The Closed History Of Virtual Magic Kingdom (VMK) - Disney Parks Online MMO | Expedition Virtual

Join us on a new series with Expedition Virtual Theme Park as we look at The Closed History of Virtual Magic Kingdom (VMK). A Disney Park's MMO that let you visit the magic of Disney from your own home. Until it was closed and everyone kicked out.
If you enjoyed this new type of Expedition let me know in the comments what you would like to see covered next!
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Disclaimer: Foot Mouse is a parody, and not a real product available for purchase.
Special thank you to Corv for assistance and every player who took the time to document their time in VMK and post it online.
To take a look at the recreated game please visit www.myvmk.com

[@ExpeditionThemePark]

I know the intro music on this is horrible. The intro music has been made from scratch in our later Expedition Virtual intros!

[@Mokujo]

Did you literally use the MP3 to MIDI converter website

[@bellasalceies4138]

Are you kidding, the intro music is amazing

[@ari-dynamicarchive]

for what it's worth, it's better than the Crazy Bus theme lol

[@toribelle1314]

my cousin and his long-term girlfriend traded emails over VMK while they were in middle school. they kept in touch over the years and eventually she moved out to California where they now live together as they both go to graduate school. absolutely crazy and adorable story to come out of this game.

[@Author.Noelle.Alexandria]

I think Disney needs to hear about this! This is so sweet. My husband and I met on a now-defunct message board in the mid-2000's.

[@lilysensimilla]

Omg so cute!

[@MichaelEarnedIt-19]

@@Author.Noelle.Alexandria You know the Epic Mickey concept? I got an idea that could be like a virtual warcraft game. This takes place at Night and day in the magic kingdom. At night, the overtakers have taken over the park and turned into total choas, and you and select group of “Keepers” get to walk around the park, finding clues led by an old imagineer perhaps an actual one from Walt’s time to find an object that’ll save the park.

[@bobwalsh3751]

@@MichaelEarnedIt-19 like Marty Sklar, perhaps?

[@Woter_X]

Cap

[@BachelorBabes]

REAL ONES NEVER FORGET: “beta” “falling chairs” “cute or boot” “bay be” “taken?” “green flips” “inferno” “dictionary dancing” and the nightly esplanade dance party.

[@katelynkoolness]

Yes! I remember the HSM quests too 😂

[@adrien8516]

And this: ### ###

[@Onederland2319]

I so miss VMK. I think I still have some of the item cards I won in the parks. This was so much fun.

[@NxTTxT]

I read "cute or boot" and felt like I was being pushed back into a vortex and into a different period of time

[@icedogfan1]

It should STILL be here! Yavin was such a jerk when it came to shutting VMK down

[@northstarpokeshipper2148]

If this game was still up, it would be the closest we will be able to visit Disney World right now.

[@ExpeditionThemePark]

It would!

[@lilsmooch]

Check out MyVMK!

[@jZ0357]

Carter Persily There’s a Minecraft server called the palace network if anyone’s interested in it they have all four parts plus universal

[@charlotteoreilly1617]

There is a fanmade version that is still up. Its basically the exact same, called MYVMK, I play it :)

[@maximus1023]

Sadly yes

[@andrewweinstein7740]

If there was ever a time to bring this concept back, it would be NOW!

[@ExpeditionThemePark]

Agreed!

[@northstarpokeshipper2148]

And not just for Disney parks. For ALL theme parks!

[@SassyL16]

Theres a fan remake called myvmk.

[@annamarie595]

There is, it’s called myvmk

[@BayleeBubble]

Agree!

[@alaisha740]

I was an active VMK member too. Reading these comments and seeing how many other players there are here, I wonder how many of you i've met before.

[@lilysensimilla]

I always wonder this too! I was on there for hours from 2005-2008 🤣

[@BrooksHolt]

This game was my childhood. Hated seeing it close with such a dedicated player base 🤷🏼‍♂️

[@ExpeditionThemePark]

Yeah such a shame. Would of rather them add a subscription

[@aramintanne]

That’s how my daughter feels about club penguin

[@kameroncochrane5345]

I know you used to play MyVMK I watched your old videos. I actually started playing MyVMK because I watched your videos on them. I was wondering if you still have all of your old items if you could give them to me please! Lol, my username in game and in the forum is S_Stitch. You should start playing again!

