Cheaters never prosper. Any players using aides – such as software programs that hack, log into or play VMK for you, answer guides or any other assistants – to complete this Quest will be disqualified from the Quest and as a violation of VMK Values, permanently banned from VMK.
Pre-Playing-Credit goes to Slinkyman for this tutorial. Thanks Slinkyman!
Gather 8 players who will continuously play with you once all eight people are done. Choose wisely as some players may drop out after they complete it. With that said, start a game with 4 against 4.
Have the player that is winning on Port Royal and the “main shooter” on the Pirates side. The “main shooter” should have the biggest shooting ship (Wicked Wench).
Reminder- NOBODY is shooting but the main shooter and the player who will win.
Round 1-Round 2-
- The player that will win will kill everyone on the Pirate side but the “main shooter”.
- The “main shooter” will shoot everyone on royal but the player who is going to win.
- Now you should have the “main shooter” and the player who will win left.
- Have the two players that are left get health if they need it.
- Now the player who will win needs to get Gold Cannon Balls, and have them as the next shot. (gold will get you more points)
- Have the player who will win and the shooter line right up next to each other.
- Quickly, before the kraken comes up, the player who will win uses the full shot of Gold Cannon Balls on the shooter and should end up with 200+ points. (this will kill the shooter)
Round 3-
- Since Port Royal won the last round you will need to choose two Pirates that will not be shoot until later. (the shooter and another pirate player)
- Now have the shooter shoot everyone on Port Royal but the player that will win.
- Then have the player that will win shoot everyone on pirates BUT the shooter and the other player that was selected in Round 2, Step 1.
- Now there should be 3 ships left. 1 Port Royal (the winning player) & 2 Pirates (the shooter and the other selected player)
- Now have the player that will win take a full shoot on the “main shooter”. (killing the main shooter and getting all of their points)(you do not need gold for this)
- Now have the player that will win sit in one spot and die by the Kraken. (this player will keep half of their points)
- Have the other selected player (on pirates) moving around until the round ends.
The Math-
- The player that will win will kill everyone on the Pirate side but the “main shooter”.
- The “main shooter” will shoot everyone on royal but the player who is going to win.
- Now you should have the “main shooter” and the player who will win left.
- Have the two players that are left get health if they need it.
- Now the player who will win needs to get Gold Cannon Balls, and have them as the next shot. (gold will get you more points)
- Have the player who will win and the shooter line right up next to each other.
- Quickly, before the kraken comes up, the player who will win uses the full shot of Gold Cannon Balls on the shooter and should end up with 200+ points. (this will kill the shooter)
Round 1: 200+
Round 3: 200+
Round 2: 50+
Winning: 100
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Totals: 550
The + on round one, two, and three means you should hopefully get more then 75 between all of the rounds.
Using this method, the highest yesterday was 830 points.
Ahoy matey! We’re swashbuckling into spring and devoting an entire month to our pillaging pals! Let’s take a look at the pirate treasure I’ve dug up from our virtual stock rooms!
Check out these new items in Shrunken Ned’s Shop:
Pirate Scarf
Mr. Smee Shirt Red
Guard Dog with Key
Captain’s Quarters Poster
Peter Pan Ride Rocks Small
Peter Pan Ride Water Carpet 1
Pirate Throne Green
Skeleton at the Helm
All items listed above will be on sale starting on 3/29/08
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Arrgh! You come seeking adventure? How about treasure? Then you come to the right place. Aye, I’m a pirate that knows a thing or two about VMK treasure and where it be hidden. Starting in a few days, VMK will launch our biggest Quest ever, with rewards beyond your wildest dreams!
Arrgh! It’s a pirate’s life for me, PirateVinnie!
How do you get your hands on this glorious bounty of VMK treasure? Well, details be arriving in the Event Info section shortly until then, let me tell you a tale of a pirate... and his treasure!
He was born James Hartford Black in London, England when the Golden Age of Piracy was at it’s peak. As a boy, James and his family settled in one of the island communities in the Caribbean protected under the British flag. Port Beck was a westward facing merchant town where James heard countless stories of famous pirates from the sailors who frequented the docks. He listened to tales of Calico Jack Rackham, Anne Bonny and Mary Read, Black Bart, Edward Teach, and of course, the legendary Captain Jack Sparrow. He could recite every tale and had committed the Pirate Code to memory.
