Tuesday, May 20, 2008

Virtual Magic Kingdom to Close

Very popular free site originally set up for the 50th anniversary.... the only problem for Disney is that it was free....

Fans Resist End of Virtual Disneyland

Created to Celebrate 50th Anniversary, Free Game to Shut

By PETER SANDERS
May 20, 2008; Page B1

For Walt Disney Co., the task of opening a virtual version of Disneyland on the Web was relatively easy. Closing it, though, is proving to be quite a bit more difficult, thanks to the wrath of obsessive fans of Disney's theme parks.

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