I have been struggling these last few days to figure out why no other game will work for me. There might be one out there but I know it is not Disney.
Many of us dream of being a cast member (to work for Disney) to be a part of the magic; that Disney creates. Well reality for most; it is just not possible.
In VMK we get to live out that dream. We could be virtual Disney ambassadors. What do I love about VMK? It not the things, not the games not even building rooms. But all those things are a means to do what I enjoy the most. Spreading pixie dust. Maybe I have had the most aweful day and going on VMK helping another always lifts my spirit. Gifting new guests with a real Mickey hat or a princess crown helping a person build a room, or show them around the Magic Kingdom and all it has to offer.
Knowing a kid is hurting from the lost of some one close, fighting cancer and other life threatening diseases there are too many to count on VMK. The kids with different forms of Autism. That many of us worked so hard to help. They have learn social skills on VMK. So after two years they were doing well themselves.
These kids have no real friends outside of VMK. But for the first time in their lives they do in Virtual Magic Kingdom. What an amazing gift Disney gave these families. They are not laughed at, they can socialize at their own comfort. They have a constent in their lives.
Being able to help a friend and say encouraging words when you hear they are having a bad day. Many many I am sure go to sleep with happy hearts. This is what makes VMK special.
Or being on the receiving end and having many friends come and say I'll help, you can do it, hang in there. Telling funny jokes to the point you are laughing so hard tears run down your face.
So many Disney fans going the extra mile to bring so many smiles to others on VMK. That is what VMK meant to me. Now I could still make a difference in others lives but it is just not the same. We all know it.
I do not know much about computer games. But no one has suggested any game that we can do this in. In the real world we spend so much time worrying about things, pressures and stresses. The Little Virtual Community that we built is a haven for the weary.
What awesome friendships we formed of the years. To me that is what stands out. People treat their character as little extensions of themselves. We all knew this and thus reach out over and over to help friends and families. To a lot of people their character is their mini me. How they talk, what they feel is an extension of themselves. That is the issue to many. That is why the deep pain I think.
I hope we can save VMK but if not I hope someone will see what I think Disney missed. They create a niche, that no one had done successfully. It could really have been so much more. From what the original vision was. A great marketing tool. Unfortunately our little mini me(s) are not papers of advertising that can me thrown out, commercials we can skip over. This 50th Anniversary of DRL site grew in to a wonderful journey of people from many continents of different faiths, color, age and race. "Our own version of a Small World" Sharing the Disney magic each day of the week. I have more friends around the world than I ever had.
Special Note. When I started playing VMK I was a healthy person. A year later my own world crashed down when I lost the ability to walk. And thus my battle with MS began. My world got very small after that, but in VMK my disease does not exist, and my love of Disney has flourished. The encouragement I got from VMK players has made my new journey easier. In the Virtual Magic Kingdom I can walk and not get tired. I have the energy that most of the time I don't.
I may be just a virtual character in a game to Disney. But this virtual character is crying real tears. I never thought the word Disney could bring so much heart ache to thousands of people mostly kids that need this place.
I do not think Disney understood what they created when they built VMK, I do not think Disney realized a great need they were filling when they decided to close the door to VMK. I hope Disney can see this is not was just another video game.
Virtual Magic Kingdom is a diamond in the rough, a place were dreams really do come true. A place if disney does not change its decision will be a place where it broke too many kids and families dreams. For a year of a million dreams in one push of a button they will have destroyed way too many. Lets not make this a year of a miilion tears. Please Disney make it the year of a MIllion dreams + ONE
Can someone tell me where in this big great web can I find a place like this again?
Many of us dream of being a cast member (to work for Disney) to be a part of the magic; that Disney creates. Well reality for most; it is just not possible.
In VMK we get to live out that dream. We could be virtual Disney ambassadors. What do I love about VMK? It not the things, not the games not even building rooms. But all those things are a means to do what I enjoy the most. Spreading pixie dust. Maybe I have had the most aweful day and going on VMK helping another always lifts my spirit. Gifting new guests with a real Mickey hat or a princess crown helping a person build a room, or show them around the Magic Kingdom and all it has to offer.
Knowing a kid is hurting from the lost of some one close, fighting cancer and other life threatening diseases there are too many to count on VMK. The kids with different forms of Autism. That many of us worked so hard to help. They have learn social skills on VMK. So after two years they were doing well themselves.
These kids have no real friends outside of VMK. But for the first time in their lives they do in Virtual Magic Kingdom. What an amazing gift Disney gave these families. They are not laughed at, they can socialize at their own comfort. They have a constent in their lives.
Being able to help a friend and say encouraging words when you hear they are having a bad day. Many many I am sure go to sleep with happy hearts. This is what makes VMK special.
Or being on the receiving end and having many friends come and say I'll help, you can do it, hang in there. Telling funny jokes to the point you are laughing so hard tears run down your face.
So many Disney fans going the extra mile to bring so many smiles to others on VMK. That is what VMK meant to me. Now I could still make a difference in others lives but it is just not the same. We all know it.
I do not know much about computer games. But no one has suggested any game that we can do this in. In the real world we spend so much time worrying about things, pressures and stresses. The Little Virtual Community that we built is a haven for the weary.
What awesome friendships we formed of the years. To me that is what stands out. People treat their character as little extensions of themselves. We all knew this and thus reach out over and over to help friends and families. To a lot of people their character is their mini me. How they talk, what they feel is an extension of themselves. That is the issue to many. That is why the deep pain I think.
I hope we can save VMK but if not I hope someone will see what I think Disney missed. They create a niche, that no one had done successfully. It could really have been so much more. From what the original vision was. A great marketing tool. Unfortunately our little mini me(s) are not papers of advertising that can me thrown out, commercials we can skip over. This 50th Anniversary of DRL site grew in to a wonderful journey of people from many continents of different faiths, color, age and race. "Our own version of a Small World" Sharing the Disney magic each day of the week. I have more friends around the world than I ever had.
Special Note. When I started playing VMK I was a healthy person. A year later my own world crashed down when I lost the ability to walk. And thus my battle with MS began. My world got very small after that, but in VMK my disease does not exist, and my love of Disney has flourished. The encouragement I got from VMK players has made my new journey easier. In the Virtual Magic Kingdom I can walk and not get tired. I have the energy that most of the time I don't.
I may be just a virtual character in a game to Disney. But this virtual character is crying real tears. I never thought the word Disney could bring so much heart ache to thousands of people mostly kids that need this place.
I do not think Disney understood what they created when they built VMK, I do not think Disney realized a great need they were filling when they decided to close the door to VMK. I hope Disney can see this is not was just another video game.
Virtual Magic Kingdom is a diamond in the rough, a place were dreams really do come true. A place if disney does not change its decision will be a place where it broke too many kids and families dreams. For a year of a million dreams in one push of a button they will have destroyed way too many. Lets not make this a year of a miilion tears. Please Disney make it the year of a MIllion dreams + ONE
Can someone tell me where in this big great web can I find a place like this again?