[@muddafuhkaa]

I was lucky to be on the game till the last day ♡

[@l0velycry452]

15 years?! Dang I’m old... I remember my friend showing me this game, I played it for hours and hours and was so sad when VMK got shut down

[@jillmason2776]

me too!

[@garfieldboyvmk]

Same here!

[@Wraith_Fire]

A Disney game that isn't littered with micro transactions? Good lord lol

[@ExpeditionThemePark]

None at all! Those were the days.

[@Wraith_Fire]

@@ExpeditionThemePark damm straight if only all games were like that 😭

[@invaderpez12]

*any game Nowadays almost every game has microtransactions :(

[@Wraith_Fire]

@@invaderpez12 yep as a avid gamer myself it is a big mood

[@keijijohnson9754]

Ironic that this jackhole’s video is sponsored by a game that is littered with a lot of predatory practices, INCLUDING micro transactions.😒

[@cicada3357]

I remember coming back from Magic Kingdom with all the regular quests cards pirates quests, and holiday quests (4 OF EACH), then redeeming all of the codes and FEELING SO RICH. I swear that was the happiest moment of my childhood!

[@TTspeedyrocks]

This is insane. I thought VMK was my fever dream until I found my pins I bought at the park to get those damn items.

[@brandonthetoyandgamecollector]

I used to love this site. I miss it, played it almost everyday. I remember when they had stations set up in the cinema on Main Street at magic kingdom. I used one of those once, my dad was so impatient with me when I used those

[@ExpeditionThemePark]

Haha it was great !

[@clairetaylor8929]

It's been fifteen years?! I played this in middle School. I feel old

[@jacquie195]

My god. The best game I played during my tween years. No way I wasn't going to be there to the last second of being online. Good times!

[@yougotink]

I miss VMK so much I still have pins from doing the quests and some of the cards from going around the parks

[@TheRyanLamont]

omg I LOVED this game as a kid! It would make sooo much sense to bring this back. So much opportunity for new revenue streams, promotion of the various Disney properties, etc.

[@ExpeditionThemePark]

It was such a fun game! If they had only added a subscription model.

[@amandalingenfelter4578]

@@ExpeditionThemePark exactly. It’s like the one game I would pay for. Ironically I turned my game into a business and made real money off of it. I would buy sell and trade the cards and items and combo bundles of these things on eBay. Or create a character with special names and sell them bc the name is taken and someone wanted it. Etc. I was a hustler for a 10-14 year old. I loved it and I had all the rare coveted items and if for some reason my account was banned then I had several backups. My name was Bubbles. More ironically: I’ve never had the chance to go to any Disney park. I started from scratch and built from there. Which wasn’t too hard bc there were still plenty of people who would visit the parks and get the cards or whatever and then sell them on eBay too bc they knew that they wouldn’t be playing the game at home.

[@TombMen]

Check out myvmk it's like a new version

[@ringtail14]

Favorite game of my childhood. I cried like a baby when it closed. Still remember my username and game lingo.

[@jaslikeflower]

Check out myvmk

[@PoseidonXIII]

Damn, that brown striped polo screamed mid-2000's

[@ExpeditionThemePark]

Classic

[@LookItsTy]

Absolutely loved this game when I was little. I remember when I first stumbled upon it and didn't stop playing it until closing day. Closing day was a sad day, because of how attached all of the users had been to the game (including myself). Honestly closing day felt exactly like if you watched the real Disneyland close. It's funny how such a simple little game can impact so many people, and even though it is still sad and disappointing to this day that it closed, it makes sense that it would since it was started in the first place to celebrate the 50th anniversary, I think the most disappointing part about it closing though, is Disney never used the concept again and just abandoned something that so many young people actually loved. Thank you for bringing me down memory lane. Definitely was awesome to see things I haven't seen in years and years.