Now being a child of a highly influential family, his parents would hear no talk of piracy in their home. When James continued his daydreaming down at the docks and admiration of these known thieves and braggarts, his father decided it was time his son learn the difficult lessons of the sea first hand and enlisted him in His Majesty’s Royal Navy as a deckhand.
James lived and worked for several years on the ship known as the HMS Declaration. She was a good ship and as James sailed from port to port, protecting merchant vessels and escorting prominent families, he became a strong and clever young sailor. In all of his work, his mind always drifted out to sea. The Declaration never left the safety of the bays, only venturing a few fathoms out to sea to usher in visiting ships. The neighboring islands were clustered closely together, so there was little time to find the wind fully in the sails before they had reached their next destination. Even as a member of the Royal Navy, James still fancied himself a swashbuckling scallywag.
As fate would have it, the Declaration was commissioned to sail to England for it’s yearly round of supplies for Port Beck and the surrounding towns. Customarily this obligation would have fallen to a larger ship but there was a sense of urgency about this trip and very few ships could prevail in speed as the Declaration. At last, James would sail upon open waters.
Not a fortnight into their excursion when James and the crew were awakened by the unfamiliar crash of cannon fire. There was a commotion in the lower barracks as sailors snatched at their swords and pistols and raced to the top deck to defend their ship and captain. James tore up the steps and out into the open air to view the battle before him. By the light of the full moon, he could clearly see his comrades engaged in a furious scuffle. Swords met mid-air with a clash. James, being the clever young man that he was, searched for the source from which these pirates boarded their ship. Not but a fathom from the starboard side, a glorious ship with ruby sails had affixed herself to the Declaration.
The ship was unmistakable. James had heard tales of this vessel and her wretched captain. The ship was the Scarlet Sorceress. Her captain, one of the most fearsome men on these tropical waters: Captain Edward de Wilde. To most he was known as Wilde the Vile with blazing eyes, a tangle of hair as black as the Caspian Sea, and a beard with a single crimson streak from lip to tip. As James scoured the Declaration’s deck with his eyes, he could not locate this man. He gleaned the captain might still be on his own ship in his quarters. James climbed half way up the rigging and swung himself onto the decks of the Scarlet Sorceress, completely undetected as the skirmish on the Declaration continued.
He made his way over to the bright red door of the captain’s quarters where he could see a faint light flicker in a small, sea-stained window. As he approached, the door swung open and James drew the tip of his cutlass to Captain Wilde’s throat. The captain was caught a bit off-guard, believing most navy men to be cowardly inept. Never did he suppose a sailor would be cunning and brave enough to attempt to hold the vile Captain Wilde hostage.
James led Captain Wilde to the port side of the ship and called attention to the fact that he indeed held the pirate captain captive. The pirates aboard the Declaration laid down their arms and the sailors guided their new prisoners to the brig below. As James readied to take the captain to the decks of the navy vessel, Captain Wilde let out a wild whoop and up from the barracks came nearly two dozen of the captain’s crew. The tables had turned in favor of the pirates: James was now their prisoner. The handful of men still above deck on the Declaration were not quick enough to rescue James as they dragged him below decks and sharply turned the Sorceress due West. Within moments, the pirates were out of cannon range and even the Declaration could not match the Sorceress’s velocity.
Wilde the Vile was not apt to keep prisoners on his ship. He would have sent James to the crushing depths of Davy Jones’s Locker if he hadn’t admired James’s courage and intelligence. He saw a lot of himself in this young man and found himself frequenting the brig to converse with his prisoner. A short length of time passed before James gained the Captain’s trust and became a member of his crew. It was not long at all before he was appointed as First Mate. At last James ventured upon the open sea with the wind as his guide and felt the freedom his heart always yearned for. He was free to sail anywhere in the Caribbean and began to amass his own wealth as Captain Wilde’s only confidant.
