Codes and credits
Codes
A player can enter codes to obtain items and credits. Each code consists of
sixteen letters and/or numbers. They are provided on cards and wristbands given
as prizes for quests at Disneyland and the Magic Kingdom and in certain issues
of Disney Adventure Magazine. They were also previously available in
specially-marked boxes of Kellogg's cereal (Apple Jacks, Cinnamon Krunchers,
Froot Loops, and Rice Krispies).
There are two kinds of codes. Single-use codes are unique and are only valid for
one use by a single player; these are given on prize cards. Multi-use codes are
good for one use by any player; the same code is provided in each cereal box,
for example. (A character can not use a multi-use code more than once. If a
player buys three boxes of cereal and the same code appears in all three, that
code can still only be used once.)
There is a Kellogg's "Conquer the Sea" game online which will dispense one
single-use code to a player. This code will award a few pirate-themed prizes
including the Skull Rock room.
An online "Monsters, Inc. Mike & Sulley to the Rescue" game, no longer
available, awarded codes for a pair of pink Monsters, Inc. teleporter doors.
"Yeti Vision: The Everest Quest" [5] awards prizes based on Expedition Everest.
"The Adventure of Narnia" [6] awards prizes based on the 2005 Disney film The
Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe.
"Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest" awards prizes based on the 2006
Disney film Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
Magic pins acquired through codes may not be traded to other characters,
presumably to avoid letting players create new characters for the sole purpose
of amassing magic pins.
Acquiring credits
A player can earn credits by visiting the Disney Characters (see Disney
Characters above), by playing the Fireworks, Jungle Cruise, Pirates of the
Caribbean, or Haunted Mansion games, or by remixing and playing songs in Music
Mix.
Another popular way to amass credits is called "Nedding". It consists of playing
the Shrunken Ned's Jungle Cruise game but trying to end the game as quickly as
possible by crashing repeatedly and running out of fuel. Each time the game is
played it awards 20 credits, so the credits that can be gotten from this game
are limited only by the length of time someone wants to put into it.
Accounts used specifically for getting credits and items, known in other games
as multis, are called "mules". Since the game lets a player create new accounts
freely, players create mules (named after the beast of burden) to enter
multi-use codes and collect credits by visiting Disney Characters. Players can
buy items with a mule's credits, and then trade these items from the mules to
their main characters. Players who use mules are said to be "muling", and in the
game mules are called "done keys" (donkeys) due to the limited vocabulary. On
the VMK web site, Yavn has expressed his dislike of mules and his intention to
ban accounts of people with an "unbelievable" number of accounts (such as fifty
for a single household) which could be mistaken as being mules.
Purchased items can be "sold back" for 20% of their purchase price.
Push The Trashcan"Push the Trashcan" sometimes appears in the game. Based on
the roving, wisecracking trash can seen in Disney theme parks (and named after
the word PUSH on its trash door), Push visits guest rooms and interacts with
players.