[@BarrelBob]

As one of those Day 1 beta players, it was great to look back on all the memories!

[@ExpeditionThemePark]

Good times!

[@WaterbenderKatara22]

I was another Day 1 player. I saw an ad for it in a Disney magazine.. I forget what it was, but it had little comics and such in it. I still viscerally remember the excitement of playing VMK and exploring my favorite theme park. I also remember forcing my parents to let me do every VMK related think possible when we visited Disneyland

[@Jestterdaii]

I remember being 6 years old, fighting over the computer with my sister just to play on her account. Good times. I now play the "myVMK" version as of a few years ago.

Oh heck, Raid Shadow Legends. The game everyone talks about due to the huge amount of sponsorships.

[@as25437]

I did not enjoy all the ads at the beginning on top of the KZbin ads. I would at least like them stretched out instead of all ads when the video starts.

[@bobpuppet]

I want Foot Mouse.

[@FuchsiaMuffin]

Almost every video I get an ad for it highly disappointed he did a 2 minute shoehorn for it....

[@demongorr]

Raid pay shedloads for ads in videos. Most important thing for me is that content creators get paid (especially in the current climate) and Raid seem to be doing that for a bunch of people. The game looks dreadful though.

[@StewLaad]

Amen my friend... Alot of youtube are getting offered these sponsor deals..

[@SplorinRyan]

Okay Sam, bonus points for the 16-bit music

[@ExpeditionThemePark]

Took me a while to figure out :P

[@SplorinRyan]

@@ExpeditionThemePark time well spent, I'm sure ;)

[@ClayArtGirl]

I was so depressed when the game went away! This was literally my childhood.

[@imageworks03]

I would love to see Expedition Virtual Theme Park as a spin off series!!!!! Not a lot of Theme Park KZbinrs do videos based off of the more video game side of said amusement parks. I bet you would nail it with your style of narrating & editing. I also love how you changed your intro specifically just for this expedition video.

[@ExpeditionThemePark]

Thank you! I hope to continue this series in the future

[@imageworks03]

@@ExpeditionThemePark maybe you can make the music sound like a cross between an NES, SNES & a SEGA Genesis, but that's just me. Your NES styled intro did sound really cool though.

[@imaginefun13]

I remember logging in every day to talk to Esmeralda and the shrunken head guy. And those in-park tours were so much fun! I still have my cards hiding somewhere

[@DrewIsARealBoy]

Bro the fact that you got that entire intro made just for this video 💯% why I love your channel. *SUCH DEDICATION*

[@thekatsup]

I miss this so much! I was a day one player. This was how I survived my tween years. Had no actual friends, but hey, I had a stitch hat and dancing inferno magic.

[@katelynkoolness]

I miss this game!!!! I wish they would start it back up. I used to play every day! I wasted so much time on vmk 😂 I would sneak on the computer when I was supposed to be in bed and stay on until the "park" closed at 1am 😂

[@austin_the_brimstone]

I had my disney pass between 2005 and 2008, so VMK was a big part of the disney experience. You'd run around all day getting those precious cards, then come home to scan 'em all in. Between this and the Nascar Cafe (I dragged my parents there in '04...I was on a huge nascar kick.) you've made me feel very nostalgic. Thank you!!

[@scrambled5948]

I think you should do an expedition europa park. That park is full of so many rides and so much history that it deserves an entire expedition.

[@ExpeditionThemePark]

I will in the future

[@gladiatordragon9219]

@@ExpeditionThemePark I won't say I know that much about it, but I'd say that Eurosat would be a good place to start.

[@SuperEnthused]

I wish I would have played this! At the time I just didn’t pay attention to it and didn’t think it would go away so quickly!! Something like this would be so cool now!!

[@ExpeditionThemePark]

We could decorate our little rooms together!

[@charlotteoreilly1617]

MyVMK exists, its a fanmade version, its basically exactly the same since they used the same files.

[@edvaira6891]

That part of the clip of the newscaster saying, “Don’t worry...the parks aren’t closing..”...just broke my heart!

