why, if that is the case, does Disney feel the need to pull the plug on VMK.com instead of converting it into a virtual world with an entry fee? After all, we are all used to paying admission when going to the Disney parks… why not the virtual versions of them, too, if Disney felt it wasn’t getting enough long-term good will and free advertising for Disneyland and Walt Disney World? Instead, now they’ve made kids and adults unhappy, taking away the bit of Disney park fun one can experience a bit of at home while dreaming of one day going to or returning to Disney’s real theme parks. This is Bad Show in my opinion. My wife has suggested VMK fans all should hold one or more jazz funerals in VMK’s virtual New Orleans Square similar to how we do it in real life in the real New Orleans. VMK will be gone, but not forgotten. And lingering in the back of people’s minds who might switch to Disney’s pay-for-play online games will be the dark thought that no matter how much fun Disney fans have at these virtual worlds, at some time in the future Disney will unexpectedly close these places down, too.
I could not agree more. We have spent hundreds of dollars on Disney mercahndise to get the codes to enter for virtual rewards in VMK. My kids have made friends and built kingdoms of their own to have their virtual friends visit and ride. When we have gone to Orlando, we have spent hours shopping for pins with codes and talking with others about VMK. As a family we have promoted it to relatives and friends who subsequently bought pins and movies and got involved. It engendered us making plans together to go to WDW. My son asked me if he should have a will to give his avatar’s kingdom to an heir of his choosing. I told him that would be a long time away. Now he thought I lied. I have two hysterical children. I have cancelled our summer trip to Disneyworld and we have decided not to renew our annual passes. We have all been so let down by this process that we put a quarter in the cuss jar if anyone mentions Disney. We have been loyal, it is a great shame that we were scammed.
Holy crap people! Grow up! I started using VMK when it first opened, but IIRC, I had always thought it was a temporary thing. And whether or not people love, it COSTS MONEY for the company to maintain and run! There are server costs, programming costs, bandwdth costs, firewall/security costs, etc…
If you will miss VMK, that’s ok! But don’t blame the company becuase they have to turn a profit for their shareholders.
Hi Brian thanks for your comment.
I think the solution is for Disney to at least offer a ‘pay for play’ version so the fans who have invested time and real life money (via the Disney Movie Club) at least have a chance to continue their community.
I realize this is Disney’s decision. But it shows a little disrespect for the games players (people they want to be customers on their other MMORGS) to just end the game without even trying to save it somehow.
This is true not just for Disney but for everyone out there who starts an online community. Eventually the community takes on a life of its own and you become the caretaker as well as the owner. That adds a level of responsibility.
-John
I agree, we have spend so much money ond vmk stuff that now you guys are closing it. I have friends on their that i know for 3 years and i will never have a conversation with them again after they close vmk. How sad… will Walt disney want this??
Well said, this is a very very bad move by disney. what are they thinking? bill gates wants to pay billions for yahoo to have a better web presence, and VMK one of the best, is shutting down? What is iger drunk at the wheel?
maybe someone should tell bill gates to buy and advertise there??? is this thing on? hello disney, lights on, no one home! hello?
u said it!
Your so right i absoultly love this game even though im fourteen years old! my younger brother plays and my sister they both started to cry when they heard that VMK was closing forever they told me they would never forget the fun they have fun on this game and the friends they have met. I hugged them and told them we would sign a petition and they had a smile on there face ive been going on VMK reciently telling them that we need to save vmk or we would never see our good friends we have on here, the rare items we have, our rooms, and of course our magical world. A lot of people agreed with me and logged off to go right a letter or email VMK. Im spreading the word around hoping they won’t close VMK. There will be nothing like it ever again. And if they havent been to the park this is a great experince for them to see what its like.
Absolutely 100 percent correct. I feel like somebody showed me a puppy dog, I fell in love with it, the owner let me play with it evry day and bond with it, but instead of growing old with it the owner tells me it is being put to sleep forever. Well I am a grown-up and it will still hurt. What hurts more is the children that have to go through this. If you are going to cut children’s hearts out how could you possibly encourage them to build up rooms, furnished according to their dreams, bust their butts to earn credits, take hours and even days for future planning just to squash it in an instant!?
Are you sadists?? You should have laid out a closing date in stone from the start instead of sucking in more and more players with questions like how hard would they like a new “hidden mickey” quest to be. I have a very bad taste for Disney in my mouth right now. I feel really stupid to have purchased annual passes to both Florida and California parks. Betrayal is the word. I always stuck up for Disney. Like times change for them so does my attitude towards them.
I wish Walt was here to see this. I would have payed plenty to keep playing VMK but that would not satisfy them. Crying children will…..
Well, I purchased Virtual Items through Disney Movie Rewards for my children only to discover that I will magically have them removed from my possession/their possession in a few short weeks!?! What kind of a rip-off is this perpetrated by Disney and the Movie Rewards people??? Had I known (and I am sure they DID) I would certainly not have used my points in this manner! I want my points restored. How can you remove something that you say I purchased with my points??
I couldnt agree more, Year of a million kids destroyed, i spent money on disney stuff to get codes for my 2 children, and now you close it? what is wrong with that, i think its HORRIBLE, sure, a promotion, but were talking 3 YEARS, a whole 3 YEARS. People spent all there time on that game to make friends and make rooms that people enjoy, and if your gonna take that away from kids, thats disneys loss. I highly doubt tha Walt Disney would want this, he would keep it running, and if not even make it a pay to play so that people ACTUALLY STILL GET TO PLAY THE GAME. Thanks for Destroying.
OMG! i totalyy agree! its been awhile since VMK has been closed but still im miss it soooooo mcuh. i had 120 friends on there that i had to leave!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I’ve heard rumors of it reopening and i honestlyy hope it does!!!!!!!!!!! I miss it A TON!
First IASW and now VMK? Wow, does Disney have it out for their fan base or something?
i guess Disney hates his fans because if he loved his fans he would keep virtual magic kingdom opened wouldn’t he am i right or what so please sign the petition
I totally agree. Disney has gone way downhill the past few years and though they say it’s the year of a million dreams, not one of my dreams have ever come true. I make wishes at 11:11, shooting stars, and other so called “lucky occurances and objects” but it’s only ONE wish every time and it’s not coming true. Thanks a lot Disney just another this for me to cry about when I go to sleep. I hate Disney for this. Also, who though of Hannah Montana..? I’m going to kill them.
