So Long, Virtual Magic Kingdom

Travel Blog  •  Eva Holland  •  05.09.08 | 9:32 AM ET

imageDisneyland isn’t going anywhere, but Disney’s Virtual Magic Kingdom—an online world where players’ avatars explore digital recreations of Disneyland, among other things—will be shut down on May 21, gamesindustry.biz reports. In spite of a user petition with thousands of signatures, Disney is holding firm, saying: “All good promotions must come to an end, so we have decided the time is right to close VMK.” With the virtual Disneyland going offline, enthusiasts will have to visit one of the parks themselves for their fix. Score one for travel in the “real” world? Er, sort of.

Photo by denn via Flickr (Creative Commons).

Tags: Pop Culture Travel, News and Briefs

Eva Holland is co-editor of World Hum. She is a former associate editor at Up Here and Up Here Business magazines, and a contributor to Vela. She's based in Canada's Yukon territory.


2 Comments for So Long, Virtual Magic Kingdom

John M. Edwards 05.09.08 | 2:47 PM ET

Hi Eva:

From traveling to the theme parks and watching his early cartoons and films, such as “Steamboat Willy” and “Fantasia,” I’d venture the opinion that Walt Disney was one of the great geniuses of our time.

Even though he was from Ohio, his native homeland was the stupendous Spanish city of Rhonda, with its precipitous bridge. I idled and pondered there, wondering if it was true that Sir Walt is cryogenically preserved.

Oh, to live forever. . . .

John M. Edwards

Mark P. Steele 05.21.08 | 3:51 AM ET

I have established a page on FnordiPedia for refugees from the Virtual Magic Kingdom to leave their avatar names and email addresses so that they may contact each other outworld. The link is:

http://fnord.wikidot.com/virtual-magic-kingdom-refugees

Please spread the word.

Commenting is not available in this weblog entry.