What happened to Disney's Virtual Magic Kingdom?

Billy helps a listener return to VMK, the online world where they remember “learning all the bad words.” Want to support the show? Become a patron at https://patreon.com/underunderstood. Have a mystery? Email hello@underunderstood.com or leave a voicemail at 212-994-4882‬. Show notes: Expedition Theme Park’s video about VMK (YouTube) Sam from Expedition Theme Park also has a new podcast called Expedition Enthused One Name, Two Games: Virtual Magic Kingdom (Pop History) Habbo Hotel promotional videos from the mid-2000s (YouTube) Isometric video game graphics (Wikipedia) Amazing video about eBoy directed/edited by our editor Ryan Manning (YouTube) Virtual Magic Kingdom (Fandom) VMK Values (Disney VMK via Internet Archive) Fans protest end of virtual Disney site in front of Disneyland (Orange County Register via Internet Archive Investigation into Habbo Hotel (Channel 4) Preserving Worlds (Means TV) MyVMK

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