Vmk was the best until it close.kiss my &@$$@$$@%$ i hate it now but to help go to savevmk.som or savevmknow.com Please Help Its Always Bad to Get Banned… but how about forever. lets hope that the will go back on Bigger And Better!! never giver up hope.. i am only doing this once my players : magentapuzzleddog, fushiaeasydanger,suferwillgirl,and many more Please Help Now TY
savannah
I think everyone is right. I got banned from alot of games. But this one is perfect because no cussing is aloud…I wish VMK could come back.
vmk why are you closeing you mean unless you stay open or re open
Per @TheDisneyBlog, the Virtual Magic Kingdom online game is closing down May 21st. I enjoyed VMK as a theme park fan. http://is.gd/4Ij
this was like the only game where your can do everything fo free on the disney sites, and now they’re taking it away. Now to play a game like VMK you have to pay.
Please don’t close down VMK becuase so many people have fun and love it. It was the only game that i had the most fun playing on and this means that some people will get sooooo….. upset and they will freak out. Please oh please don’t close vmk
Corporate greed is the problem.
Disney corporate decided that it was not getting enough of a return on its investment in VMK. So they decided to end it. Period!
Well after endless hours playing and collecting and visiting the parks to complete quests, this is so not magical! I would not play any other online game from Disney for fear of them one day just up and closing it down. Too many hours were invested into VMK and they in no way made it appear as if it was going somewhere. Look at all the new stuff coming out, the new rooms, the last crazy quest with all those credits and for what, a joke. I am so unhappy with Disney, I will mostly likely never step foot in their parks again or buy another thing Disney again. I came there from Neopets and I will return to my dying Neopets. Their site is free and they NEVER delete your account just because you havent been there in awhile. Why did Disney bother to delete accounts if they were closing anyways! It is just wrong!!!!! Very unmagical!!!!! and so totally a year of Nightmares for anyone that invested money and time into their dream of only making more of the almightie dollar!!!! Guess park attendance was down back then!!!! Nice trick on their loyal fans!!!!! We were all fools!!!!
I laughed out loud at this comment. “I came there from Neopets and I will return to my dying Neopets. ” I used to play Neopets but it got too much into the advertising business. You can’t click anywhere without seeing an advertisement! Also, they have a weird thing called NeoCash or something… which is depressing because it used to be 100% free but all of a sudden… it became a money making game. Ah! Well I like VMK , it was a chance to make new friends and talk to my cousin. Now it’s closing, I’ll be SO bored. I know I should really get a hobby; however, when the work is all done I like to converse with friendly people on the virtual community that is VMK. Now it’s impossible and I have to return to Neopets as well with its infinite ads for things I will never use anyway. And as Christina mentioned “Very unmagical!!!!! and so totally a year of Nightmares” Amen to that, sister. Amen to that. R.I.P. VMK!
Yo, VMK shouldn’t be closing. Sooo… many people want it to stay open. We get so many friends and it sometimes is like you know them becuase they’ve been your friends for like ever. Don’t Close VMK You should think about What WALT DISNEY would say. I think Walt would not let this happen because he wants to make kids happy and not make them sad. I only joined this Two years ago and in those two years i have gotten extremely far in it. Now if u close it now many people will be bored whenever they get home if they have nothing to do and not saying that We are just addicted to it just saying that it is really fun. So please don’t close VMK for good.
People Yavn is going to close VMK weather we like it or not but remember about right in the middle Yavn said that this wasn’t an end it was the start of a new beggining. He said he is trying to make other disney worlds. He has worked so hard in VMK and so have the hosts. They have been there and back with parties clothing magic all sorts of things. Yavn let kids let their dreams come alive. If Yavn reads this then i want him to follow this idea. Yavn i think kids always wanted to go to work and be like adults. So i say we let them live there dream. I say you should build a site where kids can buy a normal priced house by getting a real job. It could be like an actual sims game but just for kids. It could be just like vmk but instead we shouldn’t haven’t to play games to get money i think you should create at least 100 jobs or more and then have those people work in that job to get paid and then they can raise up to stay in an apartment or any where i think we should also still have games and as i said i think we should let kids be adults in the game. I am not saying cursing like 75% of adults do but i mean we should be able to go around and be able chat and meet new people through our jobs playing games and enjoying our dreams without growing up.Yavn please let kids follow a dream of succes. Kids are the future. So let me hear it everybody i want everybody who sees this message to say YAVN YAVN YAVN YAVN YAVN YAVN YAVN. CHANT HIM ON HE IS THE BEST. CAN I GET A WOOT WOOT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
that really sad ill miss all my friends
Listen, VMK means ALOT to me, and it truly means ALOT to everyone who playas it. Those people that work in VMK and get to be staff, that is their job, they love having that job. Members are even crying over the situation, so listen up.VMK is a sucessful site and by closing it down, your making it nothing. Some members even spent real money on Disney stuff for VMK.
-Peace out ‘yavn’
I am 15 years old and I am devastated.
I am 18 yrs. old and I love this game! It’s true anyone who play VMK they either love it or it’s not their taste but most of the time people like it. Then we invest our time to making VMK an awesome program and it’s safe too, so parents would agree to kids or teens playing the game because it’s not like myspace, facebook, or any other web sites that bring problems into a person’s life. I want to keep it from closing down and I already try to contact people to maybe make a game a pay to play game and if most players don’t have the money then we could help then pay the offer if it does come true. All in all I and many other players of VMK would really appreciate. Help us by signing the petition go saveVMK.com or talk to anyone from the VMK staff to talk to them.
– VeryGraceful
You closed it! You blood-sucking evil people! WE spent so much money on my little sister and i! My sister is special needs, she has very little friends because she is ADD, And bi-polar, nobody wants to be around her because she’s “weird” But on Vmk, she could escape from reality and change her life to something brilliant! she was happy, and then you CLOSED it! How could you you dummies! ugh, Walt Disney is in shame beacause his “people” turned into money-loving, money-hoggin, dream-crushing fiends.
I am ADD too and those on vmk were my only friends, feel the same way.
I am Zeha in the vmk but my name is Sierra.