[@randomvidwatcher]

What a nostalgia trip. God even the song during the beginning load screen. Thank you ETP! Excellent episode! So glad to see a game I grew up with get some spotlight, was such a fun game throughout the years!

[@CoasterKeegan]

Welcome to MagicMC, a Minecraft server where the whole of Walt Disney World was built block by block!

[@ExpeditionThemePark]

For real?

[@CoasterKeegan]

@@ExpeditionThemePark Jep

[@pierce324]

@@ExpeditionThemePark It's crazy, they even have the resorts

[@kingposeidon4535]

I can't seem to find this server when I google it. However, The Palace Network does contain the four Disney parks in Orlando, as well as Universal Orlando Resort. It has also been around for quite some time (since 2010 I believe?). A quick KZbin search of The Palace Network should show you what it's all about. It would be really cool to see an expedition on this fan created projected to recreate Disney World.

[@DaBoweh]

@@kingposeidon4535 Palace Network got a rebrand when they absorbed a couple other server teams and disneyland/universal studios was integrated. Used to be called MCMagic. I've had some creative builds featured there before, most notably a functional version of the original pavilion-sized Discovery Mountain, complete with the 20k leagues restaurant and attractions for From the Earth to the Moon and Journey to the center of the Earth. Their creative server's infrastructure has been unstable for a long time now, though, due to supporting a dozen different versions and not being totally reset since 1.12 released, but hey, the park maps still do. A lot of the rides are faithfully done and everything's synced up with audio, though the team can only do so much and you'll find various areas of the parks that have seen renovations in the real world, but not on Palace, that sort of thing. It's still about as close to the real deal as you can get in a digital client.

[@timmyyee8982]

Thanks for doing a video on this. I have so many great memories from playing VMK, including making playing pirates, making friends, the in-park quests, just so many great memories and a huge part of my chilhood.

[@PocketC00KIE]

I completely forgot this existed and now remember always chillin by Splash Mountain or the Jungle Cruise

[@ExpeditionThemePark]

Good times!

[@Backtothezack]

That early 2000’s Disney World planning video took me sooo far back, I remember receiving it in the mail back in 2006 and watching it on repeat

[@NatYourAverageNerd]

Wow, I missed this completely as a kid! I was too busy playing Operation: B.E.S.T. on the Cartoon Network website before moving on to Club Penguin after the game was shut down. I regret not having taken a single screenshot of my gameplay during that time because, had I known how little of it would be archived for the future, I would have done it every time I logged in.

[@Nymo]

You forgot to mention about the free rubber wristbands you'd get from those in-park quests! VMK was a big part of my teenhood, so I'm happy to see it covered! I miss those old days...

[@Rook51]

I gave this game so much of my time and I enjoyed every moment. Thank you for including it on your channel. It brought back a lot of great moments.

[@graysonwelton1166]

Oh my gosh, when I saw this in my subscriptions I freaked out! I played this all the timeee and nobody ever knows what I'm talking about. Does anyone else remember people following you around asking if you were taken?

[@MisterMotion]

That foot mouse commercial is one of the funniest things I’ve ever seen on YT... totally got me!!

[@christinajoanne8177]

Just wanted to take a moment to thank you for this video. I'm one of the very few who really remember this game, it was my entire childhood, and I remember playing the game probably the year of it's inception and then on/off for its entire run; I remember playing the game to sometimes to points of obsession. I have watched other documentaries about the game - but it didn't capture the exact precision and accuracy yours was able to portray. And I really appreciate it. Thank you so much for the work you placed in the video. Specifically, I remember my two stitch hats, the rooms "cute or boot," trade rooms, "taken." I still get nostalgia listening to the music. My name on the game was SmartyChristy, so if anyone remembers me please feel free to respond to me haha :D

[@20Justin1]

I was more of a Club Penguin kid but I remember playing VMK after hearing it when I went to Disneyland. However, the closure of Club Penguin was way more heartbreaking.