A few years had passed and the day came when Captain Wilde took his last breath. He had outlived most pirates of his time. He had never been successfully captured by the Royal Navy and never lost a duel. It was on his deathbed that he disclosed his final wish: James would inherit the Scarlet Sorceress and with it the location of Captain Wilde’s grandest treasure. With the map in hand, James set course for the Wilde Treasure.
Nearly a month had passed by the time Captain James Hartford Black and his crew uncovered his predecessor’s fortune. Gold, jewels, and riches abound and Captain Black divided it amongst himself and the crew. They made a stop at Tortuga for celebration and supplies but while the captain was out gathering necessities, he heard tell of a mutinous plan his newly acquired crew had in store for him. It appeared that these miscreants felt that the Sorceress and the Wilde Treasure did not rightfully belong to young Captain Black. Any treasure should have been given entirely to the crew since it was they whom had helped Captain Wilde accrue this great wealth. No Royal Navy brat should have sole possession of the ship nor could lead the crew in true buccaneer battle.
With this news squarely in mind, Captain Black made his way back to the ship to load the provisions for which he had already bartered. He found only three of his men at the dock guarding the ship. He casually dismissed them and advised them to join in the celebration in town. He stowed away his rations and watched as the last of his men disappeared up the dock. The Sorceress was a smaller ship, not nearly as grand as a navy vessel, and could be readied to set sail by just one man. As soon as had he pulled away from the dock, two of his crew strolled around the corner to see their captain sailing away with their ship. They ran back to inform the rest of their crew and within moments they had commandeered a merchant ship and were at the Sorceress’s heels.
Weeks passed as the Sorceress outran the pirates’ ship at every turn. The insubordinate crew was set on taking back their ship and sending her captain to Davy Jones and it seemed as if their will fueled the ship. Captain James Black could feel a storm coming and knew this would be his one chance for a clean escape. He steered the Scarlet Sorceress straight into the tumultuous tide and the stinging rain. He could see no signs of any other ship. Water cut down from the sky and crashed onto the deck in rolling waves. A deafening roar of thunder sounded above as lightning struck a mast and came crashing down upon the captain. A ruby sail fluttered before his eye and he remembered the first time he looked upon his ship. A flash of crimson and then everything went black.
He awoke to the sounds of waves crashing gently on sand. He opened his eyes to a clear blue sky. Not knowing how long he had been unconscious, he had no concept of time. He sat up with a groan and took a look at his surroundings. Behind him was a small hut with a bridge beside it. In the distance he could see a volcano with smoke wafting in the breeze. He knocked upon the door of the hut to find it uninhabited. He turned to look at the beach where he had just been laying. Pieces of his ship lay scattered across the sand, along with most of his treasure. He gathered up the loot and decided to store it in the empty hut until he found a suitable place to bury it. There was a chill on the wind, so he picked up one of the only sails left intact and fashioned a bright red coat. He took shelter in the island shed for the night. It was the first time in weeks he had slept soundly.
Captain Blackheart and his coat of crimson color.
Sun beamed through the windows and across his face. He awoke and realized the recent events which had occurred were indeed not a dream but reality. He needed to find a place to bury his treasure so he set out into the jungle. He passed ruins and temples and what looked like an abandoned town square, shop, and docks. As the day went on, he discovered that this island was inhabited by an interesting group of natives who wore mouse ears upon their heads and played at being pirates, explored jungles, dressed as medieval royalty, frequented a mountain known as ‘Space’ and sometimes performed suspicious spells. As he journeyed throughout this world, which was strange and unknown to him, not one of the natives took a second glance at him. He knew this was a place where his mutinous crew would never be able to find him or his treasure. He stumbled upon a secluded area deep within the forest where a mighty tree stood. He dragged what was left of his ship to this place and built a residence high above the town, the scarlet door of his quarters a constant reminder of his beloved ship.
Captain Black, still weary that he would be discovered in this new world, changed his appearance by growing out his hair and donning an eye patch. He also thought it would be wise to change his name. Captain James Hartford Black would be known only as Captain Blackheart.
The whereabouts of the captain’s great fortune are rumored to be somewhere in this magic kingdom now inhabited by a tree-dwelling pirate captain. Its exact location has never been discovered.
Alice Dark Ride Sand Carpet
For a limited time, Alice Ride Sand Carpet will be on Sale at the Emporium under "Bella's Special!" This item was featured in this week's new Room Makeover.