Now to start off, my little sisters love this game and burst out crying when they found out, by me, it is closing. They had just started getting rare and everything. It isn’t fair that they have that all taken away. Plus they have made friends and sence you are only allowed some words they don’t know how to be able to ever talk to their friends again. My sister’s hate Yavn because they think it is really a person. When it is just Disney hiding behind his name!
Guys, there are MILLIONS of petitions about this. Get invloved. SIGN!
I totally agree with you ally anyone that is reading this message should find a petition before vmk closes. Don’t do the next day or later or next month do it now people.
>=[ I’m terribley mad. I MEAN COME ON! What about the big quest that happens? We only have, what, about a month to enjoy prizes?! And what about the magic that would come out! Grrrr. Yes, VMKMagic, I’m part of the petition there. I was there before it started, it’s a fun site. But!? On VMK I made so many good friends, it was just the best online game I had ever did. They could AT LEAST try to make it pay to play. Yavn, I don’t think HE’S the one forced to close it. But what is gonna do?! Sit back and relax. He should try to do more! Yes, VMK has been going downhill, many players have been quitting. A ton of drama, but that’s just me. On the newsletter, of the VMK homepage, on it’s second birthday. Yavn said he had big plans for the third birthday. And there was no Valentines day pin, they had a “Big surprise!” And I guess, this was the big surprise? What’s going to happy with VMKStories?! ( I’m not exactly sure what it is, my friend Blurry was going around the vmk site and found it. The properties said it was from VMK.com, but in his thread he wouldn’t tell us. ) Luckly, VMKMagic will still be going, we are not knowing it for sure, though. Grrrr. Me and my friends are soo mad.
~~LindA
okay im serious this is not helping vmk at all first off because i thought disney was to make dreams now these kids and fans are jsut crying over it al because there hurt of what has happened what so ever, in my opinion this is sad why even make a game if your gonna destory it to all of us im not trying to be mean but this game was like my second life you think we all want to loose it? no. we all tried as hard as we could to sucsefully get where we needed and that was destroyed.
think about walt disney he wanted to make kids happy but that’s not going to happen now it’s just going to be destroyed because of not all of you but because of this idea, you cannot close down vmk i hope you understand this but so many children and adults are so upset because they spent there time for absoutley nothing at all.
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I love vmk but why do they have to close it. It’s like your dreams come true then they get smashed all at once. People go on vmk just like me every day they get there chance and what do we get now? Huh nothing n o t h i n g nothing! People go to disney and buy codes and anything else for vmk. This was a new chance for me and the other kids all over the world to meet new friends,playing games,and more.Disney should of asked us kids first. This is not fair to any of the vmk fans. Disney probably is all about the money because they close vmk just to make a new one that you have to pay for things.Walt Disney wouldn’t be happy about this at all he would want the kids to be joyful and happy but since disney will close vmk for ever we are not.Besides who will pay for the new vmk when they closed the old one.sure we are not happy about this there are changes but seriously not many parents will let kids like me and you go on vmk and they have to pay for it.There won’t be as much people there I won’t go that’s for sure I am way to depressed to besides if you have to pay for the new vmk well that is a joke only if Walt Disney saw what is happening about vmk.
It’s simple… Hit them in the pocket book. Stop buying anything Disney and stop going to WDW AND Disneyland.
I have spent big $$$ on Disney items since 1970 and have been to WDW and Disneyland over 50 times.
This will all stop in May 2008 when VMK stops. No more Disney.
My money will go towards Universal and Sea World.
May 21st is the day that the Disney Company destroys Walt’s Dream. They have lost the “Walt Way” by their concern for profits. My friend’s daughter (age 14) said, “If Walt was alive he would never have hurt us kids by doing this; I am so sad and it hurts”. This broke my heart. I started visiting WDW every year since 2005, because of VMK (sometimes even 2 times a year). WDW is no longer my destination of choice, and I will spend my $4,000 each year elsewhere.
Thanks for the Year of A Million Heartaches!
year of a million dreams ya right i play vmk and when i heard the news i was devistated! i really love this game keep da dream alive peeps!
Why did they close VMK? There was no real point and it was so much fun. Even though it has been nearly a year scince closing i am still kinda pissed. This was my escape from my home life where i had to deal with bullies and having no friends. At least i had friends in vmk and now disney has taken them away too. Please reopen VMK!
:( Is all I have to say…
I am so saddened. I am an adult that absolutely LOVES this game. I could play pirates every day and never ever get sick of it. I know for a lot of kids and adults this is their escape from the real world, if only for a little while. A place you can go, and not worry about being judged or discriminated against. A perfect world where you can love your friends and everyone is the same! I think I love this game more then my daughter that plays, since I have built so many awesome relationships. I know, when I get home from a bad fay at work I can go to vmk, shoot ships and relax. I will truely miss it. I guess its back to excercising! LOL Farewell Vmk, you really did it this time.
Ok, so VMK is closing?!?!?!? What the heck! I’ve been comin here since my friends told me about it two years ago…it’s become a major part of my day.
SO NOT FAIR!!!
Why does Disney have to take away everyone’s happiness? OH, yeah…maybe they tried(lie) but they could’ve tried harder! I love this game for crying out loud!
~*~*~*~*~*~*I’m 14 people*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Yeah…Olivia
THIS IS ABSOLUTELY REDICULOUS! It sickens me thinking about them closing the game… Rumors are flying that the company wasn’t making enough money… THEN MAKE PEOPLE PAY TO PLAY! it isn’t hard and i am very dissappointed with the disney corporation. THE ENTIRE VMK FAMILY has worked day and night for these things and its like the company doesn’t care. And CNN won’t do anything about it because disney refused to give a statement… I just can’t believe it… We ALL need to join together and stop this.
Vmk, A beloved game is closing. We need to stop this, The power of 1 is a strong thing. Oh sorry i forgot to interduse myself, I am Allen Greenfield
( Princeallen in vmk ) And The power of 1, think about it, if all the vmkers ( guessing about 1 million or more,) think how many power of 1s that is! We Can Stop This, Kids Can DO Anything!
We should all just move on with life. Things come and go and vmk is one of those things. Besides, Disney will probably make a game better than vmk later on in time. We all had special times in vmk but its time for vmk to close. But, there is a small chance that they will make a game quite alike to vmk and we will have another chance to walk into the blue bayou or ride a peter pan ride without all the traveling. Vmk was great while it lasted and thank you disney so much for the good times and I understand. And maybe, in 47 more years vmk will open as a promotion but even better! Our grandkids will more than likely be playing it and you can tell them of your fond memories. You can tell them all your secrets of vmk and all that, maybe they will let you decorate their room. And to all the hosts for vmk out there ” Thank You for making VMK a safe place to be!!”
