3/5 – This week, new prizes are added to the EPCOT Quest, HOST_Hula makes over a lucky VMK'ers guest room and Yavn plans a visit to the Far East! Plus, the scoop on the Green Space Suit, Yeti and more!

Welcome to March! VMK is going 'Green' this month – what does that mean? Well, all through the month of March we'll be talking about the environment and how you can make a difference and help save the planet. We'll also show you how The Walt Disney Company is making the Disney Parks and Resorts more Earth friendly, plus we'll have cool tips on how you can 'Think Green' too!

Lost in Green Space!

Did you all pick up your Green Space Vest this weekend? It was on sale in the Emporium over the weekend – but you'll be able to complete the outfit with Green Space Pants, Shoes and a Helmet – they'll all be on sale too in the next few weeks.

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The Green Space Vest will make your friends 'green' with envy. :-)

This Friday, look for the Green Space Pants! Be sure to check the Community Calendar for exact details, just remember this gear is on sale for a limited time! Just swing by the Emporium Specials and pick them up Friday through Sunday.

You Asked For It! You Got It!

Judging by the sheer number of Quests completed and your feedback for the EPCOT Quest and EPCOT Guest Room, the Quest has been a huge success. As a special thanks to all our players we're going to make completing the remaining 2 EPCOT Quests even sweeter!

Starting today we're adding NEW PRIZES for the third EPCOT Quest (that Quest launched today) and the fourth EPCOT Quest (it will kick off on March 12th). For EPCOT Quest 3, how about a Single Use Treasure Detector Magic Pin in addition to that Guest Room?

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Single Use Treasure Detector Magic Pin, one of two new prizes you get when you complete the EPCOT Quest.

And for EPCOT Quest 4 – a Single Use Dancing Inferno Magic Pin! Again, you'll still get the Epcot Guest room for completing the Quest (and these additional prizes!). Just remember that you have until March 31st to complete all the EPCOT Quests and these extra prizes are only for the third and fourth EPCOT Quests.

Treasure Keys

Last week we talked a bit about Magic, this week I'd like to chat about the Pirates Treasure Room and the Treasure Keys. As you know, there are 3 treasure chests in the Treasure Room – Gold, Silver and Bronze. Of course to open each chest you need a Gold, Silver or Bronze key and to get them you will need to play the Pirates of the Caribbean game. You can play either Capture The Flag, or the Ship Battle game, every time you win 3 games, you'll win a key.

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The Bronze Treasure Key.

The key you win depends on the difficulty level you play (level 1 for Bronze, Level 2 for Silver and Level 3 for Gold). Now here's where it gets interesting! Once you've won a key, head on over to the correct chest in the Treasure Room and try it out. When you open the chest one of 2 things will happen: the chest will be empty, or the chest will have something cool inside!

Let me repeat that – you may find treasure (like a Pirate Throne, a Cannon Wall, or even a Single Use Coral Magic Pin), or you may find the chest has already been ransacked and is empty. For those of you who regularly play Pirates and have all the prizes, keep playing as you may discover some different prizes very soon!

Room Makeover Update

Last week HOST_Hula took over the Room Makeover reigns and added a dash of green in honor of 'Think Green' month. Over to you Hula!

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HOST_Hula

Aloha all! Wow, tonight was totally fun! I got to surf around the Virtual Magic Kingdom checking for Guest Rooms to makeover. I met some really nice players while on my search for the perfect room to makeover 'tropical style.'

I came ashore on a lovely little Mad Hatter room owned by Eragon_rocks. Eragon_rocks was sitting by herself, looking for some friends to chill with. It looked like Eragon_rocks could use some help sprucin' up her room - HOST_Hula to the rescue!

Eragon_rocks told me her favorite colors are green and black, and that she likes fountains and fun tropical stuff! Sounds a lot like my style! So I put in some pretty pirate thrones (nice and comfy for friends to chill in) to add a touch of style. I added some fountains to provide a tranquil area for visitors to hang out around.

Eragon_rocks also wanted some music to replace her organ, so I put in two fancy green and black pirate player pianos!

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The Mad Hatter room before…

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…and after the sand was washed away.

