Originally Posted By donnyaz well the funny thing is they keep club penquin wich does not really help Disney at all and its free why not keep VMK and get rid of club penquin
Originally Posted By trekkeruss I didn't know what Club Penguin is, so I had to look it up. But apparently that isn't entirely free.
Originally Posted By MamaTinkAz I would TOTALLY pay just to have VMK come back. My kids and I loved it! We always talk about it and how we enjoyed it! BRING VMK BACK!!!!
Originally Posted By donnyaz Just think of all the cross Disney promotion they could do with it.Movies-parks-toys.
Originally Posted By Disneymom443 I loked walking around but I wasn't very good at the games. I could do well on taks though.
Originally Posted By alexbook >>well the funny thing is they keep club penquin wich does not really help Disney at all and its free why not keep VMK and get rid of club penquin<< They're pumping out more Club Penguin merchandise all the time. I don't see them dumping it any time soon.
Originally Posted By lilgoofymom I'll third that wish. The Fireworks game was my favorite. How closely did the Alice ride match DL's? As closely as the Peter Pan ride? I thought that it was a pretty good representation.
Originally Posted By DVC_Pongo Club Penguin is free, IF you dont want to buy virtual stuff for your penguin with the virtual money you earn from the games. If you want to buy virtual stuff for your virtual penguin, membership is five bucks a month. It is the hottest kids game going. They are making tons. Disney didn't create it, they bought it from some dude for a million bucks.
Originally Posted By DVC_Pongo <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Club_Penguin" target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C..._Penguin</a>
Originally Posted By DVC_Pongo Oh excuse me, they paid $350 Million for it. >>>by late 2007, it was claimed that Club Penguin had over 12 million user accounts.[2] While free memberships are available, revenue is predominantly raised through paid memberships which allow players to access a range of additional features, (such as the ability to purchase virtual clothing, furniture and "pets", also called puffles, for their penguins through the use of in-game currency).[3] The success of Club Penguin led to New Horizon being purchased by The Walt Disney Company in August 2007 for the sum of $350 million, with an additional $350 million in bonuses should specific targets be met by 2009.<<<
Originally Posted By DVC_Pongo Now that you know what Club Penguin is, you can reasonable compare it to VMK, which was free. I wouldn't hold my breath for a VMK return.
Originally Posted By alexbook Don't forget they've also got their on-line toon, pirates, and pixies games.
Originally Posted By smedley <-- toontown addict, also has membership to pirates for DH, *sigh* I know you don't need to say it.. Strangely though I never really got the feel for VMK, though I did like the jungle cruise game...