I dont know about any of you, but I’m pissed off. They will get sued if they arent careful.
Disney is sounding pretty selfish right now. They lost alot of costumers after VMK Central closed, they are for sure gonna loose alot over this.
i will miss vmk so very much mabey oneday it will reopen but untill that day rip
you rock vmk
What on earth is the point of them making new items and giving them out if they’re about to close the service and delete everything anyway?
You’d think that there would at least be someone working there that realizes that pulling a stunt like this will mean that Disney will never be able to run an MMO ever again.
SAVE VMK!!
Obviously the Disney Corporation can do whatever it wants, and this is completely in character with their usual way of doing things (for example, like limiting lots of Disney Channel series to 65 episodes no matter how popular they are). Disney creates scarcity of their products in order to keep interest high. I agree with everybody above who says it’s all about money. Of course it is, that’s what corporations do. Unfortunately, I think it also shows that Disney has no idea what virtual communities are all about, and they are just going to make similar mistakes in the future. Why should anybody bother with new Disney online worlds like the Pirates MMO, if they can expect the same thing to happen there?
i say that this is wrong, i mean,wow ppl spent REAL CASH buying movies for movie credits just for them to be thrown away. DISNEY gonna get sued for that bc that is real money. I think we can all agree when i say that mickey mosue went from a humble little deck mate on a steamboat, to a huge corporate mongrol who only cares about money. If walt could see this is think he would be devastated. this is hurting so many people, oh, but disney dont care. they wanna charge us friggin money just to buy a special kind of ship on pirates online so be it. Disney is starting to fall. There have been almost no original animations in a while and other companies are catching up. BAck to vmk, we spent time we could have been doing something on YOU DISNEY. We fed your game the milk of life and you killed it. Excuse my dramatics, but they basically decided to have a baby, the baby did not make them happy enough so they throw in the yard and shoot it. Disney, go to hell.
Ending the original D-cards, Disney Adventures Magazine, and now VMK, makes us wonder what is going to happen next. My daughter was excited about going to Disneyland again mainly because she plays VMK and has learned a lot more about Disneyland through the game. She also enjoyed the D-cards and the magazine.
I was also thinking about investing in Disney stock for her, but now I am having second thoughts. This trip to Disneyland is also probably our last trip to Disneyland, since we need to “move forward” (as Yavn has suggested to players). My daughter is not excited now about going to Disneyland. We will be spending our money elsewhere.
Disney is cutting off its nose to spite its face.
I think the fact that when the quests and vmk central were closed people asked if vmk would be closing Yavn said we are still going strong. So yes we were very surprised that he would pull the rug out from under our feet. We did not see this coming at all! We saw a new magic shop open, we were getting really great items and a new room. We were still waiting for the new trading card game to start. Yes they let us think everything was ok and then the next thing we knew from out of the blue was it was closing. I am truly dissapointed in Disney right now. I always thought that was a name we could trust. We could of been given the choice to pay to play but they decided to take that out of our hands to. You had a question what we would like to see more of in vmk? How about VMK!
I cannot help myself but to comment at the ignorance of one of these posts:
Comment by brian
2008-04-09 10:08:28
Although I am thoroughly convinced my comment will not phase you, I still feel the need to make several points very clear to you. When you told these parents to “grow up”, did you not for a moment consider that is the reason they are so eager to keep VMK alive? As a mother of 4, VMK is the only website my children can interact on and allow me to not be steadily checking over their shoulders to ensure they are not being tempted by false intentions. As a active advocate for adolescent internet protection, losing this site is disheartening and worrisome. You mention the cost of this website. I have worked in the high end IT sales industry for most of my adult life and specialize in cost analysis. The front end cost to implement a solution of this magnitude would run in the hundreds of thousands. You are correct in that assumption, however, the key word is “front-end”. The total cost of ownership in this situation merely a fraction of the dividends Disney must see from VMK. With the cost of the gooey interface, SAN, back-up units, software implentation, and even salary’s, the total would not exceed the incoming revenue this site would produce. Especially if advertised smartly. My professional analsys is this: Thinking on the deep end of the spectrum – let’s say that the total cost of this infrasture spans $5M in 5 yrs. The cost would then decrease over that 5 years. The first would be about 60% of the total and the subsequent years about 10% to maintain. It costs go down every year, not up. The software, system failures are all handles “human” free with recent technology advances. Therefore only upside in white space revenue could be found. Just like advertising through Disney Rewards. Brilliant. It is how I found VMK. Statistically speaking Disney is the only “household named product” in the internet using world. This makes Disney stand out as a staple in the iniatives of concerned parents and pro bono organizations world-wide via the success this website had. Estimating each family spent 40% of what I spent in the last year solely due to VMK and my respect for their “giving back to the community” so-to speak, multiplied by the 8,254 people who have been fighting to keep it alive that is $5,777,800.00. This equates to more revenue than the solution cost, not to mention the white space revenue they are generating exceeds more than $5,277,000 per year. You take the white space away because you cannot sell products in stores, which is the real reason if you spent the time to read the 2008 Toy Convention recap where the CEO of Disney Online stated that very fact, you inevitably will lose all of your age 10+ audience and the family of those children who have no other source of virtual occupation than to chat online in unprotected websites, you lose vacation revenues since parents realize Disney is “not what Walt created it for anymore” and in the end, all faith is lost in a company that was definietly seen as must more than making a fast buck.
Good luck to you and yours. I have a definite feeling they will need it with your short sided opinion.
Missy, I agree totally. It’s fantastic that you have the expertise and took the time to break this all down. I see it the same way but didn’t have the numbers to include in my posts. I hope you have the opportunity to go to SaveVMK.com or some of the other sites where you could help inform people. I believe it’s worth it. Anyway, just wanted to cheer you on ;-)
I was just scanning the globe looking for a crumb of hope regarding the closing of vmk. There were none to be found. However, I ran across this insightful reply. I sat down and added up what my family spent on Disney since VMK began. These were exclusively inspired by the game: 3 trips to WDW for the quests; 5 new dvd releases (even though I had the tapes) for codes; 20 movie tickets (instead of renting later) for rewards codes. 6 mouse ears, countless candy purchases, A trip to Disneyland
(just so the kids could see all of the original references to VMK). What’s that.. about..omg!