When I was all done, the room was certified chilly! If you see this room on the list, be sure to surf on in and chill for a while! Eragon_rocks will welcome you with her totally warm Aloha spirit. And to you Eragon_rocks, Mahalo for letting me makeover your room!

-HOST_Hula

Party in Club 33?

Have you won tickets to a Club 33 Party? HOST_Phinny hosted our first Club 33 Party last weekend, don't worry though, more are on the way. Keep on eye on the Community Calendar for details on our next event and how you can win tickets! Of course there's always my way… Win the title of Best Guest Room and you can have your own party with your very own host!

Yavn Goes East!

Whew, the last few weeks have been a crazy time here at VMK HQ. We've been putting the finishing touches on some new stuff that I'll be talking about next week (improvements for Host Rooms, and VMK Pass anyone?). But I'm most excited about a trip we'll be taking back East in a few weeks. No, not to Walt Disney World, I'm talking the Far East, to Hong Kong Disneyland and Tokyo Disneyland.

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Yavn's going to Hong Kong Disneyland.

Why? Well, VMK is not about any single Magic Kingdom, it's a mix of all of them and we try to make sure we spend as much time as we can in the other Parks – I'm planning on taking lots of pictures and I'll come back with a full report! Now do they have Churros in Hong Kong??? Ok, I'll take a Giza Dog instead!

Yeti Tells All!

Alright then, that about wraps it up for this week, one last thing before I go - starting this week our good friend Yeti will be starting his new job as VMK Game Counselor! That's right, 'The King of Q&A' will now be specializing in answering game related questions.

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The Yeti, who we fondly call Mr. Know-It-All around the office, will now be serving up VMK game play tips.

Yeti will be talking about frequently asked questions and offer tips on how you can get the most out of VMK. Got a game question or topic for the Yeti? Drop him a line at through the Contact Us tool. Until next week...

See you In VMK!
Yavn

Nice, thanks!

Single use dancing inferno magic for the 4th EPCOT quest? I'm game!

I just read it really quick.. next quest will be single use inferno, and new prizes in the pirates game!

As you can see in the newsletter, for next week's Epcot room prizes, the prize that will be included to the room is the Dancing Inferno Magic Pin Single Use. Woot!

I'm not so sure how I feel about Single-Use Inferno ... :confused:

Single use dancing inferno magic for the 4th EPCOT quest? I'm game!
Wow, didn't even see that! WOOT! INFERNO

Single-use Treasure Detector at least has some potential value. Single-use Dancing Inferno is pointless.

I wonder what the new prizes will be in the pirates game. I hope some costumes! :rolleyes:

Single-use Treasure Detector at least has some potential value. Single-use Dancing Inferno is pointless.

I don't think it's pointless. For all of those people who don't have Inferno, and would like a chance to use it, here's a perfect opportunity. Maybe they'll realize that it's just a magic pin like the others and the value will go down because of this release...

just a thought...

It's great to learn that they'll be changing the treasure chest prizes soon.

Now, what about the Tomorrowland Arcade prizes?

I was hoping for the treasure detector magic again. Oh well... maybe it will come back soon :)

Single-use Dancing Inferno is pointless.Not really pointless. It'll give the people who have never had dancing inferno magic a chance to use it, plus it'll make regular dancing inferno decrease in value more than it already has and the ATIS Mighty Eye Pin will once again reign superior!

Erm, not that it already was, but let's not get into that discussion here.

New prizes for opening chests? Sounds good! Here's hoping there will be some new items tossed into there, not recently retired things or buyables.

As for Yavn going to HKDL, sounds nifty. Maybe once he gets back, new HKDL items will come out? But let's not forget about Epcot, that room needs furniture for itself.

On a side note, the BGRs for the week have been updated as well. Glad to see VMK is now picking some good rooms instead of hastily picking others, like previous weeks a few months ago held.

I agree with Neoteny ( :O Shocker!).
We should get something out of it..
Well, It'll be the first time I've ever used inferno.

Yes! Thank you vmk for the single use inferno magic!

yay! single use inferno. This will be the first time on vmk i will be playing with fire. new prizes in pirates cool.

Single Use Inferno should be interesting.... And if the value of full Inferno does drop down, maybe it'll give me a chance to trade for one! :) I do tend to agree with Neoteny, though - I mean all you get is a few seconds of Inferno glory, and then it's gone *phhhht* Too bad Single Use Magic isn't tradable.....

