Newsletter 23 May 2006
Thar be Pirates ahead!
Will ye be prepared, Matey?High School Musical
Check out a sneak peek at what you can get next week in VMK.Coming Soon: High School Musical
The High School Musical DVD will be in stores on Tuesday May 23. VMK will be part of the action with the VMK High School Musical Quest.
Watch the VMK home page for the new print-at-home High School Musical Quest. Some of the questions can be answered at home, while others will require a trip to either Disneyland® Park or Magic Kingdom® Park. Answer all the questions correctly to win special VMK High School Musical items.
Memorial Day Weekend Team Baseball Event
To bring Tikis In The Outfield Month to a close in a big way, we'll be offering you two different ways to get your game on.
Team Baseball
First, check the Calendar for details on time and place. Enter the Hosted room and be assigned to a team. Two teams per inning, with every player on each team taking a turn at bat. The Host keeps score, and the team with the most runs after all 5 players on each team have been to the plate wins. Only Players that cross home plate count as a run. If a team scores 3 outs, the other team automatically wins the inning. At the end of each inning Players from both teams exit the room and two new teams enter.
Prizes:
- Members of the winning team each get the1963 Tiki Room Opens pin
- Members of the losing team can come back and try again
Disney Baseball Movie Quests
Each day, Friday through Monday, we will offer a Quest testing your knowledge of a different Disney Baseball movie. Complete the Quest each day and win a different part of the Red Baseball Outfit:Friday - hat
Saturday - shirt
Sunday - pants
Monday - shoes
Batter UP!!!
In-Park Quests!
Going to Disneyland® Park or Magic Kingdom® Park? Play the in-Park Quests! Learn more here.Get the NEW Thrill Seekers Quest for the Walt Disney World® Resort here!
Try your hand at the NEW 50th Celebration Quest at the Disneyland® Resort!
The Tomorrowland Quest is still valid: Download it here
What makes a Guest Room award-worthy? Guest or Game Rooms that stand out show originality in concept and design. It could be a use of conventional furniture in unconventional ways, the use of a theme or color, or humor. Game rooms that get the nod offer a new game idea or a new twist on an old favorite. In all rooms we look for room owners who welcome everyone with a smile and show a willingness to answer questions about their room.
Check out this week's Best Guest Rooms and Best Game Rooms.
New feature! Click on the name of the room to view an image of the room!
Scam Alert
All Quests, whether they are official VMK Quests or Quests made by Players, are free to everyone. Please don't pay anyone to do their Quest, or for help completing Quests. If a Player is asking for items before you can join their Quest, or to be "paid" to help you with a Quest, please report them and then leave their room. No prize is worth being scammed over, and VMK won't replace these items for you. Players caught charging to participate in Quests may be banned for scamming.
New Staff
Please give a warm welcome to VMK_Eagle and HOST_Lily. If you see them around make sure to say Hello. Also VMK_Sparky has moved on over to the Host team and will now be known as HOST_Sparky.
VMK Staff Profiles
Each week we interview a different member of the VMK Staff. Pay attention - the answers may prove useful in VMK-hosted trivia games!Staff name: VMK_Mocha
Three favorite pieces of furniture, and why?
1. Hippo rugs: Everyone knows that I feed my hippos in my hippo room daily. I feel a room is just not complete without the happy hippo rug. 2. Tiki Tiki Tiki Fountain: Sitting around a Tiki Tiki Tiki Fountain and talking with players is so relaxing and enjoyable. 3. Narnia Ice Throne: Just having this throne in a room makes the room regal. Sitting in it and being so small in a seat so large is just incredible to see. Makes you feel so royal.
Favorite *type *of Guest Room?
I would have to say the Briar Room. You always feel so homey and comfortable in there, sitting by the fire, chatting away with others.
Favorite Public Space?
Inner Space Ray Room. I can never go a day without floating. I like to sit in there and think, even the big eye staring at me doesn't bother me at all.
Favorite Mini-Game? (ie: Pirates, haunted Mansion .. not the hosted games)
TI like the team work in the Pirates and Haunted Mansion, but if I had to chose between the two, I think I would pick the Pirate game. I enjoy the view of the water, and the many different levels you can play. But especially the team work and the woot woots we give to each other when we score.
Best VMK moment?
I still have to say my best VMK moment was our first event. When we had a parade on main street. I met so many players in just one day. So many players jumped in to help and make the event a fun experience for all.
Favorite place to hang out in VMK?
The players guest rooms. One of my favorite things to do is to visit players in their rooms. They don't have to be "popular" rooms. I visit rooms that have titles or descriptions that catch my eye and make me curious. There are so many interesting and fun guest rooms to see each day.
Best tip for someone new to VMK?
Read the VMK Values. There are so many good safety tips and information there. Read the newsletter for updates on new events and alerts.
What one safety tip would you like to share with our readers?
Never give out any personal information.
Contact Us Tips
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Best Guest Rooms
MickeyMickeyGrl shows us her patriotism in Memory Day Room. In this room you find the American Flag being watched over by Soldiers standing at attention to remember soldiers both past and present.
Head on down to Madame Leota Knows Best where WorldofMotion has made it possible for magical Leota to read our fortunes.
Best Game Rooms
Arrrrrrrg me mateys, come see this new twist to the popular game of Baseball. CL_BluePirateGrl proudly brings you Pirate Baseball! if you are lucky and the pirates are being generous you might just win some treasure. ARRRRRRRRGH!!!
Come on out to Ranch's Bat Magic Baseball and have a chance at bat. Read the room description to learn how you might get something extra.
Best Player Quests
So Mickey is here? No, there? Well to help solve this, try out Disney's Mad Mixed Up Quest coming to you from Neoteny. Fix the mixed up puzzles for a chance huge (and some not so huge) prizes!
Players who have been previously recognized for their design talents will receive the VIP award.