Living the Disney lifestyle $11,000
Learning a valuable lesson – priceless.
Were we stupid, or what!? Glad the pixie dust has been removed from my eyes. Told the kids we will not renew ToonTown and DONT EVEN ASK to see Narnia until we can netflix it!
As an adult who works in the public relations and marketing field, and as a VMK player who has enjoyed playing this game, I have to say this is a bad move on Disney’s part. They have been able to build loyalty to the Disney brand through this game – extending the Disney experience beyond the parks. Just by reading the comments listed here – you can see the brand equity they have built with this game. Not to mention the endless advertising opportunities within the game and opportunities for revenue outside of the game (i.e., Disney Movie Rewards, encouraging people to visit the parks after playing the game to collect codes, etc.) I think in the end, they have alienated more loyal Disney customers than are worth the bottom line. God job Iger.
At the end of the day, it makes me delighted that I acted like a parent and refused to let my kids get suckered into spending their allowance money and the sidebar “attractions” that were all part of this ludicrous scam. At the end of the day, Disney’s shuttering of VMK is just another business decision, coupled with the “opportunity” to visit pay-for-play sites.
Please don’t think for a second that Disney’s beancounters only now realized that the resources required to host VMK cost actual money. Only when they thought they could make more money by directing those sources elsewhere did it “outlive its usefulness.”
VMK was a source of fun for kids, and to that end it was successful. That the beancounters have hastened its closure to lure kids to pay-for-play sites would have Walt Disney himself rolling over in his grave. What an embarassment.
VMK is a great way to pretend you are still part of the “Disney magic”. Once my family got hooked on VMK, we took more trips to Florida, we bought VMK pins, we bought Disney videos to get points for “virtual items” on VMK, and joined a board that was a VMK community. We spent the last couple of years getting to know the people on VMK and the people on the VMK board. We had some very good times. We have made friends from all over the United States because of this game. Some of these people we will still get to talk to once the game has ended, but many of the people that we have spent the last several years with, will vanish along with the game. There were so many promises made to us in VMK over the years that were never kept, but that didn’t stop us from playing our favorite game.
Even though this was a game intended for children, I know of many adults and families that joined this magical place. It was a safe place to go and be part of the Disney experience. There aren’t very many websites out there that families can play together while keeping the kids safe. This game was also a great way to release your creativity. I was always amazed at the creative people on the game that built such amazing rooms out of things like wooden coffee tables, palm tree parts, candy pieces, etc. It was always a challenge to see if you could create something that would cause people to want to come visit your room.
I have thoroughly enjoyed my VMK experience. I will miss my time on VMK, but I will really miss all of the wonderful people I have shared the experience of VMK with. I do not believe that Disney realizes how “magical” VMK is.
since vmk is closing i think it should be the most hated website through out the world because walt would never stand for this and their dissapointing many fans and not many will go to the parks
My kids are devastated and started to cry when they heard. They absolutely love vmk and have invested a lot of time and energy in the friendships they have made along the way. Don’t stop it completely. If you want to charge for the games than have a monthly fee to be invlolved but don’t pull the plug completely.
This is completely rediculous. I’m 15 and I play that game when what i usually play is shooters. It’s an online community where alot of my friends and I have become friends and some are just like family. Disney is just another corporate bussiness now and I dont think they know just quite yet that this will decrease the number of disney fans. Nobody in that bussiness actually cares about the people they just care about the peoples money. Disney is becomeing less and less of a place to visit in USA as a place to just go and eat in fun restraunts and ride rides. The magic is going away. I would pay to play if they would offer it and yes i spent my life savings on vmk cards just to have it close down.
Time to get a life for a lot of folks it seems. Ok, VMK was fun. Life, however, goes on. Those who have this entitlement mentality that think they are owed something by Disney are crazy. You had years of a free or very nearly free, fun activity. You got way, way more than you paid for. The company is moving on. Deal with it. If you are so upset over the VMK closure that it is a life shattering event, this should be a sign to you that your life’s priorities are seriously out of whack. How about going outside once in a while, reading a book, playing a physical game with others and getting some exercise in, whatever? Sheesh!
No one owes you anything. If you wasted 25% of your life on VMK, and are now without direction and totally in psychological crisis, well, you have bigger problems.
In response of Matt’s offensive post, not everyone has the choices you apparently have. I have twin daughters, one with AUTISM and the other 1 year into 2 1/2 years of treatment for LEUKEMIA. VMK was way more that a game to them. When we were totally isolated for 8 months because of immunity issues related to chemotherapy, VMK is where we went to keep in touch with friends and keep the magic alive. My other daughter has never been able to make friends due to autism (unlike Matt, whose problem seems to be judgemental-ness) and she has a full friends list on VMK. These are people who share her love of Disney, don’t bully her, and cut her slack, because it’s clear she’s doing the best she can (obviously you would not have fit in, Matt). We are annual passholders, we spend our vacation dollars at Disney. It will be harder for us to want to do so, after the utter disregard Disney has shown this community it created. This is a relatively new area, and Disney has missed its opportunity to take the lead in showing respect and responsibility toward its virtual world. We will not be migrating to any other Disney online game. Disney has tainted the magic and has shown it is no different from any profit-seeking conglomerate. That is fine, but they should not hold themselves out as the gold standard in caring about their customers.
A note to those who would criticize others for playing on the internet instead of playing outside etc, maybe you are not aware that there are people in the world who cannot get outside. Maybe they are in hospital receiving chemo or radiation, or have some other life threatening illness that prevents them from living a ‘normal’ life. VMK means so much to these kids, and brings a measure of happiness to their limited world. Think outside the box people, and for heaven’s sake have some compassion for other peoples needs!!!
Vmk Is closing What the heck!! I have been on Vmk for a good 2 years And now they are Closing It!!!! I am so terribly mad.. I say we still have vmk magic but it isn’t the same!!! And Alot of your friends on Vmk Are Your Best Friends and you dont even Know them. But all you no is their personality.! I just Hope Vmk Doesn’t close and Is still going to go on forever or else i wouldn’t be on the computer as much and there wouldn’t be anything else to do! And haven’t You Ppl See The online Petitions?? Theyhave over 7000 on each one! and there is like 3!!! That gives Proof that Alot of kids Love VMK So why go on and break some kids hearts? Keep Vmk Alive!!! Plz!
