What happened to Disney's Virtual Magic Kingdom?

About this episode

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