In our ongoing effort to make Webkinz easier to use, we’ve decided to streamline how KinzChat PLUS is used in Webkinz World.
Starting next Wednesday, March 12, KinzChat PLUS will no longer be available in Kinzville Park, Adventure Park or Coral Cove on Vacation Island. Our numbers showed that KinzChat PLUS was being used very little in these locations. By removing KinzChat PLUS, we can now skip the chat selection and room selection screens, so you’ll be able to get into the parks faster than ever!
The one place where KinzChat PLUS is being used all the time is in the Clubhouse Trading Room. We know that our traders love the freedom that KinzChat PLUS provides when making complex trades or looking for specific items. So on March 12, the Clubhouse KinzChat PLUS section will be switched over to the KinzChat PLUS Trading Area. That’s right, you’ll be automatically taken to the KinzChat PLUS room – no middle steps needed!
These changes make Webkinz easier to play, particularly for new players, and will allow our Chat Room monitors to focus their efforts on the rooms with the most activity.
Watch for these changes to go live next week!
**UPDATE: March 6, 4:15PM (EST)**
Thank you all for your comments regarding this issue.
We’d like to address the question of whether the Trading Room will become too crowded once the Park no longer has KinzChat Plus: please note that if our numbers show that the Trading Room is TOO crowded, we will be adding more rooms (as many as necessary) to ensure there’s enough space for everyone to enjoy the Trading Room.
Also, we want you to know that we’ve heard your comments and opinions on this planned change and will be considering your input as we move forward. We’ve also decided to close comments on this article, as we’re now aware of the major concerns from Webkinz World players.
Thank you for playing.
I hate the trading room.
Hi Ganz if you do that you need to update the kinzchat and make it easier to find phrases that you are trying to say. i.e. have you played dice kinz today. Dice kinz is no long available.
This is the worst thing I have ever heard. I do not ever go to Trading Room, I don’t need to, I never trade anything. I love Kinzchat Plus in the park, to say no one is using it is ridiculous. What do you think we are doing while sitting around the campfire. I will be dropping my Deluxe if you do this.
If friends have to resort to using Trading rooms for chatting, then traders are going to be very upset. Pets will fill the Trading rooms not to trade, but to chat.
Yes. I am a trader. I don’t like it when pets are just standing there and I can’t tell if they want to trade or not.
Oh no… now the Adventure Park will be slow. It’s always faster in the Plus section because no one is there.
I think the changes might be good. but I don’t chat that much in the clubhouse anyway. Feeling sad and heartbroken because my uncle passed away a few days ago.
I think this is a very bad idea. Groups meet in the Plus park daily to chat. It’s almost like a little family with WEBKINZ in common! Please don’t take that away. Also like to talk in other room like Doug the Collectors room and the exercise and game rooms. That’s like losing a social side to the whole Webkinz World. Nope – I don’t like this at all.
I have never gone to the trading room, but I do go to the Park at least 5x a week to meet with my friends (who are like family to me). I don’t know how you can see that KinzChat plus is not used there. I’ve been invited to parties where it is just KinzChat & it takes me forever to find what I want to say. Then if your answer is in the chat listings, you look silly as you don’t answer! I will be so totally upset with not being able to go to my favorite park areas anymore. Too bad I just renewed my Deluxe membership. You (Ganz) just keep taking away. No, I’m not liking this decision at all. I can have to the most horrible day, then decide to stop by my favorite park area & before long I start feeling better. Taking this away is going to make a lot of people upset. Just last week I made 5 new friends in the one park area. Now this is going to be taken away from us. Please rethink this decision. CLS954 aka cinderlou9 aka Berry
THIS ISN’T GOOD! A LOT OF THEM SAID THEY WILL LEAVE WEBKINZ.
Well Webkinz, this may not be very good for you. I was just going to maybe encourage a friend to go ahead and get deluxe however the only thing I was going to encourage her to do that is so that we could go to vacation room. Now you just made that not accessible so I see no reason for her to do that.
How about working on the forums instead.