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I am a single adult female with no children who has played VMK for the last 2.5 years. I believe that the Disney Company needs to take another look at this little place on the internet called Virtual Magic Kingdom. How can it not be the most magical and probably one of the most viable and lucrative “games” on the internet? VMK has only begun to really start in my eyes.
There is still so much that can be done with it. I also believe at one point in time, Yavn (the lead producer) even stated that he would like to see Epcot (my own favorite park) be built into the game. And why stop there? There’s still Hollywood Studios, Animal Kingdom and California Adventure.
For me, Disney has always been a magical experience. Ever since my very first trip to Walt Disney World in 1972 while still in the womb (so, I didn’t have a very good view). Over the years, I’ve had many happy memories of going to WDW with my parents and my sister. The last time I went, it was just my niece and I. Since that time, I have been missing the park. Imagine my surprise when in September 2005 I found out about this “game” on a Disney fan site. I ignored it at first because I’m not really a gamer. Then I looked at the people posting in the forum about it and thought, what the heck? I instantly fell in love with VMK. Here was a place where I could experience the magic of my beloved park without actually having to be there. And not only that, it was not your ordinary game. I didn’t have to worry about doing tasks and getting to higher levels. I could just walk through the park exploring at my leisure. I could just sit on a bench and watch the people go by. Or meet new friends who share my love of Disney. I could just play mini games all the time. Or I could spend my time trading or decorating my rooms. There really is no pressure to do anything and there’s so much to do. It’s like a vacation inside the virtual world.
VMK is the Happiest Place on the Internet. The people are generally so friendly and so kind. When I couldn’t afford to go to the parks to do park quest items, some people just gave me some of those items. When people are having a tough time in their real lives, they log in and are comforted by their friends. There are those players who will sit in the Esplanade for hours at a time and just give away things to new people coming in. There are those that will see that a player has been playing a game for a while and still can’t get it, so they help them out. During the last big quest, we had to reach a near impossible score on a certain mini-game. Many of us tried to help as many people through it as we could and we ended up with far more people finishing than was ever expected by the staff. And when the quest was suddenly ended 10 hours early, some people just gave away some of their prizes they worked so hard to get to others that couldn’t finish.
Then there are those people that play to escape their lives. Many people that play have disabilities or illness. I know quite a few who have various forms of Autism, cancer or other debilitating problems. Some have used the “game” as a form of therapy or recovery. Some have formed friendships in VMK when they couldn’t form friendships elsewhere. There have been kids who have learned to spell better due to the dictionary within the “game”.
There are also many families that play VMK. Entire families. I’ve known several where everyone in the household plays. Kids and parents alike. Also, I have seen where grandparents and aunts and uncles are playing. Even my Godchildren will log in at their home and play along with me. VMK really is an extension of the real parks. One quote from Walt Disney that really does fit VMK: “We believed in our idea – a family park where parents and children could have fun – together.” No other game on the internet has this kind of appeal to all ages.
This is why I believe that you have the best online promotional tool available in internet “games”. VMK is capable of advertising and promoting Anything the Disney Company does. It’s not tied to only one movie or one park. It’s everything Disney. It’s the parks, it’s the resorts, it’s the movies, it’s the TV shows, it’s the clothes, the dvd’s, the music, etc. The company needs to just puts a few ads for the “game” on sites such as Neopets or Yahoo, AOL, etc to increase the amount of players (and possible new consumers). Then use the “game” to promote anything that Disney wishes to promote. It can be ads included on the actual screen or it can be in “game” items to promote something. Also, I do believe that the Disney Movie Rewards was a brilliant idea. Or just sell card packs with various codes for things that can only be received through the packs. Or just make the “game” pay to play. This is just a couple of ways to make VMK profitable for Disney. Oh. And one very important thing, get better servers for the game. That is a must so that more players can be online at the same time.
I believe that the company is just wasting its money on short term internet games to promote something. Want to promote a new attraction at the parks? Promote in VMK. Want to promote a new movie in the theaters? Promote it in VMK. Want to get word out about a new show on the Disney Channel? Promote it in VMK.
Oh. And you have probably wondered why when referring to VMK as a “game” I used quotes. It’s because VMK is not just a game, nor is it just a promotion. It is a community.
By shutting down VMK, you are losing a great promotional tool and destroying a community and children along with it. Walt would never have disappointed so many children.
In short, build on what you already have instead of tearing it down and save the community of VMK
Sincerely,
cteddiesgirl
Brilliantly summed-up assessment of Disneys ‘jumping the shark (magic)’, cteddiesgirl. I’m also an adult female who has played VMK literally every day for almost three years, and I too have happily spent real money on VMKs virtual items. Not to mention the hours playing games and doing quests, or, as you said, just sitting back and soaking up the ‘Disney Magic’. Now with this HEARTLESS move by Disneys corporate honchos, I believe Disney will find a substantial reduction in profit for both their parks and merchandise sales following May 2008 (when they end VMK). As others have said, I’m sure Walt is spinning in his grave, feeling the heartbreak of THOUSANDS of ‘Disney Dreamers’ – the people he cherished MOST..!
In this give and take world, Google gives
“Google WiFi is a free wireless Internet service we’re offering to the city of Mountain View as part of our ongoing efforts to reach out to our hometown.” – wifi.google.com
and Disney takes away.
“VMK will cease to operate and close its virtual gates on May 21st, 2008 at 10PM PST.”
I loved disney before i started playing VMK. When I found VMK I was over joyed. Walt Disney’s dream was to make a place where families could have fun together. VMK was like Disneyland. And families DID have fun together. Year of a Million Dreams promotion. Well disney let me tell you something. You just CRUSHED a million dreams. Yeah that’s right Disney crushed dreams. Totally against Walt’s dream. Well I dont know about everyone else but I DONT and probably NEVER EVER will trust disney again because of this.
AH i dont want them to close vmk i hope some thing happens to make it last for along time at least 2015.
