We have listened to the concerns of our Webkinz fans and decided that we will rollback the Kinzville Park change made today. As of noon tomorrow (March 13th) players will once again be able to enjoy chatting with KinzChat PLUS while visiting the park.
Our decision to reduce KinzChat PLUS was not taken lightly. Our numbers were showing that the system was not being well used, with the large majority of rooms available completely empty. Over 90% of social play was happening in regular KinzChat. The most used KinzChat PLUS area has always been the Trading Room, as it is much easier to make a difficult trade when you can use a full dictionary of words. As such we never even considered removing KinzChat PLUS from the Trading Room. It was our belief that with so much of our current chatting occurring in the Trading Room, that this would be enough.
After making the initial announcement, we heard from numerous fans about their concerns about the change. One of the most impactful concerns was the ability for players to enjoy chatting without getting interrupted by continuous trading requests. We agree that this would have been a problem.
In the end we decided that the best course of action was to just open the Park back up again. We feel this gives our KinzChat PLUS players a large area in which to chat, while allowing our monitors to focus their efforts so to provide the best service possible. The Coral Cove and Clubhouse KinzChat PLUS features will not be returning.
We will be making a few more small changes, but we are committed to making the Kinzville Park your go-to location for fun KinzChat PLUS chatting.
We thank all of our fans for their input on this change and look forward to your feedback as we continue to refine Webkinz World in 2014!
- Your Furry Friends in Webkinz World.
Dear Ganz, I, among the many, am very appreciative that you are rolling back the Kinzville Park changes. However, it has only been in the clubhouse that we have been able to use our moves .. dance, roll, flip, wave, etc. …and NOT the Park. We have worked hard to earn these moves, and have enjoyed getting together with our friends in the Clubhouse to dance and chat. And even though the Trading rooms have KinzChat Plus, we no longer have the ability to FIND our friends to all get together in one of the Trade Rooms to enjoy these moves and chat. So, please Ganz, add some Clubhouse KinzChat Plus rooms back, or allow us to enjoy these moves in the Park. Thank you.
Don’t forget the ability to dress your pet as well.
THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!!!! I CANNOT THANK YOU ENOUGH FOR OPENING THE CHAT PLUS PARK AGAIN. IT WAS DIFFICULT TO CHAT FOR OTHER PETS ASKING US ALL TO TRADE. THE SPACE WAS AND IS LIMITED IN THE TRADE ROOM. I ALSO FELT BAD FOR THE PETS WANTING TO TRADE AND THOSE WHO WANTED TO CHAT KEPT TURNING THEM DOWN. THANK YOU AGAIN GANZ. OUR WEBKINZ FAMILIES WILL ENJOY THE PARK ONCE AGAIN.
YES!MY TEAM DID IT!!!!!!!!!!!!
YES MINE TOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
YAY I AM SOOOO HAPPYYYYY!!!!!!!!!! :D :D :D THX GANZ!
Thank goodness! There will be friend finder, right? It’ll be difficult to find our friends without it.
I don’t go to Clubhouse with Kinzchat Plus very often but my sister goes there so much, but are you guys deleting Kinzchat Plus?
Ganz, THANK YOU !!! THANK YOU !!!! Webkinz world would not be the same if we can’t talk to our friends ,we have made in the Webkinz world. THANK YOU For Keeping the Park open. Come on everyone post, and a Thank YOU , To Ganz. This is Awesome News – Simply the Best News !!!! Thanks Ganz
Hi Webkinz. My Kinzchat Plus is currently working in the Clubhouse. Is this a glitch? My all time FAVORITE area for Kinzchat Plus is the Clubhouse. Will it be returning, because I do see you said it will not come back. Did you accidentally mean the Adventure Park? Thanks! :)
Thank you so much!!!! My life has been saved lol
Thanks Ganz!!!!