[@thisismysea]

This game sounds incredible! I'd never heard of it, but I was a big time Pixie Hollow player and it looks like all of Disney's MMOs from that time were similarly amazing and beloved. This is such a cool concept, I wish they'd do something like it again.

[@PhotopassJosh]

There’s a rewritten :)

[@oobieponzu8994]

holy shit i forgot about pixie hollow LMAO

[@NessTheCatLIVE]

That intro was PAINFUL to listen to dude XD Guessing you shoved it straight into a midi converter

[@ExpeditionThemePark]

Yeah if I continue this series il work on it. This was just a test!.

[@lightspeedmurphy7546]

And I thought I wasn't the only one who notice that. And somehow it sounds more professional than the John Cena MIDI theme.

[@kellykittyantlers9140]

I liked it :)

[@KyraHogue]

I agree. Very grating. Hopefully it's smoothed out and improved on!

[@jZ0357]

There’s a Minecraft server called the palace network if anyone’s interested in it they have all four parts plus universal

[@ExpeditionThemePark]

Will take a look

[@Lurking-Shadow541]

Josh Zilka there’s also MC Parks, it has WDW, DL, USO. Minecraft is the really the only way to get a great simulation of the parks now

[@jwhispel1114]

@@Lurking-Shadow541 Roblox has a pretty nice universal and Disney server as well, not to the same scale as Minecraft but they're decent.

[@mattperiolat]

Not only did I play, I still have most of my VMK cards in a bag! They are all redeemed, of course, and my in game time was limited by technology and work, but being an AP at Disneyland and doing this was just a tremendous way to expand Disney. Understandably, it couldn’t last, but you wish it had.

[@randolphd1200]

I have my cards too.

[@Enderikari2]

Thank you for this. I was one of the theme park guides for the VMK Insider Tour and have fond memories of hosting those groups.

[@hightiertrash5970]

Oh man I remember this! Loved it so much and was sad when it went offline. Also I saw a sign in the emporium footage for Pal Mickey and I remember having one of those to! It was like a Mickey tour guide around saying different things depending on where you were in the parks. It was actually pretty cool for the time!

[@KevinSchaeferify]

Miss this game, collecting “rare”, and all the friends I made on here. Hope they are doing well :). I was “SplashAceSaucer” 🤣. Spent much of 7th and 8th grade on here. I was devastated when it closed. Really was a great escape from such an odd and awkward point of a kids life around middle school age. It also felt kind of exclusive to play this game as most kids would talk about “Club Penguin” or “Toontown”. Thanks for this memory!!

[@MSLARacing]

OMG at 9:52 into the video... When the pins are shown... The pin in the lower right was the VMK Race Day pin that only I gave out and it had my last name on it... Okay now this video is making me feel all nostalgic. Thank you for covering VMK!

[@DrSourPurp]

I was Iliketoboogie. Loved this game. I was never able to visit actual disney parks but with the help of a friend who was I was able to get some rare stuff and begin trading and making deals and I worked my way up to owning a stitch hat and sparrow outfit. Truly a major accomplishment in my life haha.

[@smaiz72]

Who could forget playing jesse mccartney’s beautiful soul in the sidebar while logging in

[@seansullivan9763]

This is a very timely video considering that so much of the experiences normally available to us are now only available in digital form. I greatly enjoy every video you make. Keep up the good work!

[@solara9551]

i never even played this game but it still gave me nostalgia

[@EmilyRobinsonShotgunEm]

I LOVED VMK!! My sister saw an ad for it when we went to Disneyworld in 2007, and we got on and started playing with we got home. I was so sad when it shut down 😭

[@bbergman13]

New to the channel and have watched a ton of videos. So far have loved them all. Please keep up the amazing work. Any and all formats and subject matter are just wonderful for me. Thank you

[@LifeOnCloud8]

I took the in-park tour at Magic Kingdom and it was amazing! (When I stopped by VMK Central to pick up the scavenger hunt, someone who completed the quest gave us the answers - so it was super easy to get in.) I remember getting immediate access to Haunted Mansion through the side entrance and a code for a Haunted Mansion guest room, I think. I still have a VMK button with my name on it and a Livestrong-style wristband with a code on it.