I’ve fallen in love with VMK ever since I joined.I just can’t believe it’s closing!!! It’s such a great game that ALOT of people enjoy.Would Walt Disney want this? To CRUSH A MILLION KID’S DREAMS??? NO!!!!! I hope that Disney is reading this, because I don’t think they even care about us.” VMK was a promotion to celebrate Disneyland’s 50th aniversery and it ran well beyond the time it was intended to.” Yeah right.They are probably too lazy to run the game and now they are quiting on us and closing down VMK.VMK needs to last at least five more years.Three years doesn’t seem like a very long time for VMK to last.Ok, my point is I totally don’t want VMK to close, nobody does.If VMK was Saved, that would be beyond a miracle.
I’m Shelley – or shellshellgirl known in vmk
i’ve played forever i have the princess outfit and the dreams and sparrow i love vmk and do u really want people to log out of vmk for good and spend there time at other less safe web sites?
there is no point to the other websites you listed below you can’t trade and get rare for free thank of kids who dont have any money to spend to become an ” afficial member ” of those other sites! people were actually nice on vmk and you could do so much! PLEASE dont take it away….please..
i fell in love with the game to years ago… just don’t take it away…. please
that’s all i can think to say…please
You people have a right to be upset, its completely normal. But to all u aldults saying that BMI is “safe” think again. You can dictionary dance your way to giving out your aim address, give out your phone number, and this Is the worst, people can steel stuff from you… I have unafortunately been very addicted once I spends hours upon hours playing vmk to get what? Credits that you can’t even use in real life, I have also spent hundreds of dollars of my savings to buy vmk merchandise in the park… This is just like a lot of peoples situations. I have been sober from vmk for half a year. When I quit it was the best day of my life, my reasons? I got healthier, socialized with people you can actually see! And I got a real hobby. Now I’m not saying that my 3 years on vmk were bad there are good things to. For example my typing skill increased tremendously and my computer skills have improved a lot. But you people addicted now, need to GET A LIFE!! Trust me you will kivk yourselves once you realize joe much time you have wasted.. I am 13. And proud to say that I have played vmk but am not going to dwell on it.
But Why VMK Why not another site that people love just as much and even more as this one.
i have made alot of friends on vmk and i would hate to lose them all because of this.
vmk is really important to some people.
its not like any other game that disney’s made.
its just not right.
what would walt do?
I have three children that love VMK…and have been just sick over the fact that their characters are going to “die” after May 21 after investing three years in building their characters, etc. I agree that if they are not making a profit, that they should at least offer a ‘play for pay’ version of the game and allow anyone who wants to continue to let them continue with what they have already built and invested in their characters. If there is something up your sleeve, then share it with the public now if there is something else coming down the pipe for the continuation of VMK in some sort of way. I know Walt created Disney for the kids and their happiness…I don’t think he would be happy with this decision to close VMK. If this was in fact a promotional, then it should not have lasted 3 years…it should have only lasted the few months or year that it was supposed to last…and it should have been made clear from the begining that it was only temporary.
I am sooo sad that vmk is ending. I LOVED this game and worked so hard to earn the prizes. I wish I would have known that it was closing when I started, so it wouldn’t have been such a letdown. I hope disney continues the game because I know there are tons of other heartbroken kids out there as well!
<3 Bella
This is so stupid… Why do they have to close it? I mean it took me forever to get rare stuff, now I have it. And then its gonna be gone…
omg..
I mean like vmk isn’t working for my computer which is stupid, it hasn’t been working for like two months. BUT I STILL LOVED VMK.
Emphesiss on the loveD.
VMK IS SUCH A SCAM NOW! THANKS ALOT
I undeerstand that they are closing VMK forever,but won’t it just be throwing away all the money and time they spent on creating VMK?Also I think that the players do have a reason to be upset because they spent so much time on creating their virtual lives.You would be upset too.
I’m upset to learn VMK is closing. It’s unfair to the people who spent so much time playing the game and gathering items, and to those who made friends there. I really wish there was some way to save it, but Disney would never listen.
I was very sad when i found out that vmk was closing bc vmk has been a memory to me. Plus, that is the only place for me and my best friend can explore new place, talk to each other, and to use our knowledge how to find the best way to trade.If you close vmk, then you are crushing the kids and adults who have played this wonderful game. Even though it costs money, you should still try to maintain the balance. the most special thing is that the people who hve made friends on vmk, will lose there new friends and lose the rare stuff on vmk that they tried to get there whole lives. I am just saying that you should listen to us for once in a while and just listen to us, if you do you will make everybody happy.
closing vmk is a very very bad move…. boycott!
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No More Boycott its bad just keep hopes up for it bigger and better
you said it although it closed im very mad and when i go to heaven im gonna tell walt all about it hope u do to and on vmk im friendlyicepuppy
:(
Petitions… petitions were started.
Walks… walks in the kingdom were started.
Letters… letters were sent.
But none of it worked.
Why?
You CAN’T say they didn’t have enough money, because where did the money we spent on cards go? Wouldn’t it have gone to supporting the games servers?
But…
Why?
It’s the Year of A Million DREAMS. The closing of such a wonderful, SAFE, kingdom-was no dream.
I spent hours upon hours playing in the kingdom, exploring its lands, and it ended. I live miles from Disney-VMK was my ‘Disney at Home’
SICK people (i.e. Slinkyman) played the amazing game, and it helped them forget their problems. Although VMK visited him, I can’t think of another game where he can soar into magical lands and forget the real world. And, from what my friends told me, DID PEOPLE REALLY ASK WHEN IT WOULD CLOSE?
Know what i think disney is doing? theyre probally like “wow ppl like vmk so much that ppl would pay for it.” and the thing is its true. If they made it so it cost money to go on then a bunch of ppl would pay for it. Well this is just my thought but i think that if this is true then thats very rude of disney. I mean isnt disney all about having fun?
Hello! On vmk I am- or should I say, was- AcePrincessMelody. I’m sad to say that I hadn’t visited vmk for a month or sol, and I just today decided to go to say hi to all my friends, and you can imagine my shock when I saw the words ‘VMK is closed’. I felt like I’d been sucker-punched. Now, I do have a life other than VMK, but at the same time, I’ve spent many hours on that magical site with my friends. Life will go on, but this is something I’m sorely disappointed with, for VMK was an escape from reality. Now I have to go play sims instead, yet sims falls short of VMK in the reality that I can’t go and chat with people, and it’s nowhere near as magical.
Thank a lot, Disney.