On another note: Yavn going to HKDL and TDL.....!! Wonder if these means that soon those two parks will have quests....??

Not really pointless. It'll give the people who have never had dancing inferno magic a chance to use it, plus it'll make regular dancing inferno decrease in value more than it already has and the ATIS Mighty Eye Pin will once again reign superior!
If Dancing Inferno does decrease in value because of this, I'll be very surprised, although happily so.

Wow Cool, finally some change to the Pirates Game Rewards. I play these games quite frequently and would like to see a change in prizes.

......great, a single use inferno.......well that will be kewl for about 25 seconds..... (as you can tell I am against single use magics...well except treasure detector)

at least they're changing the pirate rewards.

I first thought what the heck is single use inferno good for? Then i remembered you can always take a photo of yourself doing it (or a screenie) to use for your signature (if you have one) or avatar...or hang on your wall in your room on VMK :) Memories...

I first thought what the heck is single use inferno good for? Then i remembered you can always take a photo of yourself doing it (or a screenie) to use for your signature (if you have one) or avatar...or hang on your wall in your room on VMK :) Memories...

I didn't think of that, maybe this has a use after all!

I first thought what the heck is single use inferno good for? Then i remembered you can always take a photo of yourself doing it (or a screenie) to use for your signature (if you have one) or avatar...or hang on your wall in your room on VMK :) Memories...
Go back to your first thought. ;)

People who've always wanted to use inferno will get a chance, one time, but still. It's not like they're sellig it and expecting people to buy it for one time, it's just a bonus added on to the quest for the room. Now with the treasure detector, I wonder if I will actually get something this fourth time I use it (3 times got it during dreams promotion, never got a thing....).

With single-use treasure detector, you at least have the chance if winning something (even if you don't every time you use single-use treasure detector magic). As for single-use inferno magic, it really is rather pointless. However, i'm looking forward to the new pirate prizes, just don't take away the walls in order to put new items.

I wish he had talked about the new in park cards this week, i am heading to WDW this coming weekend and I really want the new cards to be out

woot!i thought it would just be the vest this month.. but dis eis awsum! :D
hmm, i bet the helmet will be 1000 credits..

I like the idea of giving out single use treasure hunting magic.

hmm, i bet the helmet will be 1000 credits..Seems likely. These things are getting expensive!

New things in Treasure Chests.. Finally, about time they put something different in them. I don't much care for the Single-Use Inferno, I mean, who cares about fire around you, you could get hurt.. there are way better magic pins out there than Inferno. Maybe new Pirate Costumes that we saw will be in treasure chests too, you know, the OTHER Jack Sparrow Costume and Girl Pirate Costume. ;)

single use dancing inferno?

thats about as useless as a broken pencil.

single use dancing inferno?

thats about as useless as a broken pencil.
Not quite. You can still write with half of the broken pencil.

True, and erase with the other!

Nice newsletter. ;)

Single-Use Inferno and Treasure Magic would make something nice to go along with it. They're just testing the water here. New items in Pirates! Woot! That'll be nice.

Hmm... maybe Yavn will bring back some new Hong Kong items? Maybe a... Hong Kong Guest Room!? :eek:

That would be cool. Just thinking... ;)

~Q/S

Oh, I sense some new piratey items in our future. ;)

For those of you who regularly play Pirates and have all the prizes, keep playing as you may discover some different prizes very soon!

Maybe there will be new costume parts and each part comes in a different colour treasurechest. Like for example the hat will come from the gold chest and the shirt will come out in the bronze, something like that.

Nice newsletter. ;)

Single-Use Inferno and Treasure Magic would make something nice to go along with it. They're just testing the water here. New items in Pirates! Woot! That'll be nice.

Hmm... maybe Yavn will bring back some new Hong Kong items? Maybe a... Hong Kong Guest Room!? :eek:

That would be cool. Just thinking... ;)

~Q/S

-Hong Kong Hooded Poolover Misc. Colors (Unknown):
Unreleased
Known Info:
Colors Are:
-Blue
-Green
-Red

I think I smell some Hong Kong poolovers :rolleyes:

Here (http://www.vmkforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=6886) is where I found it