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UpInTheAir
08-03-2009, 08:17 AM
This Week in VMK!
August 3 - 9

Welcome to the latest installment of our weekly feature, This Week in VMK!
Take a peek into VMK's past as we remember some of the things that were happening...this week in VMK!

Click on the links to get more information from our VMK DOW wiki (http://www.disneyonlineworlds.com/index.php/VMK)!

2005:


August 5th

Released

http://www.disneysonlineworlds.com/images/5/5b/Wiki_tomorrowland3of5.jpg

The Tomorrowland Skyway Retro Pin 3 of 5 (http://www.disneysonlineworlds.com/index.php/Tomorrowland_Skyway_Retro_Pin_3_of_5) is released.




2006:


August 3rd

Retired

http://www.disneysonlineworlds.com/images/a/a6/Wiki_surfing.jpg

The Surfling Pin (http://www.disneysonlineworlds.com/index.php/Surfing_Pin) is retired.


August 4th
Released

http://www.disneysonlineworlds.com/images/e/e6/Popcorn_pin.jpg

The Popcorn Pin (http://www.disneysonlineworlds.com/index.php/Popcorn_Pin) is released.


August 4th to 6th
Waterslide Competition Judging

http://www.disneysonlineworlds.com/images/2/25/VMK-calendar-July.jpg

In celebration of Water Park Month, VMK held another ride building competition, this time with a Waterslide theme. Registration was limited to the first 200 properly registered teams. The team leader or "Lifeguard" was responsible for getting their team registered via Contact Us. Registration began on Monday, 10 July 2006 and was scheduled to go until 16 July 2006 or until all spots were taken. Frequently asked questions were addressed in the Newsletter 25 July 2006 (http://www.disneysonlineworlds.com/index.php/Newsletter_25_July_2006#Waterslide_Team_Competitio n). Judging was to be from the 4th to the 6th of August. Winners and prizes were announced in the Newsletter 8 August 2006 (http://www.disneysonlineworlds.com/index.php/Newsletter_8_August_2006#Waterslide_Team_Competiti on) along with a few honorable mentions. Despite the previously stated categories of "Best Use of Color", "Most Creative", and "Best Overall Ride Experience", initially VMK did not announce any winners for "Most Creative". Instead, a new category, "Best Theme", was used in its place. In the Newsletter 9 August 2006 (http://www.disneysonlineworlds.com/index.php/Newsletter_9_August_2006) this mistake was fixed and the winners of "Most Creative" were announced in addition to the previously mentioned winners.


August 7th

"Quest Days of Summer" Theme Announced

http://www.disneysonlineworlds.com/images/d/dc/VMK-calendar-Quests.jpg

The theme of the month is announced as "Quest Days of Summer".

Retired

http://www.disneysonlineworlds.com/images/e/e6/Popcorn_pin.jpg

The Popcorn Pin (http://www.disneysonlineworlds.com/index.php/Popcorn_Pin) is retired.


August 8th

Waterslide Competition Winners announced

Hey Players! This event was amazing! 200 teams and over 2,500 of you participated in last weekend's Build Your Own Waterslide team event. All of the rides were so colorful and creative, making it very difficult to choose only one grand prize winner and five runners up for each category. So difficult in fact that we decided to have NINE runners up per category! And here they are!

Best Use of Color

Grand Prize Winner

Team Roaring Rapids (Team Captain: NatalieB)

Runners Up

Team Water Works (Team Captain: MainStreetMaggie)
Team Slide and Seek (Team Captain: CL_LisaWDW)
Team Disney Home Tours (Team Captain: Captain-heather)
Team Clock Work (Team Captain: Soarinsoarin)
Team Pirates Life for Me (Team Captain: AceEliasElias)
Team Holiday Splash (Team Captain: CaliDreamin)
Team Caribbean (Team Captain: AlexKarateMonkey)
Team Black Out (Team Captain: Speedy_bear)
Team Mahalo Start (Team Captain: Dizzny-girl)

Best Theme

Grand Prize Winner

Team Friends Are Magical (Team Captain: Thealienstitch)

Runners Up

Team VMK Slide Time (Team Captain: Tagski)
Team Tiki Trouble (Team Captain: GrapeWillow)
Team Castaway Key (Team Captain: MinnieMagic)
Team Camp Slip and Slide (Team Captain: LittlePookieBear)
Team The Dead House Boat (Team Captain: SimbaCub)
Team WDW Pool Hopping (Team Captain: DisAeryn)
Team Whoosh (Team Captain: CL_Nessarz)
Team Scurvy Splashers (Team Captain: CL_AdioSkater)
Team Fantasmic Jewel (Team Captain: JasonDude)