I hate to see this place go; I’ve been here since literally DAY ONE. I’ve had many good and bad memories on this site. I’ve been banned. I’ve been scammed. I’ve gotten great rare. And most importantly, I’ve made so many friends on this game, and they were just as important to me as my real friends. I think something Disney needs to realize is that all of these kids (and grown-ups) out there that played VMK, we’re not just numbers, we’re not just more money. We are ACTUAL PEOPLE, actual humans who have, in some cases, grown up with this game.
But I guess Disney doesn’t think that way. They just want to destroy this beautiful world they have spent forever creating, to shatter kids’ dreams and just sit back and watch them fall to pieces. THAT is what Disney wants. I TRUSTED Disney. VMK was the only game I felt comfortable playing, and even though the dictionary was a little TOO restricting, I felt safe. But I guess it really IS all about the money.
I’ve seen VMK begin to crumble. I’ve been there since they early days with all of the bugs and the beta rare and when green flips were 25 credits. And it’s true that as the game got older, things were less magical. I could tell Disney was going “slacker” on us. But why did they have to go this far. Why did they have to go all the way? =[
Let’s dig up Walt.
Just an idea – if we protested against disney and didnt play any of their games until they brought back VMK, would it work?
vmk was the best virtual game anyone can play but everthing in life costs money i never kept up with m school work since that day that it closed i consintrated on my work i felt so good .i moved on (im searching for new virtual games like vmk)now i have a myspace which is helping i do consintrate on school work vmk is addicting to me i couldnt get off it was so COOL but it was not cool that i was failing my classes . it costs money to invent games like vmk there awesome but some times u het adictted to games like that
You know im young im 14 years of age but i loved this game. the reason i did is because when i get home it gives me my fill of disney in a game. I think disney needs to bring it back. but thats just my opinion.
:( Vmk never should have closed, all our friends,… gone, i hope vmk staff is happy… I not.
wow.. sometimes i still miss vmk
idk why but i do…i wish it never closed but we dont always get what we want.. life isn’t fair
Why did the vmk staff get rid of vmk I mean wont they look at all of our comments?! I wish the best game ever vmk would last and please vmk staff look at all our comments! Everybody loved this site and I can still think of gator waitor’s food please vmk staff put vmk back on and the last time I check how many people were on there were something like 7561 thats how many people love vmk oh and if any of you saw me on your friend list I just want to say hi or will this be goodbye?
I too am sad that vmk is closed, but there is not much anybody can do about it but all i know for sure is that because of VMK gone people will start thinking that disneyland and disneyworld will close too and that will start a way worse riot. Walt Disney would be deeply ashamed.
U PPL stop blaming vmk please it was not their fault the company called Sulake was the ppl who actual came up with the idea and gave Disney the money the support it. Once they thought 50th anniversary was done then they would stop funding disney and take their copy rights. They moved to habbo hotel or something like that.So stop blaming Disney blame sulake. And their may be no possible way to open it up again because sulake probly locked the copyright in a vault a threw away the key. I wish for anything to get vmk back and all the friends ive made but please just consider that. VMK was so fun doing the quest making our own room. i rember rushing home from school just to finish the quest i was on. Maybe yavn is right as much as i hate to say it but we have to keep moving on in our lives.
I WANT VMK TO COME BACK. I MISS THIS GAME AND I THINK IT WAS UNFAIR OF DISNEY TO CREATE A PROMOTIONAL GAME AND THEN TAKE IT OFF AFTER A FEW YEARS. DOESN’T DISNEY CARE ABOUT CHILDREN AND FAMILIES? I GUESS NOT SINCE THEY CLOSED DOWN THE BEST GAME THEY EVER HAD OR EVER WILL HAVE. :( THANKS A LOT DISNEY. YOU MADE ME ANGRY AND SAD. DISNEY IS SUPPOSED TO MAKE KIDS DREAMS COME TRUE. WELL NOT MINE
i miss this thing they need to put it back on there.i need it back.i had so many friends.
i know you guys have to pay to keep vmk open disney land staff but you guys made good income on people buying codes for pins and other fruniture so i faail to see why it needed to be closed as far as i know that was the best thing disney had but do to its closing i am not going to disney land every and will just saty with knotts and six flags instead
disney needs to reopen vmk cause this is the worst thing they have every done
omg! i cant believe they closed vmk. i loveeddd that game. i worked so hard for my sorcerers hat and my princess hats. and all my cowboy stuff. i even had like super rare items. i think they should re-open it. i know lots of people loved that website, and i think disney is stupid for closeing it
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How could anyone do that to any little kids? Are the hearts at disney that cold and cruel? I had played vmk for a long period of time. I stopped soon and hadn’t played in awhile. I wanted to come back and found out it was closed! I clenched my fists so tight and my face was burning up. Is it a valid reason to close fiscal reasons? yes well the disney workers are suppose to be creative so find a way to have the same amount of funand for the company to make money off of it. Well listen here if disney is suppose to be a land of magic where children and adults can have fun without a care in the world they are obviously hiring the wrong people over there. If money was the problem then put advertisments onto the sites! It is the most popular sites for children, and people will pay much money for thousands maybe even millions of kids to read them. The arogance and ignorance of the modern disney disgusts me!
wow. i have not played VMK since about May 18th. I kind of forgot about it but now i really want to play it. I am happy that i never bought any codes for any of these and that i just got lucky with online codes and really good friends who gave me rare items. I played for two years all the time. I had such a great time and it was a way for me to relax and talk to my other friends. I understand what they are saying but please, come on. Disney can’t afford to keep a wide spread popular game running but can keep a penguin game going. oh please.
i am very sad about vmk i loved that site my friend introduced that to me when i was at her house soo 1 day i walked into my computer room got on the computer and got on the vmk website i droped my jaw when i saw the news i was soooooooo shocked i actually cried!!! i was so sad i cant belive they did that i was so shocked anyway i ran up to my dad and had told him what happend he was shocked to he thought that was a cool place for kids now i am still looking for a new website that is exactly like vmk well that was a bad choce because i guess people think they are smart now and think they can make us pay for it to buy like clothes and everything!!! Including club penguin now people dont get mad at me for this but it is just a complate and total scam!i will never forget vmk and i hope it comes back very soon and it is just the way it was and you will still not have to pay please come back vmk er all miss you alot hope to see you again :)
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