At Disneyland, what is the name of the restaurant that you ride by while on the Pirates of the Caribbean attraction?
Know the answer?
Send your answer in using Contact Us. Be sure to have your VMK registration info with you and select Esmeralda Trivia from the drop down menu.
IMPORTANT: If you do not submit your answer by using the 'Esmeralda's Trivia' option in Contact Us your answer WILL NOT be considered.*
From the correct answers submitted using the Esmeralda's Trivia option, we randomly select three players as the winners and send them specially selected prizes that vary from week to week.
The three selected Trivia winners receive the Esmeralda Trivia Pin.
This week's prizes include:
Shipwreck Sand Carpet
Buried in Treasure Magic (Single Use)
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Last week's question:
This island at Disneyland was recently ransacked by pirates! What was the island's original name and when did it first open?
Answer: Tom Sawyer Island opened in 1956.Tom Sawyer Island opened one year after Disneyland. Other names considered for the island were Mickey Mouse Island and Treasure Island. In the end, the name Tom Sawyer Island was used to go along with the Frontierland theme.
The island was re-themed as Pirate's Lair on Tom Sawyer Island to coincide with the release of the third installment in the Pirates of the Caribbean trilogy.
Tom Sawyer Island before it was ransacked by pirates.
Did you know: The three wooden rafts used to transport guest to and from Tom Sawyer Island are named after characters from The Adventures of Tom Sawyer – Tom Sawyer, Injun Joe, and Becky Thatcher.
Winners:
Lelunia
hainzi
DudeTommyBoy
* Only entries submitted by using the Esmeralda's Trivia option in Contact Us and sent by close of game on Friday will be accepted.
_______________Do you feel lucky? Mr.GreenGene does! In fact it's his lucky week, his Giant Lucky Clover Room has won Best Guest Room! This fabulous four leaf clover was built just in time for VMK's Lucky Leprechaun Catch!
Using Green Gumdrop Chairs and Flat Mint Blocks this tantalizing treat looks sweet! And Mr.GreenGene is dressed to match too – even his face is green! (His friends will be green with envy when they see he's won this week's Best Guest Room!!!)
The Best Guest Room Winner receives:
- 2000 credits
- A free room (Pirate Prison)
- Best Guest Room Award Pin
- Plus! A party in Club 33!
Arrgh! By order of Captain Zimonada it's time to Walk the Plank! In this secret treasure cave, you'll be asked to play along while Zimonada poses pirate puzzles for each player. If you get an answer wrong, you'll have to move down towards the side of the ship, aye, ever closer to the looming plank. If you step off the plank, you'll be playing trivia with the sharks!
Aye, match wits with the greatest trivia players in the Kingdom! This entertaining and enlightening game really makes you use your skull, with the last player standing bein' the winner of treasures fantastic!
The Best Game Room Winner receives:
- 2000 credits
- A free room (Pirate Prison)
- Best Game Room Award Pin
It's a movie... it's a ride... no, it's a Quest! Wait a minute – it's all three!
Feel like you're in a real movie with The Great Movie Ride Quest! BraveTinuviel has recreated some of the best movie sets just like the attraction at Disney's Hollywood Studios. From westerns to pirate movies and more, you'll dance, sing – but you'll also be a part of each motion picture set you ride through.
This room really shows off a great way to tie together different pieces of VMK furniture and items – we'll see you at the movies!
The Best Quest Room Winner receives:
- 2000 credits
- A free room (Pirate Prison)
- Best Quest Room Award Pin
X marks the spot, matey – but you'll have to go on a Searching for Pirate Tresure Quest to find where BaseballStarz has hidden his loot. Thar be lots of sand to dig up, so grab a shovel and get to looking!
Best Pirate Quest Winners receive a bounty of treasure:
Seagull Hat, Crow's Nest Barstool and Pole, Pirate Treasure Rug Small, Flaming Ransacked Window; Captain's Quarters Couch; Pirate Cannon Room;
Pirate Insider Tour Pin AND 14-day unlimited access memberships to Pirates of the Caribbean Online.
Our next winner will be selected on 3-31-2008.
Get building your best Pirates Quest now!
Ahoy matey! We're swashbuckling into spring and devoting an entire month to our pillaging pals! Let's take a look at the pirate treasure I've dug up from our virtual stock rooms!
Check out these new items in Shrunken Ned's Shop:
Pirate Bandana Blue (Girl's Only)
Girl Pirate Pants Blue (Girl's Only)
Mr. Smee Shirt Black (Boy's Only)
Mr. Smee Hat Green (Boy's Only)
Prison Wall Divider
Stone Bridge Half
Pirate Throne Purple
Skeleton Chair
Shipwreck Sand Carpet
The above items will be available
starting 3/22/08.
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Our HOST makeover a player's room and donate items to the player they get to keep. See the results here, including BEFORE and AFTER pics, PLUS tips you can use to make better rooms.
This week:
YellowSameLeaf's
Treasure Cave Bay – The Ride!
Ahoy ya landlubbers! The other day I wandered upon two and a half ships in the middle of an unfinished pirate bay.
Aye, YellowSameLeaf had just purchased this room and wanted to put 'em to good use (instead of using them to store her plunder like most of her other rooms). Pirates bein' the topic for this month, we set out to turn this bay into a treasure cave.
BEFORE: Time to ransack this room!
Like all room makeovers, we started with the basics: ALR Cave Walls Tall were already in place, but they needed to be taller, so I stacked up PPR Small Islands and placed the walls on top of them. Then to cover the islands, we placed more tall ALR Cave Walls and Corners in front of them.
For our entrance, we created a three tiered entry out of ALR Cave Arches and PPR Small Islands, then we laid down a floor of Pirate Treasure Rugs. By adding two PPR Mermaid Lagoon Waterfalls on either side to outline our body of water, the base of this room was now complete!
TIP: Wide-open spaces are easy to work with for ride rooms, try using Empty Dark Ride Rooms for that.
As I went along decorating the mainland with Pirate Thrones, Pirate Map Tables, Pirate Treasure Chests, Dead Man's Chests, black Coffee Table Crates, Galleon Masts, a Pirate Player Piano, Madame Leota Table, Pirate Treasure Chair, Parrot Palm Tree and a few Expedition Supplies, YellowSameLeaf asked if I could add something to the room she'd been wanting for quite a while: a ride! Aye, this Host just loves building rides, of course I said, "Absolutely matey!"
We decided the best place to put the ride would be in the water, so we created a miniature attraction called, "Walk the Plank!"
We made a small ship out of Galleon pieces (which you can find in the Treasure Chest rewards for the Pirates of the Caribbean mini-games) and built a ride out of Dark Ride pieces! The ride takes guests up and over the ship and drops them down into the water (just like walking the plank!). Finally, a PPR Tiny Pirate Ship and PPR Skull Rock were added for some swashbuckling excitement!
AFTER: Walk the plank, ya bilge rat!
And just like that, YellowSameLeaf had her very own pirate adventure! Ahoy! It's time for me to sail back into the Kingdom – see you next time, matey!
HOST_Bella
Each week VMK's HOST_Bella selects a lucky player from the Kingdom (at random) for a Room Makeover! HOST_Bella then remakes the room – for free – using items that are donated to the players and they get to keep!
Submit your room for a Makeover using Contact Us.
VMK Follow the White Rabbit Quest
March 21–24
He went that way! Can you follow him?
The White Rabbit from Alice and Wonderland is late for a very important date! Follow the White Rabbit through a series of challenges and trivia questions and if you complete the Quest you could win a never-before-released Spring 2008 Quest Pin!
Please note: Confetti Magic is required for this Quest.
Introducing the prophet of wisdom, the knower of all things and Disney trivia expert – Esmeralda!
This island at Disneyland was recently ransacked by pirates! What was the island's original name and when did it first open?
Know the answer?
Send your answer in using Contact Us. Be sure to have your VMK registration info with you and select Esmeralda Trivia from the drop down menu.
IMPORTANT: If you do not submit your answer by using the 'Esmeralda's Trivia' option in Contact Us your answer WILL NOT be considered.*
From the correct answers submitted using the Esmeralda's Trivia option, we randomly select three players as the winners and send them specially selected prizes that vary from week to week.
The three selected Trivia winners receive the Esmeralda Trivia Pin.
This week's prizes include:
Pirate Costume Magic (Single Use)
Magic Shop Checkers
Disappearing Act Magic (Single Use)
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Last week's question:
What was the Disney Gallery at Disneyland originally designed to be?
Answer: An apartment for Walt Disney and his family.Designed by Dorothy Redmond, the apartment was going to be a place where Walt and his brother Roy could entertain visiting VIP's as well as accommodate family members staying in Disneyland for the night.
Walt's apartment over the Firehouse on Main Street wasn't big enough to handle large groups, so this almost 3000 square foot home away from home more than served that purpose – in addition a back exit connected the apartment to the Club 33 kitchen allowing Walt quick and easy access to the Club.
Unfortunately, work on the apartment was never completed and in 1987 the location was converted into the Disney Gallery, which showcased artwork and exhibits until recently.
The spacious living room of the Disneyland Dream Suite. Take a virtual tour of the Disneyland Dream Suite by clicking here.
In 2007, the Disney Gallery was converted into the Disneyland Dream Suite as part of The Year of a Million Dreams promotion (which is continuing through 2008). Using the original designs, Imagineers created a private getaway that looks almost as it would have, were it finished for Walt Disney himself!Did you know: Walt and Roy's initials can be seen in wrought iron rails on the balcony overlooking New Orleans Square.
Winners:
MLKnCookies
TinkyRobin
awsomewaterfalls
* Only entries submitted by using the Esmeralda's Trivia option in Contact Us and sent by close of game on Friday will be accepted.
______________Yo ho, yo ho, a pirate's life for – Illusionistic! They've recreated thier very own verision of the world famous Pirates of the Caribbean! Ride down the waterfalls, discover cursed caves, or visit a captured scallywag!
Illusionistic did a great job of using the Pirate Galleon pieces and topped them with Pirate Treasure Chests in red to build the attraction boats. He even added his own special touch: a long slimy Kraken tentacle!!! (Okay, so the tentacle is really just a ALR Shrub Arch but it sure works in the theme and looks fantastic!)
The Best Guest Room Winner receives:
- 2000 credits
- A free room (Pirate Prison)
- Best Guest Room Award Pin
- Plus! A party in Club 33!
Arrgh! Pirate Math: Prize or Prison? This is the question posed to all who enter Sugarland_Fanatic's game. Test your adding and guessing skills, if you can outwit the pirates and get the best score, you'll be rewarded with pirate plunder!
This entertaining and enlightening game really makes you use your skull!
The Best Game Room Winner receives:
- 2000 credits
- A free room (Pirate Prison)
- Best Game Room Award Pin
Do You Know VMK? Quests! features not one, not two, not three – but FOUR Quests in this tron-rific room! CaliDreamin puts your VMK knowledge to the test. How well you know the Virtual Magic Kingdom?
Hop from Quest to Quest and you'll find yourself in almost every land, visiting with a few of your favorite NPCs, and having a grand time with your friends at the happiest place online!
The Best Quest Room Winner receives:
- 2000 credits
- A free room (Haunted Mansion Conservatory)
- Best Quest Room Award Pin
Along the banks of a secret river deep in the marshes of VMK, you'll find a hidden castle amongst the trees. Beware! Thar be squalls ahead! And Davy Jones Locker ready to greet them who don't obey!
Congratulations alphachrisc your Quest is this week's Best Pirate Quest!
What say you VMK'er? Are you a pirate? Then alphachrisc's Quest is worth your salt, you salty seadog! Put your pillagin' and pluderin' skills to the test with Tortuga Pirate Castle Quest.
Best Pirate Quest Winners receive a bounty of treasure:
Seagull Hat, Crow's Nest Barstool and Pole, Pirate Treasure Rug Small, Flaming Ransacked Window; Captain's Quarters Couch; Pirate Cannon Room;
Pirate Insider Tour Pin AND 14-day unlimited access memberships to Pirates of the Caribbean Online.
Each week a new winner is selected on the following dates: 3/17, 3/24, 3/31.
Get building your best Pirates Quest now!