Best Overall Ride Experience

Grand Prize Winner

Team Aztec Splash (Team Captain: CL_Reebee)

Runners Up

Team Ride the Slide (Team Captain: DudeMousse)
Team Expedition (Team Captain: Vergency)
Team WDW Tour (Team Captain: CL_PadmeNaberie)
Team Desert Surf (Team Captain: SparklingStar)
Team Lazy Pirate Landing (Team Captain: Rzlynn)
Team Mission Splash Down (Team Captain: Fonna)
Team Tiki Tiki Island (Team Captain: Goodguyk)
Team Tear Drops (Team Captain: Slamina)
Team Magic Attractions (Team Captain: HauntedGrim)

Congratulations to all of the winning teams! Because you all created such fantastic slides, please keep all winning team slides open this week so anyone who did not get to ride this weekend will get to see just why your teams won. Be on the look out for your prizes, too!

Individual Honorable Mentions
Aengus and the Pirate Treasure Hold
Goofy_GOOB and Shallow End Splash!
Redbaybound and Treasure Planet, a Space Opera
JoeCoolness and The Black Pearl — Sparrow Nest
Aficionada and Shallow End Shipwreck Pirates



Waterslide Competition Prizes

Participation Prize:
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Blizzard Ski Chair Green (http://www.disneysonlineworlds.com/index.php/Blizzard_Ski_Chair_Green)

Runner Up Prize
http://www.disneysonlineworlds.com/images/4/4e/Blizzardskichairblue.jpg http://www.disneysonlineworlds.com/images/4/4e/Blizzardskichairblue.jpg http://www.disneysonlineworlds.com/images/4/45/Typhoonlagooncrategreen.jpg http://www.disneysonlineworlds.com/images/4/45/Typhoonlagooncrategreen.jpg
http://www.disneysonlineworlds.com/images/d/d9/Topten_award.jpg http://www.disneysonlineworlds.com/images/8/8b/VMKCredits.JPG

2 Blizzard Ski Chair Blue (http://www.disneysonlineworlds.com/index.php/Blizzard_Ski_Chair_Blue)
2 Typhoon Lagoon Crate Green (http://www.disneysonlineworlds.com/index.php/Typhoon_Lagoon_Crate_Green)
Top Ten High Score Award (http://www.disneysonlineworlds.com/index.php/Top_Ten_High_Score_Award)
2,000 Credits

Grand Prize
http://www.disneysonlineworlds.com/images/4/4e/Blizzardskichairblue.jpg http://www.disneysonlineworlds.com/images/4/4e/Blizzardskichairblue.jpg
http://www.disneysonlineworlds.com/images/4/45/Typhoonlagooncrategreen.jpg http://www.disneysonlineworlds.com/images/4/45/Typhoonlagooncrategreen.jpg http://www.disneysonlineworlds.com/images/4/45/Typhoonlagooncrategreen.jpg http://www.disneysonlineworlds.com/images/4/45/Typhoonlagooncrategreen.jpg
http://www.disneysonlineworlds.com/images/d/d9/Topten_award.jpg http://www.disneysonlineworlds.com/images/8/8b/VMKCredits.JPG http://www.disneysonlineworlds.com/images/2/29/Infernomagicpin.jpg

2 Blizzard Ski Chair Blue (http://www.disneysonlineworlds.com/index.php/Blizzard_Ski_Chair_Blue)
4 Typhoon Lagoon Crate Green (http://www.disneysonlineworlds.com/index.php/Typhoon_Lagoon_Crate_Green)
Top Ten High Score Award (http://www.disneysonlineworlds.com/index.php/Top_Ten_High_Score_Award)
4,000 Credits
Dancing Inferno magic (http://www.disneysonlineworlds.com/index.php/Dancing_Inferno_magic) Pin

Newsletter
Push Trash Talk (http://www.disneysonlineworlds.com/index.php/Newsletter_8_August_2006#Push.27s_Trash_Talk)
Item of the Week (http://www.disneysonlineworlds.com/index.php/Newsletter_8_August_2006#Item_of_the_Week): Sword in the Stone
VMK Staff Profile (http://www.disneysonlineworlds.com/index.php/Newsletter_8_August_2006#VMK_Staff_Profiles): VMK_Red


August 9th

Waterslide Winners for "Most Creative" Category Announced


Message from VMK Staff

Due to an inadvertent mistake made when instructing the Hosts for the judging of the slides this past weekend, the category of Most Creative was listed as Best Theme and explained as such. Because of this error we have re-evaluated the entries and come up with the winner and runner ups listed below. We apologize for any confusion this may have caused.

