Walt would be ashamed.

[STOPxmickeytime]

Well Mouse, no offense but if I remember correctly you've never actually been to WDW. It's got alll the magic, baby. Trust me. As I'm sure Disneyland does too.

ITA.
I've been to both, and both are bountiful in Disney magic.
Like Jenny said, Walt was responsible for the majority of the planning of WDW.
Just because he couldn't live to see its completion doesn't take away from the magic.

And I'm sorry for all you VMKers!
I guess it costs too much to maintain, and it's not making it back through advertisements.

 

[Ms.Squeakers]

Well Mouse, no offense but if I remember correctly you've never actually been to WDW. It's got alll the magic, baby. Trust me. As I'm sure Disneyland does too.

Walt did have a big part in inventing the plans for WDW, he just passed before he could actally see it open.




ITA!

As much as I would still love to it to be as simple at the 60's.

Gotcha!

 

[StitchfansJr]

Thank goodness Disney doesn't own the DIS

I know, Allie.

 

[RaggedyAnnPrincess]

WTH?
I mean.. I hardly ever go on VMK anymore, but I never thought it'd just close... and now, because it's closing, there's not really a point to going on because it'll just be gone. VMK is so much better than all the other online games like club penguin. It's just... I don't even know, that website has a lot of sentimental value to me.

Even though I like Club penguin lol, yea, VMK is wonderful, it's for kids who can't afford DLR or WDW, or, in my case, live too far away. It's great since 1. It's all about Disney, and 2. You can be a human character. Though I like club penguin and VMK equally probably.... anyway, yea, VMK shouldn't close, everyone loves it too much. And what happend to the beautiful Disney that Walt created?

 

[BabyPiglet]

Walt wanted it to be a family place. Now they have smoking and drinkine which Walt did not want. When I go there I will see kids crying and then the parents just ignore them or smack them.

Haha, sorry I had to giggle at that. Do you know how many people smoked back in the day? It was very very widely accepted, and most definitely allowed at Disneyland.

I don't see how kids crying has anything to do with the Disney company? I try not to judge because I'm not a parent myself and I have no idea what the story behind that crying kid is.

Disney is still very much a family place.

 

[Ms.Squeakers]

Disney is a family place, but I feel like its SLOOWWLLY turning into 4-7 year old community

 

[BabyPiglet]

Disney is a family place, but I feel like its SLOOWWLLY turning into 4-7 year old community

Again, you probably wouldn't know this because you haven't been to WDW yet but there are a lot of adult activities. Epcot has a Food and Wine festival, Flower and Garden Festival, Concerts featuring stars from the 50's/60's and 70's and multiple fine dining restaurants. But at the same time they have some really great and fun activities for children.

 

[minniesBFF]

I'm sorry to all the VMKers out there. I wasn't a member, but it was obviously a big part of a lot of your lives.

I don't think that the disney company is going completely downhill yet. They're obviously doing something right to keep thousands of people coming through their turnstiles every day. I'm a little sad that they won't be using
2D animation anymore, but computer generated animation is really cool, and I think Walt would be impressed by that.

And about WDW being mostly for kids, I am 16 years old and I love disney, and so do my parents. Disney is for everyone.

 

[Pirate Me]

Haha, sorry I had to giggle at that. Do you know how many people smoked back in the day? It was very very widely accepted, and most definitely allowed at Disneyland.

Even Walt smoked..in fact, that's how he died. He was a heavy chain-smoker.

 

[AngelInDisguise]

Maybe the only reason I see a lot of bad stuff going on at disney is because I have been there a trillion times.

 

[joepic]

I feel for all of you VMK players! How sad...

It really is!

 

[Ms.Squeakers]

Again, you probably wouldn't know this because you haven't been to WDW yet but there are a lot of adult activities. Epcot has a Food and Wine festival, Flower and Garden Festival, Concerts featuring stars from the 50's/60's and 70's and multiple fine dining restaurants. But at the same time they have some really great and fun activities for children.

I think, im confusing it with something else actually.

I actually have been to WDW, I just dont remember everything, and things might have changed, but from what I remember (which...okay nevermind)

I cant exactly speak, because the last time I was there was when I was 4 so thats all i wouldve visited, and the only reason why my parents WOULDNT like disney, is because of the heat, and thats not disney, thats florida!

Okay!
Took me some time to get that thought process out.
phew.


Okay.
No more comments from me! Zippered the lips!

