{"id":2703,"date":"2023-03-15T07:50:53","date_gmt":"2023-03-15T11:50:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/underunderstood.com\/podcast\/?post_type=episode&#038;p=2703"},"modified":"2023-03-15T07:53:26","modified_gmt":"2023-03-15T11:53:26","slug":"what-happened-to-disney-vmk","status":"publish","type":"episode","link":"https:\/\/underunderstood.com\/podcast\/episode\/what-happened-to-disney-vmk\/","title":{"rendered":"What happened to Disney&#8217;s Virtual Magic Kingdom?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"modal-ready\">\n<h3 class=\"episode-descrip wp-block-heading\">Billy helps a listener return to VMK, the online world where they remember &#8220;learning all the bad words&#8221;<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Show Notes<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/FaDQAF0diHE\">Expedition Theme Park&#8217;s video about VMK<\/a> (YouTube)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sam from Expedition Theme Park also has a new podcast called <a href=\"https:\/\/expeditionenthused.com\/\">Expedition Enthused<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pophistory.club\/feature\/virtual-magic-kingdom\/\">One Name, Two Games: Virtual Magic Kingdom<\/a> (Pop History)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/lBAPvPt_MWU\">Habbo Hotel promotional videos from the mid-2000s<\/a> (YouTube)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Isometric_video_game_graphics\">Isometric video game graphics<\/a> (Wikipedia)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/c1F6EsGGa4U\">Amazing video about eBoy directed\/edited by our editor Ryan Manning<\/a> (YouTube)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/disney.fandom.com\/wiki\/Virtual_Magic_Kingdom\">Virtual Magic Kingdom<\/a> (Fandom)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20060328021502\/http:\/\/vmk.disney.go.com\/vmk\/en_US\/help\/index?name=SafetyVMKWayPage\">VMK Values<\/a> (Disney VMK via Internet 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