Most Creative

Grand Prize Winner

Team Tiki Blizzard (Team Captain: ComicStacey)

Runners Up

Team Splash! (Team Captain: Goofy_GOOB)
Team Extreme (Team Captain: Apple-PirForever)
Team Typhoon Pirates (Team Captain: Astromambo)
Team Giraffe (Team Captain: CL_Jess)
Team Typhoon (Team Captain: Luckyirishace)
Team Wind Waker (Team Captain: Alwaysprinces)
Team VMK Surf School (Team Captain: Chescat)
Team Yeti Can't Swim (Team Captain: Jumangi)
Team Sea Explorer's (Team Captain: CL_Nedakh)

Please join us in congratulating this latest group of winners.


2007:


August 3rd:

Released

http://www.disneysonlineworlds.com/images/2/23/HinaTikiPin.jpg http://www.disneysonlineworlds.com/images/0/08/StrawHatGold.jpg

The Hina Tiki Pin (http://www.disneysonlineworlds.com/index.php/Hina_Tiki_Pin) and Straw Hat Gold (http://www.disneysonlineworlds.com/index.php/Straw_Hat_Gold) are released.

Re-released

http://www.disneysonlineworlds.com/images/4/40/Tangaroarutikiidolcyan.jpg http://www.disneysonlineworlds.com/images/2/2c/Bambooflooryellow.jpg
http://www.disneysonlineworlds.com/images/0/03/Tron_Helmet_Blue.jpg http://www.disneysonlineworlds.com/images/9/92/Tron_Vest_Blue.jpg http://www.disneysonlineworlds.com/images/2/20/Tron_Pants_Blue.jpg http://www.disneysonlineworlds.com/images/6/64/Tron_Boots_Blue.jpg

The Tangaroa-Ru Tiki Idol Cyan (http://www.disneysonlineworlds.com/index.php/Tangaroa-Ru_Tiki_Idol_Cyan), Bamboo Floor Beige (http://www.disneysonlineworlds.com/index.php/Bamboo_Floor_Color_Beige), Tron Helmet Blue (http://www.disneysonlineworlds.com/index.php/Tron_Helmet_Blue), Tron Vest Blue (http://www.disneysonlineworlds.com/index.php/Tron_Vest_Blue), Tron Pants Blue (http://www.disneysonlineworlds.com/index.php/Tron_Pants_Blue), and Tron Boots Blue (http://www.disneysonlineworlds.com/index.php/Tron_Boots_Blue) are re-released.


August 6th:

Retired

http://www.disneysonlineworlds.com/images/2/23/HinaTikiPin.jpg

The Hina Tiki Pin (http://www.disneysonlineworlds.com/index.php/Hina_Tiki_Pin) is retired.

Newsletter
Yavn (http://www.disneysonlineworlds.com/index.php/Newsletter_6_August_2007#Yavn_Speaks.21) talks Tiki, Turkey, and the closing of VMK Central at WDW
It's Tiki Time (http://www.disneysonlineworlds.com/index.php/Newsletter_6_August_2007#It.27s_Tiki_Time)
Event Info (http://www.disneysonlineworlds.com/index.php/Newsletter_6_August_2007#Event_Info)
Push's Top Trivia (http://www.disneysonlineworlds.com/index.php/Newsletter_6_August_2007#Push.27s_Trash_Trivia)
Top Players (http://www.disneysonlineworlds.com/index.php/Newsletter_6_August_2007#Top_Players)


http://www.disneysonlineworlds.com/images/3/37/Room_2007_08_06_aresthebat.jpg
ArestheBat - Bat Cave

http://www.disneysonlineworlds.com/images/0/0e/Room_2007_08_06_diztoongirl.jpg
Diztoongirl - Sailing Dangerous Waves: The Game

Note: There was not a "Best Player Quest" selected for this week



:wave2: Thanks for reading and join us again next week as we remember VMK's past :wave2:

dabaseballking
08-03-2009, 10:03 PM
THat Waterslide Competition lead to my huge mistake.
One day I was talking to a friend, in my waterslide room, part of a bigger team. He went AFK and i stayed on VMK while I went out [ afk ], and the room was unlocked. Over 60 people were in queue, the ride was called the big drop! slide! o_______o and i guess noobs wanted to experience its unfinished awesomeness, when i returned, taco bell fresh in the bag, i saw that. i hooked up a teleporter and whisked them away into an empty guest room of mine, pointed at the exit. then ppl got mad at me, LOL

MLKnCookies
08-03-2009, 11:19 PM
My team was never judged for that event. :( oh well! lol

Good memories, thanks for posting!

Jezzi
08-04-2011, 02:01 AM
B U M P :wave2:

Joan
08-07-2013, 02:32 AM
B U M P :balloon: