ANAHEIM, CALIFORNIA – The Virtual Magic Kingdom, better known as VMK, is one of Disney’s massive online games. This game incorporates the Magic Kingdom parks from Walt Disney World, Disneyland Resort, Disneyland Paris, Tokyo Disneyland, and Hong Kong Disneyland into a spectacle of virtual entertainment for online users. Disney announced today that the VMK will have a larger impact in new Magic Kingdom features. According to Disney officials, games played by people within VMK will soon be able to be played in real life at the attraction that suits the game. For instance, a large building is being erected behind The Haunted Mansion attraction at Disneyland Park in Anaheim, California. This building will be made over to resemble The Haunted Mansion Game scenes inside the VMK. When all finished, this will be an actual game to be played by guests of the park. Veterans of VMK will recognize the poltergeist-like equipment used for this real life game. Officials from Disney state that this technology has been in design since VMK was, and is finally ready for use by guests.

That’s not all though: Regulars to the “kingdoms” will soon notice changes during the nighttime fireworks shows, Jungle Cruise attraction, and Pirates of the Caribbean attraction. “We’re going to give guests cameras that work much like the Buzz Lightyear Astro Blasters guns do, but react with the different animals along the cruise. We’ve started placing sensors along these animals, and the camera will react with the sensors, taking a picture worth virtual points for the online game” says John Smith of Disney Imagineering, “Guests in park will be able to compete against players online for the top scores of the day, much like our Buzz Lightyear Astro Blasters attraction does right now. A similar change will happen with Pirates of the Caribbean soon, as well. We’re installing cannons on the ride boats that incorporate the same technology as “Buzz” as well as Jungle Cruise. These cannons will be used to fire at targets placed around the attraction. We’re trying to make our rides more interactive for our guests, and incorporating VMK is an amazing way to go about it.”

Wow - This sounds truly awesome!
The Jungle Cruise bit especially, I cannot wait!
I wonder how long until it will be all finished?

You can kinda get the idea that they're planning on bringing vmk to the larger mass, maybe they're going to start commercials on the disney channel soon.

ps: this isn't an april fools joke is it? ;)

Vmk is really that large? I am not really believing it..

~Cooly~

You can kinda get the idea this is APRIL FOOLS day and it HAD to be put on the forums on APRIL FOOLS DAY

Yeah I have feeling that it is. You Mods and Admins love to trick us don't you?

Clever trick schmoofy

april fools i am sure, although it would be kind of a cool idea

Oh that sounds so cool-especially the jungle cruise I love that ride so much!!!!


~Belle

great idea anyway :) :)

Great April Fools Day joke. The thing that made me think it was a joke was the part about the sensors on animals. ;)

I really hate this holiday.

This is one of the better jokes out there. Good work, schmoofy. Highly believable.

You can tell it's a joke if you look at the reason why he edited.
Nice joke ;) I completely believed it before I saw the reason for editing.

I really hate this holiday.

Now we know why most large-scale fan-info sites post disclaimers on Mar. 31 that their sites will be "April Fool-Free Zones":

Try as we may, you just can't make an Apr. 1 piece so goofy that somebody won't still be responding to it six weeks later. :10_1_23:

lol funny schmoofy

OK, April Fool's is now officially gone, an so is this thread.

--GG