[@robertozee5024]

The breadth of the channels and topics that Raid will sponsor never ceases to amaze me.

[@BriFgr]

I absolutely LOVED playing this as a kid! But i didnt get to play it that often because i had dial-up

[@FMA10901]

You honestly just about had me with that foot mouse thing.

[@teethforhair]

my sister and i were so morbidly obsessed with this game... we used to buy the cards and bracelets and other in-park stuff off ebay since we couldn’t actually go to the park. i spent soooo many hours playing this !!!!

[@Jordantmori]

I remember being in 5th grade back in 2005 playing VMK with my best friend at the time. Such a blast from the past.

[@fifthrider]

Great piece on that game, but I'm glad I've still got Disney Kinect. I love walking through the virtual park ( as it was in 2011 ) as much as the mini-games inside. ...maybe more. It's really a treat to walk through a park that's NOT crowded or where the AI dodges out of your way. Completely unrealistic, but fantastic if you hate reality and crowds.

[@sarahallen2368]

Thank you so much for making this video!! It brought back so many wonderful memories. I loved it so much and miss it a lot

[@pirateprincess1997]

This was my favorite thing as a kid, I lived for VMK, I was CRUSHED when they shut it down

[@SprightlyValentino]

To rack up points more quickly so I could buy stuff, I used to play the Haunted Mansion game against two other people. That way there were more ghosts to vacuum up and more potential points to be gained per game. Also, I think you got the same 5 points (or however many) in the Jungle Cruise game regardless of how well you did, so I'd just speed through to get it overwith and get my points, lol.

[@mrWendybird]

So _this_ is what you were on about with "Virtual Theme Park"! Gotta say, this is an interesting turn for the channel. I'll be looking forward to the other videos you have in store for the series :D

[@JoshValdez1996]

Wow such an unexpected but great video! I never played Runescape as a kid but I loved playing VMK. I actually still have some of the code cards they gave you for doing the in park quests. When I went in November 2006 they only ones they were still running were the Fantasyland and High School Music themed quests and that was disappointing because I really wanted some of the Frontierland stuff. Lol Playing on the last day is still something I remember doing. Thanks for making this video!!!

[@thebigmystery7841]

This brought back so many memories...I remember themed and game rooms that people made. Where theyd make game shows, roleplay rooms or parties using the stuff theyve collected. And it was cool to see what people made out of the items you could get. Good and also weird times. Lol

[@soccercaffrey]

There is a remake that has been up since 2013...It's called MyVmk.

[@SEH221]

The Kingdom Keepers!!!! Love that series and it's how I found VMK. I wish it stuck around, it was such an amazing game!

[@HelloZombieGurl]

Great video as always! And i love the idea of exploring the virtual side of theme parks (:

[@_Kinetic]

Man, this was my childhood from like 4th grade-7th grade. Towards the end of VMK's life, I decided to get together a musical chairs game, with the prize being some rare hats that I had, with entry being that they had to pay with their rare hat (I think I had the pirate hat at the time that was worth a bunch). Suffice it to say, I booked it with a bunch of rare hats in my inventory, while being chased down by a moderator. I logged, and a few weeks later, VMK closed. Phew, such good times, great memories lmao.

[@jillmason2776]

oh my god i’m so glad you posted this video i’m crying! i loved this game when i was younger omg omg 😭❤️ thank you so much

[@Allegra1393]

OMG! I forgot about this game! I used to be on VMK so much with my sister and cousins! I loved having my own little room that I could decorate.

[@jeremyhodges6957]

As always, great job on a great topic. Thanks for your work!

[@devintheawesome2344]

my whole family, even grandma, would play together several nights a week with our friends that lived to far away to see often. we’d all be on a phone call while working on quest meeting at the real disneland to do quest, great memories, an awesome service for disney to give out free.

[@thisismysea]

That's such a cute story!