 

[babytiaraprincess]

There closing Vmk! (sorry Im a bit slow) I love vmk, everyone does, I can go to disney any time I want to go. That's sad I'll miss it Im sure a lot of people will

 

[Pirate Me]

What bugs me is in Yavn Speaks he says that he will bring out new virtual games and that we'll love them MORE than VMK. Like he's forgetting about VMK and bringing in a new game to think that we'll feel any better?!
No. He's wrong. I will NEVER love a game more than VMK. =|

 

[DramaQueen]

Haha, sorry I had to giggle at that. Do you know how many people smoked back in the day? It was very very widely accepted, and most definitely allowed at Disneyland.

I don't see how kids crying has anything to do with the Disney company? I try not to judge because I'm not a parent myself and I have no idea what the story behind that crying kid is.

Disney is still very much a family place.

lol saame.
Walt himself actually died form lung cancer from chains smoking for so many years!!
And drinking too...was definitley the norm back then.
Smoking & drinking are less socially acceptable now than they were then.
Until the mid 90's-early 2000's smoking was allowed in restaurants and all over the parks!! Now there are designated smoking areas and very few drinking options (except in Epcot lol)

But anyways, I still stand by what I said. I think Walt would like it. It's still a family place that embodies the spirit that he created.
(the whining kids probabl existed back then too...spoiled brats will be spoiled brats )

 

[AbsoluteAwesome1]

What bugs me is in Yavn Speaks he says that he will bring out new virtual games and that we'll love them MORE than VMK. Like he's forgetting about VMK and bringing in a new game to think that we'll feel any better?!
No. He's wrong. I will NEVER love a game more than VMK. =|

EXACTLY.
I've never stuck with a game for as long as I stuck with VMK.
And, like others have said, I woulda never found the DIS and all my DIS buddies if it wasn't for VMK. Why can't they just start charging for it...?

 

[shellybellypolo]

EXACTLY.
I've never stuck with a game for as long as I stuck with VMK.
And, like others have said, I woulda never found the DIS and all my DIS buddies if it wasn't for VMK. Why can't they just start charging for it...?

AA.
TWILIGHT THREAD.
NOW.
THIS IS AN EMERGENCY.

Sorry, had to go OT. Keep posting!

 

[disneydance]

I have to agree I've been to both Disneyland and WDW and I do believe DLR has more magic than WDW. Even though I love both DLR deffinately has much more magic than WDW. I know friend who have been to both and they always say DLR has much more magic and is so much better than WDW. Also I dont get Club Penguins I was watching the kids I babysit play the game it seemed worthless to me please dont flame me for saying that. Also my neighbor was really quite rude he ran into a girl from his school who he didnt like and he started calling her a loser and telling her to get a life... Then he went off with some of his other friends and was quite rude with them... So I dont know but I have no intrest in club penguin also theres no disney magic there its penguins NOT A CASTLE so I dont get why they expect all to migrate to those sites when we love seeing castles

 

[RaggedyAnnPrincess]

I have to agree I've been to both Disneyland and WDW and I do believe DLR has more magic than WDW. Even though I love both DLR deffinately has much more magic than WDW. I know friend who have been to both and they always say DLR has much more magic and is so much better than WDW. Also I dont get Club Penguins I was watching the kids I babysit play the game it seemed worthless to me please dont flame me for saying that. Also my neighbor was really quite rude he ran into a girl from his school who he didnt like and he started calling her a loser and telling her to get a life... Then he went off with some of his other friends and was quite rude with them... So I dont know but I have no intrest in club penguin also theres no disney magic there its penguins NOT A CASTLE so I dont get why they expect all to migrate to those sites when we love seeing castles

1. I agree, DLR has lots of magic, but I couldn't really totally agree, just cuz I've never been to WDW, lol.
2. I'm pretty much the ONLY one on this board who likes Club penguin, or at least that i'm aware of, haha, so don't worry about people flaming you for that.
3. Remember, Club penguin originally wasn't a disney game, it orginally started off on its own, and yea, I think they're just telling us to migrate their because they bought it, and it's a little more like vmk in terms of graphics I guess.
So, back to DIS, just my two cents!

 

[BabyPiglet]

Okay, I guess I'll put in my 2 cents. Or 5 or 6 cents.

I think DLR will always have that great nastolgic feeling for people who have been going there since they were tiny. And I most definitely agree it is better than Magic Kingdom (except the castle, DLR's is pathetic.) But I just have to say I think WDW holds more magic for me. I can't really put my finger on it, it just does.

I don't think the Disney company is going downhill at all. And I'm sort of surprised people have been downing it so much even though they still love visiting WDW or DLR every summer and love the feeling they get there. Hypocrite much? I'm obsessed with Disney, I love it so much and I'll always stand up for it I guess. It has changed the world.