[@mapletreepuppets]

OMG You beauties! This seems to have come out long before my time or location and I'm currently reading the Kingdom Keepers books where this plays a huge role so this is amazing timing 😍 Cheers Expedition team!

[@raymondsramirez]

I’m definitely looking forward to this new series! I spent more time playing Adventures in the Magic Kingdom as a kid than actually going to the Disney theme parks.

[@AaronDangerBell]

3:37 In 2005, I wanted to be this guy when I grew up.

[@BrysonAndrewDavis]

Wow. I played this. I never thought I would have been reminded of it though. This is an unreal blast from the past

[@matthollen4127]

Me and my sister saw this game being advertised in a monthly magazine called “Disney Adventures” in 2005. We rushed to the computer and made accounts for the game. I remember having the “Here Since Day 1Badge”. That summer all we did was play this game, and we even went to Walt Disney World to celebrate the 50th Anniversary. Our baby sitter also played the game too so we would take turns rotating out between the three of us to play on the computer. When we went to Disney world we did the in park quests to get the in game items. We got a lot of questions wrong but the guy working the counter was obviously crushing on our baby sitter who went to Disney world with us, so much so that he just gave us all the items even tho we got many questions wrong. This game is just a tiny piece of my life but I can’t help but feel so nostalgic for it, I really wish I would have taken screenshots or a video of my account before it closed to see all the rare items I had. This is Goffymatt (yes I spelled it wrong in game by accident lol) signing off!

[@jgarza00]

That intro! 🔥

[@kadyroberts7003]

Wow this video broke through a few mental blocks. Good job Sam 👍

[@Knuckleb0ne]

The inclusion of what sounded like music from “Adventures in the Magic Kingdom”, the old NES game, at the end filled me with joy

[@the.jenn.abides]

This was a great episode! I was living in Japan at the time of this and had no idea that this existed! Though I did get to enjoy the 50th celebrations taking place at the Tokyo Disney Resort. 😊

[@ChrisLShack1998]

This series going to be great. I'm looking forward to ToonTown, Club Penguin and Roller Coaster Tycoon.

[@Vyppaaa11]

I am a simple man, I see roller coaster tycoon, I hit the bell to make sure I see it when it comes out

[@HasturCarcosaYT]

Damn. Somehow I remember this. I didn't play a lot because I was probably 10 at the time, but I was blown away by the idea of Disney fused with an MMO. Thanks for unearthing this gem!

[@Sheblet]

when u said 15 years my heart stopped! i used to go nuts for this as a kid

[@LubsOfficial]

I was one of the original Beta Day 1-ers and spent pretty much ALL of my middle/early high school years on this! What made this game so unique was that it wasn’t just about playing mini games or exploring the park- it was about the community. You could get creative by making your own dark rides, quests, games, or dance clubs... If you got to the top of the trending guest rooms and one of the VMK staff members came to check it out... man, you felt like you made it. I was “Blop” if anyone recognizes the name! ✌🏼

[@Dijeouni]

VMK was my life after I came home from school. I remember raiding Apple Jacks cereal boxes for pirate magic codes in the beta days. Missed my chance for a here from day 1 badge with myvmk but glad that it's still going strong.

[@chernabogjunior]

I spent so much time building my own version of the Kali River Rapids in my player home. I spent too much money on the VMK cards back in the day but I don't regret it!

[@dr.penguinstein3426]

Oh wow, I remember this from my first trip to Disney ever. I remember seeing the signs at Disney World and figured I'd check it out when I got home (I only had a day and was on a cruise excursion). I'm kind of sad I never got the in-park stuff, but man I remember making my account and what a ride it was in that short time.

[@SassyL16]

For everyone wanting this to come back theres a fan remake of the game called myvmk. Its fan made, fan content designed with the same vmk games that there were before. Doesnt cost to join and theres a discord server for it as well

[@1drunkbrit]

I loved the 8-bit style intro, especially the music 😊

[@Trashious12345]

I enjoyed this but never played the game. I did however play Adventures in the Magic Kingdom for the NES endlessly. I loved it. I'd like to see something on that in the future. Keep um coming.